The track seems a bit thin (frequency wise it's very minimal. I guess the plus side is the sound is very clean)
This is the kind of track that really benefits from a decent 200hz peaking snare nudging through the mix.
IME that snare you used would sound better in a break-oriented loop, rather than a programming/synth-oriented loop. I do like the idea behind the cymbals movement, and odd sprites of wood percussion / snare reverses etc. it gives it nice groove and variation.
The cymbals (hats etc) are a bit thin or not Eq'd in the right spots.
The 'wet' hat sounds nice though
Its very atmospheric, playing with the pads, you could dig more out of the sound for other instruments.
AND YOU NEED MORE OF 3:08 BASS! Why not give the change more impact with a nice drop around that part?
I liked that sound mate. it fills the bass area out nicely
hope this helps
Leaf
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Nooby question time.
I get compress. But Maximise and saturate?
saturation is best used for drums, it can really thicken up the sound of the drums, basically saturation derives from an analogue technique which ripens the drum n some frequencies. The best saturation plugins (if you gonna do it digitally need a ceiling slider/knob (to stomp out the digi 0dB hard clipping), a threshold slider/knob, and a gain slider/knob.
You'll hear what it does when you play with saturation or anything
