I think an opportunity to distort that aphexy bell synth was missed(maybe add a tonic fuzzy bass to expand the size). Instead of resolving as it did, it would have been fun to have it return to aphexy bell synth minus distortion, as if the emotional exhaust had in fact been vented, and baseline achieved, especially given how busy the rhythm section blurs the song into forgetful obscurity(a measure or two here and there to provide a gasp of air opportunity missed).
have you considered the send/return sidechain loop for a part or two to prevent blowing out the mix? It sounds totally fine, but I haven't seen you use it yet. I actually love how thick it sounds here :) also, you have the original tubes in your EMX?
Good question! Do you mean using the individual outs to separate the kick or bass parts from the rest of the mix? I sometimes do this if I don’t want them to hit the fx (especially if I’m going to put a big reverb on the main out mix). For this track I was trying to hit the distortion effect as hard as possible so I ran everything into it. The kick really overloaded it and made that kind of sidechain pump feel in later part of the song. The kick does lose some definition with this approach though as it gets so compressed.
Hi! The Minilogue doesn’t make plain acoustic piano sounds. It only does synth sounds. I suppose you could play piano sounds using it as a midi controller with a DAW.
