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The beginning...

The beginning reminded me of a song by Rellika, which is a huge compliment. Kept me listening.

After the snare roll build up and dropoff at 1:04, I thought the crash there should have had a longer tail. It was even more abrupt that I expected. And when it came back in, it was WEAK! You should have had everything going there, drums, bass, lead synth, all kinds of energetic. That's what I was expecting, and I was in a position to dance. Then... Nothing.

Then it starts to build up again. I do like how you have the synth transition from being in tune with itself, to slightly detuned oscillators. Get that supersaw going. And it built up and... You did the SAME THING at 2:30. You killjoy.

This song never got super energetic and never gave me a chance to dance. I am disappoint. But the composition itself was good, if not repetitive, so I give you an 8/10, 4/5

K00vi responds:

Thanks

This deserves it

Yeah, I gotta say, first off, that this does indeed deserve to be up above my piece, Liquid Skies, in the trance portal.

Now, for some critiquing.
When the kick plays by itself, it sounds like there's just a crazy amount of high end reverb on it. A high end attack is okay, but that much reverb in the high spectrum can kill a kick. I would say bring the high cut down on whatever reverb application you used (if you used one) or if you didn't use reverb, put a Fruity Parametric EQ 2 on it and just roll off the highs around 4-5khz.

I like the bass. It just seems to get a little thin in the lower register. Like, it's not quite capable of oscillating that low. And I'm sure it's not my phones ;D

I love, love, LOVE the piano. No complaints there.

The snare is really dry, which is something I find really nice in trance, but it's also becoming somewhat generic, since it's so nice.

And the sawtooth gated pad for the lead is also decently generic. BUT, you redeemed it by making an interesting melody.

All in all, I'd say: KEEP GOING! Finish this out, and keep making more music.

Back-From-Purgatory responds:

Yeah, overall I'm still working on making a kick that I am satisfied with, I've come close a few times, but I'm still working out the kinks. Personally, I think this one is a bit too punchy, but that could've just been my inability to EQ it properly as well.

As for the bass, I don't seem to have a problem hearing it, but then, I have very beastly headphones when it comes to bass... This is actually one of the bass sounds I HAVEN'T had a problem hearing at lower frequencies oddly enough. Then, bass is something I'm still working out, at the moment, the bass I use changes from song to song.

The piano... well... That's practically my signature piano sound, so I'm glad you like it!

As for the snare, I've actually started layering my snare with claps to give it a little more presence, it's also something I'm still working on, but I am liking the effect the layering has, it's not immediately noticeable, and it does give it a little more punch without making it overwhelming.

And yeah, the lead is very generic, it's actually a House preset that I fell in love with in Toxic Biohazard, you can hear this lead in practically all of my electronic work, although I add different effects to it from time to time. A lead is also something I've been working on making my own of, but for now, I enjoy this one enough to keep using it until I'm satisfied with my own handcrafted lead/pad.

Thanks for the review!

Very good!

All in all, the whole piece meshes with itself. Which is a good thing.

The only real complaint that I have is that the ducking/sidechaining seems really excessive to me. It actually kinda hurt my ears. Other than that, great tune here!

F-777 responds:

Thanks so much! hehe ye i agree its a bit too much.

Good, good

The word you're looking for is "dubstyle."
It's already been done >:D
MF Point of Perfection - Brennan Heart

DisguisedAfro responds:

yes yes, so i've heard ;D
but it seems like there is a small difference between the two tracks compared ;p .
thanx for the vote & review :D

This is really interesting

I really liked this. I thought it was extremely interesting, very very experimental. Not the average song. At all.

I would say it's more ambient, though. Not really techno.

Definitely being downloaded :D

It's

*cough* It's shamisen. Not shimasen. XD Shimasen would mean "don't do" just by the way.

However, great track. The shamisen itself sounded synthesized, but what it plays is fairly legit for Japanese shamisen music.

YouriX responds:

Funny that you thought that it was sythesized even though i sliced the notes from a shamisen musician.

And yes i know! I cant edit the name since its over 3000 listens :(
But thanks for the review ;)

Absolutely beautiful!!!

Great, everything is just in its place. As far as frequencies go, that is. I would suggest some stereo seperation.

Also, this one's originally from Final Fantasy. The first one. It's the title song. :D

Rinibra responds:

Thank you and I didn't know that, I never really was much of a follower of Final Fantasy. Thanks though :D

You know

You know that I know that he knows that I'm the man, and you're the man, and he's the man as well, so you can point that fuckin' finger up your ass.

For reals, though, good shit for a start. The fakie mix kinda threw me for a loop there (ba dum tish.)

It actually got a little painful, it just felt like there was some kind of phasing that was causing an airplane taking off feeling.

But otherwise, it was great. Nice lead and bass, nice sound on the guitar. :D

Burn7 responds:

Thanks dude!

I definitely went crazy with the modulation and filtering in some areas, causing the craziest phase stuff I've ever made. Which is fun, but not always the best for good music-making.

Gracias for the review :D

Not bad, yeah?

Not terrible for a first try at the dubs. The wobble is even a little filthy. Tell your girlfiend I said 3 thumbs up for a first try!

Oh my god.

This is seriously the best thing I have heard in a long, LONG time. This is fuckin' hilarious.

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