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[November Breeze]

Good

Except the crash ping-pong delay effect really bugged me. The crash wasn't long enough to overlap between the stereo seperation, and it just sounded empty and incomplete.
The part where the bass pads come in at the start was pretty awesome, and the square plucks added some bounce to the track.
The vocals would have sounded great with a backing synth mispitched maybe a fourth higher or lower than the pitch of the vocals.
However, the track seems to me like it's missing something. You have the beat, the bass and the lead, but there needs to be something else in there to fill out the track. At the moment there sounds like there should be another instrument that would round out the whole song perfectly, but it isn't there.
Overall not a bad song, but there there is definitely some room for improvement.

Pulstate responds:

Excellent review, thank you.

The delay was actually removed, but it's still present in this MP3, apologies for this.

There is definitely room for improvement! :)

[lalalalala lala lala]

Hmm.....

Dischords aren't exactly musically pleasing by anyone's standards... and unfortunately there was a little too much dishcord to make this song bearable.

[Looping some strings]

Pretty good...

But there should have been more variation within the loop. You might as well just kept it to one bar and looped it over and over, next time try to add in a few more chords and get some more variation going.

[Heaven Rd.2 (Gabberstep Mix)]

Lol....

What the fuck did I just listen to?
Man, this shit is crazy....

[xKore - Droppit (NG Cut)]

WHY?!

WHY IS THIS SO AWESOME?!?

[Gamma waves]

Not bad...

There needs to be more happening in a track like this though. Get a little more variation in on the drumline and the gated synth lead thingy, add in some instruments that break the bassy sine heavy background. It sounds too blurry and muddy, you need something to slice through it... like vinegar cuts through oily things.
And stick a limiter or a compressor on this for heavens sake, the amount of distortion was inexcusable for this level of production.

Druids-Warcry responds:

yeah its rough draft math dude, i got yeah, as for the compressors i blow at that shit i send it off to a buddy of my to EQ my tracks.

I fell it does need more progression and if you have any ideas on how i would do that or go about it please give your thoughts!

the drums is basic not going to lie not my best work but shit i always do the drums last when im finishing this song.

as for the Gated synth i will leave it like it is, its not meant to be the main part of the song just some thing to even the highs the mids and lows.

I like that old school bass feel though it is a bit murky as you pointed out.

thanks for the notes man and i will be taking your opinion in to considerations!

[Hiding in the Darkness.]

Holy shit...

This is epic... It's like Pink Floyd and Oasis mixed into one...I love it! 5/5, 1 download!

[The Game is Afoot [EK]]

Not bad,

There isn't much going on though. There should be more variation in the timing of your wubs. Half-beat and quarter-beat aren't the only settings you can use on an LFO ;) . The "bridge" at 1:25 didn't fit in at all, I'd recommend changing that. You should start compressing your songs so that there is less "space" between instruments of different frequencies. Also, get some practice at mastering your songs, cause the bass kind of overpowered everything else and just drowned it out. Otherwise, this is pretty good.

Ekojo responds:

Very true, those aren't the only settings. Except the LFO in Sylenth1 seemed quite rigid, not too dynamic. I agree about the bridge entirely. I rushed a bit through this song which was a mistake. I'll definitely look into mastering or even just mixing and sculpting the sound itself better because I struggled A LOT with this to make the other instruments heard. I think I compressed the hell out of my kick so it would even be audible. I totally agree again with the how little there is going on. Thanks for the review! I'll keep it all in mind :D

[I Ran (Out of Ideas)]

Not bad.

A bit simplistic, and the use of presets put me off a little bit (chords of life, amirite?)... sounds like theres a bit of clipping there, might want to equalize it a bit better next time. However, all that aside this is a pretty cool song, almost dubstep-ish.

EricFreeman responds:

Yeah, I think I used that preset. I don't really know much about creating my own synths. Last time I tried doing that I just twisted a bunch of knobs around in Sytrus and my song Practice was the result. Also, I don't really know much about EQing still >_>

But thanks for listening and enjoying it!

[xKore - Magnum (FULL)]

Review #2.

This version is just as epic as the preview you submitted a while back R3eally awesome dubstep here. Also, TimerClock14, I believe it says "BASS!" not "FACE! :P