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[DDR - So Deep (Remix/Revised)]

Poor excuse for EDM

Apart from having way too much treble range and not enough bass boof, the effort at synthesis here seems nonexistent. Some of the metallic percussion and synths are hurting my ears because a certain someone cannot mix down painful frequencies. The boring square-synth arpeggios just gave me the final yawn.

2/5... don't waste my time again please

[(WF1)/Tell Astral Feelings]

Um...

Look, I hate to be a clod, but please quantize midi input... the rhythm isn't exact here and it just sounds poorly put together. If it was on purpose... then I suggest that you do not use an automated, timely percussion track alongside a piano part with rubato.

PM me if you need any advice with quantizing.

wyldfyre1 responds:

meh, no worries man i'm sure its not for everyone. Trust me your not saying anything that i don't already know. Thanks for the review for sure.

[-[ Redemption V1 ]-]

eh...

a good try but it honestly just sounds like you took a saw and added detune, then threw in basic drums and a pad. sorry for being blunt. 4/10.

DSMagnum responds:

I wasn't making darkstep. I'm not Spor. I can't make amazing basslines.

The drums were simple because it's really hard to make a good sounding beat in 5/4 for this style.

Maybe it was bland, but that's how ambient-esque music is. It's meant to be simple and basic, not incredibly complex.

[Paramour]

Review requested

http://endlessnumber.newgrounds.com/n ews/post/136587

Things I liked on the first listen:
- the atmosphere
- chords

Things I didn't like:
- it didn't go anywhere.

After listening through three times, I really like the ambient feel. Yet, while I realize this is meant to be background music, it should go somewhere. Maybe add a little bit of percussion. Everything else was great, you've got a good ear for atmosphere, just take it to the arranging level now.

[Paradise on E (Karco Remix)]

Excellent

I came back and listened to this again. Perfect layout of the soundscape.

Two very minor things stuck out to me.
1) painful frequencies
2) crowdedness - in alot of places it's a little too crowded, but in general the airy ambiguity lent itself well to the flow.

Everything else was perfect, and the chords replace the originals very well.

Karco responds:

Ah, I was wondering what you'd think about this. :)

Not sure what you mean by "painful frequencies." I'll ask you on MSN. ;)

Crowdedness, yes, that was there. It's partially (in my opinion) the bass which was too loud. I might go through this again and re-mix (not remix :P) it all sometime, but since I can't replace the submission on Newgrounds, I don't have much of a reason to except for sending people a better HQ version.

Thanks for the review!

[{-^MP^-} Techno Funk! V2]

mmm

Really liked your bass. Also really liked the synth that comes in around 1:20, the cool sine plunks.

Lead at 1:45 needs decay/release.

In terms of the whole thing, it felt like you just brought in a bunch of different leads, but didn't take them anywhere. I think this would have been absolutely amazing had you stuck with, for the most part, those two synths I mentioned, and instead developed their riffs. Maybe bring in some others as background.

Liked the feel, but could have been longer.

[Reasoner- -_Lost_-]

Here's what I have to say...

Nice idea, weak samples/block chord writing. Try to move past block chords when harmonizing. I realize this is old and you've probably improved alot in the sample department by now.

I'll admit, it sounds like alot of work - and it probably was - root writing is just boring though. Try to add some seconds and sevenths to your work for color, for instance. I appreciated the listen though.

7/10

Hope you appreciate an honest, thought out review,
endlessnumber

[Nav - Deathwish [Full Ver.]]

Kick's not loud enough :(

good:
- really cool reese
- atmospheric pads with fun chords

bad:
- hat and kick are too soft
- goes nowhere

:/

fived though

Nav responds:

Haha, there are no chords. I just sampled a bunch of pads, then timestretched them.

Yeah, I canceled this song anyways, so I wasn't expecting people to care. Thanks for the review! :)

[Nav - Ecstasy]

Now...

all you need is a high pitched Japanese woman singing really fast... then take the recording and bump the pitch up three octaves.

Nav responds:

lol

[-Air and Rain-]

summary

Some of the piano chords worked, some didn't. You worked your melody around chords though, not the other way around - good job there.

Ok, uh... this started to feel like chillout trance once your drums came in. Nice lightning effect, I guess? But after that there's no ambiance or anything, it's just trance. I note that's what you're trying to do here, but what I would suggest to avoid something potentially bad is to lowpass or highpass your drums - or to use reverb and turn the dry output down, increasing the wet output.

4/5

Gloudas responds:

hmm thats a good idea, although I kinda intended the drums to have a trance feel, as I was attempting to change the song from ambience to trance. Not sure how well it worked though.
Anyways, thanks for the review!