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[frostbite 50000]

Dirty, Gritty, and oh-so satisfying

Pointer on the effin awesome solo, though. On the last iteration(54sec) it should go down in the registry to resolve it better...it will make the end of the song sound more whole. Really neat sound you have here

bryce responds:

thank you dawg

[[Buyj3llo] - 7(j)]

Honored

First time anyone has ever done this to one of my songs(to my knowledge)

And you used a song with no reviews...that's great.

There are a lot of neat things going on here. I especially liked the part that comes in around two minutes, with the call and response lead. It sounds like sort of arcadey. I can faintly here my song underneath...it basically just adds to the percussion, which is cool...because there wasn't much melody to take away from it. Overall, the drums were very nice.

I am glad I was able to be of some inspiration to you :D

You get my respect.

buyj3llo responds:

thank you.

[Tzu - Astral Hypnosis]

Listened to it a few times now

Doesn't really get old...

Besides lacking a clear melody for most of the piece, I think the part at 2:27 could use some bass to counterpoint the drums.

As far as EQ goes, were you talking about the phased synth that gets a little crunchy? I would turn down ALL the lows at that part and boost the highs...maybe it would clean it up a bit.

Everything else was balances really well. Good luck ;)

Tzunami responds:

The section you mentioned was supposed to sound exactly the way it was made. All my general EQ work was going to the rest of the song, just trying to give it a more filing sound and get some of the hidden high-end sounds out in the open. Other then that the song came out better then I ever expected, but I've slowly stopped trying to EQ it and just dealt with the version that I have up currently. Thanks for the review.

[Game Boy Space Waltz]

*Swaying*

Since it is a song made for a game boy vibe, it might be appropriate to cut down on the lows a bit, because you rarely heard much low end coming out of those tiny speakers that were on the hand-helds.

This sounds more like a theme for a town, than a theme for being in space...adding a drum line might help that. It was very catchy though, and loops flawlessly...

Good work, would fit great in a video game

WerewNC responds:

Thanks for the positive review. I actually considered turning down the bass more since most people that didn't have a Game Boy as their only video game "console" growing up wouldn't recognize that if you were playing with headphones on, which was a must to keep your father from beating you for making too much noise, the bass on Game Boy tracks is actually really loud. Listing to it on laptop speakers finalized my decision to leave the base as loud as it is.

Now that you mention it, it does sound like the theme for a town. Majora's Mask was the last game I played a few months back, so maybe I did have a subconscious influence from certain songs, haha. I didn't know any space games that had waltzes when I started writing this, but I thought, "Hell, fast paced easy going waltzes are associated with space in every other form of media. Why did they never make a space waltz in video games?"

Odd you say it loop flawlessly. My laptop is second from the bottom of the line, two years old technology. Maybe it just can't handle the processing power required to restart a loop immediately. Come to think of it, the gap is inconsistent for me.

ADDENDUM:
Okay, I did a lot of research after Calamaistr's post. Turns out the bass was wrong for a Game Boy. It went down too low for a tune with a nonsquare lead line. So, thanks for the input, and sorry for writing off some of it earlier.

[Slave For Sex (Getting Some)]

O face

bass lick was super awesome.

The phased synth might have too much width. The breakdown part at 1:45 is a nice little touch, I hope you bring it back in...good.

Hey, you know what would sound perfect in this song. More brass!

People do some foolish things

kowboy702 responds:

thanks....more brass huh, lol
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[[Putz]Nothing but the Truth]

Cool

that's some intense rain :D

Piano part is pretty cool, I think more stress/veloicty should be on the second half of the initial riff than the first. And the part at 1:00 would sound better up another octave.

The drums got a little boring after a while...

It's pretty weird, more ambient than most hip hop I've listened to(which isn't that much), but good none the less

putzpie responds:

Actually I think I might put this under ambient after considering your comment.

You are right, this is pretty ambient, more so than most hip-hop.

Thanks man, definitely appreciate any and all comments/critiques. I'll keep that other stuff in mind when making music too.

[Alexis, Die(marsofourfather)]

neat

the guitar part when the synth came in sounded out of sync. Or maybe its the fact that the synth is not set at the right delay tempo/rate with the drums...

I dunno, I like how it sounds around the 1:45 mark with the piano and at the end.

Maybe you could use a different pad in the beginning?

I like the vibe, though. Don't have great headphones, on but I can't really tell if the drums are recorded or programed. They sound alright, and yes. the kick should be turned up a tad, especially the double bass part.

tootsie10 responds:

yeah i agree i deffently need to turn the kick up, im not all that experienced at using pads this is honestly the first time ive even tinkered with it thanks for keeping it real!

[SR - Come With Me]

Dissonot

ahhh rides...I was particularly fond of the drums

The piano sample (as in the acoustic runs in the background) is a little faint in the mix, especially the part panned left. I really liked how the string pads and the rhodes-esque piano worked together. This song had an all-around excellent control reverb, too much can completely ruin a song.

I found the bass to be the most out of the place part of this piece, mainly the frequency filtering of it.

Couldn't really pick out the guitar part, maybe I should listen again...oh, its in the middle. You should turn up the high eq and the volume a tad, its too far back in the mix.

Cool fade out, maybe you could bring in the voice sooner.

How did you find that youtube video before me...do you google ryeguyhead too?
haha. you're cool ;)

care to check out my latest? no one leaves me reviews...

SineRider responds:

Hmm yeah the piano could use some a work. I'll have to play with the bass a bit to get it right. Also, I should have clarified the guitar part is at 3:12. Sorta jazzy solo. Yeah I could bring it up in the mix, but my playing skill is pretty poor ;)

Some vocals would sound good over this. I think maybe some snippets of singers. I'm not much a vocalist.

About that video, I play on a minecraft server with that guy and he showed me the video. Funny coincidence eh ;)

I'll check it out yours in a minute.

Thanks for the review :)

[Jurassic Park theme Remake]

it still sounds like a midi

no remixing either. Put it in orchestral though

I like the song, otherwise id give you a 1 or 2

djresset responds:

its not a midi only some part of it only

[Codename: Alien ship (WIP)]

I like how its going

some of the leads sound too filtered out, its hard to accent the melody when its constantly fading out.

Nice so far. I would do more with the drums in terms of making them sound fuller too.

MrTwisT responds:

Thanks for the feedback! Will definitely work on those more! The filtered lead is actually supposed to sound high-passed in idea, but some tweaking is still required.