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[Hype Song]

this is the future of music! - create 13 sec loop and let listeners imagine the rest of the track in their heads

Hikari responds:

what is music ?

[Monday Nov 08 2016 1318 - Sinister Banjo]

yup, sounds sinister

there's not much to rate on this thing, really, since this is a banjo solo played throught a keyboard, right

could work as a background music for some game/movie set in dark medieval or something, I personally wouldn't listen to this just like that, like a regular song, sounds a bit empty to me

good luck with your future creations :)

Kelpalots responds:

Oh dear. I couldn't possibly re-record this because those little messups make it sound like tongue and this music talks, in many ways really... But I made a lot better ones, I just deal with MS, so it's not always easy to maneuver. http://www.newgrounds.com/playlists/view/18e4a1384b0945fc9122a6353a1f682c I make other genres but I love doing this. It's basically improv work that is done while it's recording. It means I play a track I did not rehearse while recording it. And as I already said I did use a piano keyboard. It has weighted keys however, and is very nice enough to be able to make this sound good. I know it could sound a lot better, but the tongue is going to be hard to re-replicate. Some of it isn't accidental. I enjoy it.

[((ief_L]

fok that's good weren't you playing this at Let It Roll?

drums/fills very very cool, basses spooky, reminds me Pendulum

only the high end could be a bit cleaner I guess

noice, keep it up :))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))))

DelitescentAria responds:

5TanLey gave me a 5 star?

Am I hallucinating?
Is this christmas?
...
Have I... gotten good?

that surprised me but i cant say i dislike the positive feedback. thanks for the input ^-^

[Dragon]

It sounds like there are few notes/chords out of the scale and create this somewhat sinister feel, not sure if that's intentional... though I'm mostly used to nice sounding major/minor progressions

beat is nice, groovy... could use some more percussion elements in the second part

mixing-wise I would boost the sub bass a bit and turn down the pad/s and have drums on top of the mix, they feel a bit overwhelmed, a slight compression on the could also help

good luck with future production :)

Kalviter responds:

Cheers for the feedback! The chord progression is deliberately a bit weird, but I agree I could have added more percussion as the piece developed.

[Aria - Tethered]

6spooky8me

there's not much going on during intro tbh, so I'd make it shorter (by half even) or add some more elements

it has a better groove than your previous songs, the sounds kinda talk to each other, at some sections literally :)

also mix is much cleaner, though the snare thing gets a bit heavy on ears after a while, especially when it hits at the same time as that cymbal, I would EQ the high frequencies more

overall a nice piece, carry on

DelitescentAria responds:

aw yis

i got a review

I'll look into it

thanks

[EspiDev - Serene]

dood where is the bass? This is just drum and drum.. :) It totally lacks some synth in lower octaves that would reinforce the progression..

as already said, mix could use some tweaking.. at some places (e.g. 0:37ish) you can feel that the mix can't breathe, maybe turn down reverb a bit and think out what should be the first thing that hit your ears and what should more in backround, it all can't have the same loudness

but musically it's pretty good, I like the progression and sound choice

keep it up

EspiDev responds:

Thanks for the review! I am still not very familiar with mixing stuff too much, so I will definitely work on it for my next song!

[Aria - Obsessed]

I think this is more like some kind of electro house, dubstep has a half beat, but whatever

at the start there's some crackling going on, not sure if it's supposed to be there

it could use more hi-hats/percussion, lacks groove a bit

0:28 those chords/rhythm remotely remind Mortal Kombat main theme :) It's relatively catchy

BUT

I don't get the right feeling from bass.. it's like lower bass is completely unrelated to what's going on in high frequencies, so I would work on that

DelitescentAria responds:

The crackling is intentional. There's HH and plenty of percussion, i just think i messed up the mix. Imo I should've focused on bringing the drums out more, make them give the song beat or something. Didn't think about the low bass thing. Maybe my headphones are giving out after all.

Thanks for the review, as usual.

[Aria - Necessity to Be]

it distorts when drums hit at some sections, you don't want that in this type of music, go easy with compression, orchestral stuff is all about dynamics

the ending feels like it was cut in the middle of progression, I would end it at 4:29, maybe some longer slow fadeout on that one chord would work

but otherwise pretty cool, maybe orchestral music is your thing :)

DelitescentAria responds:

Maybe it is my thing :^).

I went a little ham with compression because the drums were SUPER loud when stacked. I'll watch out for it next time.

Thanks for your input :)

[Trust [Melodic Dubstep]]

man, go easy on compression, this sounds destroyed, even for dubstep norms.. for instance in moments like 2:35, the piano just can't breathe, same thing with that synth at 1:47

I think you could turn down the hihats a bit

and I don't get the right feel from the bass.. feels quite muddy.. there is some sub-bass in the kick but you should add it also into some melodic instrument.. you are probably boosting 100-200hz area too much, so sub frequencies around 50hz get lost.. remember the bass has to be clean and consistent, no bass boosts and sound goodizers are going to clean it

though musically it's kinda nice, the technical side really prevents me from enjoying the song

hope this helps a bit, gl with future production :)

ChromaShift responds:

Thank you for the review!

It's an old track of mine and yeah...the compression in this one is bad, some stuff gets through this mess, some of it doesn't ^^'

I learned a while back, that pushing everything to the max isn't the trick for a good track ^^
Still thanks for your advise, it helps me a lot to keep improving :)

Aron

[Aria - Overlong]

I have like 0 exp with orchestral things but anyway: )

It feels like it was highpassed on the master, I would hit some low notes on the strings

I think this could really use some percussion, I mean orchestral stuff, some cool groove

crashes like in 2:19 should be wider, they feel like a really tiny mono thing, maybe layer more of these togrether

but otherwise it's nice, I really like that moment in 2:20/3:00 when all comes in, though the piano got lost a bit :)

DelitescentAria responds:

thanks for your reply

it wasnt highpassed, i shouldve layered a bass string instrument (the actual real instrument) on the cello, wouldve been stronger. I dont have any good orchestral percussions.

:)