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[~|Forever Gone [Tech House]]

Epic.

This song made me wet myself.
I love a good tech house track, and this one was pretty snazzy. Good to see someone on NG doing this sort of stuff, there isn't enough of it :(

One thing though, the breakdown seemed a bit long for a song that's under 5 minutes long :( I didn't like that. Other than that, it was great! Keep it up!

If you have the time, would you care to review my latest song? That'd be awesome :)

Helth responds:

Hey - aren't u the .. heaven of inspiration thingy?

i will check ur song - right away.. thanks for the review!

[Shadow Cloud Drift**-{DEMO}-**]

Not too bad!

It's pretty decent.

Two things I really don't like about it:

- The super buzzy supersaw gets irritating after a while
- It doesn't progress like trance usually does. Go listen to a bunch of trance and compare the progressions of your track to professional ones, you'll see what I mean.

Keep it up though, sounding good! :)

If you have the time, would you care to review my latest song? That'd be awesome :)

FXAudioRage responds:

sure

[20.05pm]

Really good!

Piano improve is always fun :)
Keep it up, you're pretty good!

If you have the time, would you care to review my latest song? That'd be awesome :)

[~McE~ Costa Del Sceg]

Love your stuff!

Good work, especially at the end.

Keep it up Mcequationewthom ;)

Mcewthom responds:

Thank you Mr Morgan king if I am correct :) I like your work too, been listening to your collabs, some sweeeeeeet work :)

[Sunshine - dj.s]

I'll leave you a super nice review since you've...

...been really helpful to me on the forums ;)

I'll just say stuff as I listen:

- The kick could use a bit more of a punch...add a multiband compressor and adjust the high end's gain.
- Don't like the snare at all, something about it sounds really weak. It's almost like it's only half a sample or something :/ Maybe layer it with another one?
- Clap sounds a bit short, maybe lengthen it with some reverb? (Small room, about .3sec decay? I dunno, just an idea)
- The bass is sexy, but I think it's mixing with the kick a little. Cut out some of the subbass frequencies (with an equaliser) on both the kick and the bass to clean it up a little.
- Drums at 1:11 sounded a little weird (the actual pattern)
- The plucking sound that's been going on for a while....it sounds like Nexus? If it is, try turning the "spread" knob to the left about halfway, it'll spread the sound out wider. Right now it's too narrow IMO. (If it's not nexus, then just fuck around with its panning)
- For the piano, the bass notes seem a bit....harsh? Change their velocities to make them a bit softer.
- A sidechained pad following the bassline would sound nice and make this track "pump" more ;)
- The piano could use a little bit of delay, and some reverb to make it sound more full. Not too much though, otherwise it'll sound like shit.

Other than that, it's sounding really good! Musically and structurally it was great! :)

I kinda assumed you used FLStudio, I hope I'm right, otherwise some of what I saiid doesn't really work :P

KrisSumara responds:

Thanks for the helpful review! :)

I will probably remake this song now that I have more mastering programs and such.

[Future Art]

Hmmm

Methinks Mr. DaMuX didn't learn anything from the last time you taught him a lesson :(

It's a shame, really.

[Hopeless Dreams]

I like it a lot! :)

- Intro snare could be more....marchy? With like, rolls and shit
- Organish synth sounds a bit weird....maybe use some strings?
- Bassline is pretty groovy
- Song kinda sounds like the hero just realized he has one more chance ;)
- Guitar work is nice, subtle but works perfectly in the song.
- Kick sounds kinda weak
- Hats are too loud :P like always lmao

Hope I was some help!

metallikid6 responds:

It was. My friend... if you only heard the original... You'd be praising this like nobody's business. The original version was awful, lol. I think the whole hero thing is a matter of opinion & perspective. Like a philosophy class and a personality test. Maybe i could go back and eff with the drum EQs, but I dunno. I like it. Anyway, I'm glad you liked it a lot too bro.

[Recovered Spirit]

Pretty good!

- Didn't like the fx'd kick in the intro
- Some of the drumming in the intro seems a tad offtime
- Yay, it's starting to sound almost VG'ish now :)
- Kinda sounds like the intro to a menu of an RPG
- The synth at 1:38ish is.....not my favorite :P
- Parts of this song sound like bg music at the intro of a heavy metal concert :D Brings back good memories ;)
- Hats are kinda loud around 2:30

All in all, not bad man, not bad. There's some stuff to work on, and I kinda wish it had a proper melody, but it's sounding pretty good so far. Keep up the good work!

[Fredgy - Life goes on]

Awesome! :D

Really cool!
The whole track is kinda clipping though, maybe turn down the master volume a bit, and/or add some limiters.

Good stuff though, you're improving a lot! :)

Fredgy responds:

thanks dude :D
ok you can expect a new version one of these minutes already i think :D
working now on it :-)
thanks mate ;)

[Sum of One]

Sounds really cool!

I'm only giving a 9 because you used slayer :( It kinda works for this song, but imagine if you got a real guitar going for it! :) That'd be fucking nuts.

Drums sounded really good: really well written and had a nice chill atmosphre to them. Only thing is that they could probably use a little more variation.

That's it though, sounding really good. :)

P.s. If you have some time, come check out my newest track, I could use a review :)

Anima-Theory responds:

I didn't use a slayer, I sampled each chord from a song, then pitch and speed shifted them, then rearranged each chord differently to that of the song. I would have played it myself but my recording equipment isn't working at the moment.

I will have a look-see at your latest :D

Thanks for the review man :D

Anima