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[Beyond a Gloomy Horizon]

REVIEWING

Ok, in the beginning, that rain sound is too loud. Its distracting... The piano is kind of off key... It doesn't all match up well... I don't really know how to explain it, but if you connect the phrases, it doesn't sound good. Lol, nice thunder.

The rain leaving is kind of sudden. Might want to make it fade out for a while. Ok, a modulated sine, sounds like something I used to do... Its note at 1:30 is horrible. Its offkey... Infact, most of this song is offkey, try and keep it on a key, so it fits together, not just a mess of notes.

Drums are a bit sudden, and by the time they've came, they've left, no notice, not build, its really sudden, it needs to be smooth. The song doesn't really feel full at all. It has like 4 instruments the whole time: Drums, piano (OBVIOUSLY synth), that sine, and the rain.

My advice... don't use piano. Leave the real instruments to the real world, use synths, because that's what computer artists use. We have so much power, yet we use it on making something that already exists.

The end is way to sudden. You need to work on transitions. Also add reverb to the piano, and maybe delay. That would make it sound much cooler, and fuller.

Overall 7/10, 4/5.

New-Milkman responds:

Yeah, I was supposed to fade out the rain, but I was in such a hurry to finish it I forgot about it. And I too noticed the piano was off key, but I couldn't fix it, there was no way I could get it to sound right to me :\

That sine was something I sort of just threw in there to make the song sound a little more "complete", but that was yet another bad move by me. Drums sort of came in suddenly, but I didn't think it was that bad (probably because I listened to it a lot while I was making it). Also 4/5? lolololol

Thanks for the review!

[[collusion-synthetic_city]]

Are You Signed?

Really, are you signed? This is some high quality stuff here, and you can tell. It feels really clean, but I don't think the reese was gritty enough. Drums are excellent, though.

What software do you use use? Well, nice song, but if you want to go pro, there are still a few things you need to do... Also, are there full versions of your demo tracks? If so, where can I get them?

v150r responds:

no, im not. but the oedema maybe rlsed soon on a netlabel.
i use reason (3 and 4), some vst-s with midi keyboard. some of my musics are fully mastered, few tracks got minimal eq, and the least unmastered.
yes, i want to go pro, i tried various programs (cubase, fruity, sonar, ableton live, etc) but these are too chaotic for me, and my config does not enough for these applications.
some of my tracks are "never completed".
full tracks? contact me by mail, and we talk on msn or something. [[e-mail]]
(sry for my terrible english)

[Closet Monster--_--]

Review

Good... Needs some work.

I like the snare texture, I've made snares like it, but yours really emphasized the punchiness. The reese, however, was lacking. I've found that Reason can make insane reeses, that sound so warm, its unbelievable... This reese wasn't really good. It didn't have that professional sound, like your snare has.

The kick needs more volume, and that saw lead equates to fail. Feels like Jump Up =\ YES THAT IS A BAD THING!

Well, nice try, better than many, you will probably get in the lower top 10 or 15.

PERVOK responds:

The kick is actually too loud. Any louder and the song would crap out whenever the kick hit.

And the so-called "Jump up" influence that you think my song has is actually a Melody (omg, I know). I'm sorry, but I like songs with a melody and not just a funky bassline.

Nice to see that you appreciate a song that tries something new ;)

[[GF]SmalltownBoy[GF]]

YAY MORE GROUNDFORCE!!

Woo! First review! Anyways, lets listen.

Opens up sounding a bit like Mr. Armin van Buuren, whom I respect very much. Thats one weird dist synth though!

Ok, upper synth kicks in. Nice melody as, always. Ok, filter automation. A bit too much rez there, but there's nothing you can do about that.

Ok, cool fill, and suddenly, it BREAKS into... nothing. Man, there needs to be alot more tension there, like Lost-in-Translation. That was like a perfect song.

Ok, a second build... Its going up. Fill again, sounds like a trance synth coming. Pitchbend up, again, I don't feel the tension and release. Of course, melodies are nice, but the builds were really lacking in this one.

And we're back to that weird synth, and the same kick bass.

Ok, nice song. It needs better builds/breaks. Overall, the synths and mixing were excellent, but I really wasn't feeling the builds,

Also, where have you been?

10/10 for submitting!

GroundForce responds:

Wohoo! nice review!! ^^

hmm you don't like the builds??...yeah me too lol as i said i am very lazy XD i did this song in like 2 days ^^ wasn't myself expecting too much...

"Also, where have you been?"

my notebook got broken-down so i wasn't able to make music... but NOW i'm back ^^

thank you navij11 for this AWESOME review!! (maybe i will overwork the "builds" i'm currently working on another track)

thx² [GF]

[Rave From The Grave! Remix]

Better

Nice work getting the kick out in front.

Try not to use the preset kick. Its painfully obvious. I can send you some VEC samples if you need them.

Needs some more work. Some of the harmonies didn't mesh well. Spooky doesn't mean offkey. Try keeping to that minor key the whole time.

Overall, nice for NG.

DJ-Roulette responds:

Thanks for the Review Im still tweeking it and i do want to master it so i think i will ask for help >.< and yeah i will hit you up on that VEC =D

[=[O]= Mindless [Club Mix]]

Ah Sir Ocon

Club mix, eh? I shall evaluate as such.

Typical beginning, predictable. Kick stops, and some weird sidechaining thing happens. Sounds a bit like Benassi, in how the sidechain worked.

Clap sample keeps changing, and the kick should be a bit stronger... I know its bad practice, but a multiband comp on the master bus would help firm up the kick.

The bass wasn't really motivating, or driving, making it somewhat unfeasible for a club. Unless I'm missing like 10 dbs in sub, which I seriously doubt I am, I think the kick needs to be bigger.

Ok, I'm halfway in now, and it has failed to materialize into a main theme, as most club mixes do. Club mixes should not keep the partiers guessing, rather, through the use of repetition and simple techniques, they should keep the dance floor moving, without changing everything up.

Ohh, generic trance synth! Where's the bass below that :'(? Ok, that build felt a bit weak, some advice would be to make the kick wanted... Like, don't use the kick, and slowly introduce it, then have this MAJOR build and finally BUM BUM BUM BUM kick. It club mixes, builds really should not happen. You should just drop the action for a few bars, then bring it back again.

As a song intended to please listeners and Newgrounds, it is great! As for use in a club... Not so. Overall, it was a good song, listening here in my room not in some club somewhere. I fail to hear it in a club, though. At least it loops well!

Overall, I liked it, it lacks a main theme. It shouldn't need to develop for a club mix, it should just be there. Whatever, nice job, 9/10!

0con responds:

I don't have a sub-woofer, so I have to base everything on how it sounds with my headphones. I personally think it would fit a club, but I appreciate your opinion none the less.

I have listened to this a few times now, and I realize a few things I should have done to make the song flow more and have a better sound at some parts, but I seriously do NOT feel like working on this one anymore, so I am not going to =P

Besides that this was topping my cpu, and that is absolutely NO fun to work with.

Thanks for the review man ;)

OCON

[Rig - 3:34]

Awesome...

Make it longer, please!

Rig responds:

It was hard enough getting it to be THIS long - I doubt I'll be able to create a longer version. :|

[~'{Fire Aura}'~]

ok...

First constructive review.

Right of the bat, the kick is really annoying. Its obviously an FL preset kick. Try EQing and layering, along with compression, to make the kick sound less like a preset XD

I thought the bass was a bit loud. When I hear a trance song, I expect the bass and kick to blend, so I can listen for one and hear both. When I listen to this, I hear the bass with that phaser and the kick, but not together.

The arps are nice, and so are the harmonies and melodies.

Its a bit repetitve though, and by that, I mean... There are no new synths. Of course, the melody changes, but the song just pounds and pounds... It doesn't breathe through breaks, like all good dance songs do.

Also... Why the hell did the kick suddenly get louder at 3:10?! That seems really noobish... volume changes, if included at all, should be automations, not just loudness increase.

Overall, the synths were either well made, or Sytrus presets. No matter which, they sounded good, but the panning was a bit weird even on speakers.

Well man, it looks like you know how to get NG to love you, I just think that all artists need some constructive criticism, so they can improve! Well, keep it up!

Kid2Will responds:

YAY! constructive finally. Yeah you caught me, im a noob. No idea what you mean about layering and EQing. Ive just been lowing the volume to avoid the crackling noise.

So either the bass was too loud, or the kick not strong enough.

The arps, are arps XD.

Yeah the synths are pretty repetitive.

I meant it to be like a big finale, and i guess i forgot to build up to it. And i put in another drum beat that i didnt mean to do.* Didnt realize it, this showed me.*

Every sound is preset. =(. Maybe a few soundfonts here and there. + reverb on some.

Thanks for the review man, first constructive and it really helped alot. I will take this into mind for Earth Aura, which is a WIP atm.

[I Love Cock 2]

This song made me love it too

I told Drury...

Its like (gabber please) tehn BAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAMBAM...

<3 <3

cornandbeans responds:

no, it's like gabber please then COCK

get it right

[p4c-GameOver[hi qual]]

Dude

This isn't mastered, its mixed. I can hear crackles that mastering would eliminate. Its mixed, and nicely, although a bit loud.

That kick has too much reverb on it. Turn it down, and EQ it up at 1k for more texture.

There is no tension, but the melody is nice, and the synth is cool, although it sounds a bit lo-fi. The clap is OK, but it fits, I guess.

The vocal sample was cool, as were the FX.

I hear a build coming, I like the tempo changes, but I was expecting something bigger at 2:25 then what I got, maybe something huge, but really the song never climaxed... The mixing kinda killed it. Make sure that the new elements you introduce are audible, or I wont be able to tell what happened.

Overall 7/10

p4c responds:

haha good to see a serious review, judging by the six below i know i cant actually be as awesome as they say :)

hehe i guess im too scrub to know the difference between mixing and mastering at this point, jst learned how to make decent sounding stuff on reason now and im getting over myself :D ill keep tension and stuff in mind, i made the original one of this a while ago when i was still learning the program. thx for the construct. crit!