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[ATWC [Pt2]]

I know what to do?

Hmm... well... maybe.

I like how heavy the bass synth is in the beginning. I just realized that you are screwing around with the filter frequency. I think you shouldn't have just stopped it after the big crash intro though(needs better compression and volume control, btw) and I believe if you kept it going with a slight beat instead of a major one, like a break beat or drum percs, then the song would ahve much more of a flow, instead of constant ambience. I like to hear lots of breaks and drops as much as the next person, but I also like flow. That is probably the only thing(other than compression) that you need to work on.

Good work.

Good work.

LaymanLove responds:

Ya, looking back on this track, I recognize a LOT of technical recording mistakes. To be honest, it's not even very interesting in the first place.

I can say that I have recently become more thorough in my Dynamics and EQing...hope it's for the better.

Thanks for the review,
LL

[Karbon - Anaconda Remix]

Its good, but...

...from what I'm noticing, your doing one hell of a lot of remixes. Slow down on those, try to work on some more original work. It'll be better for you.

Since i can't hear too much, (damn school
) i can only comment on what i can hear. I like the drum work, and the little lead stabs you have sound a little bit too awkward for the song. It sounds like its plaing a sour chord.

Good work, but try to come up with a better intro.

PS: Can you drop by and check out my stuff? Thanks!

Karbon responds:

Vanguard. :( Now I hate it for some reason. Now I use Absynth 3.0 most of the time. Pretty raw. You should check it out.

[Under]

Always good to see new guys.

I really enjoyed the ambience of this track. The vocals worked very well, but i'd like to see them worked with in a way as to make them into a melody.

You song seems very dissarranged. Try to make the drums not stop so much. If you stop one beat, bring another one in. Make sure that at least one beat is going for at least 8 bars. Just so that it sounds a little more professional sounding.

Other than that, amazing song! I enjoyed it.

PS Can you check out my stuff? I got a new track called 'Anthem of Chaos' and i'd like it if you reviewed it :) Thanks!

Night-speaker responds:

Ty fore the review!!!

Night_s

[Prepare for the Mission--_--]

Different...

This is a good piece of clubby trance. Lovin the beginning, its definately unique.
Even though, i do have one complaint. The congos in the begginng (when it first started) almost made the strings detune themselves? It didnt happen the other times that it looped though.

Awesome piece of work, i'd like to hear this in a full song :)

PS: Can you drop by my audio page? I'm new, so it would make me feel all nice n stuff :D Thanks!

[My first submition ;o]

Hey man

Congras on your first submission :D Always good to see new guys around here. (actually, i'm fairly new here myself) and this is pretty good for a first submission!

I enjoyed the europhoric feeling of this dance song, bit i think theres one thing you need to do to make the song have a 'flow' feeling...

Add more instruments at one time. Like, add a pad or something in the backround, and since this is a 'dance' song, don't stop the drums! They keep the rythym :D

Other than that, pretty good work!

PS: Can you leave me a review on my music? I'm a new guy as well, so kind of like a review exchange between you and me :)

[AirWolf 2005 (LoopMix)]

I love reviewing loops :)

Then theres so much to comment about, since loops have to be complex, since they are short :D

Lets get right on, then. I really like the fact that you made it into a 3 stepper, adds a whole new 'triuphant' feel to it. Awesome.

About how it loops, I didn't really like how it loops, because you must have set it on 'leave remainder' when you exported it. When you make a loop, change that to 'cut remainder' then it will loop somewhat good :)

I really like the 3 stepped drums but I'd like to see them more diverse. Add some fills, add some kick rolls, some glitches, breaks, anything! Make them exciting!

I didn't really enjoy your arrangment too much... you had a 12 bar melody?
Try to think of arrangment as a way to make a song 'clean'. A normal short melody is 4 bars, a decent normal melody is 8, a long one is 16, and a long ass one is 32 and up. A 12 bar melody kind of throws off the whoe balance, and I could really feel the track so much as i would have been able to if i knew that a bass change was goin to happen after the 4th bar, but you made it happen at the 3rd or 5th bar. Kind of awkward, but its not as bad as i say it is, its just really really unique.

Other than these small things, i say make this loop into a full track. It would be very enjoyable to hear, and it would get everyones head bobbin :D

Awesome work!

PS: Can you check out my music? I've only got one up right now, but there will be more coming :) Thanks!

DJ-Dajova responds:

TY for the long review.

And yes, i know those little mistakes, except the melody... U know, the melody comes from a old tvshow, and this is my remix from that theme :D

And yes, I am working on the full version of this melody... It isn´t the same "hard"style as this 1, but it will be better than this :D

Hehe, i will be back with better work later on... I´m having many tips and such from great produsers, so i can just keeping better and better ;)

TY for the review and welcome again! :P

[Topaz]

Awkward drums...

I thought the strings sounded a little fake, maybe it may have sounded better if you used different samples or something, but i would rag on you too much about them.

Your drum work is nothing less than 'unique', i enjoyed it because it was different, but I disliked on how I had to wait until the hi hats kicked in until I got the pattern they were playing.

I think that you should focus on stopping having the glitchy sounding bass drum, and add a simple 4 by 4 kick pattern after a while.

Other than these small things, very good, I enjoyed it, but not something I'd listen to all the time.
Good work, 4/5

PS: Do you think you can drop me a review? I've only got one song up right now, but there wil be more soon :) Thanks!

Gillenium responds:

haha, did you see the date on this thing? It's ooooold. I've improved 10-fold, so check out the new stuff! I'll check out your stuff later. Thanks for the review.

[DarkA-Visions(loop series)main]

Fits the genre.

Very nice, I like the drum work. Since I'm listening to this through head phones I cant say too much about the basline, other than the fact that it sounds very bassy... I like that.

Your drum work is nice, you use patternization very well. But i'd like to see a little more variation in the pattern itself, not so much the cymbals. Like, every 4 beats, you could change it up. If your going to make a loop, make it as diverse and full sounding as you can possibly make it without making it distort. Thats where it actualy takes skill to make loops :P

So maybe add some nice 303 acids, maybe a small lead, maybe strings... at least something else to make this song sound a little more 'definate'.

Good work, I enjoyed it!

PS: Do you think you can drop me a review? I only have one song up, but that it son to change :)
Thanks!

[Carf-MusicIsTheAwnser(Trance)]

Pretty nice.

I love the basic sound of this track so far, it gets right to the point of 'trance'. I thought the strings were a little bit much, but it all works out in the end. The basslien works out very well, even though it simply is, well, one note. The acid arp you bring in later on sounds much better as an arpeggio, then those simple little music hits in the backround that you started them off with. Maybe it would have been better if you had started it off with a simpe trance hit in the firt place?

I really like the sound of this song, the melodys work very well with each other, but i'd like to hear more of a 'build', not so much of just a straight foreward track. I'd lie to hear some fancy drum techniques, some awesome note changes, and proably some awesome trance leads.

Other than that, very nice track, I thouroughly enjoyed it. Its a lot better than lots of the stuff here in the AP. I am impressed, you know what you are doing.
I also really like your way of arrangment.

Great work!

PS: Can you please check out some of my work? I'm new here, so only one song is up, but there will be more soon :) Thanks!

Carf responds:

Yo XL, thanx for the kind words, this are the kinda comments that made me continue with what I am doing, try and make good music :). I need to say that MitA is one of my finest trancy tracks, I am really widely with making music, from trance till hiphop just because its the kick of making something from nothing. I am gonna check out your shizz right away. Keep up the creativity, in the end we all trying todo the same, making great music.

[§Zeth§ - Reflection]

Another orchaestral artist...

Man, i love this kind of msic, very hard to produce.

Very well done piece, high quality samples and everything. But i still have my little pet peeves about it :)

The bass guitar, when you first bring it in, it almost sounds random! Maybe you could make the pattern sound alittle more realistic or something.

And after the piano part, I love the arp in backround, but the harpsichord sounding melody is way too tinny for me, man. It just kind of grinds at my ears. Maybe you should have just chosen to use a violin or something.

But, other than these things,, I like the simple drum work, and the song overall is simply amazing.

Awesome.

PS: Can you please check out my work? I'm a new artist here, so ive only got one song up, but there will be more :) Thanks!

XGM-Zeth responds:

Thank you, First off; The bass guitar I can guarantee is not random :p
Harpsichord? I think you are referring to the synth. I am sorry for putting it that loud, Thank you for reviewing.

I'll owe you a review till after I get home.