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[Last Lightning]

First, cool intro. Wasn't expected, and captured a good vibe. The bass or wub, whatever you call it, was a little too squeaky and could have used at least some lower frequencies. Plus, the sound just isn't that unique.
It works alright, but that's more my personal opinion.
I think the chords were exceptional, and the piano played it out nicely to the end.
Great song. Oh, and the drums sounded sharp to me also, so nice job!

Pandasticality responds:

thank you for the review.
- Pandasticality

[Limbic Syndrome]

I really really like the scratch-like lead in the intro. You must be proud of it! This has all a pretty good ambiance to it. The drop was a little too loud maybe? That's up to preference--I imagine you wanted to have a bit of the surprise factor there.
The piano bit was fantastic! I think the glitched out voice's high frequencies were a little too interfering, but a cool idea all the same.
Neat track! I'll have to check more of your stuff out in the future!

UrnSudden responds:

Thank you :D
I really love doing that scratch-lead type thing in a lot of my songs, and at the same time, I'm kind of like "I wish I started doing it of my own volition, rather than because I didn't know how to do real scratching" haha.
I do agree, the voice track was up a little high, and the drop was a little loud in respect to the drum track, too. I'd ascribe that to staying up late and working on it in sections with the volume down on my speakers really low, so I didn't end up looking at it overall really in too much detail until the morning after I published it. But I might resubmit an amended track~
Thanks for the review~

[Blue Forest]

This was pretty funky! Not one of my favorites, but I did think the pauses were creative, and gave that sense of "hold up!" ya know. I think the bass is overwhelming, but that could be my end. Over all I think the stereo of the synthesizers was not strategically placed. I think you panned everything out, when you should have kept the drums or the lead centered imo.
Nice one!

happycrab responds:

Thanks for your input and ideas.. I was thinking about how your tracks pan drums in the center which kind of grounds the piece.. in this one I guess it sounds way different on headphones vs speakers.. i'm thinking about how it's different..

[Love Me, Free Me]

Sounds like a rap beat to me. Honestly though, it's not too shabby. I really like the melody you have, and the drums are pretty cool. At 1:30, where the bass drops, it's just not that good. The sound of the bass itself is what's boring. the melodies stay repetitive but cool, but your bass sounds are a little boring. At half way through the song, you begin to realize the song hasn't exactly progressed or anything.
Reading the description, I have to give you kudos.
Honestly, I thought the sound you use for the drop was a preset. Again, the melodies were cool, but maybe could have progressed more?
For a repetitive beat, which I think you meant it to be, it's really pretty catchy. I'm not the best judge of mixing, but it sounds pretty solid to me. =)
Nice track!

Jayk-O responds:

Thank you! Progression is not my strong spot in music.

[Waterfalls]

Typical chords. Cool intro sounds though! Yeah it's cool, but I almost expected a drop after that epic intro. I think the highs--the lead for instance--need more presence in the song. The song gets a little boring otherwise. I like the melody you chose, and the drums are pretty alright.
Overall, a good work!

hoorayjay responds:

Thank you so much! I'm a relative newcomer when it comes to electronic music and this was really my first try doing it, more comfortable with guitars and drums and the like, thank you!

[Diskovr - Fugitive]

Nice, I like the arp in the intro. Not too spectacular, but cool.
Actually that's my assessment for a lot of this song. But that's what you get for using Nexus I guess :P
haha I like that sub kick you have. The volume is pretty low, and I don't have an amp here, so I feel like I'm missing the presence of the song. sounds like it'd be much better if it was thumping, because I think you relied pretty heavily on the bass.
Here's my main problem with the song. Everything is just a little too mainstream. I've heard it all before. The bassline at 4:00, the overall rhythm choice for your supersaws, and the chords.
I think you can use overused ideas like these in your song, but maybe just not all in ONE song.
My favorite parts were the intro and outro. Nice snare transitions you had going.

ksthultz15 responds:

Thanks for the review. I was trying to be as mainstream as I could actually. And Im forced to use some synths like Nexus cause they are the only ones that work on Linux. Many other synths do not work. My whole goal is to be on a record label, making mainstream music, so for you, its -1 star. But for me, its a success.

[Full Eclipse]

Intro grabbed my attention.
I like the bass, and the harpsichordish sound or whatever it is. The subtle drum beat is pretty sweet. Ok so at 0:56, I think the atmosphere sounds sound out of key and a little to overpowering. Also that Kick drum at 1:00 sounds pretty loud to me. almost distorts at times.
I like the reverberating pluck melody you have going throughout the end of the song.
I really liked your drum rhythm, just not a fan of the booming kick drum.
Nice work!

Ethril responds:

I'll keep plugging at it. Thanks for the review!
7/1 I wasn't a fan of that big kick either.... I think I'll snatch that out of this song and make it a bit longer and more emotional. This was still a decent piece so I'll keep it up... I'll name the new one just
''Eclipse''

[Forest Adventure]

Wow, you have quite a grasp on...good music, I dunno. This is great! Good grief, the melodies and harmonies are simply excellent!
I love the percussion too. Man, this is great...I can honestly not find much wrong with it.
I think you have a new fan!

KrushRhythmics responds:

Thanks means a lot to know someone likes it. I kinda like the feel it turned out to have but can't quite figure out where I'd like this song to be.

[City of Miners]

Hey, I love the way this started! Grabbed me right away--made me feel like I was in the rolling hills of Ireland or something! I'm sorry it's just a loop, and I wish you would expand this. For what it is, it's quite enjoyable, and if you made it loop more smoothly, this would go very well as background music.
Excellent!

KrushRhythmics responds:

Yes. This will eventually end up being ... something. It's the middle part of a whole new challenge for me as I want to venture a bit in this type of ambiant.

Thanks for listening.