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[Gavin A - Minus One v2]

Not too shabby

There are some flaws, but this is a pretty good track.

I think you should re-categorize it, because I don't really feel the Drum n Bass. There's no real oomph to it, which is pretty necessary when it comes to DnB.

It's a really dreamy track. It makes me feel pretty good. It's ratehr fast paced, which is fitting for the genre. The intro is rather slow, a slow build-up with some sort of subliminal messages in the back to hint towards what's about to come. I think the sudden burst of sound and speed might be abit too sudden.

You're also having some problems keeping it varied. THe background backing sounds are very repetitive, as are the rhythms. The melody is very good, but it's somehow overshaded by the repetitive buzzing sound in the back, which carries on for the length of the song.

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Xorberax responds:

I disagree with you on the genre.
Just because the intro is slow, doesn't mean it can't be DnB. Just because it doesn't have an "oomph" doesn't mean it isn't DnB.

Other than that, I agree.

[A Land Far Away]

Epic indeed.

What a great track. Feels like an epic voyage across the seas, methinks.

I don't really have anything bad to say about the composition or your use of the instruments. It's very harmonic, and majestic, absolutely. It might have lacked some percussion, even though you did very well on that part as well.

The problem is rather with the audi oquality. Some of the sounds, the trumpet sounds in particular, seemed to creat a cracking sound as they peaked. Not very pleasing to the ear. You should see if you could do something about that.

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Tomppaah responds:

Aah, thank you :D You're not the only one commenting on the peaking, but I can't figure out what's causing it. All the levels seem fine in my mixer. But I'll tro to see what I can do :)

Thank you once more :)

[AF - Nightlife]

Very, very impressive.

Apart from the somewhat repetitive nature of the song, this is a really, really good track.

The intro was sudden, but not necessarily in a bad way. It sounded really good, and worked as a build-up to the main melody.

The whooshing sound that goes through the entire sound actually gets somewhat annoying after some time. It might be the hi-hat? I'm not sure what it is that makes the sound, but it got very repetitive.

Other than that, I have to say it wasn't really too generic or unoriginal, au contraire. Sure, it's not the most revolutionary thing I've heard, but considering the genre and what you went for, it's really good.

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aliaspharow responds:

Thanks allot! Yeah i did realise that there were allot of high pitched sounds, and i annoys me too. Il be sure to fix it once i have the opportunity.

[[Assios] - Midnight Madness]

Not bad, but very generic.

It's a very good track, and it certainly serves its purpose when it comes to being catchy and danceable, but it's really not too original.

The intro is very unoriginal. The crowd cheering in the back and the... bells? Sounded like I was listening to Cascada, really.

When the rhythm joins in, it doesn't get much better. It still sounds very generic. It's only when the actual sound starts that it gets a bit better, but it still sounds a lot like Cascada-ish music.

At about 1.15 the song sounds a bit more original, and it keeps going in the same tracks for some time. However, the song feels somewhat repetitive after you reach the 2-minute mark. The ending is pretty good, it's not too sudden, but still cuts off at the perfect place, without dragging out.

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Assios responds:

Thanks for the great review! norsk? :o

[TranceJump]

Bouncy!

I really like the title of the song, as I found the song to be jumpy/bouncy, because of the rhythmic bass and the melody.

The main problem with most trance is that it's very generic and unoriginal, and soon gets repetitive. You've nicely avoided this by changing up the melody from time to time and adding/removing instruments.

There was an odd instrument that joined in at about 2.12, which didn't fit in for somet time. However, around 2.40 the entire song sped up a bit, which made that specific instrument fit in much better.

I really liked the instruments you've used as well. At some points throughout the song it felt somewhat empty, though. The intro also dragged out a bit, with pretty cheesy drums to start off. Other than that, a great track. The ending was also very well-done.

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MobiusIII responds:

Firstly, thanks for the review! They are like gold to me. Its great to hear that Ive managed to make a somewhat different sounding trancer. The instrument at 2.12 is a Hardcore (fl plugin) guitar that i messed with, it sounds awesome but i need to figure out how to get it to play nice with other sounds a bit. Things to work on....

[Kris Sumara - Wip]

Quite good

It's trance all right, but I can still hear those traces of house you tried to mix in.

It's a simple and okay track. It's not too special, it's somewhat unoriginal, but it still serves its purpose, making people get out on the dancefloor.

Seeing as it's so short, it's not really repetitive. However, if it were longer, it would eventually get quite repetitive. Yes, you switch up the melody somewhat, but the general structure of the song, and the rhythmic section, is pretty much the same. But, by switching up the melody, you avoid it getting boring.

The biggest problem I have is that it's so short. It seems almost unfinished. That, and it being somewhat unoriginal. If you could make a longer one, and try to mix even more house into it, it could potentially be a really good song.

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KrisSumara responds:

Thanks for the review mate! I tried making it as simple of a trance and house track as I can. I always experiment with the way I make stuff and here I made it as basic and I can. I could just add a house bass instead of a trance one, in time I will make up my mind and see where this song goes.

[Acidic Demo]

Not very structured

My main problem with the song is that it's very messy.

Now, messy isn't always necessarily a bad thing, but right now it just doesn't sound like a song.

First off, I gotta say that it does, at times, remind me of underground Mario levels in the earlier games.

On to the song, well, it's nice that you want to try and use only acidic sounds, but it didn't work out very well for you here.

First off, it often goes off-beat. The minor rhythmic section you have seems to either outrun or be outrun of the main melody. Speaking of, the main melody doesn't seem to be structured at all. It rather seems like you just threw a lot of acidic sounds in there in different pitches. I don't really understand the very sudden transition to a higher-pitched acidic sound all of a sudden about in the middle of the song. That sounded really weird.

Lastly, the ending was really cheap, and very sudden. There were no build-ups or outros, which songs really should have. Work on these things, try to get a more structured song, and you might have a good acid songs. At least you have the right sounds.

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wrayn3 responds:

Well thanks for the Constructive critism. I was actually thinking of editing the song to make it better. Thanking you heaps

Regards
Wayne Rayner

[Renegade Space Station]

Works nice with the story

A good track with a great story, and what you wrote down in the author's comments really fits the track.

The use of synths throughout the song enhances the feel that you're in space, and the drums, though somewhat repetitive, makes the song flow rather nice.

I'm not exactly sure where the different parts end and stop, but I can somewhat guess. IF you could make these transitions a bit more prominent, that'd be great.

The drum samples used aren't the great. The clap, and one of the other sounds which I don't know the name for in English, sounds a bit generic. See if you could get some other samples.

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Birdinator99 responds:

While I'm glad that the story part worked for you, I intended the transitions to be smooth and almost mysterious, to fit in with the space theme.

I know the drums are bad XD I've got better kits/samples coming to me soon. I don't even know if the clap you're describing is a clap (it's listed as a snare I think :p).

Thanks very much for listening!

[Revitalized(WIP)]

Flawed, but not bad.

I know it's a WIP, but I'll still have to cut a point off because of the ending.

It's a really catchy track, by all means. However, it's flawed. It's not very repetitive, due to the introduction of various new elements, like new rhythms and a third instrument to back up the bass and melody, but after the addition of the third instruments, it just loops till it's suddenly cut off. That doesn't sound very good.

The samples used are good, and in general, both melody and rhythm is good. The only thing you really lack is variation. I'd like to see a finished version of this. Seeing as it's so short now, you should easily be able to either cut off some time and make a better ending to avoid this being repetitive, or just cut a bit off the ending and make a longer song with more variation.

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ThunderHorseL responds:

The demo for the track is up now, i added a few things and experimented with different sounds.