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[/-Icarus-\]

Nice melody but needs mastering

The idea for the melody is great - somehow uplifting and happy :)

but in my oppinion: the detuned synth doesn't fit to the background, dude. And you need to adjust the volume levels of all tracks. adding a limiter to the mastertrack is minimum here. in the 3 third of the song you are doing a great job in alternating the detuned synth but it's simply too loud. fix that and it will be a fine piece.

greetings

Darkfire96 responds:

Believe me mastering was next on my list. I really think the saw actually fit it pretty well. I guess its a matter of opinion. Thanks for the review.

EDIT#1 I mastered it.

/-Icarus-\

[Jump. [GrayZ + F-777 (noob)WIP]

Definitely has potential

I'm curious where this is going to go

GrayZ responds:

Thanks alot :)

[Forest (Daytime)]

good work

you can feel the calm atmosphere of the forest in the melody and the digital style of the world comined in the beat. but maybe you could alternate the beat at some parts. i think it's just a 8 beat loop and something like a reverse crash for the change of the melodie at 1:22 (which i love) and at the ending to make a good transition for looping the whole track

ajfromcanada responds:

Thanks for the input! Drums are definitely my weak point, so I'll try to incorporate more into there.

[Kazmo - Äther]

junge junge

Der Track hat mal eine richtig schöne trancige Atmospähre und eine noch schönere Melodie.
Gefällt mir sehr gut.
Bei meinen Boxen klingts nur ein wenig knackig aber das macht mir persönlich nichts.
Hab selten so qualitativ hochwertigen trance gehört hier.
Weiter so!

Kazmo responds:

Danke! :3

[AP - Track 3]

sounds great

i really like it. sounds very professional.
downloaded get a name and send me more stuff from you :D

Zizzaria responds:

Thankyou!
We just got out of the Studio, recorded an abum with Tom Dobrzanski (We Are The City, Said The Whale, The Zolas), Everything has names but we're keeping it on the lowdown until we officially release the Album.
Thanks for the good review!

[HOMK 2.0]

err

i don't like it that much.
the gated saw which carries the melody doesn't fit to the melody.
also theres a lack of baseline carrying the mood of the theme. the way you interpreted the theme is not satisfying. the atmosphere is simply missing.

only using the theme is like trying to drive a car without a motor. it looks pretty but doesn't get you anywhere. you didn't even really try to catch the original mood in anyway did you ;)
The motor you created for your car is too weak for your car. use the contrabass string u used in the beginning and in the mid and add it under the melody to carry the original spirit would sound a lot better in my humble opinion.

but i got to say that the effects you used on this tracks are good like the distorted saws in the beginning, they carry a bit of the aggression of the theme.

needs some work but it's affordable ;)

DJNeXoD responds:

Thats a really good idea, using the string bass underneath, it hadn't crossed my mind, thanks for the input

[This Started as Drum & Bass]

The samples are weak

try to make something more unique instead of using standard samples, compress them, equalize them, add some reverb or something. there are countless possibilities.
anyway the strings in the beginning are great if you would have used it more maybe slicing it to peaces and rearranging it with an drum & bass beat would be great
be creative :D

Cecil-Sayataki responds:

Yeah I'm thinking I might go back and try that since the strings never come back in the rest of the song.
Thanks for the review by the way.

[Edix- Kick It]

cool

you got a kaoscillator :D also nice track ;)

EDICKS responds:

Hah thank you! Yes Im a big korg fan right now. Affordable sound production!

[_.Hypothermia._]

It has some potential

Would be better if you alter the beat or the melody on parts because it becomes boring after a short time. and there's an immense lack of bass not the kick it's just missing a baseline. the few at the end doesn't really fit in my opinion.
now to the good things ;)
I like the synths you used. the one that sounds like a truck running into you is very cool.

So over all. make it less repetetive add some serious base and alter the beat and this could be quite good ;)

Kieda responds:

Hmm... yeh the bass doesn't start before 4:05. I could have added some bass for the part before the "breakdown", if you can call it that.

I dunno, I tried to make somekind of progressive trance, imo they feel all a bit repetitive. About the melody, I tried to switch with the melodies every now and then, when it felt fitting =].

[Still Blastin']

AAAAAAAAAAAWESOME!

woah i feel so happy listening to that track.
fast melodic powerful creative nostalgic, simply amazing i love game music :D thanks you made my day

NemesisTheory responds:

Thanks a lot! Your review made MY day! <3