wonderful
But wait, did you just sidechain the whole song to the kick? If that's exactly what you did, that's fantastic and awesome, but if that's not what you did to get that effect, I hate you for all etirnity. But that massive sidechainage gets this flat, overcompressed sound. Which I don't like.
I enjoyed the pizzy start to the synth which evolved into some weird hands up lead. You should haf incorporated the pizzy into the song later on >:(
The pizzy was the main synth o.O Just with automating the cutoff filter.
For the sidechaining, yeah I sidechained it to the kick. I agree, I should have lessened the sidechaining a tad so that it isnt so... ear hurting like. Anyways. Thanks for the review!
har
clumsily but steadily the marimba progresses... it needs a bit steadier rhythm than that whimsy marimba note progression- I assume ya play that live? It sounds kind of like that. If you did it with software, quantisize and edit yer notes, cause it sounds very much off tempo. Lovely sounds, pretty bad quality but whatever. Well done.
Yes I played it live, That's why the quality rings on the verge of crap. The tempo changes are just part of the song, save the parts when I'm just saving myself from screwing up. I dont care for using software, I find it lowers the skill of the player. *cough* Fruity Loops *Cough* Thanks though.
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I like that trance lead in the beginning, really bouncy and fresh sound, but it has quite some staticage, which happens to eat part of the ears- anyway, the base chord progression of the arp ain't too good, it sounds forced and somewhat off key, even though I doubt it really is. It's just the feeling.
Nice other sounds, the drums don't sound too good though. I'd expect a much more steady beat than the kick rhythm you got going there. Makes much of the power go away, I'd rather have some funky 4 on the floor variation there.
kindof like but it needs more
Yes, the staticage be me forgetting to attempt to get rid of it with EQ or something. And really, that lead is pretty much a preset in Toxic III, but I thought I should do something with it. It didn't turn out the way I wanted it to, and I ended up just throwing on some random drum beat that came after a bit of playing around.
Basically, this song can probably go into the "shit" songs. The stuff I actually did from scratch wasn't good apparently. Ah well, next time for me...
Thanks for the review tho.
hey
I notice those garageband presets, or at least I'm 99% sure they are :)
Cmon, try to make the stuff harmonize with each other, or at least make em go in the same speed in some kind of structure in a way or another- cause not it just sounds horribly random, like some sounds all mashed over the place with various instruments... And try to make some original synths, it will really remove the "preset user" stamp from yer face quite a lot :D
The "harmonize" part was that one note, right? Well, i screwed up there, you're right! The guitar is going with the "same speed" comment, i'm guessing. First, this song was from a while back, i'm much better now. Buuuut, I had decided to finish one day. I gave myself one last try on that part, and even though it stunk, i kept it. Yes, i acknowledge the badness of that one part. Also, they are presets. The "cause not it just sounds horribly random, like some sounds all mashed over the place with various instruments" comment confused me greatly. PM me so we can discuss what it meant, won't you?
Thanks for the review!
gah.
Please. Don't make the main instrument in this song... a trash guitar. It sounds horrible, and doesn't fit the feeling of the original song at all. At least reverb it much more for the well known water feeling, or something just to make the terrible "ugh"-feeling go away, if you catch my drift :)
Also felt it's way too slow moving, remove some of the bars in the very start just to get the party started sooner. Never felt it really started though. I guess you need drums for that... subtle hint
Thanks, but I'm stuck with the Trial version of FL. What you hear is what we are stuck with, this song was way too hard to try again.
Very nice.
I enjoyed the stepping synths and gated arpagge very much. It fits greatly in a song like this, though it gives a first impression of being synthie-only. Strings are absolutely wonderful. Drums feel filtered too far away, I'd suggest giving them some more in-yer-face presence, and exchange some of these kick and snare hits for hats, making the kick-and-snare pattern more groovy. Also I wanna hear more of that chorused guitar damnit >:(!!
Very nice, need major polish as you said indeed though
hey hey, Yea very basic notes and shit going on but they fit the styleof the piece very well those synths. The strings are from a nexus expansion and yes they are yummy, me loves em too much methinks. Drums are crap yes, that is my downfall, drums. I now have ezdrummer so at least i'll get better rythmns coming up on newer tracks. Haha nooooo more guitar is what you'd expect you see, just a little leaves you wanting more innit.
many thanks
pitters
har
As the title implies- lovely pad, has a great texture to it- but again it feels way too simple. Don't get me wrong, the chord progression is wonderful and I just love the emotion of it, but I suggest you either fill up on it, make it much longer, or both. It has such a great potential :D
blarghman!
Some pad, with some basic notes- I guess it could fit for a cutscene in some game very well- but face facts, it ain't much complex and doesn't sound like it took you a lot of work. It sounds like it could work as a base or pad part in some song, but alone- eh. Nice sounding pad though :D
lolyay
lol yoik ftw :D
Or whatever it is. I need to study my ol' nordic singing styles more. Fits damn great. But- is there lyrics or just some vocals here and there that's not really saying anything? Lovin' the track itself, them synths are wonderful. Mind to share some secrets about how you make those warping basses and scratchy synths? :D
Drums are made of awe, I really fell in love with the ride cymbal here, I don't know why, but I tend fall in love with drum beats containing those a lot. As you said the kick could need some work, I guess some more compression and sharpening would do good for it, then again I don't know or think I know how it'd sound or what you did with it.
great
5/10/download/favourite
hey :D
I love the little bass riff goin' there. Loop or yer own midi work? :D I'm gonna try playin' that on some guitar some day, just fo' kicks. Drum hits are way random, use some more groovy pattern, like a breakbeat, or add some out of this world-effects to the drum sounds. Lovely pad too :D
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