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[Rig - What if? (Glitchy Redux)]

rathar nice

Now those sine stuffs being modded around with and them... rainforest? fx give the tune a nice feeling already from the start. It builds up pretty slowly- so this is the only time it turned out a bit repetitive in the show. But now that them drums came in, that's when we started talking stuff. Still the stuff in the background IS pretty much the same pad and a few other inputs that aren't drums once in a while. But the shitload of different sounds and effects you add on them as it goes progressing is so interesting, it keeps yer listening through the whole thing without thinking bout that.

ooh piano- and it sounds fuggin yummy too ^_^

Great work on this part too my good sire

Rig responds:

Manipulated drums ALWAYS keep the song going. :) Thanks for the review! Thay "modded sine" sound is actually a sawtooth wave run though the filtering VST Minion. Check it out, it's awesome.
The piano was done with Nexus, by the way.

[Rig - What if? (Genesis Redux)]

FUCKING ACEOHSFASN

Man how much I loved this. I mean, those drums and weird instruments incorporated with them- jesus christ you're good. I really love the stuffs you add later too. Great oriental and orchestral instruments, they really add a nice touch to a more drum- or drillnbass inspired track. Awesome work to the coar yo

Rig responds:

Thanks! I just threw my song "Genesis" in there out of desperation and added some drums and stuff. Nice to see that it all worked out :)

[[SD] Inside Your Dreams]

Yum

Now that pad's melody is sheer yummyness, but the pad itself sounds very basic, and it's some weird stuff going on when the notes shift- try adding more polyphony to the synth or more release to the same if that's what makes it happen. The drums sound pretty good though the beat is very very basic :P Also you could use some small reverb on them. A thing I really liked about this song was the rhodes. It adds a really relaxing feel over the whole thing. I was a little dissapointed by that square lead you put in later on, be careful so you don't spoil that perfect mood you put it in from the start.

review my song, lol im cool :P :D

SupraDarky responds:

Thank you so much for writing a review like this! I'll try my best to make it better and your review will help a lot in my decisions.

[LTM² - Eating Pie (Final)]

Cool

I really loved how you got rid of that square synth and used a keys sound now. Now I'm really digging themdrums, esp. ther toms, thayr roll is absolutely awesome. Some interesting little melody with the other synth you got into there. It sounds like those drums are the biggest change, isn't it

Wah that change in theme thing didn't really fit in too well. It sounded mroe amateurish than diversed when that happened- and I know you're not like that, so I'm sure you could roll of a complete change in theme much better than that.

Oh now I see you're making an epic ending with every possible note- that would work better with strings I believe

anyways I like it a lot, good stuff mistahr

ListenToMyMusic responds:

hmm, strings would be better. I didn't work as much on the ending part as the intro and middle. The old change of theme was still the same as in the original, so I may update this submission If I work on that more.

Good Bye, Eat Pie

[Miracle - (DXS) Remix]

good

the frequent deep kick and bass turns out pretty annoying in the start, I'd suggest not going so heavy with the bass-boosting on the kick, and prolly get something more interesting in that part. I like the sawtoothe lead you got playing the melody, but the very high pitched variation of it doesn't really fit in. Massive strings pad in the background is really good sounding though. It's getting pretty repetitive in the last part.

Though I haven't heard the original, I really liked this song. Some small fixes and this will be an awesome little tune. You got some talent so ya better come up with some originals to hear how good you really are

now review me back or else :)

[Rig - What if? (Opening Act)]

good

I really like the fx you used in the start of stuff. The keys instrument sounds kinda weird, but it's okay for me. I'd like a more full sounding rhodes or piano sound better though. The switch of theme was done pretty cleverly. Those drums coming in are really ace stuff. Great work on that! Bass is good too. The supersaw lead thing did mess up things a little, made it sound more chaotic. But it's a good synth, so who cares 'bout that? The piano in the end has a nice sound, perfect amount of reverb and stuff. I like how you bring in elements from the start into the already fast-as-fuck song. Good start

Rig responds:

Thanks, man! I know, there could've been more stuff done to it, but I had only 10 hours to do the whole thing. Glad you liked it!

[Let Dreams Take Hold]

omfg

haha, I noticed that if you set the visualizer to "sauron", you'll see the lines in the eye "playing" the notes, both left hand and right hand- kinda like, c'mere, sauron's gonna get ya to sleep :D

Oh, and this song is nice, but that's not what reviews are for, is it?

MusicalRocky responds:

Lol that's hilarious and scary xD

Yeah, I'm glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for the review anyway ;)

Rocky

[Secrets]

New review

The first "piano" (which I would really call rhodes, or jazz vibes- I'm sure that's not the piano you mentioned in the response to the last review, right?) has generally a nice sound, though I'm not so sure about that panning lfo you used on it. The second piano has some very nice ideas for melodies, though the samples you use are pretty basic sounding. It sounds generally pretty thin, and how you didn't use reverb on it makes that pretty obvious- put some more reverb on it, it can make even the crappiest sounds (I'm NOT saying that the piano is- but it's actually pretty close) sound great. If you do that, or find a more interesting piano sound they would stay awesome because of the great melody work you put into it.

For the drums- again I'm impressed over the originality of those. Now it sounds quite a bit more like if you used a sliced drum loop though. But I love the samples, and especially the patterns they got. Formant-sounding thing that I can't decide if is a rim or a snare, that was a bit out of it's place though- it stands out too much compared to the rest of the drums. In my opinion.

In the second half you have some great synth sounds. The sequence going in the background is real nice, i'd love if that one was more present in the mix. Also many sounds that I can't quite put my finger on sounds damn nice and give the track a professional feeling. Great work on those synths. Now I have no comments on the orchestral work in the start and the pads, I'm pretty much neutral to them. They are neccesary for the track to sound good though.

I don't really like the drop in the middle, it makes the track sound empty more than making a calm break in the middle of the song. I suggest adding more unique stuff to that part, and prolly keep the drums there, or at least a variation of them.

I really like this song. If you get some better piano samples it'll be pretty awesome. Also some minor stuff that is really just my opinion- you should find out what sounds best for yourself

[MorningDawns]

Review

some of the samples, esp. the voice samples, aren't really fit to the tempo. So it strangely starts and finishes, kind of like the sample just cuts off when another voice sample comes in. So you should either fade out the end of the samples in a sample editing program, sync them to the right tempo or remake them. Eventually check your sampler's polyphony settings and that stuff if they cut off strangely. I suppose you didn't record those samples yourself, but if you did it's a good thing. blah blah

Most of the song is based on voice samples- good variation with those of course, but after a while it's more of a collection of "ooh"s and "uhnf"s. Your synths vary quite a bit too- I love the sine sub bass, not very recognizable though. The pad in the background has a very nice sound, but it sounds like there's some of the same problems as with the voices. The keys sound very synth, but it's a nice clingy sound. The drums are something I really love, they sound different from what they use to. I find it hard to make good, exotic sounding drums like those you have here- feel like telling me how they're made?

I'm not so sure about the complete change in the last part- it changed up to some midi esque stuff. I don't really mind it, it IS a nice "moving on"- end you got, if that's what you aimed for. Nice cheesy synthbass you got there too, though not too interesting.

Overall I think you got a good song going here, with some moderate problems (which I personally think are problems- I believe if you improved it most people alive would think it sounds better) but mostly dipped in a nice, ethnic sounding mood. Good works