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[Electrick - Morphology]

reviewed

This sounds much more trancy. Loved the marimba you had in the start, made some kind of ethnic feeling. I wish you kept that there through the whole track :(

Okay, the trance lead you've got in there sounds pretty good, but you should really change it up. It's much more exciting when you have different melodies right? Oh man that supersaw thingy later sounds great

Drums sound real trancy. Good work on them, though I've always preferred realistic sounding drums. Your synth drums sound good though.

Good fx too.

Bass is a little boring, it's just the same shit going over again and again.

Great work again.

Electrick responds:

I just realized that the bass was quite bad when i uploaded it. Sorry for that, it may happen again, but mostly not.

Thanks for the review!

-Electrick-

[Electrick - Gates Of Darkness]

sounds a bit ambient

The start definatively sounds ambient. I don't see why you submitted it to trance, it doesn't sound like that at all.. I don't get what the voice sample is saying. Wow, you have an evil voice lol. Pretty scary tune. Wow, that guitar sounds pretty cool. Sounds very good in the track, makes it even "darker". Drums are a tad weak. Some more instruments in the song wouldn't hurt.

it's the darkest tune I've heard in quite a while. Awesome song! Keep it up.

Electrick responds:

Thanks man. Glad you liked it ;)

-Electrick-

[System Failure]

lolneat

Intro is pretty slow ditty thing... then a massive dnb bass comes in- it sounds a lil overpowering but DAMN it sounds good. What's that abstract ditty thing in the start through the track?

Drums could be a bit louder for justice

Awesome work man, perfect for a battle theme

[_Dream World_]

funky

Pretty catchy lil track, has a very dancy beat. I like how you put orchestral/classical elements into an electronic song. Not so sure how this would be ambient though. A bit repetitive, could use some changing up with the drums and so etc. Nice tune, I liked it

[-(WB)-Eternal Fire]

okkkkay

Obviously video game- cheesy, catchy melodies and composition.

the song may get a bit messy at parts, which I think is mainly because of the drums you have there. and possibly the horribly off-tune saw

Mentioning that it sounds like your detuned trance saw is played at other notes than they're intended to- it seems like you detuned it first- then you detuned it so much it doesn't sound like the note you're playing

there's a bit of clipping/disortion here, which really isn't good.

Piano sounds pretty good, nothing to comment there. Well played

Drums... wow that's a lot of snare rushes. They're quite annoying to me. I can hardly hear anything else than the snares, I think there may be a crash cymbal there- is it? :/

Overall it's quite a good composition with its flaws, and- terrible mastering

oh yeah and you're supposed to review the two prior submissions when posting a link- it's just something LJCoffee made up a while ago, but you should do so :)

WritersBlock responds:

Dunno where you got the detuned saw from, maybe coz I'm using chords in the saw, but that doesn't really make it sound out of tune though...
A bit of clipping, yeah, hoping it wasn't noticeable, since the saws and that have the fuzzy sound.
Yeah, there's a crash there, the drums are quite simple, but I don't find the snares to block much out, although I probably should have mixed it up a bit.
Cheers for the review.
And yes, I am aware of the 2 prior submissions rule, I just need to be in the right mood to write reviews, I have the pages bookmarked, and I usually get round to it by the day after, at the latest.

[JAG~Ultima_300]

dancy

fast-paced stuff

All the synths sound a bit cheap, kinda cheesy preset-sound :/ The synth choice seems pretty logical though. It's just that they sound way basic

Tune sounds quite much like minimalist techno- not a lot in it nor does it have a lot of diversity, but damn if you made a loop out of this it'd be perfect for certain games/movies/whatever

Drums are repetitive and doesn't change- uh, ever? except for the beginning...

Very well mastered- I can hear it excellent without needing to put the volume up much. I don't know what the fuck DDR is but this could possible make a nice dance :P

beatmasterJAG responds:

HAHA... DDR=Dance Dance Revolution. Thus this song was designed to be simple and cheap, only lasting for a couple minutes before my poor ol buddy Nukem has a heart attack. Afterall it is 300bpms :]

Thanks for the review!

[(((Corona Borealis)))]

interesting

Guitar flows pretty well, makes a very nice atmosphere. The FX in the background makes the tune seem creepy too. There seems to be a little clipping though? Becomes pretty messy after a while- sounds like some EQing and such woulda done great to it.

[ULTIMATE MARIO]

funky

when you try mixing it all it sounds pretty messy. great percussion patterns, nothing to say about samples. Synth choice is a bit weird. Neat bass, orchestra hits are too loud, good work on the tune.

That reminds me, I should be remixing the original Super Mario theme sometime soon

[Mario's Elevator]

neat

Love the chilled style you put to this, great job. It was a tasteful idea with the world-style stuff like pan flute, congas and marimba. Electric piano is good too. Only thing is that the reverb is too big, it would be awesome if you made it as if played in an elevator

Kmax responds:

I do have the option up for grabs, if anyone wanted to use it, they could edit the EQ or just PM and I'll extend it for elevator use. Thanks for the review.

[Karco - Behind the Undergrowth]

na

not quick, more like extreeeeaaaaaaamleh slow

Nice rainforest effects, where did you get these from? I need some better rain sound effects. Thunder was a tad loud. Wonderful flute-like tone lying under it all, makes me want to use my ton of unused samples :P

Not really much to say about it. I absolutely love this song, I don't see anything wrong about it technically- the mastering is a bit worse but that isn't really important.

Wonderful dark composition Karco. Keep it up!

Karco responds:

By quickie, I meant something that didn't take me very long. ;)

The thunder and rain effects are edits of two MP3 samples a really nice guy gave me. :D Hmm, suppose the thunder was a bit loud now and then, though.

Thanks for the review, SBB, glad you like it. :)