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[~[ High Octane Battle ]~]

yay

this is what most DnB tracks need a kind of synth eh...

The underwater synth fx sounds great, makes the track running if you see it as I do... and it mixes perfectly with the other synth going on. the melody of the main synth sounds ok but nothing really remarkable. Well done though. The bass was pretty low, but it's great.

Good work, and good luck in the contest!

DSMagnum responds:

Interesting fact: there were three basses. At the beginning, there was a modulated DNB bass (C2 range), a moving bass (C3 range), and a subbass (C2 range). During the second half there were only the two C2 range basses playing. :P

Thanks for the comments. :D

[No Escape]

wow

the bass sounds tweaked, stretched and gritty as fuck, how do you make a bass like that? sounds like it's getting tortured :D

The drums are great, though repetitive they do make the rhytm there. The little ride was very annoying when I remarked it

Could need something else than drum and bass and the little fx in the start though.

[Para-Noid Penalty (MAC7 L]

yes

this could almost fit a miniboss battle, but it's actually a good track. I liked the subbass in the back, it gave such a great harmony, and after some eqing and mixing it would sound awesome. The drums sound pretty good, but they're a little wide for the track, and incredibly repetitive. Good luck in the contest!

Para-Noid responds:

I don't have a chance.

Para-Noid

[Fighting Dirty]

well

this sounds pretty awesome I must say. Especially the digital growls and noises in the start. the piano made a great contrast, and then out of nowhere comes a guitar lead. excellent! I don't think much of the drum in this, it's a little annoying, but at least it fits the track. Good job, good luck in the contest.

[D2T [Preview]]

interesting

but the buildup sounds very much like most trance songs, same synth and all. I love these buildups though.

The bass is pretty good in this, but it's really low. Very nice pitch bending/modulation later on in the track. Starts a little soon, could like to see something more in it, but since it's a preview I'll expect more soon, PM me when you have the final verison k?

[Oii]

Interesting

doesn't sound entirely Industrial to me though.

The start pad is really fast, could've been slowed down a little. the other pads sound great though. I loved the lead and the melody it had. The variations of the arp synth sounds false and semitoned.

Interesting drum progression in this, sounds a little random to me.

KittenLoveX responds:

I agree that it was random.. I wasn't really sure what genre to put it in :-P

[Death scene (comp version)]

Trance-ambience

the pad sounds very trance like. It's mostly chords around a pad. this is the opposite of your other, this one SHOULD contain more drums :D at least a subtly reverbed kick could've done it.
I liked the chord progressions, but it really gets boring after a while.

Sandwhich-lord responds:

meh its an 8 second loop really

[jungle style fast loop]

Very many drums

sounds like a cleverly edited amen break at times... I don't think beats are enough for a good battle style track. Take a little melody in it, and it would be much mroe exciting and easier to use in a pico flash really! Good work on the drums, but you really should take it a little farther. Good luck in the contest!

Sandwhich-lord responds:

thanks and tell you the truth i was going to but what with time limits and the lack of my pc with all the software on im kinda screwed

[Dark Dragon By MuSIC-Creater]

Interesting

I liked the IDM-ish drums, they sounded pretty random and all like they should. the kick was a little overused though.

The ambient things you have here (atmospheric pads reverbed beat etc) sounds pretty cool, very interesting in this kind of song. The break into a more trance-ish thing sounds awesome.

I like the duck-like bass here, makes the song seem driving

good work