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Really like the overall feel of this piece. All of the wavy sounding bits really gave it an interesting, trancey tone. The transition at 1:33 really stood out to me for some reason. I don't know why, seems like such a simple part but I liked it a lot lol. Even though it is kind of repetitive (well it's house) it still always feels like it's evolving because of all the variances you add to the main theme. Anyway, good song!

I like the general beat/theme you have going. There is something about the lead synth that I don't like. I mean, it's not too bad, but I feel like the lead could have worked better with something else. Maybe even just some slight changes. Sorry I can't be more constructive on what it is about it that I find off =P. It's probably fine and just me nitpicking. The song is very well made overall. The percussion was clean, the drop was clean. It got a bit repetitive since it is the same beat the whole time, but still an overall good song.

EctiBot responds:

Thx for the feedback :D.
Glad you like it and I can actually understand what you mean about the lead.
For me theres two main problems with the lead.
1: The lead synth itself is kinda flat sounding and this is probably because I just used a vst preset and didn't tweak it at all
2: The melody during the drop is the exact same as the one during the buildup without any difference at all making it feel less heavy and kinda slowpaced.

This is still a work in progress though and I'm glad you liked it so far :D.
Thx for the feedback :)

I like the idea of mixing a heavy techno beat with these kind if vocals... Still, I like to be able to hear the vocals. A lot of other songs of this type have as hard to hear vocals as this, so maybe that's what people like. I was never a fan of it though. I really like the beat of the instrumental. Gives off a kinda of, ravish, divaish feel, if that makes since. Really interesting style overall, and very well put together.

Lich responds:

It's pretty common within the general genre for them to sound like that. Still, I wish I could achieve something to what Detroit Diesel done in their 'Coup D´Etat' vocal-wise (but maybe a little bit more clearer).

Glad you like the instrumental-side of it though. It took me awhile to figure out a slower and more Warped/De-tuned lead sounded alot better than what I previously sequenced. The actual lead synth itself was one I designed from the ground-up myself in Gladiator2 around 4 or 5 months ago, this is the first track I've decided to properly use it in and I think it went down quite well :)

Thank you for the review!

Interesting piece for sure. Not sure if the dialogue was produced by you, but it fits for sure. Adds a lot to the abstractness of what was going into the beginning. I love how that synth just beaks through at around 3:12. The part that starts are 4:04 is my favorite part of the song. The wind/noise effects you added were very well done. It's a long song, but it kept evolving into something new, which I liked. Not exactly my genre in general, but this is still a very well put together song. Nice!

I'll be honest, the western music thing didn't really come to my head the first time around. Then I read the description and listened to it again. I can definitely see the influence now, and it's pretty cool. Makes for a unique tone. I have never in my life ever thought of techno and western mixing lol. Anyway, I don't really have any gripes with this piece. You used a bunch of great sounds, and the song had all kinds of variety. Overall a great song! I enjoyed it a lot.

JoshuaHughes responds:

Appreciate it, Lethal.

Love the atmosphere of this. Really gives off a sort of uneasy feeling. I especially love it around 1:13 when those harps sounding things come in. It really adds a lot. I actually listened to this quite a few times. It helped me focus on my homework =P. I've never heard of Miami Vice, but it kind of sounds like something that would be in this game called Hotline Miami. I guess that place is associated with this vibe... I dunno lol. Anyway, I don't have any real gripes with the piece itself, although it's not exactly my type of music. Still, very good song!

SoTJake responds:

Hey thanks, I hope you finished your homework ;)

Unlike a lot of songs that I have personally come across on here, the intro immediately caught my attention. The plucks sound you used is great, and the main on going theme is solid. I can tell that you were trying to keep the variety up. There was never a time where I thought that it was getting truly repetitive; It always felt like it was evolving into something else. Though that could be partly due to the fact that I liked the tunes enough to not get bothered by the amount of repetition that was there.

Even though it mixes the beat up exceptionally for the kind of song it is, I still feel like it could have actually strayed from the main theme you had going there a bit more. I thought around 1:56 or 2:11 would have been a good time to do that. Instead, it almost feels to me as if you were scrambling to find something that kept the main theme/beat stay fresh, even though it was overstaying it's welcome a little. I think the song would have been overall more powerful if you had tried to go for a more proper bridge, rather than trying to run your main melody to tears. That contributed to the feeling of fatigue I got when the outro came along.

Or maybe that's not what you were going for. Maybe you wanted to keep the main theme going throughout the whole song, and that's fine. I still think it could have been done a bit better. I wasn't that big a fan of how you used the synth that popped in around 1:59, and around 2:31 it started to feel grating instead of being the big climax that you were probably going for.

But anyway, still really freakin good considering this is your first song. So keep it up!

ThomasTimms responds:

First of all, thank you for the in depth review. They help the most.

Anyway, thank you for the compliments on the melody and the plucks. It took me a while to see what sounded good in that chord progression.
As for straying away from the synths at around 2:11, That's not technically the drop yet. I was aiming to preview the synths after the buildup, Then the drop comes.
Also as I stated below, I was trying to go for the big house music type feel. Which usually involves an array of synths as the main chorus.

"it almost feels to me as if you were scrambling to find something that kept the main theme stay fresh"
I do see where you would say this, because the song had a change literally every 10 seconds. But i was honestly just trying to lead up to the main chorus at 2:11.

"and around 2:31 it started to feel grating.."
If you could, please elaborate more on what you mean by this. I don't quite understand, but I feel this could be extremely useful criticism.

Thank you for leaving a great review. and i will most definitely give you the flp to see what you could do with this track. I am sure it would be amazing.

Definitely good for what it's going for. I can easily see this playing in the background of a preparation screen. Even before I read the description, I thought of a scene similar to that. Everything sounds very clean. The drums you used sounded high quality, and the beats themselves were good. It fits in with the many other professionally made songs that are like that, maybe even a little too much. It felt a little generic; generic to the point were I feel like I've heard it before. That's probably not your fault though. What all can you really do with a track that consists of all percussion like this? Anyway, good song overall! 4/5

DoctorAppetitus responds:

Thanks, I appreciate the positivity! I can see what you mean about its fimilliarness, as it is a pretty generic loop. Incase you wanted to know, I'm using Native Instrument's "Damage" library for my default samples. They sound hella rockin. Anywho, thanks for the time~

This is tight. I felt like the "echo" of that beat was off at first, but I like how it sort of comes together. I usually like when a song does that. That upped the epicness by 100%. The only gripe I have with it is, well I really like how the tempo raised at the end, and I wasn't paying attention to the time bar. So I was thinking "Oh snap this is really about to be intense," but then when it ended it felt like I had just run into a pole... Lol. Still a really great track though!

Back-From-Purgatory responds:

Ha... Yeah... this wasn't a serious project at all, just something to keep the creative juices flowing, even if just a little bit.

Glad you could enjoy it though.

I played crash when I was really little, but this is kind of the style of music I remember from those games. I could see this working for a level in a new crash game. Sounds very fitting to work as video game music for sure. I still think there needs to be a more prominent bridge, or maybe have the small bridge that you did have evolve into something else for a bit, and then go back. Video game music of this variety does tend to be kind of repetitive like that, but that doesn't mean I always agree with that philosophy lol. So yeah, that's my only gripe. Could have used a bit more variety. Overall great song though!

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