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[To Max From Mark]

,:D

luv ya man

Spillkaidah responds:

love you too bro. haha how many names you think we've collectively assumed on the internet?

[MD2010-Fathom]

Yoo

I like the wobble diversity. Never got boring...that's important.

You structured the song really well, kudos on that.

Well written track, a few words of advice would be focus on your mixing/mastering, find some better drum samples, and I would also scrap the amen break. I know you're going for that chaotic madness feel, but it's hard to pull of breakstep (or whatever its called).

Gave ya a 9/10. Lookin forward to your future tracks man.

superuberinsaneausm responds:

thanks!!! as far as my future tracks i might slow this one down to 140 maybe make a dubstep version...

[Garbage People (Jeffaro)]

wot

56 votes

419 listens

14,199 downloads

Jeffaro responds:

I know.

[Xhail (ambient loop)]

Greetings from 420chan

You could have compressed the kick more. You do realize you can edit tracks on here even after you've already posted them I hope?

No offense intended, but I can tell you're a bit new at making music. Listen to your other tracks, I can tell you're working at it and have a steady line of improvement, which is great. All it takes is a little practicing.

BUT ON TO THE SONG. Might've just been me, but I wasn't too huge on the percussion. It was well arranged, but I didn't like the samples you chose.

The melody is really chill, and I like the 2 main synths you had going. The song has a cool vibe to it. It's a short loop, so there's not too much else for me to really praise, so I apologize if this review sounds overly negative because don't get me wrong I like this loop/your music.

That being said, here's what you can improve. You had some cool sounds going on in the background, but they were a little muddy and inaudible. My advice would be add some more effects to the song just to make the music more interesting, like a dropping effect would've fit really well in the beginning. Another thing is in an ambient loop like this, apparent reverb is important. Some reverb on those hats would've sounded really good I think. And one crucial aspect this song is missing: a bass! The song sounded a bit empty without any kind of guiding bassline. It's equally as important as percussion.

Again, sorry if I seem too critical here. I realize this song was something you just made for fun, but maybe you'll find something useful from this review to improve your production skills.

peace man, keep it up

Reklusive responds:

Wow, thanks for the in- depth review. No worries about sounding too critical, I welcome constructive criticism, and yours was very helpful. I realize that most of my stuff on here is not that great, its very old, and I'de like to think ive improved alot since those days. I just posted this today as a means of showcasing it on sites like 420chan :P

About the percussion, thanks for the well arranged comment, I've been practicing just that. But Ive just set up my new "studio" and right now am limited to the reason factory sound bank... which is known for its crappy drum samples.

As for the bass, I did put a really deep sub bass in there, make sure u crank the bass on your speakers or whatever lol. Thanks again for the comment

[Dubstep March]

Sick!

This is awesome man. What are you using to get that bass sound? It's fantastic.

This song or loop or whatever you want to call it is great. I gave it a 5. cheers

DielNefle responds:

A good 'ol subtractor in reason 4. I added some "spices and effects" to make it nice and grimey. glad you like it mate.

[Arouse.]

Nice work

Hi fellow underrated producer of NG.

What are you using to make those wicked synths? Specifically around 2:15.

And where do you get your samples? Just curious.

I like this track, very sinister. Well structured. I'll give you a ten because I don't feel like finding anything wrong with it at the moment.

Stay golden!

Quarl responds:

I use reason. All the sounds are made either from scratch or reasons built in sound bank. There were a few extra sounds I nabbed from some you tube videos like tiny tim but he's hiding pretty well in that mix.

[<EagleGuard> Frozen Forests]

I gave it a 5, this song deserves a higher score

Wow. This is very well arranged. It would be perfect for a movie scene or video level based in, as you put it, frozen forests. I'm definitely getting that solemn winter vibe from this.

On a different note, what software are you using for those instruments? Is that Edirol Orchestral? Very nice sounding and high quality.

I really don't know what to tell you to improve, as far as I can tell this song has no apparent room for improvement. The ending was great. Maybe for structuring sake, add in a changed-up section near the middle of the song, without the oboe, and try to establish a more serene mood with some different instruments and some same, then build it back up. Just a thought, not a problem with the song. So here's a ten! :D

If you could review or at least listen to a song of mine, it would be awesome, because I don't get much feedback. Either way, hope to see you submitting more in the future!

EagleGuard responds:

Wow, that's a long review. Thanks for taking your time to write it!

I'm using the Miroslav Refills (Similar to a VST but for Reason), made by Sonic Reality.

I put in the oboe in the middle to make it different from the first section. I don't really know how I should change it if I left the oboe out.

Thanks for the review and the 10! And I'll take a look at your songs :)

[-)S(- Live Out Loud!]

Nice man.

I love the part around 1:50 and 2:00. It's a nice breakdown, like the eye of the storm. You could even pass it off as drum and bass, but it's not new wave :P
I liked that cool swirly acid-ish synth that played the melody. You got a cool sound going with that.
Maybe try adding in additional instruments? Try a sub bass perhaps.
5/5

Will responds:

Thanks muchly for the review!

[Centra - Mentality WIP]

Pretty cool, good mastering, Just a few things:

Don't get any wrong ideas from the apparent negativity of this review, I really liked the track overall and gave you a 9, but I'm gonna skip over the good aspects of the song and only include potential areas of improvement in this review cus I don't have much time.

The first thing that stood out was the rise effect in the beginning, you incorporated it well but to be frank its pretty bad quality. Instead of using samples, try making your own (just takes a nice sounding synth and a pitch slide tool), or if you do use samples, find one that's higher quality. Whatever, it's not a big deal, I'm just sayin' cus it was kind of noticeable to me.

The second thing is that the intro was pretty lame. I don't know what else to say, put the vocals there instead or add some ride or high pitched synth with a basic melody? Maybe some sub? Idk. Just a kick and effect rise intro is pretty boring IMO.

The last thing is that the bass melody gets boring, the switch up at :57 is really nicely executed, but if you're tryna make this into a full song you're gonna need a little more melodic diversity. Yes, I realize this is drum and bass, I listen to a lot of it, you're allowed to be repetitive but some more switch ups or add ins would be nice to keep it interesting.

Once again sorry if I'm being a cynical dick, the song sounds real nice, you got those drums near perfect. I'll keep an eye out for new tracks from you!

Peace~

AlexCo responds:

I did make the synth at the start :P

Its a WIP, it wont be finished, and its jsut here for the sake of it.