Score: 8

"Fairly good loop, appropriate theme, steady."

submission: Bloodstained Sunrise

date: October 22, 2007

I know that oriental flute, yet I don't know it's name. It's not the Dizi flute, if you have a name for it, please let me know! That would be swell.

The steady percussion here works quite well, consistent, and driving. The song also loops fairly well. Not flawlessly well, but decently so.

The brass are my favorite part of this song for me. I don't get the feeling of a battle happening, but more a battle preparation for this song. Everybodies running about getting their awesome blades of awesomeness ready to awesomely cut people.

I think the melodic line that you formed itself is very appropriate for this title.

Good stuff Skragga, keep up the good fight and keep em coming!

Score: 9

"Super fast motherboard action? Catchy melody!"

submission: Burning Heart [Hardcore]

date: October 22, 2007

heh, I personally loved the super fast techno synths. For some reason I kept thinking of a computer motherboard going all insane on my arse while it was going on. Like an epic battle between me and Windows.

"I shall INSTALL MACINTOSH!!"
"LIKE HELL YOU WILL!!!" *spastic and really fast techno elements*
"DAMN YOU I PROCLAIM!" *shuts off, end of song*

but seriously though, the melodic line behind the really fast techno, was brilliant. I wish you had made that more easily audible, and the quick element the more supportive role.

I really didn't like that fast techno at first, now I can't get enough of it XD. It's like audio crack D:

How dare you sir! *le gasp*

The instruments work well together, that fierce bass line works really well. All in all, a very fast, very jam packed piece. Unless you have years of percussional training I suppose, it's quite great!

Score: 9

"Very moving, well played, a bit too short."

submission: Sad PianoTheme (Updated)

date: October 22, 2007

as you said, simple, sad, emotional... hmm, truly moving. I really like how the piano speaks here, those low cello chords adds wonders to the overall effect.

When you introduce progressive left hands to the right hand melody, that was when the song really started to shine. It's a shame, that it is so short. Truly, you should make an extended mix.

That delay you had on the piano helped a lot, the reverb was of course, a plus as well.

My only complaint would stem at 0:16 when that cluster of notes suddenly appeared. It makes sense for the cluster to play later on, and maybe it is inevitable to make that first cluster not sound awkward, but those are my thoughts.

It reminds me of the ancient game Sanitarium. I don't know if you played it, but it had this one piano theme in it, that consumed my soul for many months.

Welcome to the portal! Keep up the good fight and keep em coming!

Score: 8

"Very well played, very emotional!"

submission: emotionheart

date: October 22, 2007

A very well played piece. Is this you playing live (through a midi keyboard?)?

The song was quite emotional, very dramatic. I closed my eyes and just listened to it, really helped me relax.

I didn't quite like 2:15, seemed like a jumble of notes being hit to change direction, though it wasn't that bad, didn't ruin the flow in my opinion, unexpected, but understandable.

All in all you play very well... welcome to the portal :)! Keep up the good fight and keep em coming!

Score: 9

"Excellent vocals, sweet, gentle vibe."

submission: Just Begun

date: October 17, 2007

First review :D!

That mic is REALLY giving you some awesome vibes. That autotune which I assume you used, really REALLY helps hit that sweet spot.

The lyrics of this piece are also quite interesting. I can't quite remember all the lyrics, so if you could tell me them in the response that would be swell.

My favorite part is 2:11 where your voice doubles up very slightly and then jumps into that extra reverbed *was there extra reverb there* high octave.

Though I do love the effects on your voice, you know what would have really been sweet here. If you had a quiet segment, with very quiet instruments, and your voice, pure without effects, or minimal effects, sing then. The contrast would have been... brilliant.

Orchestration wise, the song flows pleasently, no hitches, or at least, nothing that jumped out at me. You as the creator probably have like this one spot you don't like. Not a problem for me at this point.

Oh well, sing and get better, because there is potential here, and when you become a millionaire, i'll know where you live :D!

Keep up the good fight Dan, and keep em coming!

Score: 6

"repetitive, good practice piece."

submission: Academic

date: October 17, 2007

I would tear you a new one Sketch, but truth is this song isn't THAT bad. Repetitive, yes, but it progressess somewhat decently, and I see you've learned how to use some of the Syntrus channels, and patterns.

For the percussion, consider using the Reverb effect to make them sound more realistic. Of course, don't go nuts with it.

In case you don't know, you can bring up the effects window by pressing f9, and then clicking on one of the down pointing arrows, you should be able to find a "Fruity Reverb" effect. Click on that, and you should have reverb on all your tracks.

You can specify which channels you want to have reverb by setting effect ports, but i'll give you that another day if you'd like me to.

Keep practicing, who knows how far you'll go :D. Welcome to the portal! Keep up the good fight and keep em coming!

Score: 8

"Good vibe, good melodic flow, sweet segments!"

submission: =Radical Insanity=

date: October 12, 2007

I see you're still learning, and you've got a good start here, so well done! The melody work in this song is pretty damn sweet. Swift, energetic, well gated, and upbeat.

The transitions here are a bit abrupt, without a buildup, such quick transitions can be bad for the song's entertainment value.

I see you already know how to use automations, good stuff, that kind of build up would have been helpful to use when you jumped into that quiet segment.

Also I think the bitrate of this song was far too high, try to export in 128 kb/s. The standard for most sites, you will get almost identical quality, for nearly half the size.

Also have you considered maybe adding more reverb? I think this song would sound really really epic with some extra reverb, since you don't have that many instruments going on.

You might want to consider having a pad, or some low synths playing in the background at that percussion introduction. Would help fill in the silence!

Though all in all, great work! Keep up the good fight and keep em coming! Welcome to the portal!

Score: 9

"Great vibe, soothing voice and song."

submission: Talk to me and Sing with me

date: October 12, 2007

Hmm... such a gentle, soothing piece. The lyrics are something I find myself losing myself to.

The melody is repetitive, but I find myself considering this a good thing. Familiarity is often an element misused in music, but not so in this.

The voice is clear, and the reverb you've applied to it, is not thick enough to muddle it, well done in finding that line.

A very clean recording of that guitar. What mic are you using for this?

Your voice sounds quite older then a 17 year old, yet at some parts, it DOES sound like a younger singer. Your accent is what I believe leads me to believe that you were older then what your profile says.

Also, my belated regards to your late MP3 player, I get attached to my stuff too, perhaps too much so...

In any regards, excellent work! Keep up the good fight and keep em coming!

Score: 9

"Awesome use of the phrase, great vibe!"

submission: Deus Ex Makeena

date: October 5, 2007

For a simple test this song rocks so hard D:

At first I thought it was going to vary, that you'd make them sing different things, but once the song started rolling, I really didn't care that it didn't, the familiar phrase picked up more power with each repeat.

Melodically I LOVE what you did from 1:09 onward. Again repetetive melody, but once again I am not at all bothered, and then the reintroduction of that sweet sweet phrase. You've accompanied this dark sounding phrase with such energy.

Incredible work, I hope Symphonic Choirs serves you well! Keep up the good fight!

Score: 8

"Good solid vibe, energetic!"

submission: Mixen Mercury

date: October 5, 2007

I'm all about the epic energies, and this delivers quite nicely! I like the filters you had at around 0:47. Or is that a flanger? I'm quite new to the electronic genre *mostly orchestral*, so forgive me if I say something that doesn't click.

The song does indeed tend to go nowhere, and to the guy below me, it DOES loop, perfectly I might add. I don't really know what you're talking about. In that regard it does exactly what it should, a steady stream of energy.

I listened to this through bass oriented headphones, a speaker system, and then some average headphones. The average headphones didn't deliver that well, the heavy bass distorts them. The bass headphones, and system rocked though, nicely done.

I'd like to invite you to check my work something, keep up the good fight!