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[<KZ> Drumz N' Choir [Loop]]

Impressive

Hey Kirizzle.

I pressed log out instead of submit, so i'm REWRITING your review, you better be thankful, cuz it was a large review >:'(

Anyways, i'm DnB illeterate, so I hope you'll correct me if I say things that don't make sense.

I think this song could definately be made into a full fledged piece. You could start off with this segment, looping twice, you know, soundeffects to change and add new tastes. Trinkling bells, crunchy noises etc.

After that, I think you could do a very heavy breakdown, really lay on the snare and percussionals thick and juicy. Maybe up the choirs melody, add another octave to the choir to make it more powerful.

A think a heavily reverbed kick used in key points would also make for a good effect, though reverbing it too much will serve to drown the other things out, so watch out.

Now to let my classical mindset take over for a bit.

I can also hear bells in this piece. You know, to truly drive the choir attributes home. A nice deep gong would also be a good soundeffect to use in the piece.

One instrument I CAN'T see in this piece is the Organ. I feel the organ just wouldn't fit here.

I also think some nice low tremelo strings would give the lower end of the song a really nice thick feel. Though doing so could also result in overpowerment of the kicks. Still, try it out, you may find it appealing.

Thats all I have to say thus far Kirizzle, keep up the good fight, the song loops wonderfully, perfect for menu music.

5/5 from me.

Kirizzle responds:

Oh, I hate it when I lose a big file because of a minor slip-up, and then it's frustrating as hell to muster up enough strength and rewrite the whole damn thing. I really appreciate it Maestro.

I really like your advice, bells would go nicely I think, and some glitchy sound FX and perhaps some strings.. yes, this may turn out to be an interesting project. I've been recently thinking about doing a DNB orchestrated piece with some rock or techno elements, like an electric guitar or some synths. I just hope I won't butcher it up O.o

I appreciate the review and the time you took to write it up a second time, it was helpful so thanks a lot :D

[electric wind]

Neat

I really really liked the percussional works here. I felt it was a little unrefined, but that percussional beat shows great promise. The melody was a tad repetitive, but it has a great dark ambiant atmosphere, and the song loops excellently.

Some tips.
Use the compresser effect to keep your song from distorting. If the bars up top start flashing red, then that means your volumes are too high. press f9 to bring up the mixer window, and create the Fruity Compresser effect in one of the boxes.

The Slayer guitar was too overpowering, using it at a lower level will make it more appealing, as well as let that harp like sound more pleasent, since you wouldn't have to strain to hear it.

Still good effort, keep them coming, you'll get there if you keep creating. I'd like you to check out some of my stuff sometime ^^.

blue-eyez responds:

Thanks for the review and especially for the advice. I wanted the guitar to be quite powerful but i couln't get it powerful without drowning out some of the other levels. Now hopefully with your advice i can fix that. I checked out some of your music -it's pretty impressive stuff.

[Canon in D]

Neat

heh, that guitar intro made me think "this isn't classical, it's general rock D:"

Still, the melody flows well, and I really like the subtle image it paints for me.

I would have really liked to hear some more instruments, possibly use fruity loops or something to add more instruments, at least in that sense, you could add strings, make it more classical :P.

Anyways, good stuff, keep them coming.

Trickmixer responds:

yeah, before i submitted it, i was debating which genre it should have gone under. ill try to throw in some cool classical intruments like you suggested. possibly some violen or strings or some sort.
theres more to come! thx for the review

[Until Our Dying Days [Nausia]]

Neat

I read in your other reviews that you did not like VST's. My friend you should change your mind quite quickly, VST's is the best way to get sounds that will take you to everywhere. Check out any of my songs, they're all made with a great mixture of VST's, and i'm not ashamed to say that without them, they would not sound or be nearly as powerful as they are now.

Anyways for this track.
I liked the melody, the moment the "activate" came around the melody kicked in, and I was bobbing my head.

A few suggestions. Arpeggiator? Have you ever considered it? I feel that having the same chords being played by an arpeggiator synth in the background would make for a pretty neat effect.

This is pretty damn impressive for your first song remastered. Great stuff, keep them coming, you will go as far as you want to as long as you keep creating.

Everlasting-Elements responds:

I like some of the VST's...but not really. And yeah I think I should have edited that vocals part in the beggining to fit with the music better.
But dude...I have no idea what an arpeggiator is man...sorry.
Thanks for the comment and i will check out your shit
PS to all people who review! I will only check out your audio if you tell me to. If you don't...I won't bother to look and see if you have any audio submissions. Thank you!

[Phantom of the Opera 2nd Ed.]

Impressive

O_O

I would definately want you to record the rest! I love this song, and your guitar gives it a fury filled core, not something I usually relate to with this particular song. I feel your organ should be louder, some booming bells.

Especially with your guitar!

Maybe some other instruments, like the violin for some high screeching action.

There were some parts that cut out for me, there was a part of the song where the right earphone just stopped making sound, and this happens at the same spot in the song, so I assume it's not from my end.

Anyways, do record the rest, and pm me when it's up, I would like to hear it ^^.

I would like you to listen to my pieces sometime, I am sure you will find them enjoyable at the least. Thanks for your time.

The-Eastern-Front responds:

ive recorded the part over with my new v-amp, and the tom\ne is miles better, i fixed the earphone side losing sound conundrum, if only i had the organ for the rest of the song *looks appealingly at people in the audio forum*
thanks for the review

[Dancin' Panda]

Neat

Hello fellow Fruity Studio's user :D

It's been a while since I used Sytrus so let me see if my guess is right.

A sliding Eurogate Sytrus synth for the main leads, not sure about the background sound. pad?

Anyways, the panda in my head wasn't dancing, he really sounded a tad more violent with this piece >:(

Some ideas. Diversify the piece with melodies on top of what you have, perhaps different eurogate synths layered on top of each other, just to give different sounds.

Still, good effort, keep them coming, you'll go where you want to if you just keep making them!

Father-of-Death responds:

lol i used no eurogate stuff i used alot of saws. thnx dude for the review!

sorry about the panda being angry i didn't feed him this morning.

[The End of Me?]

Neat

Ignore that fool. He's an idiot.

I thought the song was pretty neat, it started off pretty damn scary, and then you brought in that percussional work. I didn't think that was the greatest move, I kinda liked being scared by the ambiant beginning O_O!

Anyways, never give up man, keep pushing and pushing, you'll get to where you want to go if you just keep at it. 5/5 from me to show my support. Keep them coming.

KillaJo responds:

Thx man. It really means alot to me that at least one person thinks my music is cool. Thx for the review.

'KillaJo'

[Hopeless Beginning]

Neat

Not bad at all, real guitar I believe. You've got some skill, but there are seconds of hesitation and a few times where I think you played the wrong notes.

You have a ways to go, but you're off to a good start. Keep them coming :D.

Ltblackshadow responds:

Yup Yup a real guitar! :D Lol yeh I know I was messin up cause I was in kinda a rush :/ But yeh Im practicin and doin some wierd stuff... So yeh thank for the review.

[Backward (Inferno)]

Woh...

Don't pay attention to that freak, he's been spamming everything and everywhere. So i'll give you a review to replace his.

I liked the speed of this song, the energy in its core was quite substential. That breakdown was literally just that, it LITERALLY broke down with those sfx, it gave me a good laugh.

The build up with that strange synth, was quite something else, after that buildup though, I felt that it was WAY too random. Sounds just bouncing left and right, I really didn't think that part was needed. But I suppose that is what pyschedelic music is, forgive me if I sound ignorant, I don't listen to nearly as much as I should for this kind of track.

Still, very well mastered and everything. Another 5/5 from me Spiked_Fox. It loops pretty damn well too. Keep them coming!

Spiked-Fox responds:

Actually, that freak made me laugh XD but anyway. Psychedelic music doesn't rhyme with randomness. I just like to include unexpected events in my stuff. Actually, in that random part, there is only ONE faint sound that keeps the beat. If you wanna hear a good sample of psychedellic, listen to Back to Mad from Texas Faggott. :)

[Guinea Pig]

Damn fine

Not bad at all, great synth work, they all seem to flow exceptionally well, and I havn't heard these types of synth sounds before, neat.

Did you by any chance use a very severaly effected vox? It sounds like one of them is a vox, but you threw so many effects on it, it sounds so strange XD. Good strange, not bad strange.

Melodic wise the song is quite fine. I enjoyed the beginning and middle most, I felt that was the most melodic part (As they are essentially the same).

Still great use of sfx, everything properly mastered and everything. Also i'd like to add I was quite intrigued by the percussional aspects you used. I didn't see them coming in any form of Trance at all.

The end was a tad repetitive, but it was a good way to end the song. Fully a 5/5 from me Spiked_Fox. I would like you to check out some of my stuff sometime. Good stuff, keep them coming.

Spiked-Fox responds:

I wanted to try something new indeed, something that we don't hear everyday in trance music. :) Yeah i know it gets repetitive at the end, but I had no idea on how to end it so I just deceided to come back with a lightly different form of the beginning.