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Epic metal, good stuff man! I only wish the bass was a bit louder, it feels almost empty without it....

AnOrdinaryVision responds:

Thanks man!

It's good man. Great club feels. I wanna be humpin somebody right now!

Mauxus responds:

Thanks! Yeah, that's how much I miss it (the club, dirty minds...the club) :D

I agree with Basiatorde...it's a bit monotonous. But it's very thickly textured. I've gotta give some props for that, cuz I know how hard it is.

zybor responds:

Thank you for your review :)

It's badass, dude! Totally dig it!

YaboiMatoi responds:

Thank you so much for the kind words!
I really appreciate it! :)

I should probably say this isn't my favorite genre...but, trying to put that aside, I'll be as fair as I can be.

There's a sped-up vox sample in the percussion track that keeps stabbing me in the eyeball. I don't like it. It sounds like you used Harmor or Harmless for your bassline - that modulation filter is real easy to pick out. Maybe blur it over a bit with some post-fx (chorus or phaser with a verb). The volume is gigantic - maybe too much compression? Try lowering each track vol individually, then reduce the amount of compression on each of them (if there is any), then run a compressor on the master that melds everything together, subtly. Don't force the bass up way up, the mid way down, and the treble way up on that master track. Instead use slight adjustments until you find a good overall sound...the more you play with it, the more that stuff makes sense. The drop around 1:28 issues a broken step kick that I think sounds off...maybe look at that more closely in the midi-editor and line it up closer to the downbeat, and make sure the intervals between kicks are equal...or closer to equal than they are...is that the swing filter in FL's pattern editor? Don't use that...ever - it's no good, trust me. If you wanna do something a bit off kilter, map it to midi and edit it that way. I'm willing to entertain a deeper conversation about this stuff if you'd like to PM me, but in it's current state I can't give this more than 3/5.

MkalluxMusic responds:

I haven't used harmor, harmless, or any FL midi settings...

I'm honestly trying to get some criticism I can use out of this review but either:

You talked about something I don't understand or you just a assumed something like I used harmor and tried telling me about a capability that those plug ins have that the plugins I used either don't have or are different.

Oh well...

Thanks for the review. :D

At least you tried.

I was like, eh....then 00:50 happened - sold. I feel like I just walked into a BSE rave right now, WHO GOT DA EX AND WHERE MY GLOSTICKS!?

5TanLey responds:

noice

Kicks my teeth in! Holy shit! This is top notch composition, top notch mixing/mastering. No criticism on either front.

Regarding your vocals - fucking fantastic! Don't take this as an insult, but I feel like the singing is reminiscent of Hoobastank or The Fall of Troy, while the screaming is a bit more like Chimera. Your tone is epic, and cries out beyond the walls of my studio (hope the neighbors don't care that I'm fucking cranking this shit right now, and again because the song is over but I'm still writing). I'm not a vocalist, but this stuff sounds like it came off a RoadRunner or a WarnerBros. record - I want you realize that I say that because it's quality is impeccable, the performance is flawless and extremely energetic...its not because it sounds mainstream. Mad respect, bro...mad. This shit amazing!

hoorayjay responds:

you know how to make a goy happy, thanks for listening!

I thought you named it vacuum cleaner because it sucks :-P (that's mean, I know, but it's funny, come on!)

:/ is the best way I can describe my reaction to this whole piece. It has some potential compositionally, and the drums are by far it's best redeeming attribute...the lead is sorta bouncy, sorta funky, I can dig it. However, there are serious shortcomings with the sound of everything. It kinda feels like an old Casio toy keyboard is playing it back to me. I really don't like the sound choices for the lead, and the distortion on it at 1:55 really doesn't help matters at all. The backing chords are nice, that's a nice BG organ with a subtle leslie effect in it...that was a decent choice, but that lead man...that's got to be clearer and more attention grabbing, in my opinion. I'd try it with a wurlitzer, then maybe couple it with a crystal synth to kinda get that rhodes feel but sorta not...I think it'll be a nicer way to feel different than what you're doing...give it a shot!

Kalviter responds:

You wound me! I'm joking, that's a decent pun, well done.

When you say that there's serious shortcomings with the sound of everything, could you elaborate a bit more? Is it mixed weirdly/badly? I get that the lead could have a better sound (Especially the distorted one) but how much of the mix do you expect it to take up?

Thanks for taking the time to review this, but I'm kinda left with more questions than answers. Hopefully you can take the time to clarify a little.

Initially, it captivates me. The piano is mesmerizing, and very well mixed...oddly composed, which I think is part of the allure. But...it continues the same refrain, it starts to get kind of predictable and repetitive. I'd like to see some variation on this accompaniment line as the song progresses. As you bring in more and more instruments, things get a bit more interesting. I like the echoey vox and the leading piano line that comes in around 1:00-1:15, but you counter that lead line with some sort of crystal synth that oozes in slowly...and I think it'd be better without it (the synth).

Then at 2:05 it feels like you break out into a totally different song. I can tell it's the same chords voiced the same way through some woodwinds, but the beat of the bass has changed, and the swell of the chords is more aligned with the downbeat. You bring in more and more layers, and the piece gets more and more discordant...then it ends semi-harmoniously. I think you need to revisit the voicing of the chords for the woodwind section - maybe drop one or two notes altogether, and increase the distances on the rest, that should help...you may need to structure the chord slightly differently to make it a bit more harmonious. Mixing and mastering for this stuff is whole 'nother tale, but what I will say is stereo-separation and subtle chorus fx coupled with some slightly stronger reverb will go a long way to smoothing things out in that woodwind part.

Anyhow, good stuff, cheers!

BuzzkillSquad responds:

The dissonance and gear-shift are deliberate. That's how I do :) Thank you so much for taking the time and effort to listen so closely and critically

There is a careful balance to strike in this sort of piece. It's exceptionally difficult to hit - it's a very small target from a very great distance. People are predisposed to pop-music. Something like this has to be accompanied by a rich narrative in order to be appreciated. It feels like a cultural song, displaying some sort of history...if that history is false, the song loses value. If that false history is attached to some sort of game or other pop-culture phenomena, it may gain value by being appreciators of that world.

There are tiny, minute details which...ruin this piece. I thought the song was over around 1:12.

It's gorgeous, compositionally. I cannot possibly fault either of you in anyway for what this piece is SUPPOSED to be. It's excellently assembled and performed, up to a point. I feel like the vocals are distant, almost prescient-in-the-past. I suppose that might be desirable, but...it also obfuscates what's being said. But also that mock-snare which presents itself first at the end of 02:25...should not be there at all...ever...I'm sorry if this offends you, but that is like...being in a doctor's office with 15 other people, and out of the blue soemone shout's "FUCK!"....and you're left sitting there, thinking...what just happened? And everytime it comes back, it's like a slap in the face...like walking through a crowd of people and there's a dude outside of your sight that's just yelling "FUCK" every once in a while...it's totally out of the mix of the rest of the song...where did that thing come from? I feel the song would be much better without it altogether...

Troisnyx responds:

Very spot-on, and I thank you -- it gives words to many of the niggling concerns about this song that I and others have. The percussion out in the end isn't fitting, the reverb is too heavy, the lead is drowned out, and I understand what you are getting at with that illustration about the doctor's office. :P Offensively hilarious, but point very well understood.

Insofar as the veracity of the content, it is true, but on a personal level with people who are fleeing their homes. So yeah, I guess that was my motivation to put it under "Other - World" -- as a cultural lament. Couldn't find anything else to put it under, and there was very little in the way of folk instrumentation apart from a cobbled-together tin whistle sample. ^_^'

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