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[[Reign of the Empyre] (techno)]

Nice!

This is much better on all levels than the other. Still some clipping and mixing issues, but that's it

dj-KDUB responds:

thank you

[[Reign of the Empyre] (Raw)]

Well..

Overall catchy tunes, a bit repetitive but it's so chill doesnt matter, the beat comes in and stops a bit awkwardly.

Either way, no offence, this really is a good song, but I don't know how this made #3 all time... There's A LOT of clipping go on that it ruins the song for me.

Doesnt sound like you ran the piano or anything through an EQ, but that's just on a technical level, it sounds fine, but for #3 I like to see awesome song, awesome mixing skills, awesome mastering.

You have an awesome song but lacking on the others a bit :) If you fix things up it'll truly deserve this place.

-M

dj-KDUB responds:

i didn't choose the rating. note the fact that its a "raw" song, thus its not totally finished yet, but thank you for the review!

[_-={A Dark Cut}=-_]

NOOOO

ZOMG I would've 10'ed and faved the shit out of this but there's mixing glitches that get annoying :(

Strings need to be brought out a bit more, there's too much low band in my opinion.

but MAN this is EPIC

9/10
5/5

-M

MaestroRage responds:

that is odd, the low end was complained about earlier, and they had said it was too low XD. The strings are well audible in my systems, I didn't want them to take a very strong presence as their melodic progressions are very limited and it's the brass that keeps things moving so I wanted them to take the show.

Thank you for your honest feedback though, i'll have to look into that bass end again, and see if bringing the strings out a bit helps. If so i'll update the song.

Thanks again for the review, glad you liked it!

[{dj-N} Perfect Sunset]

Nice!

Well, haha there's a lot of bitching going on down there.

Anyways, I read the entire Karco rant, and this song did sound pretty original, he did have some points about the clipping, and the synths.

The mixing was overall good, like I mentioned your synths sometimes feel a little 8-bitty and though I'm in love with 8-bit and oldschool, it sounds off with the high quality piano going on.

At some parts it got a little repetitive but the simple yet interesting variations you kept throwing in there were pretty cool.

Congrats on you 100th submission! You can tell a lot of work went into this

9/10
5/5

-M

dj-Nate responds:

Eh.. Thanks for the input. I remastered the mix so it isn't nearly as loud.

Thanks again,
Nate

[FF6 Battle Theme]

Nice!

Really cool, quick suggestions, turn up the volume a bit overall, I had to put up the volume on my comp to hear it well.

For the main melody, bring out the instrument a bit more, make it louder, make it stronger or anything, it's just feeling a bit washed out.

This is a great rework, keep it up!

-M

Tiredguy responds:

Thanks! I'm glad you liked it, and thanks for your suggestions. Unfortunately, I'm only using the FLStudio trial version, so I'm not able to save any of my work to return to it and fix it up. Oh well, I get what I pay for. :P

[Toxic Biohazard V2]

omg!

presets!!! ahhhh!!!

loogiesquared responds:

OH BOY OH BOY!

[Creutzfeldt-Jakob]

not bad

you were getting 0-bombed and this isnt bad at all so i decided to review like druids said it could have been better, but with three instruments, it's easier to make an ambient song or a background song and this does pretty well.

It's pretty relaxing, not too complicated but the simplicity make it right.

I don't think it should've been 4 minutes long as thats a bit long for this type of music but I like it nonetheless :D

-M

EoD696 responds:

Thanks a bunch! This is really a far cry from what I'm used to writing, which is more...trancey stuff. I enjoy having a little bit of bulk in my songs, plus I always hear people whining about DnB songs not being long enough, so I decided to give this song one or two more repeats than it probably needs.

[0verd0se]

Needs Depth

This song wasnt too bad, the intro felt a bit too long and unnecessary, but when the song really started out at 00:50 it felt better.

For the intro try adding different variety of synths and maybe a quiet eerie pad in the background would have made up for the awkward silences.

For a first submission this is great, looking forward to what else you'll make :)

-M

Kalm responds:

Thanks!

[Strings Vs. Techno]

lol

I can't really tell what is just a loop and what part is you, but it sounds good, i'd love to hear what you could make with your own notes. I'll be waiting for when you get FL :)

stickmaster1782 responds:

:D.

[Eggzibit - Aura Genin (Jewelz Remix)]

nice and chill

The composition is excellent, excellent atmosphere and mood. Feels great.

The flaws of the song were mainly in the mastering, the beat was too loud and overpowering the piano, the beat is great but the piano was EPIC and just thought it should be a tad louder.

9/10
5/5
Downloaded :)

Check out my stuff?
-M

Aydin-Jewelz123 responds:

cheers, i will fix it up when i get old hard drive data onto this new computer, ye i will check out your stuff =)