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[Life [EH] wip]

Mau5 in the hau5?

I feel that once the kick comes in the synth needs more.. bite. It's too soft. Reverby and the like.v That was a nice transition though.

Also i'd beef up the kick. I rather enjoy progressive house that I can feel pounding my eardrums :)

It is rather deadmau5-ey though. Almost too much so lol.

7 because there's not much here. :/

[~Alfa~ Craze (WIP)]

That's all 3xosc?

I believe it, never underestimate the power of that little guy.

I love it. Everything sounds very "full" and on top of that it's very well planned out. I would love to see the .flp if possible. I wouldn't dream of stealing anything, but i'd really like to pick it apart and see what you're doing.

When you said 'too many automations' I was worried it was gonna sound funky, but all the distortion and all of the filters really work. If it was longer i'd try to give you a bit more criticism in the composition department, but there's not really much for me to go by :/

9/10 because you didn't finish it. Can't wait to hear the full thing!

(Wow I listened to this while typing and I didn't even notice it was looping :O)

aliaspharow responds:

Thanks mate!

[+- Exact Change -+]

.... :/

Everything was EXTREMELY well put together.. except for the singing. The autotuning was obscure, and the flow wasn't very good. I liked the lyrics, but you may want to consider having another vocalist.

Another reason I marked gave it an 8 is befause I feel this chord progression is really over-used in trance. To the point where every time I hear a song using it, I feel like i've heard it before. Be more creative! Break out of the box :D

[Lost on lsd]

Oblige.

I like the intro.

Then it goes kinda bleh. You have alot of unnecessary dissonance, making it kind of unpleasant to listen to. Also the chord progression is.. interesting. Try to build the other instruments off of the music box starting at :41. It seems to be the most solid instrument you've got.

Unless the dissonance was what you were going for, you should really try to make sure the song is in tune with itself.

[wubstep wemo]

Kinda.

The filter needs to cover the deeper frequencies too.

[-|FROST|-]

Err...

This song has the same intro as my song 'It Could Be Worse'. And a few of the transitions. And the same chord progression. Luckily it's a different key lol.

Don't say i'm copying you, mine was up first :p.

However, this song is more diverse than mine though. Much longer too.

15thDimension responds:

Oh wow I had no idea, I haven't ever taken a look at your songs.

[3 Hours to Midnight]

/drool

Great job! Normally i'm not that into 'classic' trance because I feel like i've heard it all before. This on the other hand has changed my mind.

The mixing gives it such a full feel. All your effects are great. If you've heard any of my songs, you'll know i'm a sucker for arpeggios with delay lol.

The flow is great, the leads have professional quality, and it has a diverse array of tones. Everything from beautiful to jumpy.

My only complaint is the outro. I know the guitar was used earlier in the song, but (to me) it just didn't conclude the song as well as I think it should have.

One last thing to end my wall of text here lol. Can I ask what synths you use? They have great tone.

syphonmax responds:

I used Nexus, Vanguard and Sytrus (:

[[Psytrance] Loop]

Wait...

If it's already a loop.. Why does it repeat within the song?

Also it's very repetitive (I mean even with just one listen haha).
Maybe try cramming a bunch of background synths that come and go every few seconds to break the monotony?

It just needs.. more.. substance...

[Skyscraperz]

It's all fine and dandy.

My only complaint is that the song never really hit a climax. It felt like it was constantly building up, but never really got there.

Also 3:22 the transition was kind of disappointing.

Also it felt kind of ... muted. If it was me, I'd add a little bit more to the higher frequencies in the synths here and there. As is it feels kind of muffled. That's just my opinion though. Bassey tunes are always good too :)

Lemonnade responds:

Thanks for the review. I think it's really helpful.

[[39] Silver [39]]

Twinkly.

I think 1:00 is little long to drag out an intro with only a single instrument. It had good melodies, it's just it felt like it needed to build more.

Also at 1:20, I like the bass. There's alot of it, it just feels like the lead synths don't sit well on it. I'd try messing around with the EQ to get em to fit better.

the snare roll at 3:11 was really overpowering, it cut out everything else :/

I do enjoy me some synth shredding, good stuff lol.
-And the transition with the LP filter was really nice.

You've got alot of ideas flying around in this song, and it feels like towards the end it kind of trails off. If you lengthened the song, and gave each segment a chance to breath, I feel like this whole track would flow a little better. It is an interesting style though, and I would like to hear more. You can only get better at it right? :D

flight39 responds:

Thank you for the kind review!
You were probably right about the intro, I should have added a couple more instruments to it as it went along.
If I can somehow recover the data from that song before my computer completely crashed a couple of days ago, I will definitely fill in some of the holes in the sound around 1:20. The overpowering snare roll at 3:11 was an unintended side effect of my mastering, and in the future I will try and fix that.
This was an incredibly helpful review, so again, thanks!