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[[F-777] Aqua Dream]

Calm like

Reminds me of zero bass music style. Starts all slow and then quickly moved into a faster beat. Maybe not a continual fast beat. A smooth song for the most part. Like the bass. Also the driplet effect you put on one of the instruments. The nice attack time on the soothing sound is right on. Matches good with the bass. Very brief guitar sounds here. 1:36 and 2:04 are the only times I noticed the guitar. I'm guessing you did that for special effect support? At 0:32 you introduce the clap/kick drum loop and I think another drum (brushes?) on top. Again at 1:24ish till rest of song. Good way to save up your library of drum loops for future songs, but a lil variety would be better. However I like how you take the drums away in two occasions. That in itself is diversity. A tad bit loopy song, but I think you wanted the listener to get in this relaxing feel. It worked...reminds me of ecco the dolphin for sega genesis. :) Not much else to say. Another clear song, well mastered. Overall a 5/5 vote and 10. Til next time...bye for now

F-777 responds:

Thanks man! You seem to be able to hear everything thats going on in the song. Ya i have had a couple complaints about the diversity of the drums...and i did have the beat changing and stuff but the patterns got all messed up so i just took them out and left this steady beat going on.

Anyways thanks for the awesome review!!! (runs off to search ecco the dolphin on google =D)

[The Turquoise Crayon]

I don't know... good

At first I thought this song was not going to be that good. However when the 2nd guitar came in and soon the 3rd etc. the song really turned out awesome. Yeah like the previous reviewer there are minor off key moments. No biggie though. Quite a catchy tune despite the 1st guitar playing the same pattern over and over again. Makes me feel all happy. Your playing the guitars with your buddies right? It sounds like that. Overall I enjoyed this piece. If you maybe added some more drums in the background it could of helped. I'm confused why after a long pause you start playing something not relevant to the song. Oh well. 5/5 for sure. 10/10 rev too. The beat sounds a bit familiar so not sure if you did a remix. I will assume you didn't. Bye for now.

[Ej_Just_Messing_Arround_1]

Great title :)

A soft trance. Has a slight suspense feeling to it. Feels lonely at times where you only got the two sounds going. No drums? Yah I know you don't need drums to make a great song, but when you only got like 2 instruments going, you need some background support. What drums you did have going didn't support the song to great extent. The best part of the song is when you had 3 sounds going at once. I like the rhythm overall. Just needs more contrasts, buildups, etc. What plugin did you use on your instruments? In conclusion I'll give you a 5/5 vote. Watch out for the blammer. Since you only recently joined NG audio portal, I will start you off with a 10/10 review too. Your alot better than me when I first started. Bye for now
Score 2.5 to 3.33.

ejmalichi responds:

hey thx for the review, your right, but i like that pattern so later i will do something more with it,

i used 3x Osc just basid fl stuff.

[(FW) Disco]

I like this

House music...I usually don't listen to this genre. One of the very brief rhythms reminded me of beverly hills ninja music. I see you submitted a song for the cc contest. Thought it was over. A nice short song that stands out from alot of other songs. This is really different. Disco...check. Not sure if the car alarm system sound is a fx or from a instrument. It occurs in the area just before the bass ends the song. Well it sounds like a car alarm system to me. Overall I like the feeling of this. Relaxing..I'll give it a ddl. I think my sister will like this song. GL with the cc contest. Bye for now.

[Twilight Mission [F-777]]

Dimrain?

Well his rem song has the exact sound as one of yours. The fuzzy sound I'm talking about. It does give the mission feel. I like that electric guitar. Ends a bit too quickly. I like your work. Your alot better now. The only ify part is that atmosphery fx sound. I liked it when used the first time. The 2nd time it didn't sound so good because it felt like interupting the song's flow. Anyway I finally got a rave song out...I think its rave. :) Check it out plz. So your clarity is good and I notice no zipper sound this time. Good move with changing up your synths/pads/soft. instru. . I'll give you a 5/5 and 10/10 rev.

[Euro Techno]

Remix I guess

I loved this song when it first came out long time ago. Since I have not heard it for so long I'm not too sure what you remixed. Sounds like the original. Anyway that is a risky assumption so I will assume you did some revamping to this fine song. Not much I can say. Clarity is good. Umm percussion is nice and soft. Good fit for the lead sounds to shine. What's this? I don't remember no ocean/beach waves in the original. If you added that in then good job. Bit of ambience in the mix. Umm the drums used when you end the song was not that good. Besides that I like everything else. 5/5 and 9/10 review cause a remix. Bye for now

[Atmonphere Loop]

Lots of panorama

The flute reminds me of your previous song. The panning is nice, but strange a bit. Maybe mix it up so panning moves in the other direction. Also maybe quick alternations of speakers. There was one moment in the song where it all of a sudden increases in volume. Not sure if that was intentional, but didn't seem to fit. There isn't too much to say cause a short loop and familiar rhythm to your I think zasyyt flute player song. Anyway its good that your experimenting with your music program. Maybe change the direction of panning cause it can get ppl dizzy...believe it or not. I can sense your pain from those blammers targeting your stuff. I'll wish you luck that he/she/they just leave you alone. Bye for now

[Karco -- Aurora --]

Wow this is a huge change

Your into the nice atmosphery songs and then this fast song comes oout of nowhere. Did you put a flanger on that umm instrument? Some cool sounds. Love that fx noise. Some fast playing of notes too. The bass is a good idea. The ending is okay. Could have ended better, but at least it didn't fade out. I think you should have changed that flanger thing instead of use it for the entire song. Add a new flanger beat or maybe silence it and reintroduce it later. For some reason I just imagine that if you put some amp and panorama on the flanger to give the rising up feel, it would have sounded really cool. I haven't done it in any of my songs yet, but maybe I'll try it. I can't complain about diversity since this is trance so diversity a 10. So what I really enjoyed about the beginning is the introduction. I like how you kept cutting out the percussion to short moments and gradually brought the whole percussion into motion. What may have been the down side is that the song never reached a peak...sure it reached a climax but not the energy I was expecting. If you were going for the space feel...kudos to you cause I imagined myself in space dodging asteroids. 5/5 and 10/10. The reason is because I haven't heard a fast song from you in a while so this is refreshing. Bye for now

Karco responds:

Responding to your other review... thanks for the high ratings! :)

Actually I've been making plenty of songs like this, I just haven't submitted them to NG. But I'll get them on here sooner or later and they won't fail to please! >:D

Hmm, there's no flanger in this song! I can't see how you got that idea. But I'll stick a flanger on this song and see how it goes...

Yeah, there was a climax! You know, the snare roll, the buildup, and then BOOM? And then the drums come crashing in again. :D I guess I should have tried harder with it. Aah, well.

Thanks for the review, Music-story! Glad you like it, and thanks also for the high ratings... :D

[Karco - Behind the Undergrowth]

Okay rev

I like metroid for gameboy (the old gameboy with yellow screen) the best because it is the hardest out of all the metroids I've played so far. Some rain, thunder claps, and a bit of a epic feel. Well the violins sounded a bit strange when you were trying to fade into silence. I get a picture of battle preparations. No battle yet. Sounds like this song loops a bit with the elements and strings doing same stuff. However for video game music looping doesn't really matter too much...yah I know you put this in classical. Video game theme and classical instruments = classical I guess. Like those orchestral drums. I forgot what those drums are called, but they tend to give classicals a epic boost in my opinion. I think I heard brass at the beginning of the song. Overall 5 vote (too low score already) 9/10 review. I noticed that with FL and reason...and basically any music program I heard so far (besides mine) have the strings stop quickly. Eg. When you strike a string of any string instrument the string vibrates. When you strike the same string again the sound should be different because your striking a already vibrating string. FL and reason seem to destroy the physics so that when striking the same string in quick succession, the vibration of that string is canceled and the note you played is like hitting a non vibrating string. This gives the unrealistic characteristics of real life strings. Of course this isn't your fault, but your program's fault. Whenever you get bored of your music program try seeking for the program called "SCULPTURE". One of a kind that follows the physics of real sounds giving classicals a more realistic feel. (BTW I suck at classicals so sculpture benefits are minimal to me, but your pretty good in this genre.) Bye for now.

Karco responds:

Hey, Music-story! You reviewed both! :D Thanks a lot, I'll start by responding to this one...

Yep, no battle yet. :P This isn't as much about battles as it is about that "triumphant" feeling, when you feel you've won something.

Another thing - I was actually debating with myself whether to submit this under Video Game or Classical, as I had good reason to submit it under both. You can see I ended up with classical...

That classical drum is a timpani... ;)

Heh, thanks for the 5! :) Yeah, I'll agree about the strings - problem is, I use free soundfonts so they're naturally not quite as high-quality as I'd like them to be. I'll give Sculpture a look, though, it definitely looks interesting... Thanks for the review and the advice, Music-story! :)