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song COULD have been amazing, BUT...
you kinda went extreme on the mixing
way too extreme
some people may not mind, but the clipping of the intro, and the drastic drop and raise of the bass you constantly do throughout the song bugs me to no extent, well, i guess some extent, cause i listened to it long enough to write a reveiw
also, the reece synth is a little to heavy in mid, as kick is in bass, i know its fun and sounds cool
but it hurts, not physically, but audioly
this could be awesome if you just sofened the mix a bit, but i guess you like that feel, so yeah...
Author's Response:
lol. reviews are to express your opinion freely, do so!
mastering is not my thing =( i cant do it well at all,, and i just dont want to either.
although, i should have it pro mastered with my lable when released on album. all songs will be optimized and ready to kill yours ears even more >:)
i have to agree with that kick though, after listening to it 100 times, its starting to get to me...
thanks for the review man!
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just a simple reveiw. sounds like you just used appregetor or whatewver from fl and added some drums
weird clicking sound at beginning bothered me
i like the pause at :42
nice instrument change
rules of thumb:
never use fl hits unless pitch is changed at least 2 octaves
never use the sytrus synths, unless you change the hell out of them
all your glissandos have weird clicking in the right side of the audio
slightly repeditive, but still well done
Author's Response:
I don't really know what an appregetor is, but I wrote the melody completely.
Thanks for the review!
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i tried the same thing with my songs after listening to rig's stardust
in audacity as well
except my songs arent very good, so it didnt sound as good, but whateves, nice job
Author's Response:
Yeah, I think it's better forwards, but it's just a bit of fun. Thanks for the review.
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nice song
Im not sure how vocals would work, you would have to chop out the entire section below 700Hz, but it could work, and add lots of high harmonics.
The drums need some mastering to fit the rest of the song, and the issue with samples are no matter how you chop it, it is too repeditive, but it is still a great sample.
what is a DiZi? and what is KVR?
keep up the good work, awesome song, mixing either than drums is flawless
ok.. not flawless, flute sound could use some work in the high end
Author's Response:
The DiZi, or mini DiZi is a VSTi (Virtual Studio Technology instrument). It's basically a little file that does the flute. Yeah, the drums were thrown together very crudely. I might try and fix them up a bit.
I'd probably add some effects to the vocals to make it sound more digital, but the instruments here sound more live than most synths, so that'd probably make it easier to blend. I don't know. We'll see how it goes.
Thanks for the review.
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dont enjoy it quite as much, the strings could use a little cut off the 5-9khz range, kinda hurts my ears, and i got my headphones on a low volume.
piano part is slightly repeditive, drums are good, but the random kick that stands out needs to be quieted down.
also, i notice you have a LUCKSPIN or whatever in there, its kinda hidden, but still too obvious since everyone and their dog uses fruity loops
i like the ending pad use though
Author's Response:
Yeah, I was just doing an experiment to show my friend what FL studio can do without any external products at all :P
thanks for the review!
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not quite as good, intro instrument that sounds like it is clipping (not sure if it actually is or not) that also plays in other partds of the shong needs to be fixed or removed, maybe eq it a bit, reduce attack, increase a sustain, seeing as it has no sustain, and maybe give it a eq set above the maind synth, could be nice and catchy. the main synth is awesome, some occasional notes sound sharp or flat, dont know if this is the instrument or the actual notes it is playing, but it gets annoying at times, but in general it sounds awesome, theres the right amount of filter osc on it, is that some sort of preset? or did you make it.
also , i like the snare/clap thing, sounds high, but mellow and not harsh in any way, crash cymbol could be tuned back a little bit, they are higher than the rest of the drum, except the more reverberated snare, which sounds good where it is at.
um, also like the bass synth, though i would eq down a bit on the higher frequencies of its attack, and eq up on the lower frequencies around 200 hz?
innu, just suggestions and oppinions, im not very good at making music...
also i like the soft strings in there, nice touch
Author's Response:
Thanks man! I noticed some of the things you mentioned myself but it would be hard to fix each one without compromising the songs integrity. I think the sharps and flats you notice are from the synth presets, some of them do that on purpose. The synths are all Sytrus btw.
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i wouldnt concider this fully industrial, but it is amazing, very well mixed, nice soft drums, lead is in lead, but not too strong in any frequency range, just close enouhg to sound great.
love the weird scratchy distorted snare like thing that happens every bar.
if there is a kick, its too soft, but sounds like you just got low echoings of synth taking the place of kick.
very nice overal, great melody, and catchy, intro and outro kinda weak, but it makes it have a great loop
i was listening to it for 20 min without noticing, good job
Author's Response:
Haha thank you! I'm glad you liked it. I suppose it would be classified as "Aggrotech" but most people call it Industrial/EBM
Thanks again!
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the bell is gots too much in the 7000 million Hz range, tune it down a couple smidgens, will ya?
and uh, then your good, maybe pan bell a bit to left, and the synth a bit to right
then you should be good
Author's Response:
It's all about the pan with you ;P
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slayer, beepmap? and some thing with fruity squeeze or something on it?
very, you i guess, hahahahaha, you gotta work on fixing the pitches of ytour instruments man, the lead has flat harmonics = bad, everything could be really awesome if you fixed AND toned down the lead
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im not a big fan of video game cover songs, but this was awesome
i loved the sound of it, and everything was well mixed, although it seemed a little to centralised for a song of this type (more panning, little bits here and there) Drums are epic as always.
first have sounded really dope, what were you playing with, a slayer or something more electronical?, only flaw with the first half is it lacked a full beat to follow along with, just cool sounds to keep me going, then when it came in for the last half, didnt sound quite as gool, but went as a song, which is what more people would like more.
also, the epic hits you have every once in a while.. not just in this song, but other songs of yours as well, is it just a reverse snare sliding into a regular playing snare? they always make me so pumped, i really wanna know.
Author's Response:
Wow, good review man!
Ok, the synth guitars are a layer of slayer guitars, bass with HEAVY distrortion and Sytrus Inferno guitar synth. I didn;t want to pan anything out in this because I do that a lot besides the drums are already well panned. The intro and synth drums I used Native Instruments Battery 3 which are just amazing. The lack of intro beat was just intentional i don;t know what to say. I think the hi-hat brings it into the tom roll just fine.
Oh the epic hit? Reverse synth snare playing into a full double snare hit in EZDrummer and layered with that is a reverse bass hit in C playing into a full bass hit in B (or A I forgot). They make me super pumped I can't get enough of them. Sometimes though I go overboard when I find a new cool sounding "move" and sometime over use it.
Thank you for your questions and comments! Come by any time and as always...
Rock on! \m/>_<\m/
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