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[Power Metal Rangers!!!]

Nice

-I stumbled across this in my time browsing the audio portal and the name caught my eye. The power rangers theme was the best part of the whole show. It was so action-y and really brought you into it.

-I like your darker twist to it and keeping the original melody was a great idea in my opinion.

wilb0b responds:

lol yeah and its only a half step down the original tuning!

[Kazmo - Opening Chime Idea]

It's ok

-It would work great for an intro that is really really short but that's it. There isn't any dynamic things that happen. It's just a short build and it would of been nice if you could of done a little more with this.

Kazmo responds:

Describe 'dynamic'.

Thanks.

[[SxHx] Prfkt.Tempo (REFIX)]

Utterly Amazing

-It's an interesting genre of music that isn't showcased here too much. Usually people just make straight techno and upload here. I personally enjoyed listening to this. I had to cycle through this three times just so I could review all the aspects of it. Main reason audio doesn't get many quality reviews but I don't mind listening to the same track over several times.

-I'm quite curious where you got the vocals from. Did you get someone to do them for you or are they computer generated? Anyways it's quite high quality and even though there is only three lines used throughout the entire song you did a very good job at mixing the audio and reworking it for the different areas. It allowed the little amount of lines to sound like so many more. The lyrics themselves are quite interesting in themselves. They make dancing with someone else sound like a dark game in my opinion.

-I'm not sure why everyone keeps telling you that the pulse waves are too loud or they hurt their ears. Even if you listen to it with the volume pumped way up(the way it's supposed to be) it sounds great. The way you mixed it with the synths was so well done. Several times you even adjusted or broke up the wave to keep it interesting. It's the main focal point of the whole genre of techno anyway to have pulsing waves so why complain about it if you don't like it. Also having such high quality even pulses leads me to believe that you either made sure you mastered this several times or you are just using some really good programs.

-There were so many great sounding transitions throughout that really helped smooth things over. There is nothing worse than an awful sounding transition that leaves a scowl on your face. I had to listen to no such thing here. When the vocals originally came in you had a nice voice build-up which made the first word sound so good and crisp. You don't see that kind of detail too often when someone introduces vocals. It does such a good job of easing you into the new element without having just the abrupt beginning of the word that usually happens. Then you ended that same first vocalized part with several repurcussions which helped add a nice effect and drop it back off into just the pulses before anything really began.

-At 0:58 you really had a nice drop off and build into the clapping effect which in it's own right was an excellent choice on your part. A simple clap by itself isn't so great but it's the way that you added it as the icing on the cake for the pulse that you incorporated so nicely into the song already to begin with. The several stutters in the beat gave it an edge of build-up that you used to drop the clap off. Yes, the clap was really nice but if you kept it on the rest of the song it would have lost all of it's uniqueness. Again you used that nice introduction to the vocals at 1:38 that I love so much. Even though the line was repeated like I said earlier it was still fresh to me. It was also dropped off nicely with the effect used at 2:05. I'm not sure what you used to create that sound but it was really nice.

-The end wasn't as effect driven as the rest of the song but it's due to the nice fading effects you used. Slowly shedding layers of the song off to bring it to a final close. Firstly dropping the synths and making it just the pulsing beat. Following that up with the wind howl to dissipate it. I was very pleased with how you were able to make a complete song cycle without having any abrupt parts to it. You always had nice build-ups or drop-offs to things.

-I'm really glad that you decided to use the user feedback to make a fixed version of the song that sounds leaps and bounds better than the original. No, your new version isn't going to be showered with love from everyone but to me you used that feedback excellently and made this song as good as it could be. It's why I do what I do. Well that and that I really enjoy doing it. Also if you read all of this it's an achievement in itself since it's taken up all of the available space that I can review in.

-Review Request Club

shesmackshard responds:

I definitely read it all haha, I like feedback. Even negative, as long as its justified, and from people with production knowledge. Appreciated man, cheers.

glad you like it too. and the vocals are my girlfriend

[Power of DnB(final version)]

Great Job

-Nice well paced intro that had enough pump in the bass. The speed increase after the first thirty seconds I didn't feel was needed. It was a great way to add variety to it but you could of added an instrument for that part instead of just speeding up the pace. You did however bring it back to the nice even pace that worked so well at the beginning. You were able to work in many synths and pads that worked really well as a replacement for the bass towards the middle build-up.

-That instrument that makes the tinging noise that you implemented later on in the song. That's something that would of been better implemented earlier in the song. It works so much better and mixing things together into a blender than the sped up part you did in the beginning.

-The drop off of everything except for the drums at 3:45 for just a couple of seconds was a great way to signify that the song was coming to a close and opened up the door for a nice ending. You brought everything to a higher level to close it out. The broken glass bottle effect at the very end was a great touch too. It's one of those unique things that you can use to create a signature. It has an interesting sound and you don't see things like that unless it's in some random rap music. I'd like to see that sort of effect in other submissions.

-It's not often that you see someone do that many reworkings of the same song. Three predecessors to this one means that several times you made something and weren't happy with it so you strived to improve it and make it better. I'm not going to agree with everything you came up with in the final version but it is by far the best overall.

-Review Request Club

jpgregorio responds:

thanks, i did that many versions because i felt that there was something missing,
now im happy with it :D
by "broken glass bottle effect" you are probably referring to the reverse delay effect on the bottle, right? nonetheless i'm glad you liked it. thx again. bye.

[Death by Grime (rap demo)]

Needs some practice

-I chuckled a bit at the intro beat. If you listen to it closely it sounds like your getting hit or something. It didn't feel strong enough. Put more umph in it in my opinion.

-It didn't flow as well as it could of since the vocalized pace was quick at times and at other times it seemed like you were trying to remember lines and slowed down a little. Most likely from the complicated words involved. The amount of high syllable words contributed to slowing you down. This made you off of the beat just slightly but it's enough to weaken the song in general if it's off synch.

-The instrumentals were simple but you don't need anything too fancy for background music in a rap. The background beat would benefit from more bass though. It would give you a better pace marker to keep yourself at the same rythm throughout the whole thing.

-Just try to simplify things a little. It's a lot easier to spit out lyrics at an even pace if you use compact words and give yourself something to reassure the pace.

-Review Request Club

Sawdust responds:

Thanks man! I'll keep that in mind next time I record a rap.

[<EagleGuard> Never give up!]

At it's finest

-This is classical music at one of it's greatest aspects. The fact that it uses those instruments that aren't used a lot and uses them at their best to convey a feeling that other instruments can't.

-This is what you did very well with the harp. It's so soothing and keeps everything flowing nicely and in tune with the piano. So to me you accomplished your goal to a high degree. I didn't expect the guitar(classical?) at all. It's part might of only been thirty seconds towards the end but it gave it that variety and suprise it needed.

-All in all I think you did a great job of mastering this track and making it sound as good as it possibly could have.

-Review Request Club

EagleGuard responds:

Thanks! I always like to use classical instruments in my songs, as they tend to be able to bring forth a lot more emotion than for example electronic instruments.

Yeah, electric guitars aren't exactly classical, but I thought it'd be nice to spice things up in that part and to add something new ;)

Thanks for the review =)

[The End [Rezurrection]]

Nice touch

-It was slower than slow but you hit the nail right on it. It's very euphoric and plays nicely in the background if you are doing something else. I wouldn't say it's entirely build-up though. It does reach a peak and stays there so only the first two thirds of it is build-up.

-The light build-up and suttle background noise play out nicely for the first minute and a half. This to me allowed for the bass to come in really nicely and build up. If you ever wanted to make a suite you could use this as your background and build up later in the song. Just a suggestion.

-Review Request Club

ReziUze responds:

Thanks a lot! I didn't think anyone would really like the bass, I myself found it to be kinda crap lol.

[Anesthesia (Sonic Numbing)]

Short but Sweet

-Hmm the beginning chords sounded awfully familiar but I can't remember where i've heard something like that before. It is very good so if you did get it from somewhere else I don't blame you. It really has this way of mixing the right sounds and the high quality really helps this.

-After the original chords it fell off a bit for me and went into a bland chord combination. Nothing that really caught me. I'm not sure but it might of been a build-up for the much better ending you displayed.

-Ooh I absolutely loved the plucked notes mixed with the high notes in the last twenty or so seconds. It's a very good sound layering technique that isn't used quite often. I recommend staying with that or coming back to it rather when you make something else.

-Review Request Club

WizMystery responds:

The chords are somewhat... non-chordal if that makes any sense. It's mostly P4s, P5s, and thirds with a polyphonic texture at parts (example, the end). I liked the plucked part the most as I was making this as well :P

[O rly? -GST Mix-]

Shock and Awe

-It came in a bit slow and the cheering made me expect something to be quite honest a lot different than what it actually was. Not as upbeat like an actual concert atmosphere. It did however have that nice slow intro to allow for the crowd without it interfering with the song so I can't knock you for it.

-When everything started to really get underway the deep deep bass was really a suprise. It's so much different than what you started with and showed the range that the song would cover throughout. It only made things seem brighter than they might of seemed without that implemented.

-I like how you overlapped the patterns and made several layers at some points mixing and matching different beats and sounds giving tastes of everything. It allowed for the long song length since this only drew me in more. It didn't seem as repetitive as it sounded like it was going to be in the author comments. Yes, you did have continuous melodies but you didn't leave them stale and stagnant to get boring. You actually made things dynamic and exciting to listen to.

-The only thing that I had an issue with was the long drawn out ending. It could of easily been shortened instead of allowing it to just sit on the same sound loop for fourty seconds.

-Review Request Club

Dj-GST responds:

Thanks man, I'm glad you liked it.

I'll have more out soon!

[[AL] Break it down]

Rework?

-I'm curious as to if you are going to rework this track or not since it's almost a year and a half old. It has some potential areas in the percussion to improve on if you do.

-Nice kicking bass with a tepid(warm if you were wondering) melody. The contrasting sounds complimented each other nicely in the beginning of the song. The melody seemed to increase in pace as the song progressed making the whole thing speed up for a bit. You did use a nice change of pace at 1:35 by slowing things down again and bringing the song back to it's original pace.

-I feel like the drum combinations that you were using could be slowed down or be made less abrasive to the ears. It just seemed out of place kicking out so much. More like a DnB style drums than something you would see in techno. The drum-out was nice but again it just feels lacking to me.

-Review Request Club

ChampionAnwar responds:

To be honest, I've been working on it for a while. The option for me to update the mp3 on this particular song isn't an option here because this song was featured. . As a knock on effect I will not be posting this song as it will be going on my EP once I finish and release it.

Thanks for the comments, I'll get to work on it. . I love Drum'n'Bass (well the old stuff, the new stuff I hear these days disgusts me). . So that did play a big part in the sequencing that I initially did for the drums. When you say "abusive", do you mean the mini glitches that I put in there or something?

Oh and, I got bored and rushed the ending drums because I just wanted to finish something as at that point in '08 I hadn't finished anything in quite a while.

Thanks again man, I'll get right to work :D