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[The Essence of Time V2]

Good improvements

I knew I reviewed "Essence of Time" before, but couldn't really remember what it was like. But as soon as the intro started I remembered the melody, so you've done a good job with that. The melody sticks in ones mind and has a high recognition value.

I had a quick listen to V1 again and I like the improved intro better. Now there aren't so many quiet moments anymore, the delayed piano works very well.

The solo in the middle is quite nice and gives this song a special touch. Also the new outro is better than the old one. You found a pretty good way to end the song. In my opinion good outros are even harder to create than good intros. ^^

However, sometimes it sounds as if the song is too loud, when more instruments play at once. Maybe that's just me, but I think a little tweaking to mix this a bit better is necessary.

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Step responds:

Thanks a lot for reviewing, Haggard :D. I added loads of things to the intro, to make sure nobody would complain, lol :P. I'm glad you liked the solo, it was fun to make. I did add a lot of stuff at the end of the song too to make sure nobody would complain either XD. Anyway, about that loud thing, I think that'll be easy to fix. I just make a main automation pattern, or make a huge automation clip where the main volume goes lower when there are more instruments playing. That is, when I manage to convince my lazy self to go on FL Studio and fix it :\. Anyway, thanks again for the great review!

[PureX (Final State)]

Good build up

I like those kind of build ups. They mislead people to think the song is something completly different and then suddendly... *BAM* the "real" song starts.

It's also nice how you did the build up. It starts off very slow and then slowly more and more effects are added. Maybe it's dragged out a bit too long, because it takes nearly 2 minutes until the dance track starts.

But when it starts it offers some very nice beats and an amazing rhythm. The added vocals are a nice addition as well.

However, sometimes it seems as if the bass is a bit overpowered and that some statics can be heard here and there.

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DavidRx responds:

yup i think to thut the intro is totaly to LONG...but the track aint finishd yet...i wanted to know whut i cud add n whut i cud improve...n im totaly trying to discover other ways to pump up the music n give FX :D

thx for ure opinion dude =D thx

drX

[(CHS) Death Match!!!]

Nice

This is a nice song in general with some great melodies. But I think it needs more "epicness" in it, as this is supposed to be a major boss fight. Maybe work towards a climax that happens to be towards the end of the song. You indicate in your author comments that the battle isn't decided in this song and we have to find out in the next song. So that's why I would put a possible climax at the end of the song. I know it's quite hard to achieve, but I think it would pay off in the end.
I imageine something like the battle goes back and forth with no one getting the upper hand, then both prepare for a winning strike at the end and they both clash... and when slowly the dust settles, we can only see one character standing. But who it is we can only find out next time. ^^

Also, like some reviewers mentioned before, the overall "loudness" of this track is, well, too loud. I suggest tuning down the louder instruments of this song a bit so that we can have a better look (or rather listen) at what's going on in the background.

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ChaosDragon004 responds:

Yeah I know, the guitar is a difficult one to work with but normaly I can blend it pretty well. If you listen to my other songs you see what im saying. It was just something about this song that I couldnt get right. All n all I still loved this song so much that I had to put it on. Thanks for the feedback.

[Waaaar!]

Great drums

Yeah, the distortion is a bit too much in here. And the distorted piano doesn't sound like a guitar but more like... a distorted piano. ^^

But it fits in here anyway. The drums are pretty good and the drum riff sounds just amazing, especially in the double bass parts.

Also, the looping is done pretty nice. I couldn't tell where the song ended and where it started if it wasn't for the "progress bar" to start over. ^^

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Centrist responds:

Haha, thanks dude. :]

[open sound]

Interesting

At first I thought: "Wow, wtf is that supposed to be?", then I read your comment and I was like: "Oh... that's interesting."

It's a pretty good effort actually, you come up with a pretty good melody after the somewhat boring intro. But on the other hand you are very limited with the sounds you can create if you only use fl's opening sound as a basis. ^^

Normally I advise artists to try and create longer songs, but I don't think you could lengthen this without getting too repititve. The only chance I see to add more parts to this is to use other sounds as well. But then the whole idea of the song would be lost.

So, overall this is a very nice submission and quite original. I mean, I've heard windows sounds quite often now, but I didn't hear anything like this where the author only used one base sound for the entire song.

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mikkim responds:

many thanks for the review.

[Whales [Box-Killa]]

Nice and relaxing

Yes, the tune does sound a little like whale songs. Not the melody, though. But just the sound of the tune has this whale-like touch to it.

The melody of whale songs are quite different (well, at least the ones I heard), but I don't think your goal was to imitate whale songs.

Anyway, enough talk about whales. The tune is pretty nice. I like the echo effect you used here. It is very fitting, especially on the drums. It creates an atmosphere of a very big room where we are standing, which somehow reminds me of the ocean.

I also like the build up of the song. You start out with just a few instruments and then slowly add more to the song, until it is "really" playing.
The outro is done in a similar way. You slowly take away instruments until the song ends. This also sounds nice and makes this song even more relaxing.

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Box-Killa responds:

Hey :D You liked it! I was unsure of whether you would like it or not because it is very... like not the normal sorta thing anyone would here, and its a bit slow. Anyway, glad you liked it :D

[Fable - Rebirth (XB)]

Good

Never played fable, so I don't recognize this melody. ^^ But it sounds nice anyway. Not too sure if this reminds me of a "rebirth", but yeah, it has some sort of "a new beginning" feeling to it. As if something new is created, which is what a rebirth is about, right? ^^

Also, the loop is done very well. It is not noticable when the loop starts again, which is a hughe plus, since this is labled as a "loop".

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Cosmos8942 responds:

Mmm, everybody has different views on where in the game this song originally came from. I'm leaning towards it being in multiple places, thus the reason I agree with all accounts. I stated rebirth because, frankly, I couldn't think of anything and since it was a remix I thought that rebirth somewhat fit that bill. What can I say.

But seriously, I wasn't really trying to loop this piece. Since this was created before the audio portal redesign it was then stuck on here as a loop and I was unable to change it. Mmm.

-Tony-

Ah well, not that big of a deal. Thanks for the review though guy. Sorry about making you wait so long for an answer, I've been strangely busy these last couple weeks.

[SN | Once Again | SN]

Good melodies

I like the intro with that "big strong black man" voice, but sadly the rest of the song sounds a little bit too generic. At least for me. Maybe this is because I'm not really a fan of dance music, so I miss all the nuances this genre has to offer.

Anyway, the melodies are pretty nice and quite catchy. Too bad the background beat sounds a little bit overpowered so the melodies are nearly drowned by the bass.

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SessileNomad responds:

yeah i made this track when i found out that a freaking shit ton of pop songs use this same chord progression, so i decided to hop on the bandwagon

i like the black mane voice too