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[Solus- Forever Never]

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The mix of genres sure is interesting. But from time to time there's just too much going on at the same time, so that I can't concentrate on everything at once. Also because of that, sometimes it's pretty hard to make out the single instruments because all seem to play at full volume and competing each other instead of playing together.

Most noteably is it when the solo sets in. You should tune down the volume of the other instruments a bit, so that we can clearly hear and enjoy the pretty good solo.

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SolusLunes responds:

Mixing has always been something that's plagued me, and it's something I intend to continue working on.

Thanks for the insight :D

[Toxic Biohazard V2]

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Better than the first part. Doesn't sound as messy and it loops better (a little static sound can be heard when the loop starts over, but I'm not sure if it's in the original track or if go in there somwhere between uploading it to NG and me listening to it).

It's still a bit too short and lacks varity a lot.

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loogiesquared responds:

~T_T

[Toxic Biohazard]

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The beginning sounded very promising, but at around 0:13 it gets way too messy. There is too much going on at once so it's quite hard to make out the melodies.

Also, the song is too short in my opinion and it doesn't loop. Try to expand the song a bit by making the parts a bit longer. Also try to get the mixing done a bit better.

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loogiesquared responds:

false, yo r a cupkake.

[It`s a Dream( Deejay DeeZ RMX)]

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Sounds too generic for me. And I have a dislike for exactly that kind of female vocals that you used here. ^^

The song itself is also quite generic, a few breaks here and there from the main beat would be really helpful. Also, the ending seems to be cut off. The last note doesn't appear to be played fully and the song already starts over. A few more seconds at the end should help here. ;)

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DeejayDeeZ responds:

Yeah, I like theese kind of vocal samples^^

Generic, sure. Anyways, a main beat break is a good idea. it would fit to make it less repitive.

The ending tune was just something i made in the end :P

[<TheMayo>HiScore]

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I started listening to this without reading the description or looking at the genre of the track. I instantly thought that this was a video game track. Well, I wasn't totally wrong with that as this was in fact inspired by video game-ish sounds.

It sounds indeed very much like the good old 8bit music we all enjoyed on the NES and other 8bit machines. Only the clapping sound is a bit annoying. It just seems to be overused in too many tracks. Maybe you can change it to a different sound. I think it would help the song to get even better.

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TheMayo responds:

hmm...i can kinda see where ur coming from
but i really dnt kno wat other sounds wud sound ok
thnx for the input

[Circle of Flight]

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"Circle of floating" would be a better title, I guess. The track seems to be a bit too slow to resemble "flight".

Anyway, the track is very nice. I like how the instruments work together. The piano creates a very light atmosphere while the synth sounds create the image of floating before the inner eye.

Completed is the track by the drums. They fit perfectly together with the piano and the synth.

Only downside is that there seems to be no real climax in this song. But on the other hand, this is labled as "ambient" and maybe it just doesn't need a climax at all...

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WritersBlock responds:

Thanks man. Yeah, as I mentioned in another response, the tempo is slower to represent the openness and the seemingly slow feeling of flight, as my interpretation, of course. Thanks for the compliments, I'm really glad you like it.

[RES - I Don't Care]

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The beat in the intro is a bit too generic for my taste. Luckily you build the song up pretty quickly, so we get something else to listen to.

The melodies you use in the song sound pretty nice, but sometimes we can hear what appears to be some static sounds (from 00:35 to 00:50 for example).

I like that you have so many breaks from the main beat. This makes the song very diversified and the main beat gets boring pretty fast. You should try to change it during the song to a more complex beat.

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Swerve responds:

See comment below about beat. I KNOW hahaha.
Thanks for pointing out the mixing errors, I'm working on my mixing:)
And I am glad you like the breaks, I threw them in because I like parts where the beat isn't playing.. I don't know, they sound more melodic at times, in my opinion.

Thanks for the review!

-RES

[+Metro Station+]

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It seems to be a nice track, but it's buried underneath the loudness of the sound. It nearly blasted my speakers away and everything sounds overpowerd because of the loudness.

The loop is done perfectly, which is always a good thing for video game tracks. ^^

You should try to sort out the sound problems (lower the volume a bit) and try to get a cleaner sound. Then you have a great track.

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WritersBlock responds:

Seriously, I didn't notice the overall volume was a problem. Maybe I've just got my speakers turned a little low... but other songs on the NGAP don't seem all that quiet by comparison...
I don't know. Thanks for the review. I'm glad you like the loopablilty of the track. There was a little echo at the end, so it could have easily have sounded cut off or lose the beat at the end, but a quick cut/paste job in audacity did the trick. ;D

[{agnryfaic} Hardstyle]

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The first minute of the song is used for what seems to be a build up for the rest of the song. Very little variations in this part of the track and it just feels sorta empty, because you used only two or three different beats here.

After the break the song continues with a melody that has nothing to do with the build up of the first part. Only later on you reintroduce the hard beat from the intro.

So, just like you said in the comments, this song feels unfinished. But the basics are all right, so try to build up on them! ;)

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agnryfaic responds:

Yeah, it is kinda incomplete. I'm making the intro ''synch'' a bit more with the actual track, so don't worry about that ;). I'm having a few problems mastering though, but I'll ask some ''FL pro'' friends of mine :')

Oh well, thanks for the review ;)