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[(FMC) -=Muffins=-]

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You had quite a lot of different effects and beats in here, but still you managed to stick to one main theme. Good job!

The quality of the sound is good most of the time. Only the distorted bass line is bothering me a bit. It would sound much better without that distortion.

Also, the song is a bit too short for my taste. You could have easily added more to it and making the song much longer that way, I think.

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FunkmasterCatking responds:

Thanks,

This is the first time I've tried really using a heavy bass, I probably put a little too much into it. I'm guessing it would be less distorted if I panned some of the other stuff to other sides, but its too late for me to edit it. I'd make it longer too, but I use the FL demo so I couldn't save it.

Thanks for the review!

[Blue 42 -Redo]

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Hey, I remember that song, heh. But I can't seem to find the old version of this, so it's a bit hard to compare those versions with each other.

I think I complained about the ending in my last review. Well, now I think the ending fits quite well there, so whatever you've done with it: It was the right thing to do ^^.

I still like the hilariousity of the many random sounds you used in here a lot. It really mades me laugh! :D

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MusicIsBliss responds:

haha thanks, the old one was omgtforly blue 42 or something

and your suggestion last time is what made me realise it didnt have rediculous drums like the rest of the song, so it was you who fixed it, thanks

[r18 - Element]

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The song is very nice overall. And it's a good thing that it is so long ^^. Most Audio Artist seem to create much too short songs.

The main beat is pretty nice, but it gets quite repititive towards the end of the song. But it's nice that you added a lot of other parts to the song, that keeps it from getting boring.

I think some changes in the tempo of the main beat would be a good thing, too. You would add a bit more varity to the song that way and I think this would keep the listener interested in the song, too.

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ReaperTechno responds:

The only thing is that if i were to make it faster, noticeably, the length would be gone. And granted, I wanted to make sure the tempo wasnt too slow, which it isnt, it flows nicely. What I couldve done was make the more ambient parts a slower tempo, but i was just excited to get this song out the door :D
Thanks for the review!

[+Astronaut's Waltz+]

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It's a good song overall. I like the flow of the song and the delays work quite well here.

But I miss some accentuated notes in there. I guess it's pretty hard to do that on a computer, but with some more dynamics and accents on some of the notes this would sound more interesting I guess.
Right now it flows very steady all the time, which isn't necessarily a bad thing, but it's hard to keep the listener interested in the song that way.

Anyway, the song has a very great potential, you just need to improve it here and there a little bit and you'll have a little masterpiece here ;) .

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WritersBlock responds:

Thanks for the review. Yeah, I agree with that, those details are something I should probably work harder on. Cheers.

[dolphin rescue squad]

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I don't know what to think about this one. It's definatly not bad, but it's no kickass song either...

Sometimes the sounds in this one remind me of some songs from Kraftwerk, or even Beastie Boys (they like to throw in some unusal tunes as well ^^).

This track sounds very much like you experimented a lot with different sounds and I always like it when musicians mess around with differen tunes and effects. Sometimes something outstanding will be produced that way, so just keep it up! ^^

spamwangler responds:

thanks for taking the time to review:)

if you ever need a theme tune for those cillit bang ads give me a call

[messpionage]

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This definatly sounds interesting. You used quite a few nice beats and rhythms in here.

However, some of the change overs from one part to another part are a bit too abrupt in my opinion. For example the change over at 0:38. The song starts of pretty quiet and then suddendly *BAM* the bassy sound starts to play.
I think you should work on that a little to get smoother change overs.

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spamwangler responds:

thanks for taking the time to review:)

i agree that smooth changes rather that the quietquietquiet-LOUD!!!!!
sections would make the song alot more smooth and easy to listen to,
but ive always been fond of scary and irritating music
which probably isnt for everyone.

cheers barry

[Solus- She]

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Wow, this sounds almost like it was played by an orchestra (well, if it wasn't for this "sound sample"-like tunes here and there ;) ).

But this song sounds nevertheless very epical and I think this would fit really well into strategic games like Civilization or Age of Empires. The song keeps itself very good in the background, so it wouldn't distract the player from what he is doing, but at the same time it would be a nice tune to listen to while playing.

The melody of this song is very nice and I like listening to this song a lot! :)

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SolusLunes responds:

I'm glad you liked it- I would love to see this put in a flash of some sort. :D

[Wicked Spiral]

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The beat sounds very nice. The bass is great and those percussions really fit into the song. Makes it almost sound like a Drum 'N' Base song ^^.

Unfortuneatly the beat gets repititive quite fast, so it's a good thing you added some voice samples into the song. They sound... well, wicked. Just like the song title promised ^^ and they also keep the song from getting too repititive.

The loop is done perfectly, if it weren't for the progress bar I couldn't tell where the song starts and where it ends!

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CineGoryP responds:

Hmmm... maybe I should change the genre to trance so I don't get beaten over the head with this repetitive stuff :P

I agree that variation would really help... now I just gotta figure out what else to throw in there.

Thanks for the review

[Speedy Bass (Dubstep)]

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I hoped that song would speed up a little bit after the intro, but it doesn't... oh well.

However, a few more changes from the main beat sure would be nice and also add a lot more diversity to it. Especially the first 2 minutes or so are extremly repititive and it gets a bit dull after listening to the beat for such a long time.

So, it's a very good thing that you designed the song far more interesting after those 2 minutes and added a lot of very cool (and sometimes even quite scary) effects to the song.

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Jimbobsthebest responds:

Thanks for the review man, yeah it has become totally clear to me now that I really need to change the beat alot. I think i'm gonna change the bass so that it is at least slightly different in every phrase as well.

It was sort of meant to be a piece which builds, but I think it ended up sounding too repetitive.

Thanks for the review, it is greatly appreciated. James