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Great percussion intro. And some heavy bass to put some weight into it. Wasn't really feeling that open hat that you brought in after it. It just sounded too lo-fi to merge with the rest of the drums. Some weird synths you have going on after that. It's kind of cool, but good lord, it sounds saturated to hell. A little rough on the ears on some of those peaks, y'know? I do kind of like the quirkiness, though.

AliceMako responds:

Yeah funny how the least manipulated sound is lofi by comparison.

Thanks for the shout out.

Keep at it, man. Sounds like you have a good jam going on there. I know how much it sucks to want to make something and not have anything inspiring come to mind.

pitchblak responds:

thanks man..

Haven't played Pokemon since, like, Ruby and Sapphire, but from what I can recall, this definitely something I would expect to hear when fighting the Elite Four or whoever your adversaries are nowadays. Never played Black or White nor do I know if the original track is as DnB oriented as you have made this, but I really like what I hear.

Chopped hats are always my favorite in a DnB track. Also, you kept it both intense and smooth at the same time, which looking back is actually a pretty common theme in Pokemon games now that I think about it. Can't get any more polarizing than that, and here you are making them both work. Great job on this one, dude.

Shiverwar responds:

Thank you for your review. I really think you should give the later Pokemon games a shot. I mean, I really like them, aside from Pokemon X and Y, which I have yet to play, but give them a shot whenever you can. That said, this isn't my usual style of music, and knowing that I impressed someone who likes DnB is pretty flattering to say the least. Thank you for your review!

So refreshing to hear some picking on here. A good ol' fashion jam indeed. I may be a little biased because I spent most of my life around the Nashville area lol. What axe you got, man? The twang is killer.

RaceTTar responds:

Appreciate the review. fender strat. Seymour Duncan hum, which may be contributing to the twang some.

Yeah, I'm not really understanding the out of tune deal. It's just not conveying anything to me that would warrant its existence. Don't get me wrong, dissonance can be great to pull off an eerie or tense feeling, but there just doesn't seem to be a reason for it in a house track in this setting.

It's great! I'm hearing a lot more variation every few measures in this one. That's good, because things can get repetitive pretty fast in hip hop regarding the beat. Still on those half-working earphones? Keep looking into EQing. It's probably the best all-around thing you can do to improve a sound. Felt the claps could've used some more tinkering to get into the dark mood, but overall I would say your stuff is only getting better.

First of all, I'll just be frank and say that mastering probably wouldn't have done a lot to help this track, given that it's a pretty stale piece with only a few different sounds playing. The delay whistles were cool enough, and I can sort of sense a space theme to it, but I think they were a little too piercing on the high ends. Everything else was pretty lackluster, for the most part. I can't be to critical, because you it still feels like you're trying to look for your sound, so I'll try have to address everything else a bit broadly.

The synth lead that you had going on was acting a little circus-like. There just wasn't much flow to the beat, and I don't think it was really in tune with a key. The beat itself was also quite random given that the synth sounded like it wasn't really following it in any particular way. I would look into common rythms and basic music theory to get an idea of how you can construct a smooth track without making it sound like it's going all over the place.

For your first composition ever, it ain't half bad. It just needs a to have a foundation to get the ball rolling. And maybe some additional instruments would help? In electronic genres, people can get bored of listening to the same thing being played pretty quickly. And whether you want to make this into a full track is entirely up to you.

It's a nice track. I really like the arpeggios in the mix. They really add that flare that a lot of tracks just lack, and I'm always a sucker for them. Wasn't really a fan of the drums. They seemed pretty weak relative to everything else that was going on around them. Great job with panning some of the instruments to one side throughout the piece, though. I can always dig that.

The drop itself was good, but a little strange to the buildup you had preceding it. It just sounded like a really good idea was never really taken out of its rough draft, if that makes any sense. I suppose it's just because the drop itself sounds like a lot of it was composed of basic oscillators, but that's just how I feel about it.

ktgen responds:

Thanks for this extremely helpful bit of feedback. for the drums i lack expertise in and was wondering if the weakness you were referring to was composition wise or more technical (samples, equalization, etc.) if you pm me back that would be much appreciated.

It very cheerful, that's for sure. The melody sure is nice and optimistic. The chords at 1:07 weren't for me. Did you really play that part? The note consistency is uncanny. I would have almost thought you used a vst lol. I didn't really feel for the string drawing near the end. It just felt a little unnecessary sinc up until that point, the entire piece was exclusively piano. I still enjoyed it, though. What piano do you have? I really like bright-sounding pianos.

EctiBot responds:

Thx for the review :D
I played this on my midi-keyboard and recorded it directly into the TruePiano vst plugin. Thats why it sounds vst-like.

The feedback really helps. I might try playing on a real piano and record it instead actually

You have no idea how great it feels to finish a long day of volunteering and typing up papers to kick back and hear an ambient track done right in the portal. I gotta thank you for that one. Also, I am again reminded of how much better analogue is. What instrument am I hearing that's being played on the low-mids? I must know!

Rain bombs, huh? I thought it was thunder lol. You live in the freakin Amazon or something?

Fubaka responds:

The 'instrument' that you hear playing the main melody is derived from a recording of me whistling in the mountains, both the low and high melodies are the same recording. If you want it, I can send it to you.

As for the Rain Bombs, that is simply the result of just the right amount of volume amplification and reverb done on a normal rain recording. If I could go to the Amazon to record, mind you, I would.

Thanks for your review!

Josh @JoshuaHughes

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