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[[IMD]~//Winter Lights\\]

ywy33y

Haha very inspirated from Techno Rocker obviously :p

IceMasterDlux responds:

Haha yeah I didn't mean to try to copy it or anything I guess it was subconciously in my head. Thanks for reviewing man!
~Ice Master ><>

[Unlimited {Dj-Abbic}]

vesv

First I know it's techno and it's intended to be repetitive, but this was too much.
Btw don't expect very much constructive criticism at the point you're at (no offense), the best I advice I can give ya is that you need to keep practicing, there's no secret.
Try some tools like the EQ, filters, compression, reverb, delay etc =)
and don't let yourself down because of low ratings!

DjAbbic responds:

I don't :)

[The sun is down <R3m1x>]

warawrwar

either EQ over the bandpass (of the saw octabass) or lower the resonance on it, that peak at like 1,5khz hurts the ear, badly
Maybe a little more work on the drum here too (maybe even getting some other samples? Have you tried VEC?)

SonicJ responds:

Aw crap, I just figured tje peak was my speakers. Thanks for the heads up. I gave up on this, It sounds pretty bad now that I hear it again. Also, I never heard VEC, i'll look it up now, thank you for the review!

[DJO - Time Shift (feat. Unrl)]

xfdfh

The kick is way too rough, it's like you boosted 800 hz soo much, and that's what fatigue the ears the most.. Maybe it's just the style but I can't see how this wouldn't hurt ears after 2 listens. But very cool melo, only downside is the incomfort the melo gives, because of the arp you don't have anything "raw" to hit on and your mind is just taken to the kick and bass

DJOrsa responds:

Yeah the kick is the style. Its a really hard kick that need's high frequency prominence as well as low shelf. It's supposed to be pounding and hard, and the low freq. boost is to take some low freq away from the bass (by process of EQ, compression, and mixing).
I know exactly what you mean about the melody, but that's just a style issue. I like experimenting with abstract melodies.. the melody is a progression of chords that is sort of "floating" in a general set direction. I wanted to move away from the idea of the melody falling on exact beats, so I did this. :D
I appreciate the review a lot! :)

[Lost Paradise(fixed Version)]

Hmm..

I think this melody is very simple, some beats are completely off, it's extremely repetitive, sounds are pretty basic and almost no breaks. Somehow I still am downloading this, I think it's the soul of it, usually I have alot of hard time listening to a song that is not "perfect", but this one got me.

I'd love to see what you will do in 1-2 years, if you keep this kind of soul in your track, which you probably won't while slowly loosing the passion of music, trying to get the perfect sound that none ever reach.

DjKanis responds:

Thanks. I am probably going to do a remastered version of this after my next song. But I really dought in 1-2 years I will have lost all interest because music is my thing. I play piano, and have always loved music. But I guess we will see what happens. So be looking for a new version of this in a few weeks.

[BeatSource - Fit 4 Club]

are you kidding me?

This song is awesome as hell,didn't see your other tracks but that's seriously friggin skilled.

Ethalyn responds:

Thanks ;) New song will be out next week if your interested :) Im glad you liked this one! =D

[ZeroX2 PowerFull MegamanRemix]

aiokfawpo

The hat of the breakbeat is way too dry, and the beat needs some eq works but the melody is quite catchy, no real complain on structure, just mix that needs work badly, imho.

YouriX responds:

sorry cant do nothing about it's got 3.000 listens so i cant edit it :P or remove it. but how is the hithat dry? i adjusted the velocity and also gave it some effects. even so your honest review can be of use in the future so thank you. :)

[Techno Rocker (FULL)]

faskeoaqo

I like the melo from Rob, the sounds bla bla
but you did an extremely huge error with the stereo field
lemme explain myself...

by putting a delay on the stereo you are, first, making the sound alot more distorted, kinda like taking a rock and crushing it to sand.. and second you are making the brain of the listener thinking the sound is coming from one of the sides (left?).

so next time you master a song, either remove the delay on the side, either add it to individual instruments, but i think this doesn't fit on a lead, a bass or a kick.. might just be me tho.. try getting a pair of headphones too they help alot with stereo

Bahdshah responds:

Well i was using speakers when i did this song so i couldent really tell!
Now i hear it using headphones, im like ZOMG so much distortion XD

[Adrenaline FX]

fuckin awesome

the bandpassed kinda sonar melody went damn well with the square melody and the beat

axeFX responds:

the square melody was actually recorded on my piano !