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[Dj Alexz - 7 Years & 50 Days]

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Hey, quite a good song.

Alot of things in there need to be EQ'd better and levelled better, somethings just stick out much more than others when they should be the lead. The high end of the bass that opposes the heavy kicks interferes with the vocals and so are some of the lead synths. Also, the hit the comes after the kick doesn't sound too good either, sounds out of place.

There are a nice set of FX in here, great lead ups and dynamics with some of the synths.

Sometimes there are too many things going on, like at some points there seems to be two basslines and some of the sound effects and subleads interfere with the main ones.

Lastly, the kick sounded like there were two layered but one is off-time just a small bit and it makes it sound the like there's two hits of the kick, off-time but real close together, eh it might just be me.

I'm not too sure about the legalities of the vocals aswell, unless of course you've bought them in a pack or they're free. Where'd you get them from? they sound real good.

Anyways, overall it's a good sounding song, better than most of the shite on this site, and well done for getting a song like this over 4mins. There's just some small things I'm concened about.

-OT

Zionn responds:

yeah i know about the kicks but this is only almost a probe so it isn't the final product. The vocals....actualle friend gave 'em to me so I dunno from where they are and neither do he remembers from where he get 'em ><
anyway thx for your comment and yeah...there aren't so many great songs like this one round here :P

[Rig - Podcast Intro]

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IM DETERMINED TO BEAT YEW RIG.

Rig responds:

THEN DO IT >:(

[Helix - Archetype]

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Great song.

I swear I heard this on the specsavers advert.. ^_^

[-Control: Damage-]

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Man this is fucking hardcore.

The FX Kick parts were awesome, ASQEWODMS. Good quality and stereo range. ALthough I feel this is more of a DnB/Industrial song rather than techno.

[Killer Instinct - Fulgore]

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Nice song. Sounded good. I liked the two breaks in there.

The song clipped when the bass guitar strummed when it went lower, as in it went too loud. A compressor on the master track would fix that. The drums could do with a bit more life, a more prominent snare and kick.

But other than that good job.

[Nav - Quantum Fire]

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Overall it was a good song, a song I could listen to over a few times and without being sick of it. I like the dynamics of the 'bass' lead with the slides and parameter automating.

Also, the transition from the intro to the main section of the song was pretty cewl, although I think the kick drum build up is getting a bit repetitive by now.

The song seemed a bit empty in the low/mid section at around 100hz, I think that the kick drum was a bit high and brief to fill that section. I think making the kick a bit heavier would make it sound better.

It could use some hats to give it more page and bring the drums together more. They seem a bit seperated with nothing with enough presence in between the kicks and snares.

Tbh, I think this was a bit too 'dark' (... Need a better word to describe it..) to be Darnells song.

But for an unfinished tune, it's a good concept.

Nav responds:

Haha, I'll take all that into consideration!

Thanks for the review! :)