Yay, those changes really did it for this track. I can't really put my finger on all the changes, some feels very subtle which is great. In all it feels much more interesting now, without being a whole new track. Great work, and glad I could be of help! =)
Thanks a lot for your helpful critique, Paradoxal. It really WAS helpful. I read your comments, listened again and agreed with everything you'd said. So, I'm glad the final version met with approval. :) Appreciate the help of all those who reviewed!
It starts right at the beginning of the track, together with the drumbeat.
I think it's panned to the right now when listening closer. Sounds like some kind of claves or sticks, a kind of "ticking" sound.
It's really louder than the rest of the percussion, and I think theres no reverb on it, so it stands out a lot and sounds like someone is standing right beside you and playing claves.
I think that tuning down the volume some, and adding a middle-size reverb should to it. Maybe even change the panning of the sound with a really slow LFO (like 16 bars or even more) or some manual automation, to get some movement in the song.
Great track. I love the bass line, it's so cool but yet simple. And the vocals adds so much to the whole experience.
However, I must give you some constructive criticism on this one. There's some percussion ticking in the center throughout the song that I found annoying really quick. It's taking to much attention, and it's always "in your face". I suggest tuning it down and adding some reverb to it.
Other than that I really like this track. I will for sure check out your stuff in the future.
Hi Paradoxal, I'm really interested in your criticism, can you please explain it with more details? I mean, there are a lot of percussions (ticks from the beginnings, bongos from half song onward etc.) on this track. Ciao and thanks for listening :)
I'm usually not a fan of ambient music with this much drums, but you managed to create some kind of hypnotic dance between them and the melodies which was very inspiring. Good work!
Yeah it's me... I guess that's a good thing... I just did the vocals on an instrumental. But the instrumental its self needed work. It was loud in some places in soft in others I did the best I could
Hm.. I'm not that much into drum n bass, but I'll try to give some feedback on this one.
The first thing that comes to mind is that it's too.. predictible.
As TimmyTrash said, the flanger effect on the drum was really cool, but after a while I loose interest in it since it's heard throughout the whole song. Same goes for the bass, it sounds good, but I would like to hear some variations in melody/effects in it.
An other thing that I felt while listening was the emptiness in the mid-low upper spectrum. I know drum n' bass sometimes isn't much about melodies, but one thing I thought might give this song a kick is to add a subtle piano 2-3 minutes into the song which builds up by playing more often and more louder over a course of ~2 minutes, and then add a klimax at the end with a catchy piano or synth melody. (yeah, I'm a sucker for Pendulum)
Other than that, I think it sounds great. Good choises of sounds and mixed well. I liked that there's a lot of sounds and effects flying around.
Thanks Paradoxal. I have taken note of what you said, and after reading the review and listening again I decided you were 100% Correct so i've done a new version - I've switched the edits on the 8bar/16bar sections and tried to make it less predictable. I also took note of what Timmy Trash had said and have "beefed" up the string/pad sections (note for timmy: That was Absynth 4) - I've also added a few more sound FX and bits'n'pieces to keep the interest going. I think this new version is MUCH better. Thanks for the constructive criticisms guys. Appreciate it.
This reminds me of an 8-bit festival I was at some years ago. Listening to bands playing 8-bit music live while playing super mario on SNES at the back was so fun ^^
You really got the feeling of game music with the catchy melody. Keep up the good work!
on Into The Darkness v3-FINAL by DannyStyles
on Empty and Broken by LucaDiGennaro
I think it's panned to the right now when listening closer. Sounds like some kind of claves or sticks, a kind of "ticking" sound.
It's really louder than the rest of the percussion, and I think theres no reverb on it, so it stands out a lot and sounds like someone is standing right beside you and playing claves.
I think that tuning down the volume some, and adding a middle-size reverb should to it. Maybe even change the panning of the sound with a really slow LFO (like 16 bars or even more) or some manual automation, to get some movement in the song.
Hope that helps =)
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Have a nice day ^^
on Empty and Broken by LucaDiGennaro
However, I must give you some constructive criticism on this one. There's some percussion ticking in the center throughout the song that I found annoying really quick. It's taking to much attention, and it's always "in your face". I suggest tuning it down and adding some reverb to it.
Other than that I really like this track. I will for sure check out your stuff in the future.
on Hidden by Northway
oh, and welcome to looperman ^^
on Time Lapse of Clouds by ngSBB
Good work on this track, it really gives the calm relaxed feeling that ambient music should! Specially with the rain still pouring down outside.
on My Way Limp Bizkit Cover by ColeAlexander
Good work on this one. Everything feels tight and I like the choice of sounds. Close to the original but with a little different touch.
But it is in BIG need of mixing.
At 2:00 and forward you can't hear the lyrics at all. Everything is just drowning in that guitar and the hi-hat.
Is that you singing btw? Can't really tell if it is the real Fred Durst or not.
on Into The Darkness by DannyStyles
The first thing that comes to mind is that it's too.. predictible.
As TimmyTrash said, the flanger effect on the drum was really cool, but after a while I loose interest in it since it's heard throughout the whole song. Same goes for the bass, it sounds good, but I would like to hear some variations in melody/effects in it.
An other thing that I felt while listening was the emptiness in the mid-low upper spectrum. I know drum n' bass sometimes isn't much about melodies, but one thing I thought might give this song a kick is to add a subtle piano 2-3 minutes into the song which builds up by playing more often and more louder over a course of ~2 minutes, and then add a klimax at the end with a catchy piano or synth melody. (yeah, I'm a sucker for Pendulum)
Other than that, I think it sounds great. Good choises of sounds and mixed well. I liked that there's a lot of sounds and effects flying around.
on Blinking world by Nero119
You really got the feeling of game music with the catchy melody. Keep up the good work!
on Inner Balance by CosmicMerkaba
Love the feeling of this song.