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[Until Sunrise]

great melodies

Just try to master it more; bring out the saws abit and raise the volume of the kick to make it sound punchy and more moving. Also I know you used platinium saw for one of them but choose something abit more audible.

This is just me nitpicking and being picky. Try these but if they don't work then just continue with the way it is.

5/5
9/10 bud
keep it up!

Indigorain responds:

Ok, thanks! :D
But I don't think I used a platinum saw.
I'll try to increase the kick, not too much, but I'll see what i can do :]
So you mean I need to increase the saw that has the same pattern as the intro? 'cause it's not really clear to me :P
But thanks very much for the review! :D

- I raised the kick volume a bit and brought out the saws as well :]

[SpK*) - Zen]

I like your style

Dude I've listened to alot of your music and I like the originality of it because of the glitchyness and the dirtyness of the beats. Sounds like music someone would use in an animation about a computer glitch or a videogame with a glitch themed level or something.

True successful musicians have a unique style

[Chimy727 -Jupiter Jump!]

all hands

I put my hands up in the air at the happy, united, spacey feel to this song.

5/5
10/10

Chimy727 responds:

Yay daveguy is finally reviewing me again! XD
thanks man!
-chimy727

[the Insult song (swearing)]

creative

This is amazing, I can see it being used in an eddsworld animation. You HAVE to ask eddsworld to use this in a animation.

[Elysium(757irish Remix)]

happy stuff, some improvements...

slightly sidechain everything else to make it sound jumpy and hardcore. Right now It kinda sounds like fast happy dance rather than happy hardcore.

Some other things are that the transition @ 0:53 kinda hurt my ears just because it was slightly distorted and overdone.

Also, you shouldn't just come in with the main melody right away, start off without it or with something else and then add the main melody later on so it doesn't begin to get repetitive, but switching from a saw to a bell @ 0:55 was good thinking :)

Not saying it's bad dude because I'm just nit picking details, but this actually has good melodies and a good drum sequence in it with a great choice of instruments.

Keep it up~~!
9 / 10
4.5 / 5 rounds to 5 / 5

[[DN] I Got Da POWA!!!]

great melody

I see potential for this song but just don't jump into the melody right away and add another layering instrument with the same melody in the 2nd part of the chorus. Save the melody for the 2nd part of the first chorus and then add the extra instrument in the 2nd chorus. Same thing you told me in your review :)

DanceNation responds:

ahh well... see, i dont really make dance anymore, as far as full tracks go, so i make short quickie tracks.

[~EnV~Style Test]

grand

You have talent sir, now it's time to ask for advice from the experts:

I've always wondered, how do you sidechain the master channel with a kick drum and how do you make the kick drum sound so powerful and explosive? I use FL Studio 9 so can you please tell me? Thankyou

[Agamoka - Wake Up]

youre missing 1 bar

dude your song only goes on a 3 bar progression which can get kinda annoying.
synth choice and melody is good, but it's 4 beats 4 beats 4 beats restart melody.
where is the last 4 beats man?
YOu have potential and although you have the talent, you gotta just work on this =)

[Solstice - MSBeats]

great

the high pitched saw synth really cuts into the ears. why don't you use fruity free filter, have the filter on No Q, and decrease the frequency abit so it cut at the air.
Everything else is perfect for a hiphop beat, you have potential, you have talent sir.
5/5
9/10

GrantBowtie responds:

Hey thank you so much for the review. I know i should fix the saw but I was pretty eager to submit this.

[_/Stereo Love\_ [SS rmx]]

You've come along way

You're gonna be big one day, just keep going at the music making.

(P.S.)
I've always wondered, how do you do that shortening filter effect to the synth @ 0:44 - 0:54? I've been searching forever on how to do it but I don't know what it's called.

ShootingStar responds:

Thanks a bunch :) Btw I'll tell you how to get the filter later :)

ShootingStar