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[Dalux - Supernova]

1:46 and so on sounds JJD inspired lol

This was quite well done; however, the intro part felt a little repetitive, especially since it is the same melody as the drop. After that, it was enjoyable.

Good work. :)

Dalux responds:

From my soundcloud post:

"I don't really like this one that much I just spent a lot of time on it and decided why the fuck not. Also viewers on my stream suggested releasing it so eh
i hate the trap thing its so baaad oh my god"

Pretty much that. JJD sounds more like Tobu to me. If anything this is inspired by Archie :)

[NK - Sine Wavs (Pianore remix)]

This remix is not bad, as the new melodies you brought in are fine. But everything lacks power that can be gained with better mixing and more practice. Also the dubstep drop was short lol

The build up needed more suspense :/ and the drums did not give the track the 'punch' it needed.

I actually loved the sound at 1:38... but everything else lacked impact. I recommend you try to use serum, or other synths because you may find that you prefer others more. All of the knowledge you need really comes in with experience.

The atmospheric feeling in the intro was effective, I will give you that. What stands out the most is that you lack the extra percussion in your tracks like hats and other percussion that you could add to make it vary a lot more.

Sound design is what you need to work on, when you have the time on the engineering side of things.

Tennon responds:

yeah, percussion is my weak point

[RageFunk]

The sounds in the second drop should be tighter for glitch hop but other than that, it's alright.

DJ-Zyzyx responds:

Okay thanks :3

[Super Mario Bros. 3 - Koopalings Rmx]

One of my favourite Mario games from my childhood and this was a good track; This remix made the expectations but kind of ended randomly.

1999Elias responds:

Thanks, and yeah I though about making it longer but that could make the music a little repetitive and add a fade out effect but later dropped the idea, dunno why.

[Breatze]

The mixing could be much better; for example, the sweeps are kind of too loud... also you use way too many of them. The ending just sounds like it was cut off too.

The actual melodies and stuff are decent; just don't spend too much time on individual tracks...

Make more projects rather than "perfecting" one because that is the only way you get experience. I usually write more; however, lately the profiles I happen to review on don't actually see the review.

Good luck and keep it up :)

MavMusic responds:

Thanks for the advice! Ill make a new song instead of perfecting this one and i should've lowered the volume of the sweeps and i didn't know how to end it off because this was my first song so i was kind of experimenting on it but anyways thanks for the advice, it means alot to me.

[Chessmate (Adrenaline EP)]

This one is kind of strange but likeable in some sense. Not bad at all; the chiptune stuff is good but is just not my style lol

Pulvite responds:

This song was intended to be a chiptune song back in late January, but recently I thought that some wubs would fit the song. I really like how this turned out and I'm glad you (somewhat) like it :)

[Panda Eyes & Teminite - Highscore (Zyzyx Remake)]

I hate how clueless some of the reviews on NG are:

"I rarely ever heard something that made me say it was crap, but this is definitely one of them" (this guy has not been on NG before clearly)

"NG should put Highscore on the audio portal" (This has to be a joke)

[I want to talk about the guy that doesn't know what side chain is but that is not his fault]

"I hate how clueless some of the reviews on NG are"... Oh wait that last one is me.

This is definitely your best attempt at a rem(ake)/(ix). You made me aware of the fact that you needed to avoid the glitch-hop sounds because you still need to learn (so do a lot of people).

Of course it is not exactly like the original; however, only the original can be the original. And it sounded exactly the same this track would probably be taken off NG for copyright or something lol

I like how you made some of the melodies different (whether it was on purpose or not) because it made me feel more open to what this had to offer.

TBH you should have added the second part with the pitch change because by the end it got a little repetitive because you could not make the glitch sounds.

Inf3ctionGD was right about the piano actually. Try to make the velocities of the notes less or vary them.

Since Highscore was entirely the drop besides the short intro, you could see how Panda Eyes and Teminite made the song maintain tension throughout the track. A lot was missing without the pitch change drop and the glitch sounds; however, you have a lot of time as a producer to learn all about tension, sound design and overall composition.

Good luck dude.

DJ-Zyzyx responds:

Thank you so much...

[A Bright But Distant Future]

Seems alright;

Are you gonna continue it?

Dalux responds:

Most likely not :P

[Shimmer (WIP)]

I think the intro may be a little plain, and the song lacks the extra percussion that makes Drum N Bass special. The song will need more substance; keep in mind that Drum N Bass can be difficult sometimes.

The build up is not bad, but it needs more percussion to make it more suspenseful (like the rest of the song in general). Use crashes and impacts as well.

The mixing is not great either; however, I think you should focus on sound design; try to make some risers like you said and experiment with them.

In the end, it is all about differentiating yourself from everyone else with your music and being proud of what you produce. Keep practicing and you will see a significant difference ;)

Progressive Trance n Bass seems to work btw

Hallow responds:

There will be quite a bit more percussion - as you can tell, I haven't even added hats yet :P
I'm planning on adding some snares to the build, and a crash somewhere would probably work well too.
Haven't got to mixing yet as it's nowhere near done. There's not too much point in mixing much until everything's in there that will be in there.
I think that this track is already quite substantially different from most DnB songs considering the trance gate. xD
I'll be working on it more this afternoon, so there may even be another WIP in store.......

[FGJ - Peace (Delcherro's Flip) [CLIP]]

FLIP CLIP ><

I see you are practicing more riddim. I think it is getting slowly better ;)

I just find that it doesn't really go with the original song but it is fine

Delcherro responds:

Then I accomplished :3 I tried to flip this track as much as possible, so I knew it would be flipped if I put it at a different genre and key, D flat in this case. Thanks for feedback!