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[{B.A.B.} Wild Spirit]

I can't think of a title for my review

Amazing song you got here!
And yeah, i couldn't really think of a title for my review. I mean, with almost every song you make the only titles i can come up with are ''Amazing'', ''Excellent'' ''Brilliant'' or something like that :P
Anyway, the song.
I really like the way it starts with the strings in the background and the percussion. Then the horn comes in and that sounds really epic. When more (bass) strings are added it only becomes more epic!
I really like what you did with the horn(s) here, it works really great together with the strings. And the percussion is awesome too!
Well, that's really all i can say about this song. If i had some points of critique i'd tell it to you, but i don't have them.
Oh, one more thing, great job on creating a recognisable riff with the bassy strings!
10/10
5/5
MH16

blackattackbitch responds:

One thing I can say is that this song has almost no bass with the exception of the drums and the Timpani (which, ironically, is a drum hahaha).

It was kinda hard since the closest thing to bass was on the 4th octave range, while my normal range for bass would be the 2nd or 3rd octave range. This could have created conflicts with the other instruments. One song that comes to mind is Lords of Legend by Maestrorage. His song also lacked a clear bass note indicator (unless that trombone actually was supposed to be the bass, but then why was it playing a fifth most of the time?), but it also ended up creating some interesting-sounding chords.

I'm actually surprised this song turned out so well, I can safely say that 30% of what you like about this song was pure luck hahaha.

Thanks for reviewing, and glad you liked it! I know I say that all the time, but only to show that I always do, and always will, appreciate reviews.

[(_RGH_)Sadie's Jungle(lullaby)]

Cool!

That's a pretty weird request you got here, but i think you really did a great job ^^
But i do have some points of criticism. The beginning with the jungle sounds is really soft and i think you could turn it up. Also, that thunder strike should be louder than it is now and maybe you could fade the techno beat in halfway through the thunderstrike... if you know what i mean :P
Let me explain. The ''-'' represents the thunder strike and the ''_'' represents the techno beat.
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And the techno beat should fade in. I think :P
The beat itself is pretty good and when more stuff is added to it it sounds really nice. The voice however, is pretty low :P If you didn't put lyrics in your description i never could've guessed what you were saying.
And then, like you said, a whole new song starts :P
I really like the lullaby. It has a really nice beat and that piano is just amazing. The sounds itself is great and also what it is playing is beautiful.
Now, the things i'm about to say are completely my own opinion. And i'm talking about the outro.
I really don't like it when an outro is just fading out. It just doesn't give me the feeling that the song is really complete. What i would've done is a crash under that piano note at 02:57 and then echo the crash out, not just continueing the beat and fading it out. But again, that's my personal preference.
Well, i hope my review is somewhat helpful, and if not, i hope you enjoyed reading it :P
9/10
5/5
MH16

RyeGuyHead responds:

yess

all of those points were very valid, and I will have fun implementing them

[[POPRAZ] December 21, 2012]

Excellent!

Wow, this piece is really amazing. The whole atmosphere you create is simply stunning. This could really be used in a flash.
If i had points to improve for you i would tell them, but i don't have them.
Great use of dynamics in this piece.
The song flows perfectly and is constantly changing. Great job!
Good luck in the contest!
10/10
5/5
MH16

popraz responds:

Thank you !

[I Am Broken]

The title is perfect!

Seriously, the title is perfect for this. I can see this in a Flash, i think :P
Well, i don't really have any criticism for you, sorry.
Personally, i like your other style better. But that is just my personal preference. Well, there's not really much left to say. Excellent track, everything was right. Great job.
10/10
5/5
MH16

Marks-a-lot responds:

I just thought of the title as I was submitting it, it was called fall because it was part of the "We Alll Fall Down" mix but I split things up. just got your song :D

[RPG Overworld Theme]

Nice!

I really like this and i think it could definitely fit in an RPG game.
However, and i don't know how to describe it exactly, it sounds a bit empty in some places. Maybe you can add a bit reverb here and there, just to make it sound a bit more full.
Great intstrument choices and overall a great piece!
I can already picture a game where you run through a large open field (like Hyrule field if you ever played Zelda :P) and this music is playing.
And yeah, like you said, it doesn't loop very well. Really try to fix that, because it's so annoying to play a game where the music doesn't loop well.
Other than that, amazing job! And i mean AMAZING job! Seriously! :P
Haha, the more i listen to it, the more i like it. I think i'm going to download this. And that, my friend, rarely happens.
10/10
5/5
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MH16

Tombor911 responds:

WOW!!!! Thank you so much!!!
It does remind me of Hyrule field also and thats not a bad thing...=)
-T0M-

[{B.A.B.} The Fall of Eden]

Argh!

I hate this. I don't mean that i hate your song, but i hate my incapability of writing a proper review with good and bad points. I can write down the good points, but the bad points... yeah...
So, i'll just write an extremely positive review. I hope you don't mind :P
I like the piano arp at the beginning and those drums that come in sound really good and fast. Also, i really like how you always use so much instruments. I mean, how much do you use? Like 15 or something? :P
I like how your songs always sound so fluent and NEVER repetitive. Hmm, maybe i have a point of critique here. I can't hear a recognisable memory.
Well, that was my review. Now my score (this won't surprise you):
10/10
5/5
MH16

blackattackbitch responds:

Actually, if you were counting the number of different samples, sample-sets, and programs I was using, it would probably be closer to 30 lol XD

Instrument-wise, I used....let's see....the violin family, 3 members of the brass family, 2 keyed instruments, 1 woodwind, and several drum samples. The only thing is that I usually load several different articulations of the same instruments and layer some instruments together. This one was actually a small project compared to some of my others (especially La Guerra, that was a HUGE project).

Thanks for noting the lack of a repeating riff, I'm definitely gonna address that in my next piece ;-)

And don't worry about your review style, especially with me. I personally think that people who demand that the reviews that they recieve should be in a specific format are a little too full of themselves. I accept all reviews as long as they aren't abusive, even if they're nothing but 1 word responses.

BTW, those drums are courtesy of ProjectSam's True Strike freebies. I need to add that site to my list, but I never got around to it....

Thanks for stopping by, and thanks for the review! Sorry I haven't been around as much, real life is getting real pressing nowadays. Even my music As soon as I have a good chance, I'm gonna leave a few hefty reviews on your songs.

[Kw- Conficker Worm]

Wow

That beginning.. i love it! It's so scary and sounds like you're in a giant city where you hear sounds but you don't know where it's coming from.
And it fits with the newsarticle too. If the Conficker worm is as scary as this song i really hope i never get it on my computer :P
You did a great job on this!
10/10
5/5
MH16

nightsurfermusic responds:

Thanks man! :)

[-:YRX:- DaughterOfJustice]

Nice song!

Nice job on this man! There's one thing that bothers me though, when the kick comes in it plays a pattern: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 and - 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 and. The kick that comes on ''and'' comes too early. That really bothers me :P
But the rest of the song was pretty nice, good job!
9/10
5/5
MH16

YouriX responds:

Dang missed my chance for a 10! Anyways the kick issue has been fixed. Thanks for telling me! Now i noticed it!
thanks for the comment man!

[Mr. Shifty]

Oh yeah, Ambient-Techno-Hop! :D

Haha, i like this track man.
After listening to your Hip-Hop track this is something completely different and it's SO much better than your Hip-Hop track :P
There are some things that you can improve though, but i'll get to that later. I'll write down what i like first, then some points to improve and then i'll write some things that come to my mind when i listen to this song ^^

Good points:
You have very nice beats and the drums really fit the song. I also like your melodies and the synths that you used.
The structure of the song is pretty solid too.
Oh, and i think that the title really suits the song, good job with that.

Points to improve:
At some points in the song the drums are too loud. For example at 00:45 you can hear drums and, if you listen really good, you can hear a melody too.
I think it shouldn't be that way. Drums should support the song and not make the song, if you get what i mean.
And that break at 01:31 sounds really random :P
I think that would sound alot nicer when you play more with the velocity of the notes.
Also, the song sound a bit empty at some places. Likes it's missing power, i don't really know how to describe it :P

Now, you may have noticed that the ''Points to improve'' section of my review is longer than the ''Good points'' section, but that's not because this song has more bad points than good points.

Little story:
When i hear this song i picture a funny looking guy walking through the streets of a city. He's very happy and on his face is a big smile.
But when he continues to walk through the street he sees some things that make him more sad.
The sun slowly crawls behind the high skycrapers and it's starting to get dark. The guy's smile slowly dissapears and the happy feeling gets replaced with fear.
He starts to walk faster. Now he starts to run.
He doesn't know where he is going, he just wants to get out of there! :-(
Suddenly he realises that he's not in the city anymore, but on a long road.
He can barely see a thing, but he just continues to walk along the road.
Slowly he moves into the dark, until we can't see him anymore.

Summary:
Here's a short summary of this review and i'll tell you the things that i find the most important.
-Lower the volume of the drums, or make the melodies louder.
-Improve that part at 01:31 by playing with velocities and also change some notes
-Add some power to the song. Maybe this can be solved by making the melodies louder, but i'm not sure of that.

Score:
9.5/10
5/5
MH16

Gorgorothx responds:

Heh, I like your style ;) Your reviews are nothing short of amazing, MH16. The drums can definitely be a little overbearing, and I think I have too much of a fondness for percussion... so much that I like to make it stand out more than the melodies, etc.. haha. The part at 0:46 that you were referring to was done like that on purpose, as kindof a little break to flow into the next, more busy part. I actually did mess with the velocities quite a bit, but what I probably should've focused on was adding a few more drum sample layers to make it seem more realistic. Thanks so much for stopping by, you're reviews put a smile on my face!

[Persuader]

Hmmm..

I read the review below me and i have to say, he's right about some things, but i don't really like the way he tells it. I don't like that at all. So, i'm going to write a proper review for you and not like that guy below me.
00:00-00:41
The way the song starts with those drums is pretty simple, but it works here. Maybe you could tweak the velocities here, so that the drums aren't just suddenly there, but that their building up more.
I like that lead you have there and the bass (a sine?) is right in this part of the song. It's not too heavy, but i can still hear it.
00:41-00:59
The gun sound effects that come in are pretty cool, but i think you should sync them with the song a bit more. And if that's not possible, just delete them and add something else there, just to prevent that the song gets too repetitive.
01:00-01:09
What you've done right here is that you replaced the bass. This one is a bit heavier, but, it's not heavy enough. Also, when it hits the really low notes, you can barely hear what tone it's playing. I think it would sound much better if you replace the bass here.
01:10-01:38
The melody comes in and it still sounds the same. Try changing the synth there and also what's it's playing. Bring a bit more variation in the song.
Btw, I like what the drums are playing (it could be better, but it's still good), but you should try some different samples. 'Specially that kick you have there just doesn't sound right.
01:39-01:43
I like that break. Nothing more, nothing less :P
01:43-02:02
It's the same as before. That melody and the bass and the drums. It think you should try to change the song more after the break, not just repeating the same patterns. Try to make a whole new pattern for the bass, melody and drums after that break. Sometimes this really helps to avoid repetitiveness.
02:02-02:21
The same, but with the heavier bass too.
02:21-02:36
I like this ending, it suits the song pretty well.

Overall:
This song has potential, but some things really need to be changed. I think i see this song as a unicorn.. but without a horn. So, yeah, it's just a horse now, not really anything special. But, if you DO add the horn then it suddenly IS something special.
Maybe i'm a bit weird to compare a song with a unicorn, but i think you get my point :P

7/10
4/5
MH16

Ps: if you have any questions about this review, feel free to PM me.

Gorgorothx responds:

haha nice. Thanks for this in-depth review, dude! I actually didn't take this song too seriously, because rap isn't really my main gig. I think the main reason I made it as repetitive as it is, is mainly for the easy addition of rap vocals... but yeah, it is a bit repetitive ;) Thanks for stopping by MH16, you're always welcome here!