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
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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
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.
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WOW!!!! Thank you so much!!!
It does remind me of Hyrule field also and thats not a bad thing...=)
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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
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.
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!
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Thanks man! :)
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
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!
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
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MH16
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!
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
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Ps: if you have any questions about this review, feel free to PM me.
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!
Great!
So, you want me to say what you made and what Helth made.
I think you made the melody (since it's a remix of one of your songs :P)
Also, i didn't check the original (yet).
I think that you created the intro and the melody after that.
At 00:53 Helth takes over. That effect at 01:21 is definatly his :P
The arp is from you, i think. The voices are from Helth. Well, not really from Helth of course, but he put them in there.
After the silence in the song, the piano is made by Helth and the rest by you.
The filtered part is from you too, i guess.
Oh, the panning at 04:18 is Helth's work too.
Hmm, i think i'm completely wrong with most things xD
Oh yeah, now i should review the song too..
The intro was pretty nice and then it jumps straight in the melody. I like that :-)
After the intro, things get more soft (Helth's work :P) and that part is really nice. Everything is mixed very well.
Then the voice comes and after that the melody again.
After that the song fades away and slowly builds up again. The arps that come in after that are really well, and oh, there's the melody again too :D
I love the melody!
The really filtered part is awesome too and the kick is really nice in that. Yeah, there comes the melody again! La-la- lalalalala- La-la.
Ah man, it's so annoying to talk to someone on MSN and reviewing a song at the same time xD
Well, i think i'll stop reviewing now. There's only 1 thing left to say now:
Awesome job, keep up the great work and i hope i had some things right about what you or Helth made :P
10/10
5/5
MH16
erm....Well you did get a lot completely wrong, but you did get two things right, meaning u didn't get it completely wrong and not fairly right.....Sooooooo 3 points to you Mr well done XD
3 is the highest who can beat that, come on have a go =D
But hey no one can guess everything right
And thanks dude
Sounds pretty badass
Cool melodies man! :D
I like the role of the bass in this song, i mean, it's obviously there, but it doesn't distract you from the song. It's like how a bass should be.
Also, what drum VST did you use for this? It sounds awesome!
I really liked the acid sounding sounds.
What i didn't like though, is the sound at 01:01. It doesn't really fit in the song.
And sometimes the song is clipping slightly. For example at 01:16
The filtered intro is awesome!
Overall:
This song has a few flaws, but it's still worth a ten. Great job!
10/10
5/5
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hmm... Funny that, i didnt really here any clipping at 1:16, probably cuz i make all my songs with headphones on. Or maybe it was the bass was too low or something. I dno. OR MAYBE ITS YOU!! lol jks. Yeah i didnt use vst for drums lol, actually used just some samples i found on the web, and took lots of different pieces from lots of different drum kits. i think i have about 5 diffrent crashes lol. and the open hat is a different kit to the closed hat lol. I think the bass drum might have needed a lil more power but meh. Yeah acid sounds are awesom. Thanks for the review man, :D ill check out some of ure shiz maybe laterz kk :D
oh and about that oceany thing, yeah i needed that gap to fill, and i love that oceany sound, maybe it didnt suit the song enough. Well i dont know what to replace it with so yeah :D
Lol, forget to write a review earlier :P
I already listened to this before, but i forgot to write a review :P
Anyway, review.
I love the dirty sounding intro and those violins(?) that come in are a really nice addition. Also, i love the soft piano melody in the background.
Also, the title is really well chosen and it adds to the song.
Hmm, maybe the transistion at 01:41 could be a bit smoother, because the progression in the drums is a bit sudden there. It goes from pretty calm drums to pretty fast drums. I don't mean that it's bad the way it is now, i'm just saying that maybe it would sound nicer if the drums build a bit more towards that fast drumming section. Ah man, i use so many words just to make myself clear xD
Besides the thing i said, the drums kick ass, like always in your songs.
Well, the next thing i'm not really satisfied about is the ending. I mean, it just fades out. I personally hate it when that happens.
So overall this song is really good (like most of your work), but maybe it could be a bit better. The song is still worth a ten, even without adjusting the things i said.
10/10
5/5
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hahaha yea the fade out is pretty bad on my part, I apologize for that. I agree with you about the transition into the faster part too. I was debating on just getting rid of the faster part then I decided to keep it but I was to lazy to make a good fill or bridge. Thanks for the review
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