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[BlkAce: Mario Underground]

Good Remix

You've taken a good tune here and have added some of the really old skool sounds to it. I'm not entirely sure what to make of those additions.

I'd like to hear some original pieces from you, as with your wealth of Nintendo influence, you seem to need a little bit of direction away from that. I'm not criticising your choice of sound effects, but it seems a little too biased that way.

Still, this sounds like you've taken most of the sound effects from the early Game Boy games, so I can't really criticise that much :P Too much emphasis on the effects does take away from the tune, so maybe the addition of things like breaks in the effects, to get back to the tune would be called for?

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BlkAce responds:

you can feel free to listen to the rest of my old audios..i havent uploaded any of my news ones yet cause they're not quite done..still adding my finishing touches :p

but thanks for your review!

[Dewy Embers (Mo-Tech remix)]

Nicely done

This is another of those tracks that I can see being used in the games like WipeOut - the pacing is good and while it might not sound as deep and commanding of the pace as certain other tracks in the game, I feel it would have a place there.

What sounds like the roar of the crowd is certainly a nice addition to the track, giving it a third dimension.

I'd be tempted to add a little more bass, or even just a small emphasis more on the volume for that part, maybe punctuating the breaks with a few beats as well, just to keep people on their toes.

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Mo-Tech responds:

I took certain cues from Sasha's song, Xpander, which was actually a featured on the Wipeout III soundtrack (although, I like the mastering of my tune better... biased, I know). If you give it a listen you're sure to hear some parallels. I'm glad you think it's worthy of a Wipeout soundtrack! That is a huge compliment! :)

Those were waves crashing on a pebble beach you heard, not a crowd roaring ;) As for the bass not being up front enough, I felt it was loud enough through my monitors, and a half-decent DJ would freq it anyway. I probably should punctuate the breaks with a few beats, though.

Thanks for the review :)

[Jxl180 - Heist]

2 songs in 1

This tune is really 2 songs - the protracted introduction and the second dance tune. The first part sounds like a piece that I'd use in some sort of adventure game, while the other one wouldn't be out of place in a WipeOut or Need For Speed style racing game.

I'd suggest that you maybe split the two and add them as separate entries - this will give you much more freedom when it comes to the breakdown of the track. I'm not entirely sure that it works effectively flicking a switch between the two poles of this tune. It's as if someone is flicking between two radio stations for some reason.

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jxl180 responds:

Thanks for the review. I was kind of trying to get like a prgression you know. Where it starts slow and kind of soft. Progressively getting faster, hard, louder, etc. I think I probably came on to it too fast.

[Space Elevator (S.C.)]

Short, but decent

I think this sound very 1980s, with the sound of the vocals and the synthesised music. It's quite a trip down memory lane for me.

If you'd dragged this out for another 30-60 seconds, it would be great for the tune. You're practically there, which is nice to know. The lyrics are well written / sampled, which adds to the total effect of the finished product. I'd consider finding a decent verse structure, which for me would really finish it off.

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BreakingFaces responds:

Wow, thanks man.
And that was my voice :P

[dolphin rescue squad]

Quiet, slow starting

This tune seems quite quiet and I'm sitting here waiting for it to finally crank into life and when it finally does, the tune has been played over halfway.

Shorten up the intro, by adding the first change in a lot earlier (30s max?) once you've got that far, the tune will seem to come together quite well, giving a vastly improved finished product.

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spamwangler responds:

thanks for taking the time to review :)

you are definitely right about the intro. im gonna redo this song if i can find the original file, so thanks for the input!

[messpionage]

Indian Techno?

An intersting combination of sounds that I haven't really come across before, metal head that I am.

Was this just a case that you decided to play about with a lot of wierd instruments at your disposal and see what comes out as the end product? I can see that you've refiend this from the original concept if this was the case, but I'd say that the addition of a slower paced part in the mid section would have added to it nicely.

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spamwangler responds:

thanks for taking the time to review:)

".....to play about with a lot of wierd instruments at your disposal and see what comes out as the end product"-

this is a pretty good roundup of the way that i write my songs,
i usually just play with things until i get a interesting sound,
and then just keep adding things to it till i fall asleep,
and in the morning make a snag list, tweak and mix it down.

[Solus- She]

Good use of piano

This tune does seem to have a lot of things going for it - it's quietly epic in the set up. I think you've gone and used most of the instruments available to you, haven't you? The only thing I didn't hear seems to be the gong :P

I'd consider adding a part in the middle that is considerably louder, just to add emphasis to the entire project. This one seems to progress well, but it seems quite morbid, with the piano.

Other than that, I'm struggling to find the metaphors for the tune...

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SolusLunes responds:

Yeah, someone mentioned a gong in an earlier review... I didn't use one, either. They probably heard the tubular bells :p

And yeah, I used a lot of the instruments barring synths :D

[Wicked Spiral]

My brain is melting.

This loop is just too repetitive for my liking. The whole effect that has been conveyed to me is about 10 seconds looped pretty constantly for 3 minutes, which doesn't endear me to the tune much at all. You've given us a few modulations, which helps, but it doesn't give me the impression that you've poured yourself into this with any great conviction.

At least the track loops well, but it's a small mercy, as now the repetitiveness carries on ad infinitum. Why not give us other parts of the tune instead?

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CineGoryP responds:

Sorry about melting your brain...

thanks for the review though

[Speedy Bass (Dubstep)]

Needs more

So you've given us a good sample of your abilities with manipulating bass. What i think that you'd be better doing is adding the element of Rhythm, to compliment the bass lines. Without the Rhythm, it does sound all the same after a while and I tended to hear the tune as noise by the end of it and I was starting to ignore it, sadly.

This wouldn't be allowed to happen if you gave some more variation, keeping the listener's attention firmly on the tune.

It's good bass, but there really is so much more you could do with it.

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Jimbobsthebest responds:

Thanks for the review. Yeah the percussion does need improvement. I'm going to work on that as well as varying the bass to keep it interesting.

Thanks again for the review, James

[Grand Chase]

Doesn't loop too well...

This isn't the worst trance tune I've heard, but the main problem exists in the fact that it's only 33 seconds and that the looping sounds a little off.

What I'd reccomend that you try is getting the looping right and it would sound a whole lot better. It could be used in certain games on NG, where they require some sort of backing track to try and distract a little from the task at hand (Devious people, game designers)

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Seriana responds:

I can't upload .wavs to NG, it's impossible to get it to loop perfectly, but thanks.