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[Asau]

this isn't house music :C

cheese chord progression but the mix is ok

idk how you can make songs in a major chord progression. so cheesy to me hehe

Onefin responds:

Well of course it's not house XD what am I supposed to pick?

This isn't major, this is F#m :/

[Life & Electro Life]

THIS IS GREAT

WiththeflameNate responds:

Thanks!

[(Chillstep) Himalaya]

that reverse crash cymbal is really cheesy

everything is really centered around low mids, the high end isn't really clear and the snare gets lost in the mix.

i would chose a less phaser based bass and just have a super chill square wave in the lower octaves since this is more of a chill track.

those toms at 323 were really muddy, way too much reverb

overall its decent. amateur at best.

5TanLey responds:

thanks for your review and tips

[Nightmare Dive]

noice

drums are a bit quiet in the mix tho

TSRBand responds:

Cheers! I did try setting the guitars a bit louder on this one, might have to bring them back down for next time and give those drums some space again :)

[Event Horizon]

ayyy neato

gj man

TSRBand responds:

Thanks for listening! Glad you liked it :)

[Scenic Ride]

0:00 lol that vengeance crash

i laughed at the chord progression because I've used the same thing before in another track.

nice liquid funk sound. need some sidechain for extra energy.
not sure if its me but it feels like your drums are panned to the right, and the bass is majority in the left. kinda weird mixing imo

your main arp could use some delay.

but yeah you did some weird panning in this one. fix that
track is hella short for a liquid drum n bass track. don't be afraid of repetitiveness !

Noisysundae responds:

Woah, you're so fast. Sanic is very happy.

Yup, I use Vengeance samples. And where did I steal your progression? Guide me plz.
Yeah yeah it's only you that the drums and the bass are going sideways. Jk, I checked them in my FLP but they look good in the L/R meter. Must be the stereo offset. I swear I've used the double delay on that pluck. About the sidechain...not sure that I'm going to use it more than on the bass. Don't wanna go louder. But for the repetition, maybe I should make an extended version of all my short ones!

Thank you for cooking a well-done me!

[Ghost (Instrumental)]

prepare to get roasted

the transition at 0:40 was really abrupt. the synth at 1:25 kinda huts the hears. with the extra release I can't even hear the drums at all

why is everything so loud. Now I can't hear that synth because of the strings. man, you really gotta learn some mixdown techniques. doesn't have to be perfect but at least learn how to not max out everything.

the chord progression is pretty generic. there was no build up to that fill at 2:59 either. your arrangement is sloppy. use professional tracks as a reference next time.

3:30 is pretty random.

after 3:50 the song just drags on. at least put in some FX or something.

MysteriousPresence responds:

I don't think you got the structure of the song.
It's based on the decomposition of what you can hear at the whole beginning. It represents the main character, Haria Ghost, being broken apart by a dictatorship :
- There's the main melody (the normal electric guitar) which will come back twice later (2:41 and 4:48) and represents the personality of the main character.
- The strings, which will come back as chords (0:49) and melodies (1:53 or 3:35) represent his hope.
- The glockenspiel which come back at 3:35 represents his control of himself.
- The electric piano which come back at 3:38 represents the happiness of Haria Ghost.
- The drums and the horns, which remains very present along the song represent respectively his will to fight and his strength, which are the two things the dictatorship couldn't remove from him.
- The synthesiser represents the impact people have on him (it's the only thing which is not an orchestral instrument and which doesn't concern him directly), it will come back along the second verse and refrain (1:20-2:40), dedicated to people's growing hate about Ghost (the vocals).
- Finally, the distorted electric guitar is the main instrument of the song. It's the perpetual pressure the dictatorship has on him.
So no, 3:35 was not random, 0:45 with the key change was meant to be abrupt (the radical changing lifestyles the dictatorship imposes on people) and the finale is long because... Well because it's a finale. Don't forget there will be vocals !
But your advice on the synthesiser and strings' volume is helpful though : thanks for that !
By the way, I won't use professional tracks as a reference because I don't wanna conform. I'm taking people's advices in order to improve, I'm not copying on others.