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[The Elvenking’s Prayer]

0:40 nice lead onto the major harmonic

I love melodic minor stuff. good use of 3rds and 4ths at 1:30

your strings at 1:40 can definitely use a little boost of high frequencies.

ahhh my ears just melted at 2:03

was it the singer's intention to go flat at 2:22?

this track is decent my guy.

etherealwinds responds:

Thanks very much for the comments and advice, I'll bear it in mind :) I'll be coming back to this track and working on it more in the future anyway. I didn't want the frequencies of the dilruba to be too focused on the highs due to the darker atmosphere of the track. I'm the singer btw - I don't mind it too much haha, I didn't use any pitch correction or anything, so I guess it's only natural to find human imperfections on certain parts if you listen closely enough! ;)

Thanks for your review and good luck!

[stardust [NGADM Round 1]]

needs a bit more reverb on your synths and the sub can be toned down a notch.

I can't stand snare build ups like the one in 1:40 - it's so over used in the EDM scene. you can definitely replace that with something more original.

pretty decent production you got here.

N1NJA-Official responds:

Yeah, you're right. The synths can use more reverb, and the sub's a bit overpowering. Thank you for the feedback!

[Flight]

copied from NGADMR1 thread...

if you want a more experienced point of view...

one thing I noticed from that track was the lack of clarity in the mix. all of it is over compressed. remember, EQ > compressor. Only use compressors when absolutely necessary or you know exactly what you are doing.

the generic 0:59 build up needs to go. its so overused I practically click away any song with that build up. its lazy writing.

Your melody/chord progression doesn't make sense to me. The way its written suggest that its there "just because", if that makes sense. Especially the weird bassline at 2:52. Why is it actually going another octave up? What's the point of that?

work on your sound design. your synths sound very weak and plain. None of it really shows your personality/flavor through it.

The random cuts between your arpeggio and that bassline makes no sense at all. I think you're doing that because you want to "add variation". Especially for a "progressive house" track, even though it isn't a progressive house track.

For a progressive house track, you have to be really careful with how you change it up. A progressive track flows in and out over time, there are hardly a lot of cuts.

I understand how you may think your track was your best, but trust me dude. You have huge room for improvement. don't be discouraged. I made generic shit for years

CrisTheGamer responds:

I know you are mostly right, about the track style, I tried to mix Electro and Progressive. Maybe it didn't work as good as I expected...
Anyway, thanks, now I liten to my old tracks and are unenforceable... maybe this one will be the same in a couple of years, so I understand what you want to say.

[Horizons]

Yeah, the song is way too loud. almost no room for dynamics during your breakdown.

definitely need to tighten up the mix so that your kick can be more clear. your low end is cluttered and lead synths have too much high end.

cool synth solo. i liked that choir 'aah' sample for your fills.

larrynachos responds:

Yesss dude the choir part was my fav. It was like one of the first things I added and it really got me excited to work on the track more.

The drums, as I told TL, were really sloppy because of my poor education lol. I was using a vst kit, so I didn't know how to split the kick from the rest of the drums, which made limiting and mixing a pain. Although, I swore I took off as much high end on the synths as possible, I might have forgotten to filter one.

Thank you for your review!

[In Many Ways]

ah. some classic progressive house. I miss this sound a lot.

reminds me a lot of the old sound of anjunabeats/anjunadeep back in the mid 00's.

thanks for the memories. fav'd it!

SynchroSpectre responds:

Thanks c:

[Target And Kill [robot day]]

holy gosh this shit is gnarly

Quarl responds:

Damn, I really wanted to write another short story. Be more critical next time >:C

[To Save You]

melodically this is beautiful. good selection of instruments.. good themes.

the mixing could use a little more work. certain frequencies peak on my end.

LucidShadowDreamer responds:

We totally see (hear) what you mean, especially in the mp3 version. That said, it's definitely true to some extent in the wav too. Perfect production wasn't our main focus for this competition; we really wanted to tell the same story as in the art. It's great that you liked the piece despite some imperfections! We both want to improve the track a bit more, after the competition, having heard and considered critiques. Thanks for the review!

[Eqoos]

i like this.

you have the master limiter way too loud :(

Baumarius responds:

Really? I'm not sure I can hear where there is a problem...

[endK - Space Lasagna]

awesome stuff. what trumpet soundbank do you use?

endKmusic responds:

Thanks Sequenced! :>
It's from one of the Nexus packs, dance orchestra I guess.