Score: 10

"What a rush!"

submission: Os Vs Mjattie -of Softest Rain

date: May 13, 2009

I haven't felt a rush like that from anything on Newgrounds in a long time. Simply beautiful. It starts off very nicely with the rain and the piano. The piano melody sounds a bit aimless at first but it falls together. At 1:12 it started to remind me a bit of some of Reasoner's stuff. I totally did not expect the beat to come in at 1:20. That gave me chills, great piano work! I'm not really sure if I like the synth that comes in at 1:54 It sounds good when it's buried under the beat though, maybe it's just the distortion that's bothering me, it doesn't really fit with everything else. Overall I love the harmony and mood here, and the instrumentation. I think you could've brought out those strings a bit more though and maybe added more layers of them. The rain is a wonderful touch. The feeling this gave me I've been trying really hard to create with my own music, but this surpasses anything I've made. I'm inspired :)

Score: 9

"Nice"

submission: Your Eyes - F-777

date: May 10, 2009

Nice to hear something slightly different from you. I think this would fall under the trance category, not dance. I think the biggest problem here is lack of direction. There's no doubt about it, you're really good at fills, changing stuff up every 16 bars or so and keeping the energy high. But that's the problem. This track is over 4 minutes long and there's not much break in the energy, it does get kind of repetitive. At 3:41 a really nice bassy supersaw comes in, which is kind of strange at that time not only because it's so late in the song but also it changes how the overall mix sounds, it sounds more open there with more low end, I really like it. I think you boost your highs too much overall and compress pretty hard which kind of hurts your mixes. It usually works pretty good for what you're going for though but I think you should try to lay off a little and put some more dynamics in. I'm being kind of hard on you but I think it's advice you can use. Overall it sounded pretty good :)

Score: 9

"Sped up progressive house"

submission: -[ Wings ]-

date: May 3, 2009

That's what the bass and the groove sound like to me. I downloaded it and changed the bpm to 128 to see what it sounded like, and I really like it. I love the high hat groove you have going on here, it's so house but at a much faster tempo. It sounds especially sexy at 1:25 (which is of course at a different time if it's slowed down) Don't get me wrong here, what you have here sounds really cool and I really like it, and it sounds great at this tempo. In fact I don't think it would work as well overall at a slower speed. All I'm saying is PLEASE MAKE HOUSE that sounds similar to this but slower, I think you'd be good at it :) And do try slowing it down to see what it sounds like, listening to your song at different tempos can give you a better perspective of it.

In general about the song I agree with what mrmilkcarton said, can't really add to that. Except I'll say maybe high pass your bass a little bit and Put a more subby sine under it to make it thicker. This song's crazy and all over the place, which makes it really exciting and unique. Keep it up.

Score: 10

"Nice bass!"

submission: Kazmo - Heart of Asia RMX

date: May 3, 2009

I thought the bass sounded a bit weird in the lowpassed intro, the low low frequencies sound a bit too overbearing through my headphones, dunno if that's because those frequencies are amplified on mine or they're not loud enough on yours so you didn't notice... but anyway when it came in fully at :29 it sounds amazing. My favorite part about it is the saw part that dives down, and how it has reverb on it! It's a big reverb too and your mix is clear enough that it shines through. I rarely get this with songs, only highly well produced ones, but I can actually "see" the bass here, it seems to be moving through space and creates a driving force for this track (lolwut)

The mix sounds amazingly thick, I'm loving the way everything comes together here. The only sound I really don't like is the high hat, not only because it's strangely tinny sounding, but also because it seems to sit on top of the mix, and is really killing some of the depth. I would prefer a shorter, slightly quieter but more punchy sound with more reverb so it would blend in more with the rest of the track.

The other thing that's bothering me is when you high pass the percussion, it gets pretty loud (I'm listening at fairly high volume) It's probably intentional, stuff like this is used to create a dizzying feeling on a club system, but I think it's taking it a little bit far.

The leads in this are very well chosen and beautiful sounding, and of course work perfectly with the melody. You really filled up the high frequencies very nicely, I love that in a trance track, it's what really gives the uplifting feeling. Great reverb on that too.

In fact you used so much reverb in this song which gives it amazing depth, yet everything is clear and your kick stands out O_o wtf teach me...

Score: 8

"I agree with Liljim"

submission: Outside (Feat. Quarl)

date: April 17, 2009

The highs are really piercing here. Plus it sounds really thin and is lacking bass. I had to turn my volume way down and then I still didn't want to listen to it because it was hurting my ears. Which is a shame because there's a lot of really interesting stuff going on here, some nice rhythms and melodies and the song progresses pretty well. My main problem is just that synth doing all the soloing and glitching, your piano and some other sounds are already taking up the highs, maybe move it down an octave or two or even change the sound itself. It has too much presence in the mix and it's very distracting from the rest of the song. I'd like to hear a remaster though.

Score: 7

"Yes"

submission: Auroral (Unfinished)

date: April 14, 2009

I confirm this statement

Score: 9

"BAAAASSSSSSS"

submission: I <3 Electro House

date: February 19, 2009

Such a smexy bass in this :3 Nice melody. I'd really like to hear more layering and crisp highs on top of it though, it sounds a bit empty.

Score: 10

"Awesome progressive!"

submission: Endless Fall

date: February 7, 2009

This song hooked me right away and held my interest throughout, I think the transitions and flow are very impressive. The effects you used keep it interesting and sound very professional. It's an interesting sound mixture and I think it works really well. The only thing I don't really like is the bass that comes in at 2:16. I just think everything else in this song sounds freaking amazing and the bass is just... average. It takes a lot away from the climax. I like how it sounds at 3:15 on though, I don't know what you changed about it there but it's better and has more energy. Overall really unique and interesting though.

10/10
5/5
Fav'd

Score: 10

":D yays"

submission: Synthetica EP Plug

date: February 2, 2009

I'm so psyched for this, I couldn't sign up on shockhound so I'm waiting for it to come out on iTunes. You guys definitely deserve my moneys, hope you make lots :P I'm looking forward to joining in on the next one if it happens!

Score: 9

"Different"

submission: [37mm] As We Watch

date: January 27, 2009

And I mean that in a good way. When it starts out you have the kick only on the third beat, which at first had me thinking that the song was going at half the speed, and that the kick was on the 2nd and 4th beat (which is really weird for electronica and like never happens lol) It was clear that it was twice the speed at :48 by the synth line, also you added a quieter kick on the downbeat to make a standard 4 on the floor beat.

Still, the kick on the third beat has the most energy of the beat and gives the song a really interesting feel. You can count the song in two different speeds which factoring in the ambient sounds and the dancy lead give the whole song a great hypnotic effect and a perfect balance of energy and calm. I don't know if that was intentional but it works. I also think the tempo you used is absolutely perfect.

I think this song progresses pretty well and builds nicely. I think the end is a bit sudden though and it has a few spots where it isn't as smooth as it could be. I think you could've built it up a bit more with the beat, maybe a snare roll or something.

I'm not too fond on the bass and lead, I think the bass sounds strange and not bassy enough, just some EQ problems. Don't worry too much about it right now. The lead sounds fine but it sounds like the same dance lead everyone's heard a million times and I don't know if it fits this particular song at all. Otherwise you've paired some really good sounds together in this song, which is something I personally delight in. Those pads playing throughout really make the song.

Overall I think it's pretty good, I can definitely see potential.