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[Zaking - One Man Army]

Sounds Sounds Sounds

Hey there. I'm liking the vibe of this track, but i am noticing your sounds are kinda meh. You should really expand your library with some more HQ stuff. You can do good things with some of the default stuff, but if you really want to make some good hits you should upgrade.

Now you're probably like me in the fact that you don't want to really spend money on this. I would recommend checking a site called warbeats.co m. The forums there have some excellent tutorials on things like mastering and composition. Also they have a samples forum where you can find some websites like KVR that have some great free stuff.

Be careful towards the end there where you have everything coming together. It sounds like you're on the edge of peaking too high.

Pretty decent overall though. I would recommend having a big big drop in there somewhere as well.

Zaking responds:

Thanks for your comment and the good advice! ;)

[Grey Abstract]

Me Likey

I love all the stylistic changes you make in this. The asian string sounds great (you need to show me where you got this! :) ) and the track is mastered well overall.

InvisibleObserver responds:

Technically speaking its mixed well, it hasn't been mastered though. ;)

I think you listened to this like right before I updated and fixed a few issues within it.

Pleased you like the stylistic changes, this girl today was badgering me about my music being all over. Her and her feeble mind.

I'll send a PM regarding strings.

[{Dj-L} Violin Hip Hop]

Great Job

Sounds great, though you really should think about getting fl9. It has sooo much better stuff than fl8.

Meonly70 responds:

I have FL9. Thanks though :)

[Electro Trance]

As I listen...

Listening this as I write, so here it goes.

Good start. I like starting with instruments better than drums and this reflects it.

You need a more heavy snare, it's too weak.

Seems like at 1:40-ish you went for a music break, but I would have loved to hear some more nitty gritty breakbeat you had there before you break. Also, I think the break was too long.

More drums overall now that they're back in. I can hardly hear them.

You need some more moving lines like at 3:15-ish. Just having chords is sort of boring to me after you had a drum break.

Once again, you need a lot more drums.

A crash symbol would be nice when you change sections.

Towards the end (4:45-ish) That main melody needs to come out since it is the moving line. Your chords are covering everything up.

That last lick of melody at the end would have been great during a drum break, since it stands alone pretty well. Also, it would be good for a climax having all the parts together at the end.

Squll2 responds:

Thanks for the review! Ill take this into consideration in my next pieces, or if I decide to remix/edit this piece (=

[Wrecked By Deja Vu (A->N)]

Excellent song

The transitions in this song are superb and the melody has an extremely cool feel to it. Great work you (insert number of people who worked on this piece). =P

ApproachingNirvana responds:

Haha, it's just two of us. Thanks for the comments!

[*- Pokémon DancemiX -*]

I know that CD...

Is it bad that I still have that pokemon CD? :P

Anyways, I like the upbeat dance feel to this. Great Job!

Jebbal responds:

Nahh I still have it somewhere lol :)

Thanks for the review!

[~|| Secret Journey [Demo]]

Nice (again)

I would recommend bringing out the moving line that you have going on towards the end some more. Right now it's being covered up a bit too much.

T-Free responds:

I'll see what can be done. Thanks for the review.^^

[Lets, take it back.]

Pretty good

I like the piano and the drums quite a bit, though some volumes could be changed.

For me personally I like a heavy clap, so I would increase the volume on that for sure. Also the bass drum could use a bit more, but not too much.

I think the trance lead doesn't fit very well. Maybe try different instrumentation for that and use a more classical instrument, since hip-hop is generally tied closer to classical music (believe it or not) than trance music.

Destroyeric responds:

:o oh really, next i will go for more classical instruments then :)

ty for te comment

[BeatSource_Clubland Experience]

Excellent

I just had to say like so many others that 3 minutes in just sounds extremely cool.

Great work on this!

Ethalyn responds:

Hah thanks man =) Im glad people likes the song so much ^_^

[»§« Coming Home]

Great job

The only thing I can think of is that the pitch of the singer seemed off from the rest of the song. I think it's a bit flat, but you should probably check it.

MaestroRage responds:

Trust me, Whitesock, if there isn't anything I look over and practice more, it's pitch. I promise you I didn't go flat in this song. I concentrated very hard on it, especially with the higher registers. Anyway, thanks for listening!
With love,
LadyArsenic <3