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[Abyss - F-777]

Really cool!

Fits the name perfectly, but the notes of the instrument in the first part blur together a little too much, and were too loud. That's the only bad thing I could notice. Drums were great, and the melody itself was very catchy. 1:49 was, lthough slightly strange, really good anyway. Effects in this song are amazing too. The ending was really good as well. All in all, it's amazing. Keep up the amazing work, it's songs like this that make the audio portal. Great job!
10/10
5/5
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F-777 responds:

Thanks so much im glad you liked it and ill
definately use your points for future songs =).

Thanks again!

[the other world(wip)]

Whoa, quite good.

Well, for now, so far so good. The melody is pretty good, and the drums were quite good too, although a little too repetitive and a tad too loud. The bass needed to be heard more, though, I barely heard any of it. The melody itself was pretty repetitive, especially the bells, but the choice of instruments were great. The transitions were very well done as well. The ending however was quite strange. Well, good luck continuing it. Keep it up :).
8/10
4/5

sonicxtreme responds:

^_^

[Darkness Dwells]

Fits the name, but has some defects

Starts very well, but the apreggio-like bass didn't change at all, which starting becoming annoying. It isn't such a bad ambient track, but sometimes it does get a little repetitive. The piano should have a little more emotion in this song, with both a bass and a slower treble; that usually has a powerful effect on songs like this. I agree with mjattie, the length was a little useless, since all the song did was repeat itself again. Instead, you can make it a loop; after all that's what songs in games usually are. Add some more effects as well, like occasional drops of water, and maybe a sudden loud effect somewhere near the end of the song (or loop if you're going to change it into a loop). In all, it's not bad. You fit it with the name very well, and some parts in the melody were pretty catchy. Some choices of instruments were quite good as well. Keep up the good work.
8/10
4/5

Taketheleap responds:

Thanks for the review, I'm starting to kinda see what everyone was talkin about with the repetitiveness, I probably should have made it a loop after all but even still, I appreciate the 8 lol.

[:technotest:]

Not bad!

Melody is pretty good. A little syncopated at times, in other words, hard to follow, but the notes are really good. It needs a faster drum rythm though, with different drums, and maybe some electronic effects. If you need any send me a PM, and I'll make some for you :). Anyway, overall it's pretty good, you should continue it. The pace is quite good for techno, just add a decent bass, some more and louder percussion, some effects, make it longer, and you've got a 5 star techno submission. Good luck with it :)
7/10
4/5

yoda2112 responds:

thanks, yeah, i really dont have many good bass kicks, theyre mostly for rock and stuff so i just used a subbass for the beat. :P

dang, ya know what, it still says i can't send you a PM...
it still says the same thing.

[#--=EUPHORIA=--#]

Really good!

Good job composing that guitar. The voices at the beginning and end were a little strange, and you should add a little more percussion. It was a little repetitive too in some parts, but it was very catchy. Good job with the ending as well. I enjoyed it. I don't see how this song fits with the title, but anyway, it's really good; keep it up!
9/10
5/5

Magyar responds:

thanks!

[Pointless Piano]

It's not that pointless :\

Good job on it, it's a really good start to a song. Maybe continuing it with some synths and percussion will sound awesome. You're really good at composing piano pieces, wish you could continue it. The bass of the piano was a little too repetitive, you should vary it in some parts, but everything else was amazing. Really hope you continue it.
9/10
5/5 - I seriously can't find a song of yours which I can't resist giving 5/5 in :|.

ErikMcClure responds:

In comparison to Reasoner, I'm utterly pathetic at piano.

[~BH~ Renascent]

Really good job!

You seemed to put a LOT of effort in this song, and it came out great. The melody was very catchy, but you could've varied the drums a little more. Apart from that it's very varied, and that's pretty hard to do in a 4 minute song, and every second of it was great. Piano was pretty cool too, especially in the last part. It ended quite well too. Very good job with the synths, they fitted in really well. Very good job on this, it's out of this world, and the 8 reviews with 10/10 till now is proof. Keep it up!
10/10
5/5
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ErikMcClure responds:

This song is so old that I come back to it and it sounds absolutely horribly mixed :c

I still like the melody though. Thanks :D

[~BH~ SunStorm]

:[]

Now this is epic. Amazing. Brilliant. Superb. Excellent. Great. Awesome. Too good for words. This song deserves to be worshipped. 4 minutes of pure genius. Another song that deserves to be front paged. Ultimate awesomeness. Alright, that's all I can think of, so, enough praise. Now, the critism -.-
It's very catchy, and the drums were extremely well varied and really good. The bass needed to be varied a little, but it was decent and pretty catchy. Choir voices were great and really cool, and so was the piano part at 1:34. A little repetitive, but was catchy enough to be repeated 8 times :P. Buildups in this song were great, and good job in the synths. Great effects too. The ending was pretty strange, though. Cymbals fading away by themselves don't fit in right for an ending. You should add a final loud note at the end and then the cymbals start fading. Anyway, it looks like you worked quite hard on this, since it's very hard to make 4 minutes and 15 seconds that awesome. It's an epic song, keep it up! :)
10/10
5/5
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ErikMcClure responds:

I'm still a newbie at bass, so I have things to work on there :P I only used the piano part once to prevent it from getting repetative, but it might have worked better with more variation. There *was* a note at the end, but maybe I should have made it louder or just taken the cymbal off...