Score: 10

"Finally"

submission: Karco - Beginnings(Incomplete)

date: July 18, 2008

I totally agree with APPS about overrated unprofessional songs getting the attention, instead of the ones that really are good and don't get any. This is one of those said good ones. The only thing I can say thus far is that I think the bass could use another layer, at least in the intro so far because there isn't so much of a groovy bass sense going on, if you catch my drift X.X The pads are damn pretty... :D The blips seem fine too. If I was listening on monitors I might be able to give you more specific critique but from what I'm hearing now things sound pretty fine EQ-wise. The song seems to get muddy upon the entrance of the snare at 2:20, I guess because the snare takes up a lot of the leads freqs. 2:57 is cool with the breakdown-within-breakdown thing. Nice sidechain there too. Some pretty cool chords, but nothing I haven't heard so far in the song, until that lead at 3:56, which is damn cool. It's carrying such a good melody too! Aha, I can tell this song is going to leave me hanging, Nooooo! The melodic climax at the end is cool but I feel like you can do something different with the leads/chord progression; maybe you haven't gotten that far yet. Anyway, sorry for the long review; I tend to leave those. This is a great track and this is the kind of stuff I want NG to have more of! ^.^

Score: 9

"Hey"

submission: -Serenity 2.0-

date: July 18, 2008

Not bad at all for just starting out! You have some good chord ideas in here. I won't be harsh with production critique because I understand that is something that grows with experience. I agree with the previous reviewer that a beat (even a slow one) would make it sound more complete, but it's okay. Good luck in the future! :D

Score: 10

"Awestruck"

submission: Rotate (Original Mix)

date: July 16, 2008

Seriously man, you've got insane skill. Your melodic style is absolutely fantastic; the style I myself have been trying to achieve for a long time, dark, energetic, yet euphoric. Bass fits in the frequency spectrum perfectly... I wish I had monitors to listen from. Man every note seems perfect... the accidentals and everything! Well I think this is one of the best I've heard on NG. Needs more attention, for sure! 10/10 and 5/5 ^^

Score: 9

"Good job"

submission: DbX - Bu Xing

date: July 13, 2008

Creative stuff all around! Time signature, theme and instruments used, pretty much everything. The lack of bass in the intro actually, I noticed, adds to the environment of the track. You know, I don't really follow the "rules" when it comes to music either, people can say you know, you "must have" this or that, but when it comes down to it it's best to use just whatever sounds good. =) Anyway, good bell melody and pizzi strings... sounds like a really complex fusion of elements in this song. Amen break is pretty sweet at the end. The whole song has kind-of the same feel throughout, you know, little variation melodically, which is neutral. Good work on this man, I love seeing improvement :3

Score: 10

"Er, awesome"

submission: -Imm- Crisis (Pt. 2) (OM)

date: June 20, 2008

These are the types of melodies NG needs! Freaking amazing, if you ask me. The percussion is like ages beyond other stuff here at NG too. And I'm SO glad I'm not hearing any presets of any kind, that's ya do it, from scratch. (I do it like that too =P) Being a trancer myself, I appreciate the mysterious/dreamy stuff as exampled by what I'm hearing. It's like, I was just waiting for the song to break into a cheesy happy melody, THANK GOD it didn't! NG needs more dark!

ROCK ON. Respect. ^^

Score: 6

"Honestly..."

submission: Nova Prospect

date: April 6, 2008

It's not NEAR as bad as sciencewhiz makes it out to be. This has some really nice drum IDM/DnB ideas in it, but it gets loud and clips rather frequently. I understand that this is one, if not the, first track you've made in ACID, so this is good for a first.

You'll get better over time. ^^

Score: 9

"NICE"

submission: Karco - Contrast

date: March 14, 2008

Yes! Very nice. Introduction is great, really, nothing more to say. Variations here and there are nice. There's massive Reverb on this song, wow. Sometimes reverb can stack up and create "leftover" frequencies in transitions that are undesirable. The ascending blips sort-of repeat throughout the whole song, even during the breakdown, which I'm sure was intentional, but it becomes a teensy bit annoying after a bit. The synth at 2:49 in the breakdown has much much too much reverb! xD Sounds like you added some predelay to it... hmm... When the melody finally comes in during the 5th minute, it's fantastic, really, I would kind-of broaden the synth there a little bit because it sounds a little thin (which, I have problems with too.) Outro is good, nice and trance-like. Blips still going though. =P This was a nice refreshing listen to hear at NG, good job. :3

Score: 10

"Lol I tried this once"

submission: Brambles {RMX}

date: February 18, 2008

My mix sucked compared to this. =P You nail everything spot on, especially the chords man, that takes massive ear skill. The delay effects were great, and the brassy synth sounds just like the one from the game. Many kudos for mixing one of my all-time favorite songs! ^_^

Score: 9

"Oh nice"

submission: {GBD} Cascade (pt2)

date: January 9, 2008

Korg; very cool. I like the cosmic sound (as said before.) Those cool pads are neat. I like the chords in this song as well. Some parts can get a bit loud and almost clip, but it's not too bad. Good minor/major switching in the chord progression. Whoah, some of those chords rock! Those drums are REALLY verbed, cool. Well I like this song; keep it up. ^^

Score: 8

"Not bad man."

submission: [TMM43]Ride on me

date: January 8, 2008

Good work with the melody. I like how things are EQed well and you don't have any major clipping issues. Pretty generic stuff, I'd say. One of the biggest issues I found is the length... you would do best making it about at least 3:00. Really nice stuff here though.