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[TiGeR - Altocumulus]

Well That Was Trippy

I've got a new way of deciding if a song's good or not. Open my window, turn up the speakers and see what the people of Stockton, England think. They quite liked it. HOWEVER, I do have some issues with it.

The fade out at 1:12 seems too sudden, there was hardly any transition. If you opened this up a bit not only would you increase the length of the song but it'd just sound better.

The glitch at 1:55 was great but, again, if you lengthened it out and made it more rhythmic then I think it'd work better.

I really love the mane leads you have going here (2:30). They complement each other very well, but I think you have some mastering issues. The second lead (sounds like a square) may need to be turned down a bit. Sounds like it's drowning everything else out.

Everything else works great. The outro's brilliant and a good way to end things

Overall, Ima giving this 8/10, it's great but still needs work. 5/5 because all publicity is good publicity. ^^

Have fun;
j3en.

TiGeR responds:

Hey J3envolio!

LOL, you exposed my song like that? Awesome haha xD. Please do so with the other tracks of mine aswell ;)!

And while I see what you mean, most of these things you mention I already looked into and thanks to it I have learned what I should and shouldn't do in future songs (keep in mind this one's uploaded almost a year ago :P. I barely gave this song any mixing or mastering whatsoever, which I since then have learned is very important!). Still, thanks a lot for taking interest and giving critics, they're always welcome!

Thanks!

~TiGeR

[TiGeR - Susurration]

Drums

They're often overlooked when it comes to NewGrounds yet they can be brilliantly placed if they're given the right amount of attention.

Unfortunately, I feel that you've given them too much attention and the beat that you've chosen to use is very glitchy. Now admittedly this worked very well at 0:51 but once the drop happened it felt very out of place, with the drum syncopation at the end of every 4 bars. It's a good idea but I think this track would sound better and more full if you'd stuck to the general drum & bass drum line.

Apart from that, this is an excellent track! Loving the gritty feel you've given it and very much like the 8-bit synths you've used through-out. I have to say that I do agree with you on that synth sounding as though it's whispering.

I've never listened to any of yoru stuff before so I'm not sure how dark this is but I'll give them an ear after this!

Have fun;
J3en.

TiGeR responds:

Thanks for a brilliant review.

As you hear at the end of every 2nd bar I've done a very marking syncopation. Not only the drums but the bass aswell. The drum beat is the essence of what DnB is so I thought I'd add something new to it, thus adding the very marking syncopes at every (actually it's not every but still...) 2-bar-end. To make the song more of my own if you know what I mean. Personally I think it adds a very "jumpy" feeling to the song and personally I find it very ear-soothing in a sense. You know, a very catchy feel to the beat. Glitchy? Please explain further :)

Could aswell mention I add fills here and there to add some general variety. Anyway, I definetly see what you mean about the general drum beat, but personally I thought it would've sound really well like they are now when I first submitted the song. I'll take your criticism in consideration for my upcoming songs.

And dude, you being this constructive at (what personally is) my best song, you're gonna flame my other three songs to death xD. You should avoid Altocumulus if you're not into "glitchy" drums ;)

Anyway, thanks again for this review. I think it's the best I got for this song so a big + to you :p. I'm glad you enjoyed the song and I hope the drums don't ruin your "Susurration-experience" :)

~TiGeR

PS: Could aswell point out that this song is by far my darkest ;p

[Halloween 3 FX]

Bloody Scary! In a good way - J3en

Well it's definatly different! Doesn't sound anything like your other Halloween tracks really. Very gritty, dirty and above all awesome!

I love the mix of wet, gritty synth's you've got going and the drum line fits perfectly, but it wouldn't hurt to alter it in places (I'll get onto that). The sound FX were brilliantly scary and fitted brilliantly! Also, the bell sound at the end was beautifully placed. The drop at 00:30 was epic, to say the least.

What I think you could change could be the laughing. Don't get me wrong it's a good sample and you've used it well, I just think that you used it a bit too much. The drums, they could do with a bit of variation. Maybe double up the time so as to make it more up-beat towards to end. I'd use the drop at 01:36 if this were my track.

Above all, another epicly scary track you've managed to make Axe! Definatly going on my Halloween playlist.

Have fun;
J3en

axeFX responds:

thanks for the review dude. I updated a bunch of it and fixed the vocals, ill PM you to let you know.

[Invasion (Dubstep preview)]

Possibly Awesome.

Bloody brilliant mate! Loving how the Dub Synth came after the sample at 0:48s.

The only criticism I can make of it, is that it's way to short.

It'd be good to add some more samples later on or so. The sample you've used there is really good and fits nicely but more would defiantly go down well.

Let me know if you edit it;
J3en.

Reignee responds:

thanks man, i'm working on it , it's just that my inspiration comes day by day, hoping it will be finished tomorrow/the weekend, i'll let you know :)

[Day04 - The sound of a sunny..]

Good Concept

I like what you've done with your ideas but there seams to be something lacking in this. It might be the bass, by the factor that there isn't much of it. Also, something that didn't sound right was the rim shot sound at the start. It seams that there should be some more sustain on it but it seams to end suddenly on every hit. A bit more expansion on the melody would go down well also.

Overall; not a bad track but more work needed.

hopeku responds:

Hehe thanks for the constructive review!

I think you're right about the rim shot, i'll chek that out

For the melody, It's just I have one day for each song so I dont want to go in complexe stuff...

For the bass, I think it's just a question of point of views ;)

Anyway, thanks buddy!

[Sandman FX]

Not to Brill.

A generous 5 here. It just wasn't too great. Here's why:

The length of a few of your tunes seems to be a problem by the factor that they're too short but I'm quite thankful that this one isn't too long. It seems to have a very annoying factor to it. As you said, it's a lot like Pendulum, but without their Bass. I think that's what makes this tune sound so awful.

Don't get me wrong, I like the way you're being creative and testing out new stuff but sometimes experiments go wrong and give shocking outcomes. It's one of these songs that sounds like I'm listening to it from some guy's overpowered headphones at the back of a grotty, Manchester bus.

The way that it seems to be 2 different Drum & Bass tunes, stripped from 2 totally different tracks, had their bass removed, feed-back sounds and samples thrown in and then been surgically put back together using little more than Paper-Mache and PVA glue

I've heard better from you. The only thing keeping this tune going is the creativity you've put in.

axeFX responds:

thx man, glad you liked it

[Psilocybin FX]

Not what I expected

Listening to your other tunes I was expecting a really ambient backing with some drum & Bass in the middle but this changed all that really!

Not a fond of the tempo you chose, could have done with being a little faster in my opinion. But I DID love the build up around 0:56. That bit was truly sick.

Although apart from that there was nothing really that interested me to much. Still good work though.

Keep it up.

axeFX responds:

Yea im not too fond of this song, accept for that build in the middle. It's repetitive and obnoxiously irritating :P

[Halloween 2 FX]

Dude this is Brilliant!

If only I had found this before Halloween! It's a brilliant tune! Love the sound effects and stuff like that. Brilliant use of grunge like drums and great use of the high pitched synth sound.

My only Criticism is that it's way to short. If I was you, I'd do a remix, leave this bit till the middle, and just expand upon it best you can! If you added, say 3 or 4 more minutes onto it then I think it'd defiantly get my 10/10.

axeFX responds:

thanks for the review man. I DO have the project file for this, so I may just have a stab at it. I've taken a month break from submitting, and im trying to get something together to submit. I like this song minus the ending... so I might try somthing like that =)

[DJ Comet-Alternate]

It's Cleaver.

I liked the mix of Ambience with the Breakbeat. I also loved the tempo! Usually I like things fast and raw but this was fitting to have it slow as seen. You evidently know what you're talking about when you make these things so I'll leave it to you.

If I can say something negative thought, it's that there doesn't seam to be a real change in melody. It seams very samy and no real diffrence. A key change maybe? That's something that's rarely seen in this type of stuff.

TheComet responds:

Yeah I'm with you on the score being a bit repetitive, most of the score remains original (aside from the arps from around 2:40 and the plucks from 3:12 or so) to the beginning of the project, mostly instruments were added and remade.

This is one of those songs I have as potential starting points for a remix in the near future, so I might work on this once again this summer

[Kadisha - Miracle]

This is really. really good!

Kadisha! That was brilliant! The cymbals did get a little bit repetative after a while and I could have used a couple more variations but appart from that it was brilliant!

Although if you do change it; make the ending louder; add more variations and make it longer! I couldn't believe that it ended so soon!

Let me know if you edit this at all.

Keep it up; j3en

Kadisha responds:

Thank you for the kind review... actually the original track its beyond 8 minutes long... I will publish it later....

Kadisha