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[[a.] Broken Era -incomplete-]

rawr!... thaas

Well, I'd say keep working on it. I'd like to hear what happens when you get the quality up to your typical standards... also I love hearing what you do with dnb. I like your trance too but I'd be lying if I didn't admit to being a close minded dnb fan :P

Rawrthaas responds:

Thanks Qwarl =]

[Dramatic Reading - Xaos PM]

lulz

Banned for three days? Holy shit. Tom Fulp is a fascist.

I gave you a seven because this isn't a kick ass song. Seriously, enter some comps man.

[Opiate (5min16sec)]

nice one!

damn, it's been a while since I've seen something from you sir. Great track too. No real feedback to give in terms of what you should work on. Just wanted to say good luck in the comp and happy holidays.

[counting footsteps]

giggle :3

hmm, I wish reason came with drums that sounded that full. All propeller-head gave us is the amen break and 500 other useless kits. It might have been a good idea to emphasize those breaks though. They sound really smooth and solid. Lets get that kick/ snare to the front of things and lower the surrounding instruments a little. That's really all I have to say. cheers sir.

John-Gaden responds:

Sheer ridiculousness. You reviewed mine while i was reviewing yours, if you could call mine a review.
I actually like reason a lot more than fl, but glitchy stuff just seems easier in fl for me. I'll probably adjust the levels in this and repost later tonight, thanks. :)

[Solus- Lol Comedy]

Hitler porno.

If I were a judge, I'd have a hard time not voting for one.

SolusLunes responds:

Hahahahaha :D

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Good improvements...

The rhythms way better, you did a great job on that and the vocals are fucking siiiiickkkk man. Good sample choices, however I hate to say that with completely re-working your track, completely new problems have arisen. I know it's a short loop, but lets hear some more variety from that bassy reese. Automate some pitch shifts. Try experimenting with a little distortion on it. It has some nice groove to it, but lets hear some more experimentation. Also, that snare needs to be a bit stronger.

The more I listen to it, the better it sounds, but there's always room for improvement. Try those things out and jest re-upload the sub later if you get something you like. You don't even have to deal with the AP. Just go to your menu and edit this track then re upload. Also, I listened to that intro piece you did. It sounded sick, but I didn't want to leave a review for it. Dunno exactly why, but it was just one of those moments when I didn't really feel like it was necessary :P

AeraDynamic responds:

For the Bass see my Reply on Nosebleeds Review :/ I will change that in a full Track once its in Progress. Maybe I will crank up the Snare here a bit but that would be all. I have absolute no knowhow about Bassline Modulation Quarl. You use Reason and I heard its much easier even I downloaded the Demo and was killed by the Menus, Generators and everything looked so weird and different. And I have no Midi so I can't use Reason anyway. I need to lear how to modulate the Bass in FL. I already tried with the FL Love Filter(which can make pretty sick sounds) but it ended up like OMG what did I do now?! So I just left it out this time. I try to find a Way that works easy and undestanding for me... If you want a Collab I guess the Bass is on you ;) Anyway thanks for the Review!

[Rig - Lochieloop]

cock tease

Seriously. Why would you not make a full song out of this? So much energy. This sounds like something old pendulum would have produced. Greatness. I took off one point for the simple fact that this is a cock tease of a loop, and not a full track.

Rig responds:

I made it quickly for my friend Night-Mare, aka Lochie, who needed a menu loop for his game. SO THERE

Glad you liked it, though! :D

[<Me & the expression of Me> V4]

mraaaaa

Ah, le musique concrete. Curious, what program do you use?

Conal responds:

Many programs, but I'll tell them on my death bed. Don't want people copying my uniqueness ya'know?

[Nuclear Arsenal--_--]

safb@!!

Hot sass sir. This has such an interesting vibe to it. By no means conventional, as is the deal with most of your dnb, but interesting and fun all the same. I'm not sure how compression can make a drum kit shoot through the mix. My understanding is that compression is basically de-amplification to avoid clipping... but I'm a fucking dumb ass so shoot me/ correct me if I'm wrong :D

I honestly don't know what to think. This is such an original piece. Your reese lines are always so much fun. Guh! The drum breaks we're hot sass too. Amazing work sir.

PERVOK responds:

Compression can also be used to aomplify, dude; I suggest you check it out :) It's a lot of fun and you make make some really gnarly drum sounds.

Thanks for the review, man!

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rawr!

Not bad at all sir. I actually didn't know you could do dnb at all. Really good job for someone whose new to the genre.

When things kick in, it sounds like something is clipping. Clipping happens when you over amplify the signal and it's basically just a tad bit of digital distortion that never sounds good. I'd recommend turning down whatever is causing it, or try slapping on a compressor.

Nosebleed was right about the rhythm, but I think he could have given you better advice. One thing I really like doing with my hi-hats is to set up my rhythm with two of them. I put a little bit of delay on one of them, then I use the other hat to accent the rhythm the delay creates. It's kind of a weird idea to follow, but if you experiment with it, you can get some interesting rhythms.

I don't know if you do this, but layering your drums can also help out. It takes some experimentation, but it's such a fun technique. Again, I'm not sure if you do that, but it can really fatten up the kit for a nice full sound if it's done right. Beautiful snare btw.

One more really cool thing to do with the kit is to change up the velocities of the notes. Doing this creates a really dynamic rhythm. I guess an example of what this means would be to have a really powerful kick followed up with a slightly weaker kick. It makes everything seem a little more organic. You can also do this if your layering those drums by having only one kick play at a given time, and syncopate it to accent notes.

It's all subjective, but I got a lot of this advice from people I consider much better than myself. If you don't like it, hate on Rig.

AeraDynamic responds:

:D Wow cool you found your Way to this little Piece here... I am planing to change a few things here like I posted on the contest Thread but I havanet found any time yet. I will concentrate on this one before completing my other Collab first. I layered my kicks of course and I am using two HiHats too. But DJ Nosebleed was right there is too much space for more fill ins here in the beat and I am thinking about changing the Beat at all btw. Snare will be still in ;) Maybe bit different but same Style. And I need more special Percussions in the Beat to set a unique Sounding of course.

Maybe we could help us out a bit with Practice Midis (you use Reason right?) and exchange some personal Beats? It could be helpful :D Hit me up if you want to...