Score: 7

"Has potential"

submission: Dj Lucky Thr33 - 128WTF

date: May 20, 2009

First off, the sub bass behind that kicker is insanely powerful

Now for the important bits:

1: You need to work on your mastering for this. In alot of areas I can hear static showing up from instruments being too loud, as well as areas where the kick "suppresses" the other instruments.
Use an equalizer or master volue to lower it a bit to clear up that problem.

2: A couple of your notes seemed off-key in the first half of the song, take a day off from composing the same project, then come back with "fresh ears" and listen through again every now and then to pick up on these spots.

Problems aside, this is a pretty simple sounding track that has alot of casual listening possibilities, I like the overall feel of it a bit. :)

Score: 9

"Nice beat"

submission: ***Reverberation***

date: March 23, 2009

Very laid back track, pushed a little more towards house than trance imo

All around it's just plain relaxing to listen to, I can't really point out any problem areas to this track.

Only thing I can suggest is to maybe slightly lower your master volume, it seems a bit loud

Score: 7

"I see some potential here"

submission: Trance-Dance

date: March 23, 2009

Definately sounds like you're pretty new at audio, but I can hear some potential in this.

First and foremost, you need to increase the master volume of the song. Campare your song in your program to a song playing in an audio player to find a good volume setting. Having too low of a volume is a hassle and also can cause some quality to be lost.

I like your score behind this, while the instruments are nothing special, I can see something pretty nice created with the score you have here once you get a little more comfortable with your program.

Keep at it, I'll keep an eye out for your stuff in the near future :)

Score: 7

"Not bad"

submission: Ice Cap Zone Sonic 3 (SSF Mix)

date: February 2, 2009

Recently remixed this myself :P

The double kicks/offbeat kicks seem kinda like they're at a wierd point in the measure, probably would flow better at the end of the measure instead of in the first couple steps. Also, the hat fade-in kicker pattern probably should've been used more like a crecendo or a way to finish a 4/8/16 measure portion, it sounds a bit repetitive with it being used so much.

The moog bass I think could use a slightly lighter attack, but that's a personal opinion thing :P

Nice kicker by the way, it has a nice punch to it as well as just being all around pleasing to listen to

overall, pretty good stuff, just needs a few small tweaks on the kicker

Score: 7

"You're getting better each song :D"

submission: DJ S - Make It Rain (remix)

date: March 23, 2008

Getting better and better man, reminescent of Dimrain's stuff (Chronamut mentioned the same to me when I showed him some of your stuff yesterday)

As always, you do an amazing job with your scores, just need to improve your instruments a bit. They're better than before, and damn is this catchy, that's for sure.

I'll have to toss you some of my effects channels and instruments sometime and see what you can do :)

Score: 7

"not bad"

submission: ~Unleash It!~

date: March 15, 2008

Alot of presets, but catchy as all hell!

ps: mind if I try remixing this? :)

Score: 7

"Not bad"

submission: DJ S - My Dream (no vocals)

date: February 26, 2008

Just need to get a more powerful kicker in there imo, one with a little punchiness to it and a longer release

Song sorta felt a bit repetitive from the start till around 1:40

The bit after 2:00 is WAY too loud and is peaking like crazy, no to mention it sounds a little out of tune with the other instruments

lastly, try to make a climactic finish to the song instead of a simple fadeout, it sounds much, much better

Keep at it!
-DJ C

Score: 8

"Nice"

submission: [StarFox Corneria] -Zero-

date: February 14, 2008

I'm getting a laugh out of the guys below that havn't played Starfox 64, that's pretty much the gem of the series

The instruments in this are pretty obvious FL presets, but you did a kickass job with them

4+DL

Score: 9

"Nice track"

submission: Landfall

date: February 13, 2008

I loved that intro you had going, reminds me a bit of Helix's industrial stuff

For the genre, I'd call this either breakbeat (too slow for DnB, but DnB is the closest to DnB there is on NG for genres) or dark step

The atmosphere was pretty nice in this one, it seemed like on top of the song itself, there's a aura of sorts in the background giving the less busy parts of the song more energy.

No real complaints about this aside from the length, it's really short, but sick

Score: 9

"o.o"

submission: DJ S - Heart Pulse

date: February 1, 2008

This could make for an insane DnB track, increase the bass on your master effects, you'll see what I mean

Alot of your instruments go quiet near the end, potentially awesome stuff sorta drops out of the picture, make sure you keep the parts you want people to hear the most the louder bits ;)

ps: could you send me a copy of your project file for this? I want to try something with your score for the helluvit