Score: 8

"WOAH"

submission: -[ Battery Preview ]-

date: January 14, 2007

You got good!
From the top:

That first bass-type synth thing isn't too annoying, just tweak it around a little bit until you find something better. What makes it sound bad is the melody. There are too many notes, and they just drown out everything else. Have some more spaces and syncopation in the melody and it will sound pretty freaking cool!

The drum intro is pretty good. The level automation on the kick drum makes a really nice effect. However, for this kind of build-up, the kick should never really get any faster than 16th notes. Rearrange that intro part some more so you don't have to use 32nds. Also, you forgot a crash cymbal. Put one after the buildup, and at other places throughout the song to make some sort of fill.

The main drumline is pretty nice! The mastering sounds really smooth. Just crank up the snare some more and add some more of those key frequencies (250Hz, 5kHz, etc.).

This song is really missing something for the background. Make a pad synth to fill in the gaps. Something really smooth and gentle. Be creative.

Ok, now I'll talk about more overall stuff.

I guess this is just a preview, but it sounds very compact for a real DnB song. Work on the intro some more. Try having something different play in the beginning, so after the buildup you have something to introduce besides drums. Stretch out the intro a lot more! Buildup the feeling for the main part with a lot of random pads and FX samples. Change that kick drum buildup from 4 bars to 8 bars. Intros are spots for experimentation.

I actually like the progressions in the song. The other synths you bring in flow well through each other and compliment each other. The subbass line sounds really random and lost, though.

Work on that main melody some more. Ditch that silly little 8th note pattern with 16th note accents and make a cool, catchy rhythm. It's hard, but just keep trying until you get something. It pays off.

You've improved a lot over your last DnB work. I'm glad you finally got some real software to work with! I'm looking forward to V2.

4/5 Woah, long review.
SS

Score: 10

"Sorry I'm late."

submission: Shaman--_--(3:49)

date: January 6, 2007

I love that awesome intro! That weird Arabian type guitar thing is really awesome. The melody is really cool too.

Then the hip hop drums come in and my tummy goes thump. I like that scratchy record effect you put in.

Of course, you have to have the Amen somewhere in the song. You put them in a good place, with nice filters and such.

Then the signature BN drums blast in at full force, going to yor base and killing all ur mans. Then comes the first drop, and it's awesome and everything with the awesome bassline and awesome drums and awesome backgrounds.

The progressions are really nice, everthing flows perfectly. There wasn't enough progression after the second drop, though. It just went back into what it was doing before.

Repeating the intro might be the best way to make an outro. You still have to add some effects, though, which I heard lots of. I like the wierd feedback thingy you put on it. Very cool.

Sorry if this sounds like I'm just giving you all praise and no criticism, but I really can't think of any way to improve this track.

5/5 It looks like now you're getting reviews. Maybe you should make DnB more often ;-)
SS

Score: 9

"Jazzy."

submission: 4:00 AM

date: January 6, 2007

I'll make a very thorough review for your first Reason song.

I like all the little samples you have going, all playing supporting melodies behind the awesome sub.

I can tell that you used some of the preset drum loops that came in Reason. They sound pretty good, but you should make your own kits so you can get the right sound that you want out of them. Experiment with the ReDrum a bit.

The song is really jazzy and funky and awesomely cool, so it really doesn't need much progression. That sample that takes up two whole bars keeps the song interesting and not repetitive.

The bridge with the new drum loop is really nice, you made a good transition there with the bass.

Then the second part of the song comes in with both of the drum loops. They sound really nice layered over each other.

So basically everything is really nice and cool. I have one little problem about that last little sample you were using. It has some sort of low-frequency clicky thing going on, that would be solved easily with an HP filter.

There is a huge block of silence at the end. Make sure before you export your track that the end marker is set where you want it. If you can't find it, scroll over to the right.

5/5 A really cool, relaxing, jazzy track. Awesome.
SS

Score: 10

":O"

submission: SR - Kitchen Sync -Final-

date: January 5, 2007

I can't possibly criticize this because it is the best ambient song I have ever heard.

I looove the melodies and I want to rape them.

241231/5 UR TEH AMBEENTS GOD
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Score: 9

"The name's Bond…"

submission: {James Bond Breakbeat Remix}

date: January 2, 2007

James Bond.

You used that line really well, I thought.

Yeah so basically this is kickass. I loved that growling bass in the beginning, but then it left and I was sad :(

It also sounded a little too busy in some parts, but I still loved it.

5/5 Get on AIM now and give me teh song!!!1
SS

Score: 7

"OK"

submission: B34T1N - Planet Z

date: December 31, 2006

I'm no Dance fan, so this review will seem harsh, but don't take it the wrong way.

I like the drums, the beat is nicely arranged, and the mastering sounds really smooth. That nice drill-type fill keeps the diversity up, but it gets old after a while. There really isn't enough progression with the drums throughout the song.

Your background pad sounds really nice. Did you make it yourself, or is that a preset? It works well as background atmosphere. It might be a tad bit loud, though.

That main synth is the worst part of the song. It sounds way too plain. It needs more editing, and some more effects. It almost sounds like a pure waveform synth with no editing at all.

That main melody wasn't bad, though. It's just the synth that I don't like.

The second background synth that you brought in around the middle of the song was great! I like the automated filter. You made a good supporting melody to go along with the main line.

The main thing you are missing is a bass. No dance song is complete without something shaking the subwoofer. Without, the song sounds VERY incomplete.

4/5 Because I'm in a good mood.
SS

Score: 8

"Hi, Synkon."

submission: Oxygen

date: December 30, 2006

It's good to see you aren't dead. NightMayr is one of my favorite DnB songs ever.

Anyway, on to THIS SONG. From the top.

That little percussion thing you have going is cool, but it could use some more diversity. More accents.

The subbasses are nice, they give the track a lot of bass end.

There's that famous "Search and Destroy" progression, used by more people than I can count. I like it. The thing that plays it is too generic, though.

The high pad synths are cool, they add to the trippyness.

The Amen is nice, good processing on them. Then the real drumbeat kicks in, I can hear a lot of editing here too. It sounds very metallic and industrial. I think the drumline should maybe be more diverse, and have better progressions.

The overall sound mastering isn't great. It sounds a little muddy to me.

I like this song, it sounds very ambient and spacey. It could use some more work, but you still get my 5.

Again, glad to see you back! I think you should continue making more and more DnB, you totally kick ass at it.

SS

Score: 9

"THAT'S WHAT I'M TALKING ABOUT."

submission: {I Don't Need You Anymore}

date: December 27, 2006

Ok, ok, I'll shut up now.

This track is orgasmic.

In the main part, the bass doesn't play enough low notes, which reduces the cool-bassiness of the main verse thing yes.

I need the 128kbps version!!! Give it to me now!!!

5/5 <3<3<3<3<3
SS

Score: 8

"hmm"

submission: {Big Bad Scary Fish-man}

date: December 24, 2006

I'll make this review a good one.
From the beginning:

That ride was too generic, lol! Find some different samples or layer them together.

The bassline is good and simple, but the bass needs some more work. It needs some lower frequencies and some better overtones. If you had Reason I could help you a lot with that (hint hint). It's also too quiet in the mix. I liked the reverb though, that added some cool sounds to it. The basic waveforms were pretty good too. Just make it a bass!

The drums were awesome, but that big noisy hit on the 3rd and 6th eighth notes of the second bar are a little bit too loud and noisy for me. The rest of the beat is pure genious.

The background pads and such were cool, although they weren't very strong.

Woah, bass! I see you added in a subbass now. It's still WAAAY too quiet, however. This track would sound sooo much more badass with louder bass.

Lol, I like your BG samples. Very diverse and such.

OMGF are those Roland OHHs? Yucky Yucky.

In this song I can't hear the kind of effort that you put into your trance songs. I know you can do much, much more with this. You have before!

You should be making your dnb just as diverse and well-made as your trance songs. I really only heard three instruments in this song, the drums, bass, and BG samples. Add more FX, better bass, more progression, and more components, and this song could be more badass than Hitler's grandma.

3/5 I demand you to remake this.
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Score: 10

":D fun"

submission: Jingle Bells [Hardcore Remix]

date: December 24, 2006

That was fun and hardcore and fun.

ding a ling ling! lolololol

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