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[From The Depths (Drumstep]

preface.txt

- That intro is a bit too long.
- The volume could be a bit louder. Particularly for the drums.
- I feel as if this track lacks the lower frequencies. Maybe a sub bass, or a bass would do some good.
- I love those synths. They're very well made.

yeajimmiboi responds:

Thanks mate I'll use this in the next version of the track. thanks for commenting.

[Party Time]

Yo.

- The track is pretty loud, so you might wanna take it down a notch.
- That bass is pretty buzzy. Too buzzy.
- The synth playing the melody at 0:22 could have it's high frequencies cut a little.
- It doesn't loop cleanly. If you're using FL Studio, before you export the track there is a setting (Looping mode) where you can either choose to leave the remainder, wrap it, or cut it. I'm not sure what DAW you used to make this though. :/

freaksy101 responds:

Alot of those were done intentionally. Also I used audio sauna to make it.

[Waterfalls]

intro.txt

Man, your drums are pretty...thin. I'd suggest using different samples for it. Also, somehow I got the feeling you added too much reverb to it.

The song is pretty repetitive...and quiet. Maybe a different melody, some variations of the beat, and a little bump for the volume would do some good.

I don't know why, but I feel like the background's (I don't know a better word for it) a mess partially caused by the reverb on the drums, and something else that I can't really put my finger on.

Also, the lower frequencies is almost nonexistent in the track. Throw in a sub bass for good measure.

hoorayjay responds:

Thank you for you review! It is quiet because I didn't master it (because i don't know how lol). The background thing is a point I haven't heard before, I'll make sure to look into it.
This was just a test for mixing styles of music, so thank you!

[Hyperactive 2014 mix]

Hi!

- Okay, the volume on this is loud. Like WAY too loud. Go easy on the volume. There's too much clipping.
- That bass/every other synth is too distorted, take that easy too.
- If it's any consolation, I like the melody the super saw is playing.

accies responds:

Hi, thanks for the feedback, my intention was for this song to be loud and in-your-face and for the synths to be quite harsh and gritty although I may have overcooked it with the volume and the compressors. Have sussed that though so will upload the newer less-distorted version shortly :)

[The End?]

Hi!

- At first I thought that this was a remix of some track from Crash Bandicoot, but I guess not. It does sound inspired by it though.
- That sound at 1:55 could has it volume lowered though.
- I really love the percs in this.

Rekuiem responds:

Niiiice, means when I worked on this I was picking up on some influences I wanted to incorporate. I love Crash Bandicoot music, and when I did this one I was trying to get into a groove that was reminiscent of its style while keeping it my own. The mixing never got finalized but I am an eager sharer and the projects are always ready to fix. Thanks for that suggestion I'll remember it when I go back to it to polish. I was really starting to get more intimate with my percussion so I'm glad you dig them!!!

[08 Programm]

Oookay.

- Go easy on that volume, man. Or the distortion, I don't know. Some bits are really loud (and I've set the volume to 15). Like for that intro. And the sweep/riser thing. And the super saw.
- That drum needs some hat patterns.
- You could throw in some pads or white noise to fill up the higher frequencies since in some parts of the track (like at 02:19), it sounds really empty.

etK responds:

Thanks for the constructive review.
It's true that I could have added hats, but I choose to make the kick and snare more powerfull, without any other sound. Mayve I should have added hats at the second half of every drop.
Same for the empty part, it's on purpose, to let nothing but the experiment of a tempo changing from dubstep tp drum n bass, I felt like it didnt need any melodies, only the drum and the bass.
For the distortion, I get that you can not enjoy it, but personnaly I do, and for the volume yes I could have reworked on it a bit.
Thanks again :) You can listen to the other tracks of the album if you enjoyed that.

[Emerge]

Hello!

- First thing I noticed that the snare is too quiet. Make it a bit louder.
- The volume of the synth playing the melody at 0:30 should be lower and has a bit of reverb or delay added to it. It sticks out in a bad way.
- This track could really use some low-end bass. And not the "wub-wub" kind. Add a sub bass to fix that.

Hope this helps!

Anaklosmos responds:

Thanks a lot bud! I'll get it all fixed up and get it updated! XD

[Super Simple DnB loop]

Hello!

Okay, first thing I noticed about this track is that the drums are very, very weak. That kick is almost non-existent, and I had to hear real carefully to hear it. Get a deeper/snappier, stronger kick and snare sound. As for the hi hats, make it play on every beat (or just a really fast pattern will do). Oh, and have some dynamics in the beat too (like, certain snare hits being quieter than the others).

I have hearing problems, and I'm not sure if you had a bass in this. Throw in a Reese bass, or maybe even a harsh, distorted/buzzy one.

I've got nothing to say about the melody, though.

As for other tips, keep listening to DnB tracks. There's plenty of DnB mixes over on YouTube. Have a listen to any of them, and find the similarities in them.

KuraiShinen responds:

Ah, hello and thanks for the comment! I'm glad to actually have people listen through my stuff and throw in a bit of critique as well as a rating~

But yes, I didn't really have any sort of bass, nor did I have enough bass knowledge, well. Music theory knowledge in general to properly make a bassline for this little demo, and used a mildly deep string in place of it. Which, apparently serves as a melody, but I have yet to figure it out.

'Sfor the drums, I suppose I'll try to smarten myself up with DnB listening and try to pick up some techniques and better samples for a later DnB track I might make.

[[untitled wip1]]

...Never heard of lovestep. Man, people should stop making variations of the -step genre. Same thing goes to post- genres. Now that that's dealt with...

- Try making variations of that beat, like the kick or hat patterns. Don't over use the 4-to-the-floor sorta beat.
- Throw in another instrument/melody. Or at least make a variation of it.

Yeah...that's all I have to say. :/

forgottenskies responds:

Honestly I never heard of 'lovestep' until I saw some random song on youtube that was called that genre, so I looked it up. lol

honestly I have no idea if this is lovestep or something but bleh :(

thanks for the input, though! I'm a pretty newby producer so lele

[Countdown]

Hey there!

- Yeah, about that beat...it's always better to avoid using the stock samples of any DAW.
- Those wobbles could use some low- and mid-end. Try EQing those frequencies.
- Oh, and what aCreator said about the choice of instruments thing.

8-BitCat responds:

I'll definitely try to find better samples and I guess you're right about those wobbles <.< Thanks for the advice ^.^ its always nice to hear what I can improve on