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[Holy Sickness]

Totally!

Can definitely imagine what you're talking about, although for military bunker, i'm thinking of a more mechanical feel. The fast pace really gives a running vibe, and the countdown helps with the race/escape theme.

Pro:
Great running feel, as well as military/bunker feel.
Love the part at around 00:46, just love the feeling although it's no longer the factory/mechanic feel to it.

Con:
Would like to see more mechnical/factory feel to it.
Also, would like to see it longer since I can imagine this as an escape theme in my head. Probably a run/gun game, and escaping, while it's usually a timed thing, might be longer than two minutes, so i'm thinking a loop, or a longer song althogether.

Great work!

truthandloyalty responds:

i get that. i didn't really have a specific use in mind for it. i've never really made a song specifically for a game or anything and i'm new to the genre. i didn't really even know what genre to call it. i'm native to hip hop, but i'll keep that in mind for future submissions and if anyone considers using this i would be happy to make changes to fit their needs.

[-[PK]- Alone In The Cold]

Sparkly!

Hey! It's me again! Thanks for featuring me in the comments, now to reviewing...

Pros:
Great main melody. The nice choice of instruments really gives it the delicate, icy feel. Excellent in a cold feeling.
@2:37 - great ringing sound. I think that high pitched is definitely the way to go when you wanna be cold. I can imagine this in a wintery scene. Also, this layers well with your other melodies.
@4:27 this part is just awesome!

Cons:
@ 00:56ish, this scale upwards into the more brighter section seems a bit out of place. The transition from this into the next section is brilliant though, but I'd rexamine the scale a bit.
@1:54-2:32 this portion is too long. It gets tiring after a while. I was sitting here waiting for the 2nd theme to come up and had to wait a really long time.

Great work! I couldn't find the previous version to compare it to though, so just reviewed it as if it were a new piece instead of adding on.

Thanks for PMing me btw! :)

[/-Freefall-\(BETA)]

Starts out good, but...

Pros:
Your beat is very good. Along with the "mystical/heavenly" sound in the background, you give off a good air/flying feeling. The usage of drums here, helps establish a quick tempo, which is obviously what you want to do.

Cons:
@ around 1:51, the introduction of the new phrase. Here, I don't really like it. It differs a lot from your original theme. It still preserves the feeling of moving really quickly, but I think it's not that fitting.
@ 3:29 ish is the same deal.
Not really feeling the sudden ending either. It feels like you just suddenly stop and change directions 180 degrees.

Notes:
For wind sounds, may I suggest:
http://www.xoxos.net/vst/vst.html

The "nature" vsti has a lot of different sounds. It should work for FL, although I've only tried it on Reaper before. Either way, it creates a good wind sound.

Your filter actually gives me a feeling of light rain rather than wind rushing by. I imagine fast wind more howling, like when you have the window down as you drive.

Darkfire96 responds:

Thanks.For the pad I used z3ta+. The default sample that pops up with it or something. For the 1:51 part im just gonna go ahead and say ts your personal preference. My mentor said that i should add a different melody so the song doesnt get repetitive. For 3:20 part i changed the pitch that way it gets more interesting. Sorry but my style of music production is odd. I really have no idea how to use a filter yet as i completely came by using it by accident. As for what u are saying i think you mean 3xocs. I used the noise setting on it.If i add a stronger wind sound then i cant do anything with the song until i master it. Again with the 1:51 part freefall is technically falling to terminal velocity. But there still is time as to how you get to terminal velocity. My purpose of this song was to capture those 3 seconds of not freefalling and lengthen it. So you have to imagine that you are falling. And for the pitch change well... I Have an obsession with angels. I know horrible obsession. But when i was going to fix this song i imagined an angel freefalling. At the last second it would spread there wings and fly. Im sorry for having to explain this so you can understand the song V.V.
But thank you for your honest review as well. I also appreciated the link for the nature vst. It will really help, believe me.
Angels Gone Rogue

/-DJ Chaos-\

[[Heavenly]*]

I'm flying!

Notes:
Never heard your first version.

Pros:
Love the usage of flute/wind instrument and the uplifting feeling till 00:46. Liked the incorporation of the 2nd and the 1st theme at 1:23ish. You're one of the few people I've heard that use the style of melody/chorus/melody/chorus, etc. It's really nice! :)

Cons:
I think the drums are bringing it away from the heavenly feel. Typically for songs of "holiness", we don't hear heavy drum beats as much.

Overall:
Just great, really uplifting and soaring piece!

Solkrieg responds:

Thanks a lot for this feedback! I haven't gotten this good of feedback in a while. Mostly it's always "Good!". Thanks for going into detail!

About the cons: Yeah, it's kind of hard to find an uplifting beat.

[b r o k e n]

:( sad song.

Pros:
I think the beat is pretty good, although too strong at times. It reminds me of a heartbeat, maybe one of your intentions I'm guessing? Definitely a more "down" feeling is here, so I'm still leaning towards "broken" as in "heartbroken"

Cons:
@beginning- I was confused at first when the heavy beat came in with the electronic tone. I think the alternation between the electronic tone and the heavy beat made it confusing at first. I got your drift later, but I think this part could be tweaked.
@2:29ish, you have the notes going "up", this creates the feeling that there's still something else coming along instead of an ending.

Overall:
You definitely achieved what I think you were trying to achieve. There's the feeling of sadness, but also the feeling of some sad event passing.

[Go with the Music]

not really feeling the guitars

General:
seeing the title gave me the impression that it would be either fairly sad, or really bright. The guitar portion (at beginning and later at the end) I think throws it off balance.

Pros:
Your usage of the bellish instruments was good, it gave a sort of sad "twinkle".
Also ,I like how it loops extremely well even though that was completely unintended

Cons:
Nothing against the name, but I think you should rename it, also it feels more like a trance/ambience than Misc.

Section-wise:
0:17 was a part I liked a lot, here it felt more sadder, something I think rememberable day would be (one of the two options)

1:20ish - this section feels/sounds out of place, I think a different transition would've been much better here.

Overall:
Pretty good, but I think the section/name should be changed. Hope I'm not too focused on the name in relation to the song!

th3fallen0ne responds:

Haha, thanks. I always welcome other's feedback so I can see where I can improve. As well I find that it's always hard for me to give the song a better suitable title. So I will do some work on it :)

[Carnivorous Carnival_Full]

Ah... Finally!

Been waiting for this to come out, and it hasn't fallen short of my expectations.

I think your change at :45ish couldve been incorportated more into the last few seconds. It was like a brief section, then just disappeared for good. Would've liked to hear an expansion on that.

Brilliant composition!
When ya gonna stop making loops and make song? :D Would love to hear a full-fledged song.

SirKoto51 responds:

I'm gonna be honest, I think I'm a loop writer and not a song writer. The big thing is, i kinda get and idea and add stuff onto it, you're absolutely right, this needs more than just a loop. I might work on it! :D

[I'm in (a) space]

awesome!

definitely one of my more favorite ambiances.

The starting part, before the piano is introduced was too favourable, but after that I loved it. The part @ 2:36 isn't as good as the first part in my opinion.

@2:40 - just great. reminds me of one of the tracks from avatar.

@3:23 - not really feeling the transition, I don't really how it pulled from the original theme. loved how it transitions back though

@3:39ish, i like the transition back into the main theme (mood) with the introduction of another instrument

@4:42 - just a sucker for this guitar part. Loving the sound of the strings.

I think it's pretty finalized already. I would love to hear the final if you do make it. Till then, this is on my favorites as a placeholder.

mjattie responds:

Well, thank you! Avatar is nice :P

I'm not to fond of the drums around 4:05 the guitar part, so I'm going to update that. Thanks WhiteSymphonia