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[Coming Home (Ambient Mix)]

Nice one!

I love it all! The back story was touching, the recording was great, and the song altogether reminds me of the music they put in the background for dramatic montages. Amazing work and tell your dad the same! *Two thumbs up*

[-Green Hill Zone-]

You almost got it

This is probably my favorite song in sonic games and you made a pretty good remake so kudos for that. But I have noticed, maybe I'm wrong, but I think the note at exactly the start of 0:22 and others like it should be transposed +1 if you are going for the original melody. Also, try spicing it up next time with some dynamic filters and/or effects on the synths. Great job otherwise.

Ookami-Kun responds:

Thanks for noticing that, you're right - it's been fixed now ;)

I'll take your suggestions into account, I'm fairly new to using FL Studio (past 2 months or so), so this stuff is just mainly me messing about.

[ParagonX9 - Metropolis [8]

Pretty cool!

So you used Reason, eh? What was the final synthesizer count by type. I bet a majority of them if not all were Maelstroms. Cool song, let us see how short it will take the first flash to use this song to be submitted.

[Airprogressive - That Sequence]

nice

I like the beat and background stuff but that lead synth has to ruin the party by being so loud! Lower that by around 1.5 decibels and it might sound better. Oh, and some delay or reverb would add a nice vibe to it. Great job though!

Airprogressive responds:

Thanks 4 your comment!!

[Trapped Here]

pretty good

The song is cool, but the mastering or overall sound of the song feels a little watered down if you know what I mean. Maybe there's too much bass?

Bob-Music responds:

Watered down? Like less strong? I guess I can see where your coming from, no instruments really strike through the bass but that's how I intended it really, my first version of this was heavily distorted so maybe I should try somewhere inbetween.

Thanks for your review

[CritHit|Peaceful Frenzy(full)]

Some things

The stereo panning is too much. The sounds don't really work together and the drums might need some revising. Maybe rethink the melody and chords, honestly they don't sound too appealing to me. No hard feelings, just trying to help. ;)

CriticalHit responds:

I panned it because it actually sounds less work-together to me if they were coming from both speakers equally. The drums, I just intended as a sort of add-on, I agree with you here that they could use some revising.

[Infiltr8ed Lockdown]

Really cool

The mood is so prominent throughout the entire song. This is definitely the perfect song for something named "Watching the World Die", lol. I liked how everything faded in and out through the filters. The only thing that annoyed slightly me was the arpeggiated synth near the beginning but it wasn't too bad. Awesome song!

1nf1ltr8or responds:

Thanks SV! The arppegation in this was like a nightmare trying to get each note in it's right place. This track actually started with the arppegated synths layered with the bassline and that was it! Later spawned this sort of apocalyptic choir sound. I might change it up just a bit more to make even more epic and deep sounding. Glad you think it's cool!

[Tetris A Test 2]

Well...

What's with the key change in the middle of the melody? Next time you make a remix be sure to know the song first. ;)

[.X. Distant!]

Pretty good

This is pretty good, just there's too much clipping and the melody isn't very catchy. You gotta hook and get it stuck in their heads.

XenoxX responds:

Thanks for the review... And This is an older song of mine... So I didn't really know how to master as well.

[Kraid Rmx #2]

Hmm...

Well, "better" is relevant to what program you are using. If you are using a big expensive program like Reason, There's an infinite amount to how much better you could make your music. If you're using a freeware program, there's not much more you can do and I'd say that was pretty decent for a freeware program. Maybe try adding reverb, EQ, maybe some distortion, a nice pad in the background, better sounds, interesting melodies, and a nice mastering job to top it all off and you've got yourself a masterpiece.