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Let that melody sing!

Had this been a techno song, I probably wouldn't have mentioned this, but since its a dance song, I really think the majority of this song is lost because its difficult to hear the melody. Modification of then synths used, bumping the notes up an octave, and otherwise letting the melody "sing" would be a great improvement on this song. That said, there are excellent drums in this, as well as some creative synth usage. Nice work.

Shinrog responds:

thanks for the constructive review,ill take that in mind next time =)

Compression?!

My poor speakers are bleeding! While the piano sounds nice, it is raping my speakers because of poor compression. Try to work on that, and in addition, the song is extremely repetative, has no backup insturments, and most notably almost always has one single note playing except for a few key parts (which you can barely hear because of all the clipping problems). While you go everywhere with the keys, the song has no distinct melody whatsoever.

By far the biggest problem, however, is a single insturment being used solo without a solo-style, with huge clipping problems. Try to use either the Fruity Compressor (the easiest to use, will solve most of your problems in a snap), or the MultiBand Compresser (way harder to use). Just try turning down the volume too - maybe add a bit of parametric EQ?

Gian responds:

I dont even know how to use FL studio lol.. I just composed the notes :) ty for the review, and it is not that repetitive, Just a bit >=U

Incredible

Personally, i think the songs a bit repetative, but its trance, which is supposed to be repetative, so i simply can't knock you down for that.

Why would I want to? Its impossible to NOT like this song! Holy crap! O_o

Truly Stunning

Somehow, you create a unique atmosphere unmatched by many songs. Absotuletly superb execution of an awesome song idea.

Piano?

While the melody in this is undeniably beautiful, that piano bugs me. For one, its not entirely the best piano voice, and two, the techno portion of the song completely overwhelms the piano, which takes a lot away considering the piano is doing the main melody.

p4c responds:

ok, ill think about editing my piano voice, and i guess ill tone down the techno sections; i did all the production on headphones, but now that i listen to it on speakers, i think i see what you mean. thanks for the constructive crit!

Stunning

A brilliant song by any standard, this deserves top marks. While the song gets slightly repetative towards the middle, overall there is a sufficient amount of variety, and the whole song sounds freaking awesome.

Sweet.

itsameyayo responds:

Really? Wow, thanks man! Yeah, 'twas a bit repetitive, but I brought it around so it was interesting enough to make you listen through the whole song ;D

-Thanks for the review!!!

-ImperfectDisciple

Repetative?

The melody in this song never changes, ever, and its only a series of about 8 notes, and it plays the entire song, with only a few voice changes here and there. Changing the melody instead of just adding some notes would have had a great effect on the song, or giving it a second theme altogether, anything to break up the song's repetative nature. It was just the same thing over and over and over and over and over...

The synths were great, the song was polished, but in the end it was just too bloody repetative for me.

A-New-Decade responds:

the melody never changes because i made it with loops lol

8-bit!

Or rather, it sounds like 8-bit. But the voices complement each other marvelously and overall it sounds excellent! I could definately imagine this on a game.

itsameyayo responds:

Thanks for the review man! Very 8-bit indeed.

-ImperfectDisciple

-Yeah, I'm tired today, I would write more, but today is a sleepy day for me.

Needs some change

This is a superb song, and MeastroRage's comments still stand, but i'd like to add that you should switch the synth voice over to something else at least for a short while in order to give it a bit of a rest. The melody, however, is brilliant.

Good for a first...

That voice (instrument) you used in the beginning got on my nerves rather quickly, and the tempo was very haphazard. A very nice melody, but the tempo was very hard to follow and made the song difficult to listen to. The volumn of your insturments should be tweaked a bit, and you need to use the parametric EQ to take all those squealing high pitched voices out. I think that voice would actually have been much better if you simply dropped it down an octave. Same goes for many other sections of the song.

Above all, put some variety in there. It was very, very repetative. But i can recognize a good composer, and you are one. Keep at it!

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Erik McClure @ErikMcClure

Age 34, Male

Software Architect

University of Washington

Fundament 🜂 Software

Joined on 9/21/06

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