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Well...

You definitely seem to have the melodies right. It sounds pretty accurate to the original. The only problem is that the sounds are really really annoying. If you work a bit on fleshing out the percussion (try adding some hats and hi-hats, it will make the drums a little more vibrant and energetic) and changing some of the other instruments (using only 3xOsc gets a little old), then this could be really good.

Darkfire96 responds:

well thanks for your input as i might come to this in the future. But as it satnds right now im kinda not gonna be touching this for a while. I agree that 3xOsc does get old, but its the only synth i can use for melodies like this. Regardless this is really helpful, and i thanks you for reviewing.
Regards...

Angels Gone Rogue
-DJ Chaos

Eh.

It seems like you made this simply for the sake of composing. It's not really melodic and there's not much harmony. The previous reviewer was right: this isn't trance. It's fine if you have your own style, but you can't just say your music is in a genre that it isn't. Personally, I disliked this song kind of a lot. I honestly don't mean to sound like a prick, but I think what you need is a lot of practice and some inspiration. When you make songs, there's gotta be some kind of drive behind it, and this is pretty bland and flat.

Darkfire96 responds:

Sorry, but i made this a WHILE back. Im better at FL studio. Your right, i did do this for the sake of composing. I was testing myself to see how well i was, and i wanted others opinion on my growth, not the music myself. What i said in D-Chain's Review i meant though. Well except for Reverb. I liek Reverb :D But my melodies are simple yet complex. As they are made from scratch, i would think they could at least get some credit. Your right, this isnt trance. To be honest it isnt even electronica. Its just...what it is. To be honest, when i looked back at this song, since this is on of my favorites, i say to myself how did i make the melodies. About the genre i want to say its house, really, but i cant make that decision yet. I did not have a drive behind this except for the spontaneous melody that had come to exist. I wanted to put this melody down with a good plugin as fast as i could, and i really didnt care how the song came out. But all in all, considering how little i knew back then, i would still at least give it a 7. 5 for the melody, 6 for how i used the same plugins at different settings to complement each other, 1/2 for basic EQing, and 1/2 for the elepiano. Regardless i still appreciate your review, and i dont think your a prick if your expressing your opinions, as long as you have reason.
Regards...

Angels Gone Rogue
-DJ Chaos

Huh.

The composition is really good, but I'm hearing lots of FL Studio defaults. There's nothing wrong with that, per se, but you should try to mess with the instruments a little bit. I think you'll be more satisfied with the sounds the more you can customize them.

CRF250 responds:

We'll see. ^ ^

No problems

As far as I can tell, this song is pretty flawless. There are only a few timing errors (some notes are a little misaligned), but I think I remember that you record your instruments live, so it's understandable. Nice job! I felt very relaxed and empowered by this.

BatesyBates responds:

Yeah, thanks for the review!

Well...

You seem to have the notes down and everything, but the instruments are really annoying and you need to increase the BPM massively.

P1KM1NM4N responds:

Yeah, I know. It's hard to make good music with the demo version of fruity loops, not being able to save work and all. Thanks for the review I might try some stuff later and see if it sounds good.

Awesome.

I can't tell you how many hours of road trip have been filled with this song. It probably saved me from a death by boredom on several occasions. My iPod wouldn't be the same without it! Great song, I love the choice of synths and the arrangement is great.

Jebbal responds:

i love hearing stuff like this :) can't lie, i've spent a lot of time listening to this song in the car too haha i don't care if its my own song. BUT i have the extended version unknown to newgrounders so i get to jam for an extra 30 seconds! glad you like this!

Thanks for the review!

I doubt this is your first song

It may be the first one you uploaded, or perhaps the first one you made in FL Studio, but there's no way this was your first ever time composing music. I'm not saying you don't have talent, because you do, but I can hear things in this song that I didn't even know existed in FL Studio until I had used it for more than a year.

Firefreezer responds:

This was the very first song I made in FL Studio. I didn´t have any other music-composing-software before.

But you know what? I´m playing piano since I was born. ;-)

Hm...

I've noticed that in all of your songs that I have heard, some of the synths are disproportionately "big" (as in they're louder and drown out other components). I think that you could make this song much better by making the percussion and bass a little lower in some parts (although after 1:30 the bass is chillingly awesome) and raising up some of the other sounds.

Caine1989 responds:

Yeah well okay i will work on that, thank u very much for review!^^

Power

Somehow you took the most mellow instruments and cranked out a powerful and energizing song. I found myself staying up an hour later than I had originally intended listening to this. There are so many little parts that make up the whole that I couldn't resist but try to detect them all. I really liked it, keep up the good work!

SUB4RU responds:

You posted must have posted this just as I logged in... A reply in 10 seconds for you!

I am stoked with how it all worked out and good to see everyone else being just as happy with it! Thanks everyone!

- BeefourMusic -

Your best

In my opinion, this is your best piece. It has a definite mood and structure, and as usual, the instruments are cool.

Mariofan9 responds:

Thank you! This is the most studied piece I've created, but I feared that using too many rules would go at the cost of creativity.

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