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[[Helth & GW] - Gate to Heaven]

4'd

Here's my constructive criticism/review:

The piano at the beginning could use some reeverb and delay effects.

There's minor peaking when the saw synth comes in around :50. The melodies and harmonies are pretty good. Could use some more EQing and mastering work, though.

Other than that, it's pretty good. Keep it up!

gamerworld14 responds:

thanks for checking out the song :D happy to see you got my PM! Thanks for the constructive criticism, Helth just PMd me saying how amazing it was that you reviewed the song... lol :D

Thanks for the review!

Your Fellow Newgrounder,
-gamerworld14

[Rucklo - Drunk]

Wonderful

Simply brilliant.

Fantasmical.

Orgasmical.

[Claims of New Grounds-DecMAC08]

Brilliant!

That was too good. I hope someone makes a flash accompanying this - that would be epic.

[-Something New- [MAC8]]

Some good ideas, but needs MAJOR tweaking

First off, let me say I cringe at your choice of chord progression. You couldn't have used ANY others? This whole idea of transitioning to the fifth that is constantly used in dance songs is overrated and abused beyond belief.

That being said, while this isn't a dance song in the slightest, I still can't say I enjoy hearing the same musical idea in a different genre.

Secondly, the orchestral voices you are using are painful to listen to. Obviously i'm going to be biased since i'm using a relatively similar VSTi (unless you are using Edirol as well, as I noticed several familiar sample stock sounds like the drumroll, gong, et al) but seriously. They sound shrill and synthetic.

Thirdly, your melodies have NO dynamic range. They do not convey crescendos or decrescendos and anyone with a musical background will notice that these lines sound static and plain when they should sound dynamic and flexible. The tuba hits in the slow section are particularly out of place. They have too hard of an attack and take away from the plucks.

On a final note, you should realize that i'm going to criticize you as harshly as possible, as you are my competition. Please take what i'm saying as a way to improve. That being said, this is a fairly good piece of work, but at the same time needs a great deal of improvement.

Thanks for reading and please feel free to critique my work and the other contestants'! :]

Koriigahn responds:

Cheers man, to be honest that's the first brutally honest review I've ever had, and I thank you for it!
I will definitely take this stuff on board, and study some more classical music too ;)

All the best, and good luck! :)

[{MSX} Blue Piano]

4'd Has potential

It's not great technically speaking, but I would assume you're just starting out, which is perfectly okay.

Some of my earlier stuff was the same way.

Musically it's intriguing, though.

Just keep at it and keep experimenting!

MSXOmega responds:

Yeah, I am just starting out. I'm glad you think that I have potential!

[Night of the Fireflies]

So simple, yet...

...so mesmerizing.

The ambiance here is very well done.

Musically, it's wonderful, a couple technical issues here and there, but nothing that damages the aesthetic entertainment.

Good work, and keep it up!

Bobox responds:

Thank you for your review, it means much to me ;)

[Policy on Rape]

YES

Jesus.

How does this song only have a 4.0?!

This is excellent work both musically and technically. Good work, mate.

[Fredgy - Activate]

Good start, needs mastering

Musically it's fine, but everything is too loud, 'specially the drums. There is clipping throughout the song.

Try lowering the volume of everything, and then adding a compressor to limit the frequencies and then raise the bass (this will make the bass louder without peaking.)

Other than that, good show

Fredgy responds:

Ok, i'll try to do! :)
Really thank you for the advice, ;-)
and thanks for listening :)

Grts
Fredgy

[p4c-Midnight]

EP Constructive Review

Everything is great, so be prepared to hear a lot of IMO stuff..

-Could use a bit more master reeverb (though I suppose I love reeverb)
-The clap and up hihat sound very shallow, perhaps stereoenhancing/delay?
-The guitar sounds very shallow as well, perhaps delay?

Those are just some things to keep in mind, perhaps experiment with them. If you don't like the change, don't keep it, as I said; all IMO.

[Feeling my heart]

Good start

This is a good start to something very moving, here a few pointers on improving the technical side so as to support the musical side:

Add stereo-enhancing, reeverb, and delay effects - these will add a richer sound to the track. The piano is a bit dry and obviously computerized because it lacks these elements.

EQ - The track itself is very bright, compress the upper end of the sound spectrum and enhance the lower end. Make the kick louder

Finally, it feels very top heavy as there is no bass. If a bass was playing alongside the kick it would be much, much more powerful.

Oh, and to ensure a more appropriate listening audience, make sure the genre fits the song. For this I would have classified it as either hiphop or miscellaneous.

Keep it up!

Bru2712 responds:

About that: "Oh, and to ensure a more appropriate listening audience, make sure the genre fits the song. For this I would have classified it as either hiphop or miscellaneous."
Sorrys, I'm bad with that xD, I never know what genre are my song :S.
Thanks for the coments, I'm not english so I'll try to understand what are you saying to try to use it, actually I cant modify that song :/.
~Bru2712.