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[-Orr- The English Kingdom]

You get all of my five, and all of my respect. I could see a professional orchestra playing this, if this isn't already. It sounds more like a high quality VST than a real orchestra though. It's hard to tell these days :s

DavidOrr responds:

All VSTs here my friend, but I agree -- they're getting close! It'll be a while yet before VSTs fool the true audiophiles out there, but that's not necessarily a bad thing. Though many of composers rely heavily on VSTs, there are huge advantages to working with real orchestras. I hope VSTs never fully replace them, because all of the great orchestras in the world will be even more crunched for funding than they already are. Though I really enjoy working with technology as I write, it will never replace the adrenaline-rush of hearing a live orchestra performing my music!

Thanks for the review and your support!

[=HyperJoy=]

I loved how happy this is. It's pretty excellent. <3

Daydream-Anatomy responds:

Thank you:3

My music's been pretty happy lately, my mood hasn't changed, so idk.

[The End [unfin1]]

Focus on having lots of variation. I can see this track being boring and repetitive if you aren't careful.

that said, I really like it.

Kaskrin responds:

Thanks man, I will.

[Holographic Principle]

"Drops are lame and overused, glad you like it."
-Hipster quote of the day.

Work on the mastering. The kick is too loud, and if you put light to mild compression on the whole track, it'll glue together a little better. I can hear some things distorting slightly, but not in the warm, tube-sounding way that everyone loves.

I did really like the band-pass-filter-wubs a lot.
They sound like a person *A*
oh, and DUB-STEP (Double Step) is almost exclusively based on a 2/4 pattern, try to keep that in mind.

4/5, good job. <3

AliceMako responds:

The flatulent hipster routine eh, as you wish.

The kick is loud because i like it that way, the master bus compressor on the overall mix is set to a threshold of -9.21 db (virtually non existant for edm) the compression ratio is 2:1 the lowest setting on an ssl mixing desk, the attack time is set to 0.3 ms, release on auto, make up gain 6.65 db to land me at an output of 0 db. (neutral output)

What you're telling me is that you're missing the hardcore compression of all those records you love so much and mistaking it for no compression being present at all, i apologise for being a pacifist in the loudness war. (tube sound my ass, distortion you're used to i say)

The filter cut off routing on the modular synths is due to due low pass filters with minimal filter envelope and high resonance, so unfortunately no sophisticated band pass modulation.

The actual sonic artifacts will most likely be due to the digital bit crusher i've used which is not entirely bug free yet and i'm an early adopter of the plug in, i've a digital and hardware limiter set to brickwall any genuine distortion, thus any noise is as is.

Dub is a reggae offshoot, a bastard child of the era when samplers and delay units became somewhat affordable, step comes from 2 step which was a fad in the 90s after people grew bored with the amen break fundamental to drum and bass, thus i can insert a 3/4 pattern if it suits me since genres are at best defined marginally on this website.

I believe that covers it, glad you like it and thank you for the thoughtfull review.

[Liberate tutemae]

I noticed the bass this time, and I can say I really enjoy it.
Where did you take the voice samples?
I loved the way this is done.. eh.. the pause after "hell" was very dramatic. Nothing happened but I still sit and watch carefully.
And of course, the musical parts are just as good, uh, if not better.
Thanks for PMing this to me.

fire118 responds:

The samples is from a sci-fi horror movie called Event Horizon.
You should watch it, its one of my favorites.

Thanks, I plan to give it a good ending and maybe fix up some parts.

I'll keep you posted on further development.

[FL2 Tetris Remix]

I forgot how cool and retro FL studio sounded back in the early versions.
Nostalgia~

K-Pone responds:

Yep. And it's way harder to make such sound like this in this early version since you had no mixer and no piano roll back then. Also I have used 39 unique patterns for this song. Today I might have needed about 10 to 15 for this.

[Wolven Boundary]

You may have all of my fives now.

AbstractEclipse responds:

You may have all of my unce.

[Heppeh]

Whoa, what a nice tune. very pleasant, even though it's a bit dissonant.
Definitely made me feel Heppeh.

@Bobby, I use FLStudio and AbletonLive.

SineRider responds:

Thanks man :)

although not sure where it is dissonant?

[going too far]

"wrote this between 2 and 3 am"
Oh my god, that's about all of my music ever.
"the drums at the end are pretty obnoxious maybe I'll like it better tomorrow"
That's not a good way to go about it. If it sounds bad, fix it. That said, I like the drums.
"breaking my 2 songs a day thing a bit but I'll post 3 tomorrow"
Why O.o
That's a LOT of music to make.

Danish-Person responds:

I usually like my stuff better the day after, I do enjoy the drums today
I don't think 2 songs a day is that excessive, if I'm having a bad day I can just make some short songs. It's not a hassle at all I enjoy making these songs