Score: 10

"...Now I want to do a song entirely in 8-bit synth"

submission: *+*+8-bit halloween+*+*

date: December 2, 2007

Damn you... I wanted to wait till I got a new computer to make another song.. but this was really cool, and despite how junky this comp. is... I do think it is capable of at least that. lol

Of course.. this has been around for a while.. I guess I've never gone through your whole collection of music. Shame on me.

Oh well, guess I might as well take a looky at more of your stuff.

15/15. -Echoz

(BTW: Is the IRC still active any?, I haven't been on in a while)

Score: 10

"How'd I miss this?"

submission: [ L o s t A t S e a ]

date: December 1, 2007

Excellent work with the atmosphere..

It starts slow, but as the beat slowly evolves out of... drops of water? It really picks up. I like how you chopped up nautical sounds to give the whole.. lost at sea feel..

Reminds me a lot of BT's Binary Universe tracks. Very smooth.. and draws you in... creates an atmosphere.. but always keeps your attention.

I love this type of music. I'll have to check out the EP

Great stuff man! Keep it up!

Score: 10

"I'm an IDM whore.. so I can appreciate this."

submission: [ b i p o l a r ]

date: December 1, 2007

Excellent use of samples and effects.. the reversing and panning give a real nice feel. Very atmospheric. Calming, but gritty at the same time.

The crushing, acceleration, deceleration of samples work together well.

Did you use a circuit-bent instrument in this, or just recreate the feel?
I've always wanted to make one.. either that or buy a pre-made off ebay. The furbys are terrifying.

Anywho, great song.. I'll have to remember to check back in sometime in the future.

Score: 9

"Keep at it!"

submission: Let Me Take You (ReEQd)

date: November 23, 2007

I likey.. you are good with progression. What program do you use?

Hmm.. lemme think..

Well.. the rhythm is nice, and I like how you chop up parts a bit.. that sounds good.

Now... in the melody...

When it goes up.. there is one section that does not fit into the chord structure very well for that progression. Other than that.. everything else is great.

9/10 5/5 -Echoz

Keep working.. you've got a lot of great things there.. study up a bit on chord structure.. and you've got everything you need to go far with this.

Score: 8

"Damn vocalists and their off-tempo singing.... lol"

submission: AP - Heaven RMX

date: November 17, 2007

Don't ya hate it when the damn vox doesn't line up...?

Just in a few places, but I see what ya mean. Not bad though, if you spend a little bit more time with it, it could blossom into something amazing though.

Score: 10

"I know... makes me wonder though..."

submission: AP - Tetris Again?

date: November 17, 2007

Does this mean that there are other kick-ass Russian folk songs not under copyright?...

I'm almost tempted to go off on a quest across the interweb to find them... might make a nice series of things to remix.

Score: 10

"Oh shit."

submission: AP - Paradime

date: November 17, 2007

Tis good stuff. Wowwww....

The arpeggios are very well woven and the bass is nice and warm.

And those choral samples are eargasmic. Damn. Where did you get those?

And yeah... did I mention.. that melody... hell, it could stand on its own. Plus, you didn't get lazy with it like I normally do, (like most artists here tend to...) and you actually put variety in it.

It drew me in really quick, and I had to keep listening.. just really well done what you have here.. I think I'm going to go head off and check out some of your other works..

BTW: What program do you use?

Score: 9

"I saw this and had to listen.."

submission: B0UNC3 - Crying Soul (FL Mix)

date: November 17, 2007

Well done, I love the original, so I had to check out your remix of it.

Hmm.. to be critical.. the clap that you use.. feels kinda cut off. If you threw some reverb on it, it would probably come across a bit better. And some of the leads come across a tad bit harsh... probably just need to lower the volume a tad on the octaves. One thing to remember is that higher pitches cut through the mix easier, so it is a good idea to adjust the note velocity to compensate whenever layering on the same channel, or the channel volume if it is a separate instrument.

Now that I'm done there.. Excellent work!

I really like where you accent things here. The bass is good and crunchy, and the lead is well selected.. (I too am a Nexus whore I'm afraid... if only I had a better computer so it didn't rape my cpu) Good stuff.

You deserve a victory muffin. 5/5 -Echoz

BTW: For the brilliant folks reviewing that don't realize... this is a remix of a B0unc3 song... if you haven't heard him, look up his username... or hell, just look at the first page of the trance genre... you can find the original there.

Score: 9

"Pretty sweet stuff."

submission: 03E00008

date: September 10, 2007

You definitely should venture more into songs than loops, not saying you do a bad job with them, but I'd like to hear a longer progression! This song actually loops almost seamlessly.

The glitchy stuff is always good. A plugin I think you'd appreciate is dblue's glitch.. www.illformed.org/glitch It is free, and I use it to accompany manual slicing and effects... It can really tear things apart in a nice way.

But yes, the piano and percussion come together quite well... I like the stereo effects and the way the sounds are balanced, definitely comes through well.

Anyways, good luck man.. hope to hear more of you here in the future.
5/5 9/10

Score: 9

"A treat for the ears"

submission: Glib - Unorganized

date: September 8, 2007

Reminds me a bit of BT's Binary Universe tracks...

Good stuff here, excellent use of effects and sampling to get just the right sound.

I'd love to hear about how you made this man, great work.