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[sick moth]

the melodies are perfect, great job with this one

ssymboint responds:

It means the most. You can can't go wrong with basing melodies on super simple harmony sometimes :)

[Something is not right in funky town]

I really love when the drums and chimes come in, that synth ~30 seconds in is also great

ssymboint responds:

Thank you! That synth is indicative of the bosses awakening. Tried to make it sound like it had flem in its throat :p

[Back to You]

too much reverb, that snare fill with the vocal "woo" didn't feel like it went into the drop well and why the drop doesn't hit as hard as you're wanting it to be, there are some unnecessary percussion sounds in the intro drums, I like what the pad is doing in the drop but there's too much reverb, the sound that transitions the drop into the breakdown doesn't fit and the snap ruins the feel of the track and the bass is too much in the breakdown, I like the horns in the breakdown, I can't seem to tell if you are trying to make house or future bass, in the second drop it starts a house 4 on the floor beat but soon after swaps back to spamming kick drums which made me not know what you were trying to go for, the bass feels awkward cause it's just sitting there with sustained notes not doing anything like getting sidechained or doing the same motion the pad is doing

Arcerion responds:

I realize that I used a lot of reverb, I didn't really think it detracted from the climax of the drop, though. I also used a lot of drums, I probably should've used less in the intro.
As for the breakdown transition, I couldn't find anything better, I wasn't sure what to put as this song was mostly based off tutorials that didn't make an entire track, just a buildup & drop.
I also used a lot of kicks to make the beat more unique, but in retrospect that was pretty fucking stupid lmfao
on this being house/future bass, there isn't much 140bpm house so it's future bass, there isn't any 4 on the floor as the snare is always every 8 steps afaik???
The bass was sidechained every 4 steps instead of 2, I feel like that was better as the bpm is just really fast for sidechain every 2 steps like what i'd do for house music at 128 or something
I appreciate the feedback, I haven't really tried this genre and I did a lot of stupid shit haha

[Xtreme]

This is awesome, it's also funny to me cause I'm currently rewatching Fate/Stay Night: Unlimited Bladeworks

HypercubeRecords responds:

Yeah!! Very epic anime!! :)

[Vibrant Crystal]

YES

VariableGROfficial responds:

yes yes YES........YES!

[GR X Coming Back]

yes

VariableGROfficial responds:

Y E S

[Insomnia]

I'm going to assume you use FL Studio since it sounds like it from the limiter, you can hear how the volume is stuttering as things are played and that's because of fruity limiters default setting of having the sounds not go higher than -6db and normally you want -0.3db for the ceiling, so what I would suggest is either make everything quieter, get a new limiter, or remove the limiter completely but if you do that you'll have to turn down things because it will clip (personally I like clipping at certain places but not everywhere).

The things I like about this track are the drums, the bass and the reverbed vocal sample, those go really well together, I think it's structured just fine but I would say work on your mix, if you want I could show you some ways of how to mix better (even though I'm still learning lol.)

Arcerion responds:

yes I use FL Studio :D
I'm really bad at mixing, haven't really taken the time to get it down, that's definitely been a negative aspect of most of my songs :p
any help would be welcome, you have my discord, i'm learning just as much as you are, lol
thanks for the professional review :3

[N̷E̷W̷G̷R̷O̷U̷N̷I̷V̷E̷R̷S̷E̷]

the bass n drums genre is awesome

VariableGROfficial responds:

I know! ✧◝(⁰▿⁰)◜✧

[H~ "Spacey Outro"]

I love this one so much

ssymboint responds:

Thank you. :D

[H~ "Follow me to the Sky of Diamond"]

very atmospheric, I like this a lot

ssymboint responds:

Thanks. :D