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It sounds like 2005-2009 techno! Very similar to the style of Dimrain47. I really like the idea, but it's very repetitive. 8 minutes of one motive is too much

[Kavez - Revelation]

Amazing atmosphere! Something vaguely reminiscent of the tracks of ocularnebula. Maybe the delay is missing somewhere. In house, this effect is used quite often. I also don't quite like the lead that goes to 0:50. I don't think he's a good fit here. But in general, I like it! :D

[Acid Cruelness]

I think the drums are clipping a bit, although, it seems to me that this makes this track only better)) To be honest, it is very cool! Great job! :D

Xenodrop responds:

Thanks!

[skytrails]

Oh, I love these FM synths!
Very similar to the waterflame style! Although he didn't do downtempo 0_0. But this sounds so great! How do you make them? There are almost no tutorials for this wonderful synth on YouTube.

Hyenaedon responds:

The VST's I used for this song are Blue II https://www.pluginboutique.com/product/4-Synth/456-Blue-II and FM8 https://www.native-instruments.com/en/products/komplete/synths/fm8/ however you could replicate it with any free fm synths out there.

The synths in the intro are mostly just analog fm presets i loaded into Fm8 with tons of effects like overdrive, phaser and reverb. A lot of the time it's much easier and convenient to find a good preset and edit the hell out of it until you get something unique. I will make my own synths from scratch but this song was mostly using the first method. I really like to put at least a little bit of distortion on synths for a different feel, I really like how distortion and delay/reverb sound together, adds a lot of weird little bits to the sound. This song also had a lot of inspiration from some of FASTLAND's stuff, maybe you can get some ideas from them too: https://soundcloud.com/fastland

Hopefully that was helpful, feel free to shoot me a message about it if you want.

Glad you liked the song!

[EmeraldX - Warmth]

Yo! I really like this sound, especially I liked the beginning! Perhaps the lead in the drop is slightly high, but in general everything is very cool!

[Leaving]

Pretty great track! I really like this soothing atmosphere, even though I'm not a big fan of ambient music! I don't really like the impacts at about 7:08 - 7:20. I think it would be worth putting a lowpass on them, and it is also worth turning down their volume, I think they spoil the atmosphere a little. I also don't really like the end, it doesn't really fit into the track itself. I would also clean the rather strange parts like 5:09 - 6:14 as they are a bit annoying. But mostly not bad! Good luck with your development! :)

Windman03 responds:

Thank you! I'll definitely keep the criticisms in mind once I get back to this.

[VS. Dark Rune eX]

It seems to me that 13 minutes is too long even for games, I thick that it could be reduced to 5 and not really lose . But in terms of the melody itself, I have nothing to add, I think it will perfectly go to the background of some games! :D

[Sicarius771 - Somewhere in Time]

The drop is a little weak, but the atmosphere is great! I especially like the 1:50 breakdown! :D This piano is simply gorgeous! Great job!

Sicarius771 responds:

Awesome, I'll totally work on the drop sounding bigger next time! I find the drop to be the hardest part of the entire song to be honest ._.
And thank you a ton~! - atmosphere is really what I wanted to go for, so it means a lot to know that I managed to pull it off :)