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[Shanlix - Opportunities [House]]

the melody is built quite well, the piano goes pretty great with the main lead and saw bass. Perhaps the kick is a little weak, especially in the first drop of 0: 20 - 0: 50. By the way, the bass also disappears, it should have been made a little stronger too. Because of this, the drop is slightly empty. Perhaps it would be altho worth strengthening the lead in the drop so that there would be more energy. On the whole, it's pretty good, but it could have been better. Good luck :)

Shanlix responds:

Well I produce music since 2015 maybe you should wear headphones next time.

[Crown of Thorns and Swords]

I really liked it! Honestly, it's very similar to witch house, the same ominous bass, about the same creppy leads! Btw did you make them yourself? If so, on which synthesizer? I am particularly interested in 0:48 saw pluck. The only thing that I can notice is the repetitiveness, perhaps it would be worth making the track a little shorter. Very cool, exactly 5 stars!

Tulvadar responds:

I created everything except rhythm sequence. That loop was created by another artist. I'm working on Fruity Loops and midi keyboard with several plugins.

[Level 2]

That's the kind of dubstep I like! Great job! 8)

TheStorm06 responds:

Thanks :)

[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!

[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.

[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 :)

[Arhan Thiago - Nice Thing]

Reminded me of old tracks from 2005-2010! Well done! ;D

gravityaries7174 responds:

actually YES! it was inspired by tiesto and basshunter, I love basshunter so much, i really miss those times, when i used to hear DotA, Walk on water, Botten anna, and all of that amazing basshunter songs thanks for your comments!