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BloodyN00b

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Good beat, bad mastring

The intro synth was interesting, it did what an intro should; make you wonder what will come next. Well, what happened was that it switched into another synth, with less energy, and further into even less energy, in my opinion.
Now, if I were to take this whole synth switching as the introduction of the song, not just the first synth, I have to tell you it sounds more like an outro with slowly degrading energy. In my opinion, the intro should build up energy instead of letting it go.

However, after that it feels like the drums slap the decaying intro across the face and take over the song with their friend, the bass synth. And I must say I really love that part, it's a great boost of energy right there.
However, I do not really like waiting for that boost of energy for so long, just to hear it decay again soon after, when you force the attention over to the bass, which doesn't really want the attention.

After that part, the song is basically over, because you try to force in a piano which doesn't know what it's supposed to be doing there. This, you try to compensate by trying to replicate the energy boost from earlier simply by playing the same drum pattern as earlier again. This time, however, the drum loses the fight with the piano, and it simply sounds weird.

After that the nuclear war starts. I don't know if it is a kick that is added, but it sounds like a huge explosion, and it hits often, hurting my ears a little every time. However, at this part you also added a very cool variation to the bass, which sounds liquid and is good.

Since you have named this song "Inside the Madness", I guess that you want it to sound a bit mad. And I'm telling you it does, which is good because it lives up to it's title, but I think that there still is room for smoother transitions between sounds, and perhaps a bit more varied sounds.

To wrap things up, it sounds like the instruments are fighting with each other in this song. I get the picture of a violent, never ending, elimination race between them. As if they think that the only one left at the end of it would be the best sounding one. Never ending it is, because you keep adding new sounds as the old ones get left behind, or eliminated. It could have something to do with the genre, I'm not sure, but in my opinion instruments should co-operate with each other. Make the race a relay race instead of elimination, so to speak.
As tough as that may sound, it's mostly a question of mastering I think. From what I've read, seen, heard, and even tried a little myself, effects can really make a difference. You should give it some more work, I really think that this song could become great!
I have listened to your other songs and I'd say that you are certainly getting better and better. So keep up the good work!

I hope that this review will be of any use to you, I wrote it from a very, very, subjective point of view, and I don't know much about the genre. But I hope it is at least a little constructive =)

Stormfucker responds:

Thank you for the long, yet informing response. I'd admit that personally I feel GLAD that somebody on the internet is ready to type so much words for me and that those words even make sense. I will try and take your advice and implement it in a new song, though I personally find it harder to make this so-called balanced competition between the different instruments.

On a more defensive note, not that I'm saying my song is good or anything, but about it sounding mad, well that was REALLY on purpose. Thank you for YOUR time!

Calm

First off I want to apologize for a potentially bad review, since I'm sitting up late, burning the midnight oil :P
But this is a loop that really forces my fingers to write down a couple of words. But what can I say?
The beauty of simplicity can really be enchanting. I feel like as I finish writing this, I'll head off to bed, carrying this tune in my mind. I know it will inspire peaceful and relaxing dreams.
If it will have the same effect on me when I'll play Dark Cut 3, it will greatly add to the difficulty of the game :)
Keep up the good work.

MaestroRage responds:

thanks BloodyN00b! I hope that the melody can soothe you into the night rather then rob you of it XD. Sometimes I get a melody stuck in my head and just can't fall asleep for hours because of it.

I think you will enjoy Dark Cut 3, I certainly hope you do :D! Thank you for the review, i'm glad you liked it!

Nice song

Some songs sometimes seem (at least to me) to be hiding some secret message, which make me focus on the listening (kinda like reading an essay). Some songs make me imagine things, like epic battles or romantic sunsets.
This song does nothing like that. It just feels like this song flows through my ears, making me relaxed not having to imagine/decipher anything, which actually makes me feel quite happy as well.

Michael425 responds:

Awesome man, I'm glad you found that deeper meaning.

Thanks for your review.

The first track I could be bothered to review here

Yep, I find it to be really good.
And I would really like to know how it was made :P (in which program)
keep up the good work

Chromatronic responds:

im shocked. Thx. I just through it together in a couple minutes in Reason 3.0 a whiles back. Ü

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