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The only negative is that it ends.

Krupinkin responds:

Hi! I have uploaded the longer version. Hope you like it better now.

It's so energetic, and then the melody comes in, then it has a nice care-free attitude and quite relaxed. It's quite nice.

Personally wishing for harder hitting drums for this

ItsBurner responds:

Glad you liked it ! I went on and improved the drums =]

~Burner

This is a very lovely song. Mixing is pretty good, but after 1:30 it looses most of the bass, and it turns sort of unsatisfying. The first part of the song is so enjoyable and that second part (1:30 onward) would be too if the bass stuck around, because the composing sounds good in that second part as well.

littlelamp100 responds:

thanks for the feedback :D
mastering should improve soon because i'm planning on getting studio monitors (ATH-M50x)

01:15 is pretty much the only point where I'd say your mixing mastering was lacking. It felt kinda muddy and it was pretty tiring to listen to that part. I was going to say it's the sub bass, but the later parts that are similar for some reason don't share this problem. So make of that what you will.

This song kinda feels separated from it's own elements. Most of the time I keep thinking that this was originally just a piano solo instrumental, but then you slapped a dnb beat and a sub bass on to it. And while that can work just fine, I feel this song didn't really do that great. I'm also pretty sure that is not how the song was made, but that is just how it felt to me.

Also since the piano is such a huge part of this song, I would've really wanted hear more dynamics in it's playing, because at times it does really feel flat.

I have to admit my bias though, I'm generally not a fan of solo instrumental music (which again this song is not, but I can't get over the feeling that it is), so take all of this with a grain of salt.

BlastBeats responds:

I actually made the first 10s first. I loved the harmony, so I proceeded, made some drums. They are too punchy, but I was really happy with them for some reason. So I combined the two. I made the chorus, still being happy about myself, because I made a supersaw (wow...). It went so smoothly compared to my other songs, that I forgot about the flaws.

The supersaw didn't fit the timbre of the other instruments, and I completely mixed it the wrong way. Hence it sounds painfully intensive. Also the piano has a lot of warmth, because the experiment in this track was "how do I make a song with a piano as my bass?" I might have made it too warm.

The main focus of the track was harmonies of layers. So no slapping happened :P

I have to keep in mind what you said, because I'd love to experiment more with removing flatness from instruments. Thanks a lot for reviewing!

I like the melody. Sound design however is not good at times, but at other times it's okay.

The melody sound that is present right from the beginning, is one of those which at first I don't like, but in some parts of the song, it feels a lot more fitting, but in other parts it again sounds not so great. Also it really sounds like default sound from a vst or something, but that might be just me.

The beats and drums you used in this song are often not so great, mainly due to sound design or mixing. That kick, sounds really muddy, and while it does have a bit of punch when it's louder, that is when it kind drowns out the other parts of the song.

After a few listens, I found out that really the best parts of the song are the ones where the drums aren't playing. So I suggest you look more in to mixing, so your drums and beats will sound more clear and better fit the song your doing.

BeeFef responds:

I admit that this isn't my best song. More than one person mentioned that kick, and I think it's not punchy enough with everything over the top of it, and it's not my favorite sample either for that reason.

Yeah, I should have put more effort into polishing the song as well as make it so that my drums are well-designed and no too loud. Drums being too loud is a problem in more than one of my songs, and I guess you would think that this isn't an exception.

I can think of even more problems than this with my songs which I'm not proud of, but thanks for the review! Helps me out a little!

Your biggest CRIME is that you don't allow downloads, because damn you, I love this and I want it on my computer so I can listen to it at any time.

I love the fact that you said Darkstep and instead of me hearing some dupstep related music, it's actually the real Darkstep stuff. Thank you for keeping the dream of darkstep alive.

Sounds very similar to other darkstep songs I've heard before, but still this is good. Nothing to complain about the mix either.

So... good job!

DEM0NW0LF responds:

Kids nowadays don't know 'bout darkstep.

Thanks for the kind words.

I'm not that big of a fan of really happy music, so I can't really comment on the melody.

Having two different lead sounds would help with the repetitiveness, since that one lead sound plays pretty much all the time. Just having a few parts where the lead doesn't play or has a new sound, can do wonders.

The drums are a bit unbalanced. I can only really hear the kick and cymbals, as for clap/snare I can't hear almost at all.

Other than that, good job.

Unity-Paradox responds:

Thanks for your feedback, I'm really trying to work on that stuff as it is, so try to expect something better when I make my next track ;)

That is a very nice track.

The dark/evil/angry vibe is always fun when it's done right, and your sound choices fit that vibe very well.

Leelius responds:

I am very glad to hear I struck something! Thank you very much for commenting

Ambient choirs are always the fun. Though as a person who also hates his own voice I can only imagine the hate when this is played dry. Vocal elements are often quite interesting to listen to, so even just choir type stuff can be awesome additions to a song.

trunotfals responds:

Yea its very background. though the intro is just me solo singing, with just as much reverb. Like a wailing indigenous person in the backround or something idk. hahaha

Oh snap, well better take that bass boost offline on foobar, because I think I just broke a bass receptor in my ear or something! xD

Other than the absolute BASS that is in this song... The Groove is real with this one. I love solo style lead melodies and yours don't disappoint here!

I'm really surprised that the song doesn't go muddy with a little bass boost, like most songs do. So I guess that is called a "mastering win" :D

Gonna have fun jamming to this~

trunotfals responds:

REALLY?!?!?1 Well crap I guess that is a win!!! haha I Mastered this using multi band compression in maximus, and tried to get it to where it had nice low and high end peaks but only jsut above the middle line, I'M GLAD THE REST OF THE MIX STILL CUTS THROUGH. Maybe my system doesnt play those low basses and loud as other systems/headphones can, thats really weird BUT YAYYYY. and thank you!!!

I'm a bedroom music producer, från Finland. I make many different styles of music, but with my "PolarTrance" songs I have stuck with mostly electronic music. I play the guitar. I used to use the name DJC1P and E-Shock, all of those songs are my older work

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