Score: 10

"Awesome"

submission: Rucklo - Chiptune Jingle Bells

date: December 13, 2007

Some great stuff here. I usually HATE Christmas music, and I'm quite sick of hearing Jingle Bells, but I thoroughly enjoyed your rendition.

What you did with the melody alone is an amazing thing. Add to that the INCREDIBLE percussion (extremely creative, especially considering you kept it chiptune), great synths, and overall diversity of the track, you've got a winner.

Score: 8

"Very nice."

submission: (::The Water::)

date: December 2, 2007

Loved the way it sounded. Good use of instruments; it's not always easy to use multiple instruments that work well with each other.

I liked the spacey-synths, even if you got a little carried away with them. I also really enjoyed your drums. They weren't conventional, and they packed a punch.

The song, although good, doesn't really do much. Yeah, it's got a few transitions, but the motif is the same all the way through. In this way, I'd say it's really more useful for a background piece, but it's not the kind of song I'd listen to for the sake of just listening to. It doesn't really have any sort of slope, buildups, climax, etc.

Keep in mind, though, it would be GREAT as a background piece.

At around 1:36, when you leave the drums alone, the song sounds completely different - like it's becoming a hip hop song. Don't get me wrong, it's an awesome beat, but it's not really coherent with the rest of the track.

Keep making music :)

Score: 9

"Amazing."

submission: {Vespur Dust}

date: September 1, 2007

I love this track. I just heard it in "The Treeva Experience" flash in the portal.

EXTREMELY well made. You create an awesome atmosphere. I love it.

I would have no negatives if this song weren't so similar to Aphex Twin's "At the Heart of it All," which you can find on NIN's "Further Down The Spiral."

That doesn't ruin the song for me though, because essentially, it's only the 'bass line' (if you could call it that) that's the same. The other melodies that float around are different, and you've got a softer, smoother, slower beat than Aphex Twin's glitchy, staticy sounds.

Good job.

Score: 9

"Very very nice."

submission: Atmospheric Entry

date: August 2, 2007

I loved this. You create a really nice atmosphere, and I love the way the melody works with the bassline from 0:15 - 0:30.

Although it's extremely repetitive, I didn't get bored. I'm guessing that's because of the high level of quality and short length. I'd love to hear it as a full song, though.

Great effects and work on your sounds; it sounds awesome.

Love it :D

Score: 9

"LOVED it."

submission: Duels of Concept

date: June 13, 2007

Awesome song! Extremely unique.

I love your synths. They're very nostalgic. It's hard to use those older-sounding instruments well and effectively, but you seem to have done it.

I really enjoyed the overall sound of it. I can tell you put a lot of effort into it - there seems to be a lot going on; it's very complex.

Loved the breaks and changes you put in there.

I actually don't know what I could even suggest... I very much liked this piece, and I feel I should really check out some of your other music, which I'll get to.

GREAT job. You get a five, my friend :D

Score: 10

"Best loop I've heard :D"

submission: API - Fabricate

date: March 24, 2007

I've got to say, this sounds fucking awesome. Awesome beat, love the synth. Great sounds.

I've been listening to it over and over. That could be why it's such a good loop. It's like a really repetitive song that doesn't get old. Btw, nice job on the loop - can barely hear where it cuts, if at all.

I can imagine the song being continued, though. I hear similarities to some other music (like Prodigy).

You're right about it being hard to classify. I don't really see it as industrial though; it sounds more like techno or DnB to me.

Amazing shit.

Score: 7

"Some nice sounds."

submission: Crystalline^DFT

date: March 18, 2007

To be honest, I really dislike Slayer. It just usually doesn't sound very good; it's too raw, especially without any effects.

If you're going to use Slayer, try to alter it as much as you can. If you really work at it, you can get some unique sounds with it (though you had some nice stuff going on with the alternating instruments and delay at points).

The same goes for your other instruments. Try to add effects to them to make them more distinct and different. You'll see that a world of possibility opens up with effects :)

Try to stay away from using the FL default drums, too. Especially if you're not going to alter them. There are some better FL drum samples, but you should really try to make some samples for yourself or find free ones on the net.

My favorite sound in this piece was the stringy pad that came in at the beginning. It has a very beautiful, soft feel to it.

Overall, not a bad piece at all, but with some touching up on effects, it could be awesome. I still think it kind of worked though, since it's a video game track.

You get a five for support :) Keep working at it. You've got good potential.

Score: 9

"Nicely done."

submission: SR - Metal Riff :FHR:

date: February 28, 2007

The guitar sounds great. I had some trouble with the drums though; they weren't clear enough for me, I found the kick to be too quiet at times(keep in mind that I have shitty speakers - it could be my bad).

I don't listen to much metal, but the music was quite good. Nice job :D

Score: 7

"Nice synths."

submission: 3 AM Trip

date: February 7, 2007

I loved your synths, but I felt like some instruments could have used some tweaking; mainly the piano. I can't quite put my finger on what it is about the piano that didn't work for me - it just sounded too fake I guess.

I liked your chords because they were not typical at all. Actually, they were quite strange.

I thought you could have used some heavier drums at points. It really might have added a nice effect.

Nice sound effects, too. Good job overall.

Score: 9

"Woah..."

submission: The Wolves (Intro)

date: January 5, 2007

Love all the effects and sounds... really nice dark sound.

You really know how to create an atmosphere, which is crucial to the Ambient genre.

One thing that could maybe use some improvement on (and even then, it's not that bad as is) is the drums. They're just a tad bit too generic and plain sounding. The reverb on them sounds great, but maybe they could use some variation or a little complication.

This song makes me thing of NIN's "Something I Can Never Have," or another of their earlier works. It's not so much about the melodies, but the effects and sounds have a similar quality to them; the drums are slightly reminiscent as well because I believe a drum machine was used on several of their tracks.

Another area that could be worked on is the overall structure of the song. It all sounds great, but there's not really any basic form to it. Just different parts put together. I feel like it could go on a lot longer too.

I'm going to assume it's supposed to be short because it's an intro (as stated in the title). I hope that it really is only an intro because I'd love to hear it go on.

Great stuff here. Keep it up.

P.S. I listened to "To The Grave." Some great vocals. A lot of potential there; you've got talent.