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[Joowna - Happiness (prev)]

z3ta for the win! :P

Jammer dat je in meer van je liedjes van de standaard voorgebouwde melodies gebruik maakt die in z3ta zitten :P Voor de rest klinkt het wel lekker hoor ;)

Joowna responds:

idd,

ik weet wel beter zo langzamerhand :P

[Domination -r]

Ace! :)

Ok, how to put this in a constructive manner...

First of all, this being your first self-authored, non-covered / remixed hardstyle track, I think you did a very good job.

But... I want to give you some critisism, which I'm sure you won't mind ;)
At first, the 'afterbeat' (the bass-'hump' that follows every kick) sounded a bit off. It was getting to a point where it started getting annoying, until suddenly at 1:10 it popped into right feeling. Before 1:10 it sounded a bit too 'staccato' if you know what I mean. You want more 'legato' (laid-back, more stretched, not-choppy), like how it sounded after 1:10.

The bassline melody was really good, and at 1:10 I got a more 'hardstyle feeling'. At 1:25 you really got it going. Maybe a different lead synth but the overal picture was very pleasing. Around 2:00 you switched back to the intro-style melody. Somehow it sounded to me you wanted to cram two never-finished hardstyle pieces you made together. Somehow they did not mix and match properly, although I must admit your efforts to do so are noticable. If I stop being a dickhead for a few seconds, you did an excellent job.

One other advice I'd like to give you is when you want to make a proper build-up, climax, build-down, use more staccato melodies in the intro and outro (bells-like melodies always do the trick for me), while in the climax you want to use very legato and RAW sounding synths. Maybe halfway into the climax add an upper and a lower octave of the same melody, so that halfway into the climax it gets even more intense and gets a 'fuller body'.

Build up from 0:00 to 0:52 or 1:20 (when you're at 140-145 BPM, depends on how many bars you wanna use for your intro). Try using 2 or 4 bars break before ramming us into your climax :) Like using that piano sample you did before the outro. If you stick that infront of your climax you get a buildup-silence-climax style track :)

Love to hear more from you ;)

Rawrthaas responds:

Of course I don't mind criticism! Yeah, like you know this is really the first time I've done hardstyle (other than that really old and shitty remix of that one song), and I pretty much had to throw away my DnB influence I put on nearly every track. So it was almost a completely new experience. Almost.

Definitely more hardstyle in the future.

[<R+> Exilefable]

Chilling yet thrilling

Hey Rawr, how're you doin' these days?
Been a long time since I last checked your audio. Last thing I have on my harddrive that is yours is Illuminatus (I think it was called like that). I still play that on mp3 when I sit in the train to my work or college.

Keep up the good stuff

Rawrthaas responds:

whats up dude

I never forgot your reviews =)

I'm doing good by the way, hope to see you around more

[Dreamerz: Machines Will Fall]

Five/Five

Thanks for your vote, Yytrium! You voted 5 for Dreamerz: Machines Will Fall, raising its score from 4.61 to 4.63.

I think that says enough =)

itsameyayo responds:

It does, glad you liked the song man, thanks much : )

-SuperDrummer146

[ninja gaiden death vr3]

Nice

I like the instruments in vr2 most, but this one has a nice addition of drums. Has a more "complete" feeling. I would down the resonance of the trumpet halfway the track though... it's a bit peaky.

Good job! Can't wait for vr4 :P

brandon2002 responds:

Thank you for enjoying it! V3 was sapposed to sound alot more realistic then the forst 2 but if the v2 won you over that is awsome!
Thank you again

[<R> Redwake]

Wow

Ok, some people are gonna snap at me for this, but you just proved it to me: you are better than ParagonX9, which I love. Well it's a hard battle I think. Your drums in this song just make me FORGET PX9. His bass just owns yours. Get yourself hooked with some insane basslines, and you'll go Diamond in no time, trust me!

Rawrthaas responds:

Thanks, yy :)

Quite flattering :), although IMO I don't think I'm gonna be as good as him for a while!

I agree, I need to work on bass and EQ a lot :o

thanks for the review, man

[{Area 51} [2:57]]

Mysterious indeed

Well, at least you're not trying to be ParagonX9 :)

I mean, he's really good, and you could prolly learn from his songs by listening to the buildup and breakdowns etc. But you shouldn't clone people, cause the audience will ALWAYS bitch about that. Keep making original stuff.

Next time when you are looking for PURE DnB, make a catchy beat, and some HEAVY bass (like you want to litterally BLOW people away from their computers).

xXNovaXx responds:

Hey,
Lol, i have like the opposite style then ParagonX9 lol, He is good, his mixer skills amaze me, same with his improviseation, hes always got a good tune to go with the awesome drums, yeh i know about the song lol, with the shitty mellow bass bullshit, i tried something different lol, can you give me your msn through inbox? If you could that'd be awesome, but it doesnt matter if you dont want to.... Im looking forward to your stuff, GL

LATAR,
-xXNovaXx-

[{Fatal} [1:50]]

Nice job

Hmm you say you use FL Studio? I'm using FL Studio 5 Producer's Edition myself. Waiting till my audio gets approved on NG. I see you know your way around with FL. Too bad you screwed up on Happy Hardcore.

xXNovaXx responds:

Thanks Man.
Nvm about that happy hardcore song, i was jus experimenting, nothing big. I tried to listen to your song, but its missing its I.D :( Im looking forward to you uploading you songs. Yeh im using FL Studio btw

[{Happy Hardcore} [1:26]]

False

Don't give me the "don't like HH don't listen to it" shit. I like HH and a lot of other styles. But HH is to sound happy and all I hear here were false notes. Seriously, if you want to improve this one work out the synth. Don't put so much effects on it.

I suggest you stick with DnB...

xXNovaXx responds:

Ok, thanks.