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[[Aquatic]]

Loving the Ambience

I always like these tracks in which artist spread the variation. You take your time to spread the patterns which gives a very relaxed feeling. Also it forces you to bring out insane soundquality for the song not to get zerobombed :p

I'd suggest you bring out the sub a bit more. I can only here its there when I use my headphone. And it's still a tad to weak.

Another thing you could do :) you don't have to if you don't want to, is to bring in a silent high pitch melody. Not a main melody, just a subtle one that jumps in now and then, to add to the ambience. It makes it easier for people to remember your song when you add some melody. And they might revisit when you bring one in.

Overall a very nice song. Downloaded but I'd like to see the update with some minor changes.

Greetz Duba

KrawniK responds:

I will look into rasing the sub and adding a little melody.

Good advice, thanks for the review.

[Final Countdown (DnB Remix)]

Soundquality

Pretty decent track. The percs are mastered well. The melody is recognisable. The break with just bass is fun aswell.

The bass is wellmade. Altho I feel that the reeze doesn't fit the rythm. As if it is humming randomly.

Imo the main synth is the wrong synth. It has too much reeverb and sounds a bit blury. It would do better with a square synth with EQ on the high pitch.

Overall a good track and a fun remix of the original.
Greetz Duba
4'd

[iKONiC Instrumental]

Got song

... But in the wrong genre. For this song to be drum and bass it should be placed at 180 bpm. I'd call this hiphop or ambient.

The FX made it very interesting and created a certain dark city ambience. The bass, which I think is selfmade, grinds nicely. The sub stands out clearly. Its good to make the percussion vary during the song, it keeps it from getting boring.
I feel its lacking some melody. Altho its possible you inteded it that way. Scince I know your other tracks and they don't lack melody.

Overall it's not a bad track, to bad it's placed in the wrong genre. Mastered well, but could use some melody to go with it.

Greetz Duba
4'd

Mid-Night responds:

This is dubstep.

[Distant_DJW]

Keep working

To start of you used only one instrument and only one melody. The percussion was lacking rythm and often it seems just like random noices on a row. You used preset effects from simsynth in the wrong way. I believe you should go on the internet and watch some tutorials on basic music theory. Get familiar with chord progressions and drum patterns.
A good way to learn is to listen to other peoples songs and try to create something similar.

And it wasn't mastered.

Overall not a very good track. It seems you still are a rookie at fruityloops and music. As always, for any questions about FL or music contact me.

Greetz Duba

4/10

[rhythmic dancer_previeew]

FL presets all over.

You seem to layer up many preset loops from fruityloops. Don't do that. A good technique to start creating songs when your new to this program is to slice beats and rebuild em. You will have matching samples, and it least it will be creative.

Also you didn't master the track.

If you need help on FL ask me. Scince I figure you are pretty new to this.
Greetz duba

djwizzkid responds:

Hi I am new to FLStudio

do u think there is ene chance i could have ur msn??

DJW
thanks man i appreciate it

[-Relaxation-]

Very Egyptian

Reminds me of Egypt video game tracks, more specific the lethal lava land on Mario 64. Very good choice of instruments. Sometimes the melody sounds a bit of key and the timing sometimes seems a bit weird. I like how you stressed certain notes to create a more humanlike touch. The sitar sounds a tad overpowered at some points. Maybe those notes were stressed to hard.

Overall a pretty nice track. I'd like to hear more of these.
Greetz duba

ChrisisD responds:

Thanks man! I never played mario 64 :P But i guess its a compliment ;-) I hear its a bit sloppy every hear and there... And i'll fix the sitar... I'll put another hour into it to make it better! Thanks for your review!

[-F- Emotionless]

Not bad man

This track is pretty up tempo and relaxing a the same time. What I suggest is that you use some different percussion samples than the ones you are using now. People that don't create music emself won't notice, but electronic musicians will notice that you use basic samples that come in FL. ( At least I think you did, If not that an epic fail for me ).

Melodywise this track has all it needs. Nice chord progression run over with short happy notes. All frequencies have something to tell.

Overall a good track, only thing is the sound of the percussion.
Greetz Duba

fergyanimated responds:

Cool =]
Yeah, your mistake, I use mixcraft 4.5 and Hammerhead drum machine.
So, no FL from me!

[The tranced force]

soundquality needs improvement

While creating a fadeinn you should create other automation clips then volume. You should create others for filters, distortion, reeverb, delays, .. It will make the intro more intense and keep more intrest.
The percussion is too silent. You should add volume or compress it. Try using some presets if you are not familiar with mastering yourself.
If the synths still overpower the percs, add a limiter to the synths. Cut of the midfrequencies.
The kick sample that you used doesn't fit the genre trance. Try to look for a more powerfull one.
The subbass you use doesn't fit the genre. Try looking for a deeper bass. Make the pitch lower. Add bassboost. Do everything to making it flow right under the percussion

You did a good job on the basic 4/4 pattern. You should add more variation and add some more percs. Make it more intense and powerfull.

Overall not a bad attempt but you need to work on it. If you ever update it let me know. I'll be glad to help you out. With any question regarding music, just PM me.

Greetz Duba

photosyntesen responds:

thank you i see what you mean i'm pretty new so thanks for the help :)

- photosyntesen!

[Take control..]

Review

The melody is pretty fun imo. Altho its a tad highpitched. I suggest you lower it a bit and add some reeverb for a smoother feel. The subsquarebass goes well with the melody. Good layering of chords.

The percs seems a tad simple imo. The kick is on the weak side and hard to hear, even with the headphone on. You didn't use any other beside the kick and the reversed clash. Add some more percs ( snares hats claps etc ) to make your track more intense. It will give the illusion that its faster.
To master your percussion ( for beginners ) I suggest you upper the volume and compress. When you completely mastered that, try looking some EQ tutorials.

Greetz Duba
4'd

[DjKevinax-TheWorldIsOurs(Demo)]

Nice work

To start I'll say that you should watch the review score instead of voting score. People always bomb you out if jalousy. The better you get the more you'll be bombed. Get used to it.

The synths are created very well and fit each other well. The percussion is punchy and I love it. The beat is more catchy than a regular trancebeat. The bass hums nicely.
Only thing I would suggest is more variation on the percussion. Its mastered very well but it gets boring after a short while. The short progression does the right spot imo.

Overall a good track. Could do with some mastering improvement here and there. Its fun to listen, so good work.

Greetz Duba

5'd
2.94 / 5.00 (+ 1.43)

DjCoast responds:

Wow thanks dude :)
never taught it that way
but this is a demo just mixed it a little bit didnt realy master it
but il be shure to do it and let you know when im done
thansk alot
You made my day xPPP