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[A Glitch in the Frequency]

Nice work.

Before writing this I'd like to let you know I have 0 experience with any sort of music program. I can not help you with that aspect. What I can help you with is how to make it sound better. Now you say you're trying out a plugin for a glitch effect. Glitches can be a very cool effect in a song, but only when used correctly. It shouldn't make it sound like an actual glitch, but more like something that adds to the rhythm. A good example in this song is the effect at about 42 seconds. It sounds like the song is being warped, but it doesn't lose the beat and rhythm. A bad example is at around 50 seconds. It actually sounds like there's something wrong with the recording, and it kind of throws you off of the rhythm.
As for the song itself, good chord progression, I find it relaxing. Good work overall, just keep improving on your technique.

floccari responds:

That's really helpful, thanks for the review!

[Hypnose (NG Cut)]

Great work.

Most artists think that a great song is made by filling every possible moment with sound, to keep the ears busy. But a better technique is to provide breakdowns and skips to make the ear focus more, give it some change. Excellent work on this one. Like you said, it's a sick song. But you don't need to try in order to like this one. ;)
Good work.

[Newgrounds Chat]

"It aint easy, but it's fun."

"Like ur mom." "Fuck you." lol.

This is hilarious. Good work, I love the lyrics. Someone should make a flash video for this right away.

[It's A Sin (Orchestra Version)]

A bit repetitive...

I'd say this is a classical song, not a new wave. But anyway, it sounds good overall. At some points it sounds a bit mechanical, like the way the trumpets cut out instead of fading out. It doesn't sound like they were supposed to do that, but more like they were suddenly muted. I dunno how to explain it really, but it just needs to sound more natural. The backgrounds were also a bit too quiet. It needs more body to it, more bass instruments like perhaps tubas, trombones, etc. Other than that, it sounds very nice. Good work.

BowserThedestructive responds:

thanks bacon my bacon says this bacon does need more and bacononto i think ill give it a wip and try to do that and ill bacon switch it to kevonbaconclassical right away.. wasnt really sure. yes the trumpets i made it to seem like they are stopped very quickly almost like very proffesional players even though this all virtual.

[DawnLight Sonata]

Very cool.

Great idea reversing the Moonlight Sonata. It's amazing how it worked out so well. I really like it, good job with the added melodies. I would recomend using more of a bassy kick, but it doesn't take anything away from this in my opinion. Great work.

GranPian responds:

your opinion is welcome.

[Landslide- Cayler]

Frickin' Awesome.

I love what you did with this song. I hate people that think the Dixie Chicks did it first. -.- There need to be more Classic Rock classes. lol.

I'm assuming that was you singing, but whoever it was, it was beautiful. It sounded like you used just a bit of tuning with the vocals though, but it was in good taste. Absolutely amazing composition, good choice using a piano instead of guitar, I like it better like that in some ways. Great work.

Cayler responds:

Thank you. Yeah, I generally use strong auto-tune for harmonies so that they don't stick out and cause a bad sound (I noticed that many pros do it that way so I imitated. lol) But as for the lead vocals, I always try to keep the tuning to a minimum because most of my vocals are really cose anyway and making them computer perfect removes some of the quality rather than adds it in.

[C3 - Dusty]

Relaxing.

I may not be an expert in House music, but this doesn't sound like house to me. idk, maybe it's progressive house? No, that doesn't sound right..... I'm not saying your wrong, I'm just saying.......

ANYWHO, good song. I like how it slowly builds up, but still stays simple and relaxing. Nice simple melodies and rhythms. Good work.

C3NTAURI0N responds:

Hey :)

House is a grey area to discuss, hard house borders trance... that's what I've learnt
It's a massive culmination of genres for you to make it your own. I made my style and It's stood up well on here and thus I'm proud of it all.

Thanks for the feedback anyway. much appreciated :)

S. Wood

[Computer Generated]

Fun to listen to.

Very fun song. It definitely reminds me of computers and such. The vision I get for this one is some kind of a man being, well, computer generated, and trying to find his way out of the PC. Or maybe he's in a Mac. Who knows.

Good effects and melody. This would be good for some kind of intense, fast-paced puzzle game. Good work.

Murcielago1 responds:

Haha, thanks for the review. I'm very glad you enjoyed it.
Electro-house seems to be my main focus right now. Still practicing.
I'm glad you liked the sound effects - that's probably one of very few things that I'm proud of, haha.
Once again, thanks for your review =D

[Eddie Wata - Iltw (remix)]

This sounds right professional.

I wouldn't be surprised if I heard something similiar to this on the radio. This is an incredible remix. I've never heard the actual song before, but this remix made me like it. A lot. Good job.

[Digesting Earth]

Crazy story.

That's a right whacky story you have for this song. The scene you described doesn't even come near what I get in my head from listening to this song. But regardless, good work. It's pretty simple, doesn't have a lot of change or variation. That sound you have that somes in at 1:25 is kinda catchy though, a very unique sound. Overall, good job.