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[{ReF} When nobody is watching]

Sounds interesting

It's like Halloween meets beach meets techno. And odd mix, but whatever. :) Nice job here, I like these sounds. They blend in quite well, surprisingly. It's quite smooth, nice transitions and mini-crescendos. I think miscellaneous is the way go for now, because I have no heck of an idea where this should go. :)

Anyway, keep up the good work and I hope to see these percussions again!

-Lamp

ReFreezed responds:

Thanks! And more there will be.

Fire the engines! 3... 2... 1... and off we go!
*making whoosh sounds*

[aCeta - Epthra Ihpsum]

I Love...

That progression... I love it. Somehow reminds me of a Bosa track, or maybe something from... well, I don't know. It just rocks my world. Never said that about a chord progression before.

Anyway, very nice track you have here. It might have been off a random impulse, but it's great. It makes me want to just sit here and listen all night, bobbing my head to the beat. Nice instruments, percussion sounds nice. I like the drums fills you put in somewhere in the first third (too lazy to check... actually, I just heard it again at 5:02). I think the melody is nice, the harmony fits it well. Bass is nice, but I couldn't really hear it unless I tried. It sort of fits the song that way, though.

Overall, this is a fantastic track. Nothing stands out as being bad, and it sounds very nice. Keep up the awesome work!

-Lamp

Juresic responds:

Freakin Sweet. I enjoy reviews like this. Thank you.

There are still things I want to add. Maybe I will, maybe I wont, WHO KNOWS! =D

[{ReF} Liebest. (X-mas remix)]

AHHH!

Well, I didn't recognize anything in this, so I assume I haven't heard the original. Very nice instrumentation here, I like the starting synth best. It's very... odd. But still nice. The percussion was nice here, gratz. Around :11 where the sleigh bells came in sounded very holiday-style. And perhaps the best thing in there? The hohoho! It adds a fresh slice of awesome to your McAwesome Burger*. My only suggestion is that it be longer! I like chill parts, and this song could have used a few bars of calmness. Then a heroic launch back into the awesome-ferno. Great job here, I think this monster you've become can stay for another song. :)

-Lamp

*(c) SolusLunes. Crap, now I have to pay him for using that phrase.

ReFreezed responds:

:D

I'm glad you like the percussion. I found some new sounds that I'm not afraid to use. So expect more nice percussion in my future songs. :)

Hmm, I already made it about twice as long just by copy/pasting. I didn't want it to be too repetitive. Didn't know what else to add either.

The song wasn't actually intended to be holiday-ish, but the tambourine sounded quite like sleigh bells, so I added the hohoho and there you go.

Thanks a lot for your review! And I guess the monster will continue for a bit longer after all. :)

[Swanlake]

This is very nice!

Can't say I recall the original, but this sounds quite nice. I like the diversity here, even though there isn't a huge battalion of sounds. I love the pan flute, it sounds quite realistic. The organ is spectacular, I feel like you could have brought that part out a little bit more. The brass sounded great, as did the drums. I applaud your use of dynamics and tempo here, not many people notice as much with that as they should. You definitely did a nice job with this! Keep up the good work!

-Lamp

Nermio responds:

Thanks! The dynamics were actually one of those things that required the most time to get right. As for the songs length and choice of instruments, I had planned for a more euphoric section with lots of instruments covering the whole audio spectrum, but I had to cut it short and small because of the approaching deadline.
Still I think that most of this turned out pretty good, because I wanted a dynamic song made of crossovers between the small, quiet and more careful parts and then the big full-orchestra sections.

Glad you liked it! And thanks again!

[Town Square Festival]

Well, I liked it!

It's quite cheerful, and definitely gives the feeling of a small, quaint festival going on. Something about it makes me picture little chibi characters dancing around. :) I liked the percussion here, it's got an uplifting little rhythm. Nice job, even thought it's not really a looping loop! I'd love to see this in an animation.

Keep up the good work!
-Lamp

[Slow Mo Retard]

Well now

There's not much to this. I can't understand a word this says, maybe speak a bit clearer. There's also a level problem at the beginning where it clips, might want to fix that. Nobody on here is going to pay attention unless you make something less hard on the ears, so if you're trying to fix that you might want to talk further away from the mic. Otherwise... well, I can't say good job because I have no heck of an idea what you were trying to do. Once you get the recording issues over, this could be a lot better.

[DEC08 Elixir]

Excellent!

I can't tell you how this makes me feel. It's just so... beautiful, as in the way only music can be. The synths sound fresh, clear, and strong. The progression is uplifting, almost addictive. The drumset fit everything else well, I liked that. My only minor complaint is that the piano (?) sort of blended into the background after the beginning, and I thought it should have stayed in clearer.

Altogether, this is a great song. Good things shall come your way soon, if you keep this up!

-Lamp

SoundAlchemy responds:

Thanks :-)

I can feel something coming; whispered by wisps of cold air.

[Niburu Symphony. 1st Movement]

Very nice

I'll start this off by saying that this is pretty good! I haven't finished listening to it, but by the time I finished the review it should be through.

First off, the piano sounds nice. I think it could have used a bit of reverb, and after a while I noticed it was playing the same quarter note rhythm and it started to get on my nerves. Just a little bit. Maybe vary that up a little to hold the attention of less tolerant listeners? I also though I heard a pitch change at the end of a few notes, but that might have just been the music my mom's playing downstairs.

Secondly, I really like the panning in some places. Others... it hurts my ears. I'm listening on headphones, and when it's not evenly balanced on the left or the right, I get that feeling that I want to stop listening and give my ears a break. Even though I could just listen on my speakers... but on the good side, you put the strings, brass, and choir where they should go if you were listening to a real concert.

The choir sounded pretty nice, although they weren't really a main part of the song. They sounded a lot more realistic phrase-wise than a lot of synthesized voices on here. Nice job there.

I don't have much else to say... Keep up the nice work! I'm looking forward to hearing future movements!

-Lamp

LacrimosaMuse responds:

thanks, im still trying to figure out how to mix up the EQ/Panning on Finale for individual instruments/sections, but ill be sure to check up on how they work out while im working on it. the pitch change u heard was probably a key change i have around 2:30 that i cant seem to get to work. I actually have the choir singing the lyrics to Mea Culpa, and the Dona Deusbut unfortunatly i dont have the program library that can playback syllables.

[{ReF} The Room]

This is interesting

I could swear there was just a review here, but then it suddenly disappeared. I don't get it.

Anyway... I like this! The synths you use are really nice, there's always a nice variety in our songs. I like the rhythms of the bass... I even started mini-headbanging over here. :) I think the hi-hat could have used a little more variation, although I think I heard some dynamics right at the beginning of every bar.

I think this has a little too much atmosphere to be just about a room... from what I hear, it sounds like a factory that used to make robots or something where people suddenly disappear into. But that's just me.

Nice job on this, though! I can even tell a difference in the mastering, I guess those new headphones are helping! ;) Keep up the nice work!

-Lamp

ReFreezed responds:

I can say that I'm very proud of this song. And it's great that you can hear the difference in my songs now when I'm using my new headphones - it's not just me then. :D Thanks for reviewing it. You are the first!

Oh, and it's a HUGE room. Of course. :)

[Silver[Dj-S]]

Well, since you put it up here...

I might as well review it. First of all, I think this could really use a different name. There's nothing wrong with this one, but without a memorable name most songs get ignored. I mean, when someone's looking through the portal they look for tags they recognize and titles that are interesting. So if there's a story behind this, you could title it after that, maybe?

On to the actual song. The composition is great, you've got a lot of talent. I like the effects on the piano. Speaking of which, I think you'd do well with a different piano sound. This is FL Keys, right? It sounds nice, but it's overused. There are some pretty nice soundfonts online that are twice as good, and you could EQ them to have the specific sound you want.

Overall, this is a very nice tune. I'd rate it an eight for originality issues with your samples, but just because I like the song I'm giving you a nine! :) Keep up the good work, and I hope this review helped!

-Lamp

Sacrafan responds:

:D Thx fer the review...