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[Karco -- After the Nova -]

Bloody well brilliant!

This was incredible. And quite frankly I loved the kicks, the WHOLE way through! They started off sounding like something from Donkey Kong country, which for the most part had a brilliant sound track.

I have to say, you've struck a gold mine of reviews here, I would have killed to get this many! Well maybe not, but I would have streaked >.>

This was fantastic, the pads were great, and it definately gives that feeling of being in the wake of cataclysm. The piano had a wonderful progression. The hihat.. I don't know. It added the hi range that this needed, but it seemed a tad out of place. Perhaps a phaser and reverb on that as well would have worked nicely, the ending was great, but perhaps a tad sharp.

I'd like to see a nice fast paced song with the same feel..

Same instrument techniques, call it 'Persistant Survival'. The rebuilding after the explosion so to speak.

Either way this is very refreshing, excellent job! Keep it up :D

5/5!

Karco responds:

Huh, the first person who likes the kicks as much as I do... cool. :)

A gold mine? Not really... I just review a lot. XD I haven't been reviewing as much as I used to, though, so in turn I haven't been getting as many reviews lately... so it's nice to see someone give me that rare review. :)

I actually have an extended version of this song... I think I'm going to make a few touch-ups to it, upload it if I feel it's good enough.

The hihat sounded pretty good to me... hmm. It actually did have some reeverb, I guess I should have made that reeverb more audible. And... a phaser? What's that? Any chance you can PM me and tell me what a phaser is? XD

A fast-paced song with the same feel? Hmm... that would be something for me to try. Don't know if I would upload it, though, depending on how well I do... actually, you just gave me an idea for my work-in-progress, Atmosphere. I'll keep it in mind.

Thanks a lot for the review! Glad you like it. :)

[Eternal Melody]

I'm here,

because I took note of the generous and helpful reviews you left New-Milkman.. And I'm glad, because you seem like a pretty decent person.. Not to say the AP doesn't have a fair amount of them kicking around, but rather that there are FAR more people that probably shouldn't be here. And of course I never saw you in the AP :P

But onto the actual song, excellent use of what I can only call a formant. This is fantastic, and almost is simple to the point of being exceedingly enjoyable. The hits, incredible! Although, if I may, try not to strech samples anything more than a key up or down.. It, though maybe still sounding fairly nice, tends to lose alot of believability.

I actually have a good 'orchestral hits' soundfont if you want it.

My only beef with the song is that some sort of pad after the hits to fill the song out would have been fantastic, but I didn't deduce anything from your score seeing as how this is your first time.

For being your first hack at it, this was unbelievably awesome! At least compared to my first attempts at writing melodies.. Which ended up with a lot of projects in the 'recycle bin', exactly where they don't belong. They were outright trash and there was nothing worth salvaging from them at all :P

Awesome job, I'm off to review your newer stuff now :D

Karco responds:

Wow, my first review for this song, in... what, two months? Reviews for some of my latest would be more appreciated, but if you apparently want to see how I improved, fine with me. :P

Yeah, I tend to give as much helpful advice as possible where needed. I'm sure plenty of people do. :)

Now, tell me... what's a formant? A typo? Hah! Simple to the point of being exceedingly enjoyable... well, frankly, this sucks compared to my other songs, save the melodies which I plan to use in a remix, remake, or sequel of some kind someday. The hits... they came with FL and it was in my nature (at the time, of course - I've grown out of this! XD) of using anything that sounded cliched and cool to use them. That you think they actually worked more than I think they did surprises me. Orchestral hints? I'm interested. Send a PM my way. :)

Yeah, actually, I didn't know what a pad was until I started making my first song, Dark Storms at Sea. So, naturally, I didn't bother looking for one to hold the song together.

For my first, I'll agree it was good... not to the degree you say it is, but a bit more than decent. Thanks for the review! :)

[March of the Clowns]

Well.. You told me not to buuut...

I chose to review this one first, and well... I commend you highly on your starting. After checking through some of your reviews it seems you have been more or less blessed by Karco. He's left some seriously huge reviews that even I may have tough time topping.. xP

You've done some strange stuff when it comes to the melody, there is no real build or anything, which is part and parcel that this is your first song.

Now, I don't really know what to say on something like this, because when you're just getting to grasps with music it's hard to understand what people are talking about. -.-

Like if someone were to say to me that I were not staying in key or scale and that I was not using the time signature effectively, I'd probably reply with something like "There is rules for keys you can use? O.O" and "How the heck am I supposed to use something effectively if I didn't know it existed? >.<".. Luckily I had some grade school years of music under my belt, so I did have a wee bit of practice :P

Which leads me to a question, what program are you using to create this stuff? It doesn't sound like anything I recognize.. Let me know via PM, and I'll see if I can organize a little bit of tutoring for you :D

I personally use FL, so if you happen to use that then all the better :P

Finally, I apologize for the fact that this review really isn't a review. But at such an early stage it's more important to understand the fundamentals rather than seek critique. Because honestly, I could just say 'Improve everything', but that doesn't get anything accomplished, so instead I'll see what I can do about gradually introducing new ideas to you, if you're willing of course.

Remember, PM me! And good luck! :D

New-Milkman responds:

NOW someone gives the bad score it deserves :P It is my first song, and I personally can't stand listening to it. Ihis was mostly to see how well I would do in the AP, but I was smiling for so long when I first posted it.

I have about no musical knowledge, even at the time I am writting this, but I am half-studying music stuff... so I know what everyone is talking about.

So you challenge Karco's reviews, eh? Well, you both are crazy, and you both know what you are talking about throught your reviews. Even if the review isn't really about the song, it still helps the same, if not better. For beginners, anyways...

Thanks for the review!

[(_RGH_) In The Woods (Ref]

Damn..

I could have sworn I threw a review to this song.. Guess not. Haha, well I'm here now.

*Bows*

Right, right.. The bird samples.. Beautiful. The bell, well, beautiful. Piano, read description of the bell. Everything flowed together so flawlessly. And that harp (I believe) playing the ascending notes, magnificent. Perfect little add in for that full sound, the same goes for that sitar(?).

The strings, they remind me of HeXeN actually, very much so. With an ominous, yet interesting mellow following rhythm. There is one sample near the end that I didn't quite care for.. The whooping bird, or whatever it is, haha. It's to bright I think, but it still fits nicely.

Contrary to what others are saying, I think that louder drums would effectively ruin the natural feel. This is a forest, not a concert hall.

At parts this song feels almost aquatic, and indeed I think it would make a great epic, with rain storms rolling in half way through and fading out with a calm creeping in the wake of the downpour.. Very interesting visuals from this. And it just wouldn't be complete without those strings.

Excellent layering, excellent job overall really. This was incredibly enjoyable, and you can rest assured that I've fifened this song with all my might. :D

It's on every piece of hardware I own with the ability to play music. And even some stuff that normally doesn't.. (DS :P)

Great job RGH! I'll review another when I have a bit more time, as for myself, I would really appreciate a review on my two newest, especially my 'Sunken Ship - Preview', which I have renamed 'Spirit Galley' for the full version, but as for right now, it is in dire need of some guidance. Oh and please note.. The part with the slowed piano has already been changed due to some reviews from a couple of buddies, so that part has already been dealt with ^^.

Good luck!

RyeGuyHead responds:

Such an in depth review cannot go unoticed.

Your genorosity will be returned....with leftover Halloween candy

[(_RGH_) Battle Grounds]

Heh.. Guess who?

Alright, now you're really rocking Reason. You continue to impress and please, and impressed and pleased I am. A little piece of rock from the heavens done Metroid style if you ask me.

It sounds cluttered and dysfunctional- couldn't be farther from the truth! This, though somewhat cluttered, feels agonizingly powerful and gripping, with a great driving, thudding drumset that just rocks everything in earshot. The leads breaks off and compliments the formerly support synth and ushers in a moment's reprieve before it breaks back in and shit starts flying all over again.

Grab your rifle and get in the fray!

This could- or rather would- fit perfectly into some Resistance: FOM warfare. Just finished it today, with the battles fresh in my mind, I can see this working perfectly with it's incredible momentum.

The charge throughout this whole song gives it incredible replay ability, sit back and let it loop, it doesn't get any better. This is a perfect choice of instruments and something that you should be immensely proud of. This kicks ass, but rest assured, it's all out of gum.

Keep it up, maybe I'll have to replace my speakers again soon- playing tracks like this way too loud! :D

RyeGuyHead responds:

I agree, but your compliments are all too flattering

[*)dedication to the dead(*]

That was...

An incredibly fun track. The drums I felt could have packed a bit more punch, but overall it was very enjoyable. On a side-note, this might be more suitable to 'Electronic' instead of 'Ambient'. The bass was wonderful, and the trumpet was a little random but it did it's job excellently. I hate to say it but you're better at writing coherent notes than I am. :/

Great job!

quickshot-x responds:

Hehe, fun track! Many say it's a wierd composition. But it's ambient feel is supposed to be a dedication to the innocent for those who died.Hopefully someone will understand the songs meaning, that this is a dedication to those who died innocent. Sorry for your late reply my friend. (3/20/07 In America Years)

[doom - the shores of hell]

Hmm...

That was about as diverse as elephant fecal matter! Which is somewhat diverse :/. Not bad actually.. But even though you didn't compose it, I was still waiting for some filtered drums to come in and a nice background whining synth, maybe even some choirs! Would'a been awesome. This guitar almost sounds alive, which is amazing. Kudos on the effects.. An example of what I mean can be found on OCRemix, under the title 'The Glass Moon' it's by DJCarbunk1e I think. :D Keep it up!

mhb responds:

thanx. very appreciated review. maybe i'll re-make this and use some of the ideas that you gave.

[A8- Cybergenics]

The super boxor roxor.

Mataro is temporarily going to speak normally after this sentence for the duration of Mataro's review for this song.

This was way cool! :D

Alright, sounds like Phantasy Star actually, which I love the music to. Great loop, and it all meshes perfectly, you my good sir, know what your doing. I don't, lawl. I'm favouriting your page, and I shall be back! :D

5/5 and a download. Replayability 8/10. Good job ^^. Trance is tasty, I do like this, immensely so. :o

Aeterminus responds:

Meh, methinks it be a wee bit ugly.

I'ma make it better and post it to Solus.

Thanks though!

-Solus