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Surya 
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03-04-2005 21:13 |
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Surya
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04-04-2005 07:18 |
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anf0 D
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intro nice
beats hammer n progress nicely
pad/hoover thing coming sound cool
bass is pretty cool, not my sorta thing though
vocals sit well
arrangment is alright although i would of liked a break with some cool action goin down.
some synths come in i dont really agree with, but thats just me.
other then that a fairly good tune.
3.5/5
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04-04-2005 08:31 |
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Darkside
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hm..that amen is chopped a little abruptly there at the beginning, might want to add another hit in the silent part at a very, very low volume, hardly recognizable, to make everything flow a bit better there, if you understand what i mean. vary your reverse hat a little bit, it sounds kinda tacky. that synth that peaks at about 0:59 sounds too distorted and pretty messy there. that reverse is drivin me kinda crazy now. i like the synth at 2:30 or so but the levels kind of ruin its full potential. the way you filter off the vocal really quick sounds kinda tacky. a lot of changes in here to keep the track fresh, and that's good. very nice melodies, just not the best mastering. ooh what did you made the hoover with..i like those. but then it gets kinda overused. well, i can tell there was a lot of work put into the body of the track, but not so much in mixdown, the hardest part imo. the mastering is pretty off the point and makes it hard to get the true feeling from some good sounds you have in this. just work on that, because this has potential. 3/5
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04-04-2005 20:08 |
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Surora23
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amens in the intro are a bit lo fi...sound like ass...what is it with everyone using a fruity slicer...effx are cool...that bass is blah...too loud...and wuite boring...this track is quite boring in its self...no interesting elements...i kind of liked those rhodish synths your borught in later...some interesting flange on them...the rest of the song iwont even comment on...sorry...wasnt feeling this as atll...
2/5 sound
1.5/track
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04-04-2005 20:18 |
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tetsuo
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Nice drum intro, the first break sound pretty....
the bass that take over got a bit too much reverb on it imo, the sub coming in is perfect!
The switch at 3.00 is great, nice work on the drum, breaks are there...
Nice finishing exept for the very last note.
3/5
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06-04-2005 20:01 |
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spudleyq
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Your amens are off, I'm not sure whether you noticed that or not. There's a couple hits that aren't on. Why is that sub line there? Are you sure those notes are the right notes? No, that definately shouldn't be there. Everything is getting rather cluttered at the 2:00 mark.
That synth you bring in doesn't even keep the melody structure or notes as the original. I mean, I understand it's a remix, but it's not a re-make.
Hmm, no, definately not feeling this one. You have some decent amen programming, and you did a good job with those reverse vocals, but I don't understand why you took off the beginning of the vocal stab.
Ok, now where did that "rhodeish" synth come from, and why is it there?
The hoover definately doesn't fit in this song. It sounds good, it's definately a proper hoover, but it definately shouldn't be in this song as a remix. It sounds like you pretty much just re-made this song as your own, not really any sort of remix or anything.
Icky, harsh ending, not too sure I like that. That hoover just kinda abruptly ends, sorry....not a big fan of this one at all.
1/5 for remix
3.5/5 for sound
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06-04-2005 20:33 |
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spudleyq
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Your amens are off, I'm not sure whether you noticed that or not.
??? no
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It wasn't anything serious, it was just a couple hits at the beginning, I'm not sure how or why they were off, but they were slightly off.
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Why is that sub line there? Are you sure those notes are the right notes? No, that definately shouldn't be there.
why not??? there is sub in the original.
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It's not the sub itself, it's the notes you're using, they don't seem to fit.
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Ok, now where did that "rhodeish" synth
come from, and why is it there?
it's fxbass001 sample, i just played with it and liked the melody and kept it.
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That's pretty cool that you took a deep dark growly sample and made it sound like a piano, but I didn't think it fit in the song.
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The hoover definately doesn't fit in this song. It sounds good, it's definately a proper hoover, but it definately shouldn't be in this song as a remix.
this is the only sound that is not from the samplepack, why it shouldn't be there? others just dismissed the samplepack, used only vocal, so i thought i should use my own sound and it fits and makes the song a little wilder before the end, i love this section.
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I honestly didn't think it fit with the atmosphere of the track, but that's completely just an opinion. And if you noticed, I was reviewing your track, not anyone elses. And in my opinion, the end shouldn't be where you make your tracks wild, because that's where someone would be mixing in another tune. But that's just my opinion.
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Icky, harsh ending, not too sure I like that. That hoover just kinda abruptly ends, sorry....not a big fan of this one at all.
it's your taste, thanks God people have different tastes, if we would all like the same it would really be boring. |
Ain't that the truth! 
You seemed confused with my review, so I figured I'd explain myself a little bit better. 
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06-04-2005 22:53 |
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phonatic
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liking this man, got a kind of old skool part feel to this in places, the pads at 2.10 are well nice man. and then that big sub that comes in after is kinda cool 
yea definatly makes me think of old skool parties, but with a darker twist
well likning the bits that come iin at 4.12..4.14, and then the hoover...was the sound before the same hoover sample but pitched down? yea like this, but think like mine it doesn't really sound like a remix of the original, all good though. good luck man.
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08-04-2005 20:26 |
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Surya
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Choppy tramen in the intro... got a feel to it like it's not right...
Ah, quite nice when you switch to the rolling tramen!
Nice how you distorted the FX bass! Starts overpowering the drums a bit though.
Bassline coming in: sounds like a lame sinewave, couldn't you spice it up a bit? Sounds out of key too.
Like those trancey pads, but they sound a bit like an old skool house or dance track.
Overall the track sounds very empty, with the vocal, beats and bass, although that gets better in the second half.
You did some nice things but in the end it was a bit repetetive.
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09-04-2005 16:12 |
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Nosrac
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No messing about, this one is going from the first second. Cool change up from the cut amen to the rolling amen with big building sound behind - maybe drop the drums out when the pinacle of the build hits. Amens sound good to me, but could use some variation - perhaps back and forth with a programmed beat. Love the synths at about 2:20 - really adds to the melody and keeps it rolling. Vocal could be used about half as much here. Transition back to cut amen could be smoother and a vocal sample is cut short. The keys at 3:27 are way too different and change the whole feel to the song. Like the dark stuff at 4:00 though - that should be building for the whole second half of the track. The jungle slide hits sound a bit dry and tacked on but could sound cool with some work. Actually sound great at about 5:50 with some panning. But cut off abruptly and messes up the ending a bit. Overall very nice and parts of this track have a really killer vibe.
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11-04-2005 02:26 |
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Greyone
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...the 'melody' of that bass sounds familiar, anyway compress it a bit . i like that car-effect on 4:24
and on 5:06 , but there's 2 much f***ing background noise...
pz...
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13-04-2005 21:16 |
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DJ friendly