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[Tribute to Trance (Krussi)]

Great great!

This is a pretty hip tune.
One thing that I do have to note is that the piano is severely panned to the right. Not that it's bad, but I think it's best to have it only pan a little to the right. Slightly to the right so that it's clear that it's on the right, but not too much so that both sides have a good piano to them. I think that would also help out the synths too since the piano isn't so overpowering on just one side.
I'd like to see the completed product.

-HFX ^_^

P.S. Next time you all do a collab, maybe I can pitch in some! :D

Krussi responds:

Thanks Melody :D
Yeah, now that so say it, it is paned to the right, can't understand why I haven't noticed that before :S Guess we'll fix that when we are about to master the finished piece :P
Why don't you join the Bigsounds forum, I'll PM you the link, alot of friendly NG people and alot of inspiring threads. It's another great way to advertise your music aswell :P And there'll probably be another collab, but not atm, and I think you certainly whould be able to take part of the next collab ^^

Thanks for the review, the pointers and the "8" Melody :)

Cheers

[Hanii - Broken Star]

A little repetitive.

I decided to take a listen at your song.
This song is a little repetitive. But that's alright.
What I want to maybe offer advice on is mastering. The sounds are a little muddled. It's not loud enough either.
This is where you can stick a few compressors in.

I'm not sure what software you're using, but if you're using FL:
Put each instrument into its own effect channel.
Apply a multiband compressor on each of them. (Especially that organ.)
For the organ, raise the gain on the bass a bit, and lower it on the high band. Lowering out the high band will take off a bit of the screechiness.
Also, use the compressor to bring out or subdue some of the other instruments. I won't suggest which ones to bring out or subdue, since that's up to personal taste. But you should work on it.

And also another thing you could add is maybe a reverb on the instruments. That would give it a better sound. But perhaps no reverb on the organ. The organ has enough sound of its own and a reverb would just make it muddy.

Work on it a little and it'll be much better.

-HFX ^_^

HaniiPuppy responds:

Noted: Currently adding compression, more reverb, and tweaking the EQs. Will be done in a few days.

EDIT: Editting :P

[FF9 - Daguerro]

Final Fantasy fun.

FF9 was a great game over all.
As for the song, it's nice. However I think you could have done more. Namely it needs better mastering. It sounds way too subdued. Almost as if you just took a MIDI and plugged it in. Either way, maybe add a few more effects?

-HFX

tieguy responds:

I don't know, the effects that I tried to apply messed with the audio in ways that made it sound awkward and stupid. Overall, I opted to keep the Daguerro theme the way it was in the game; pure and clean. Daguerro wasn't an exciting song, it was slow and elegant, easy listening.

[Bass Plano Blues/Strom]

Work a little more on it.

The melody is certainly catchy. Yet I think you need to remaster it some more so that you can bring out the organ more. And also subdue certain parts of the organ so that it won't burst our eardrums when you bring it out.
Keep working on it.

-HFX ^_^

LenardNotLenny responds:

which one's are you talking about? there's a piano, bass, drums, and organ.

[Raver's Fantasy O-H deluxe O-H]

It's pretty nice but...

It's not a bad remix. However there are a few things that need working on.
Namely the bass certain needs a compressor of some sort to keep it down. The same goes for the claps that are a bit too loud especially near the end.
Keep working on it.

-HFX ^_^

newrounds1 responds:

I see lol i wish i could keep working on it xD but i only got the demo of FL.. im so lazy never downloading the full version x)

[Kazmo - Theory]

Wow. :D

This is another amazing work by you.
Let's see.... commentary. Well, the lead synth for the first minute and half or so could be worked on a bit. It's.... a bit too bold? Maybe. I like my coffee light anyways. :P
I like your use of the firetruck siren at 3:08. Makes me think there's an emergency case of AWESOME coming right after. Which was correct. The drum run at 3:35 was great! The kick afterwards really stood out and I liked it.
The snare machine gun at 4:35 could have been done without.
Overall, great great great!

-HFX ^_^

Kazmo responds:

I don't drink coffee much, but I like mine dark! :]

Ahahah that firetruck siren is in fact the lead just pitch-bent upwards, soooo ya, it is pretty AWESOME.

YAY SNARE MACHINEGUN!!! Sorry, I couldn't help it, I had to put it in there...I dunno whyz.

Thanks for stopping by and leaving a review! :D

[Alone... again]

My condolences....

.... however I don't think this should be played at the ceremony.
Of course, that is all dependent on who your father was and what he's remembered for. However, I don't think the drum beat is suitable for this sort of song. Something more Ambient would be better.
Then again, you're the one to make the final decision.
I would say however, use a better title.

-HFX

JPLaro responds:

My father used to rock the world
therefore
this is perfect

[Kazmo - Armed [Trance Loop]]

...and loaded with AWESOME!

Okay... that was kind of a lame title. >_>; Just being random.

I can certainly hear this in a flash. Chords are wonderful, but you know that already. :P 8 because it's not as good as your others, and because you're awesome like that. :P But 5/5 still. ;)
Great job. Wait... didn't I already tell you that?

-HFX ^_~

Kazmo responds:

Pft, that's not a lame title, for it's loaded with AWESOME!

Thanks, you're awesome too. :]

Ahaah you can say good job as many times as you want, I don't mind. ^-^

Thanks again for the review!

[Walking in the air (Loop)]

Nice loop.

This is a nice loop of the original song. Although, I would like to hear you make an entire remix of this song. I think you'll do a great job on it if you did.

-HFX ^_^

Krussi responds:

Thanks for the advice :P I intended to do a full remix, but I got lazy and made it a loop. I'll start on the full remix tomorrow, but I dont know if I should make it in this style or a trance remix :/ Speaking of remix, I saw the GD Remix of "Journey" :D It was rather cool :D I also had in mind of asking for your permission to remix it, but I want to wait until my skills improve so I can do a remix worthy the title "Journey Remix" :P

Thanks for the review, the advice and the "8" :D

[Fading Footprints]

Ooh! I like this!

It has a nice walking pace that makes this a nice song to listen to. I also like the piano melody that you used here.
Only thing I would say for you to improve it is when you start the melody again at 1:17, maybe instead of using chords in the harmony you could use gentle arpeggios. I think it would add a nice touch to it.

-HFX ^_^

Krussi responds:

Thanks for the review Melody ^^

Great idea you got there :P Got to many projects to work on atm though, so it'll probably take some time before I start on this one again :P
Thanks for your time, review and the "8" :D