timaeus222's Reviews

[Axeph-Null - watermelon mandelbrot]

I liked the mecha sounds at the beginning. I kinda got the vibe of this becoming drum & bass, but it just went hard trance (if I know my subgenres). Fairly repetitive for my personal taste, but the lower-energy sections had promise IMO.

acheney responds:

thanks! 158 bpm is kind of slow for dnb but i can sort of hear that too

i'm in the process of reworking this song a bit and i'll take the advice about reducing repetition :)

[DREADNOUGHT - planetshine]

That's some power lol :) Normally I'm not a fan of brostep because the sidechaining can be overbearing, but I figured I'd check it out. A tip is that the mix is quite high on the treble, so low passing the 18000+ Hz range should help a bit.

An example song I like to compare to for this kind of dubstep to check loudness is "Schizophrenic" by Kruai. Hope that helps!

acheney responds:

thanks!

i already low passed at around 16k, but i did boost the treble a bit because it sounded better compared to the references i was using. the arrangement is quite dense anyway so that could have contributed to high treble too

[Dust And Hope In The Wastelands]

Takes a while to get going, but I can see the intent here. Good job nailing the vibe! However, there is an audio glitch at 0:17, and the choir overtakes the piano when it comes in at 2:24. Try to watch out for when your instruments step on each other.

JThunderDraws responds:

I knew about the audio glitch when I posted it. I'll be tweaking it later. The Choir is supposed to overtake the at 2:24, or be around the same audio level. It was intentional!