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[Poison Envy]

Right from the beginning it feels that lack of side chain pump used everywhere today. It has to be on pads at least. But I think it should be on some other stuff too.
[EDIT] - I have no idea. It's just missing that pump for me. It is used in synthwave as heavily as in EDM so it immediately felt like song lacks that feature.

TeraVex responds:

Hi! Thanks for the feedback! Would there be anything specifically you would put it on other than the pads? It didn't even occur to me to sidechain them! It'd probably fix some of the mixing qualms I've had with this!
EDIT: Gotcha, thanks for the feedback regardless!

[T1RO - Darkness (VIP Mix)]

It's like nice, but I don't know what else am I missing. And it feels a bit overpressured or something. I don't know what exactly but it's like hissing too much maybe.
[EDIT] - I want to bring you some bad news then. Soundgoodizer, Maximus, OTT, and other multibands are very dangerous things for sound quality. They can cause bad phase issues on the sound. Try research this topic. Sometimes they work great, but sometimes they add something bad to the sound because of phase issues.

Barito911 responds:

that might be because i always put a soundgoodizer on the lead xD, i always think it glues it together more but it does cause the hissing thing youre talking about. i probably wont do it on my next production, thanks for the feedback :)

[[Quarl] Drum Sample Pack]

Are those drum samples unique and free? Because some people take commercial stuff and share it claiming it's free pack. The ride cymbal has echo or something that sounds like clicks, not in a good way.

Quarl responds:

This kit is 100% legit to download and use. If you read the description you can have the pieces of the kit minus the delay on the hi hats via a zip file. The samples are all royalty free and layered to make them all unique sounds. This kit has my name all over it. Use it for free, but credit me.

[Nutt and Bolt Theme]

The overall volume level could be raised to top. Was no point to keep it that low here.

Greyvoice responds:

Whoop, fixed. Made it a bit louder. Sorry about that!

[Uxvellda - Ishvara]

You made those wobbles by yourself not taking from a bank? If not I will take away 1 star.

Uxvellda responds:

I made all of them with Razor, then resampled + resynthesized with Harmor. I didn't used any preset with it, because my primary goal in music production is to be unique and to have my own trademark in music industry. But most of the subliminal effects came from Vengeance, Black Octopus, and Breaktweaker Sample packs. Also, you cannot find any sample packs similar Xtrullor, Derpcat, Agente, Talurre, and me. Our bass sound design is a secret...

[Plague Shaman of the Swamp]

Cool but way too repetitive

[[Melodic Dubstep] - Forever]

Sounds good! I don't like a little bit something about those pads.

[Arrival]

Yes it's nice cinematic song. A bit problematic on mastering. Shakey limiter ruins sound of noisy pads a bit sometimes.

[Vs. Lilith, The Icon of Lust]

Well it's actually next song started on 5:30

[Journey's End]

It lacks low strings or something in lower octaves. I am not into live music terms. A lot of concentration on those main high strings.
The song itself very nice.