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[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...

[Vortonox - Heaven]

I am not sure if ears not trciking me but I think kick is out of tune here. But maybe I just hear wrong. Another bad thing is that track is overdistorted.
But the melody in main drop is nice.
P.S.
Maybe you aim for too loud? Try match with someone like David Guetta. No need to make louder or brighter than them.

Vortonox responds:

Yes I agree that it's over-distorted
thx for your feedback tho

[Deep Adaptation]

I am not sure it is so well-made production. It feels like the work of compression is quite audible. Or maybe a limiter. When music is dense it feels like there is work of compressor quite audible. And it's probably a triggering by bass range? Not sure. And another moment. It's a bit too dense in volume. For example around 4:15 before the beat starts. It doesn't have a bit of difference in the volume when beat starts. I think this needs to be fixed. Should be some difference. Because at this moment it has too steady volume level. And this lose a bit of something.
Sorry I am not focused on good things, but only what I would critic.

zybor responds:

Thank you for your productive review. Noted. :)

[Intertwined]

Daft Punk is what came in mind before I started read description. Is the voice vocoded or it's something synthesized with what?
P.S.
At first I gave 4. But in the end I thought the nice melody deserves a bit more.

Drewpy responds:

Thank you! Yes, the vocals are vocoded to a super compressed and distorted saw wave using iZotope's VocalSynth 2

[{!RGH} The Day After]

I don't know. It's actually more nice in parts between main beat. It needs sidechain for background pads and vocals. And also it's just too repetitive. It's like has no difference between beat parts and soft parts.
[Edit] - side chain can mean anything of course. But I meant the thing that usually done in dance music. When the kick hits then some other stuff lowered in volume. But in your case you don't have 4x4 kick. So it's hard to say which pattern of ducking the pads/choir could be best. It might work with ducking on kick and snare or it might work some other pattern. It can add much more "life" to the song.

RyeGuyHead responds:

A review!

Yes the chord pattern is the same throughout, definitely adds to the repetition...

Confused by the side chain comment though, are the pads and choir drowning everything else out?

[Edit]: Word! I looked up a little side-chain tutorial for reason afterwards...good stuff. Thanks for clarifying too.

I can probably configure some kick / tom pulsation to take out the drone :D

[Take My Pain feat. OhEmGeeJames]

It's pretty OK. I am not a fan when the chorus and verse has no much difference. I like when chorus feels more separated from verse. Maybe extra background voices could help this.
P.S.
BTW I don't mean background voices as harmonics. Another voice with alternate melody that would sing after the main voice. It's like echo but with different melody.

mseemercury responds:

There is a clear huge difference with chorus and verse. Thanks for feedback though, I know what you mean but that doesn’t differentiate whether it’s a hook or not, usually that is done on bridges or the very last hook. You do not want too much going on. Clearly this is not your genre of music and it wouldn’t appeal to you. This isn’t dubstep or edm. Again thanks for you input

[Screaming into the void [end of existence] - Requiem]

It's rather ambient. Not trance. And sorry for my score. The sound is too dirty(I guess it's soft clip or something). Yeah like I know it's end of the world and such. But I don't found it suitable.

TheCrazedSide responds:

it's fine, I didn't realize it may have been clipping and giving a less clean sound [though I created the song while wearing really cheap headphones so I'm guessing that why I din't notice lol], I'll have to be sure to make it sound higher quality.