Score: 7

"ok."

submission: [Anarchy Online]

date: December 31, 2007

you're going in the right direction with this.
The reece is pretty well done. Add a sub bass to to get the low frequencies in there.
Don't use JUST the amen. it's overused and nooby. it sounds good layered with other samples.
Slow down, man! keep it around 172 bpm.
good

Score: 10

"nice"

submission: {Trainwrecker} Preview

date: December 29, 2007

i dont like the black guy vocals though

Score: 10

"Aaaaa"

submission: Brutal--_--(full)

date: December 25, 2007

Kick - No bass??! fix that shit and dont use so many notes jeez you're killing me here
Snare - more high end
sub - ok, there should be more notes in the part where the reece goes up into the higher octave.
reece - MONO!!!!! MONO I TELL YOU! stereo seperation on a reece is just not a good idea at all. also it needs more texture and more interesting automation.
intro dr. rex usage - 1337
vocals - dumb lol

honestly I don't think you should try to improve this, but you can still use these tips.

have a fun santa day!
love,
flare

Score: 10

"i like pendulum"

submission: -API- Anaconda

date: November 20, 2007

the synth is really cool what program do you use can you teach me
-flare

Score: 10

"oh my god lol!"

submission: Rucklo - Tankdick Skratched

date: September 10, 2007

I know people say this all the time to be cool but they don't really mean it.
I honestly fell out my chair laughing when i heard he was gonna be a dick.

5
<3
dick.

Score: 9

"Mixdown = shit in a puddle"

submission: Blind Beauty--_--(2:03)

date: September 3, 2007

yeah that's right, i said it.

Drums:
the kick and snare seem really weak, compressed, and clicky. the kick is nice and punchy, but needs a lot more low frequencies. but not too bassy, more like 70-180.
the snare has nice ring, but needs more fatness. you know what frequencies i mean.
sub: not much you can say about a sine wave. I recommend running it through some warm tube distortion and boosting it at 90 hz or so.
reece: sounds like filtered noise. this is probably because it goes too low and the pitch is lost. tube tube tube. lots of eqing too.

the orchestral shit was good for the intro/mid section, but i want it to fuck off during the main section. it ruins the mood. make a good reese, and all you won't need anything else in order to sound awesome. no pads during the "verse" either.

Also, ALWAYS make sure that your kick, snare, sub, reece, and high hats are MONO. stereo enhancement just sounds ghey on those instruments.

What the hell, 5.

Score: 10

"Girl, you know that bitch is a"

submission: Karbon - Rooftop 88

date: August 27, 2007

HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

HOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

Score: 10

"Beautiful."

submission: Thee Brill

date: August 27, 2007

I love the mixdown in this song. You hit all the right liquid vibes with this, the bassline, the drums, the pad, all you need is some high-pitched vocals and you're good to go ;)

The only thing that was off was the snare, really. It's a really overused sample, and its clappy, flammed timbre doesn't really fit the song. It really wasn't that diverse, but what you do have, I like.
5 for you!
Flare

Score: 10

"omg"

submission: CnB {Open Your Eyes}

date: August 26, 2007

best cnb trance song evar leik cool
haha you sampled dirge

cock

Score: 9

"Nice work there."

submission: Danger Wise (Full)

date: August 13, 2007

You did pretty good with this tune. The bassline is good. A little cliche-sounding, but thats how the song is. The drum programming was good, but the samples were really weak. Unless you know how to use it well and originally, PLEASE refrain from overusing the amen break. Yeah, the samples sound cool and classic, but when you use them too much they get stale. The samples themselves aren't actually very powerful at all. I see here that you layered the amen with some more powerful drums, but I think that next time you should leave out the amen and just work on the kick and snare a lot more. The kick was actually better than the other drums in this song. It still sounds kinda choppy and not very punchy.
The snare in this song is all treble. The upper end sounds OK, but the bottom end 180-240Hz is completely lacking. This is what gives snares the punch and power that drive the backbeat along instead of hitting it with a plastic baseball bat.

The bass synth wasn't too bad. You got the phased sawtooth idea down pretty good, but it just sounded too plain. Add some distortion to bring out the mid-band sounds. Also, the stereo enhancements just made it sound cheap and cheesy. You should really always keep your drums and your bass mono. It makes them sound crisper and is less distracting.

Also, I think that the 8th-note synth ditty was just useless and did nothing but get in the way of the other instruments in the mix. If you fix up the drums and the bass, you won't need anything else at all to keep the song sounding good quality.

Keep it real,
Flare