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I love this mix! What's those effects on the drums? I'm thinking severe compression and some selective EQing. In any case, I love 'em, especially that breakdown at the end. :D How was that done?

The strings and other orchestral stuff is awesome too. There's some great filtering and panning going on, really brings life to the track.

Of course, there's room for improvement too...I think the intro to the drums could've been better than the um, total lack of one. The drums could've been added to by another "clean" drum loop, I think that would have been cool. Maybe some chopped up bits of vocals as well...

You did mention that this isn't your best, and I agree. However, it's still a great little beginning, and with some more work, will be amazing :D

June 13, 2008

Author's Response:

<sigh> you are so right. I wish I had more inspiration to really "finish" this track! Arrgh! I just haven't been feeling good lately - I'm having an off month or something I think. I wish I could put the kind of intensity you do into these things. I think my really old songs (6+ years ago) used to have that kind of deep feel to them. Now I primarily concentrate on perfecting the mix elements and the overall feel...

Speaking of which - you liked the mix, eh? He he. I know why. I just picked up this really really nice headphone amp to add to my setup. I'll let you know when I get the pictures up of it as I plan to make a little 'news' post of my current setup (which isn't half bad if I do say so myself...) I think most people would be jealous. Let's just say that this particular recent addition to my setup has given me a "significant" advantage in terms of monitoring applications (probably the biggest upgrade I've made in years...)

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Score: 7

"Not the best example of Sytrus's power"

submission: Milk{Sytrus!}

date: May 26, 2008

As a raw demo of Sytrus, this song doesn't do it enough justice. I could make the same sounds with 3xOsc. Get deeper into the program, man! Utilize the envelopes, all that modulation, filters, everything. It can do TONS of stuff.

As a song, yeah, it's pretty generic. But hey, you get points for the effort. :D

May 26, 2008

Author's Response:

Theres alot more it can do. For starters though it gets the point across. You can see this as two point of views. One being you can make simple but whole sounding synthes with less effort. Two being its not very complicated, the matrix can do a ton more.

I agree with everyone including you. It's not the best demonstration if you want a good demonstration go to the FL site they have some nice demos.

Though there are synthes in the song achievable by 3XOsc the quality of that synthe is harder to reach then it is through Sytrus. Little mixing was needed to achieve most of these synthes. I just wanted to show people a fairly nice sounding song could come out of sytrus without using presets or understanding it all.

Once I understand it more I'll make a song comprised of only Sytrus, which means no samples. Thanks for your input and truthful score.

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Score: 9

"Smooooth"

submission: Just why

date: May 12, 2008

I love the exclusive use of the piano and violins in this song. Very jazzy, and great effects on the drums. What VST did you use for the piano? It sounds great!

Some things that bugged me were the fact that the snares sounded really thin - I think a little more punch was needed. And you say it's loopable, but it doesn't actually loop. haha

Otherwise, it's a great piece and I hope to hear more from you soon!

May 12, 2008

Author's Response:

Hey Rig, thank you so much for your review!
Well piano is a Steinway Grandpiano (soundfont format), with some reverbs :)
Yes, snare sounds really thin but in my opinion it's ok..the melody should prevail in the song.
Loopable means that if an audio artist need this song - looped - i can do that :)
I'm glad about your review, so thanks again.

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