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[The Satellite]

This is really pretty dude! Nice job :D

RosesWolf responds:

My thanks for the kind words. I'm glad people seem to enjoy this one. 'Twas somewhat daunting to put it out there, but I'm glad it seems to have paid off. :)

[To the Surface]

Woah this has a really nice vibe

BeeFef responds:

thanks!

[Superstition]

DUDE.
HOLY SHIT.
Everything about this is absolutely stellar. I cannot think of a single criticism, except MAYBE a bit of muddy mixing in some parts, but that's bound to happen with a track like this. The vocals, the chanting, the atmosphere, I cannot describe how glad I am that I decided to review some tracks on the Audio Portal at exactly this point in time. I'd ask to collab but I'd just undermine your talent.
Absolutely phenomenal dude. So excited to hear where you go from this. <3

Subotonix responds:

Wow, thanks dude! Means a lot to me, and who knows, we might collab sometime :)

[TEXTILE]

Duuuuude that's real nice

Delerium responds:

hey thanks man, appreciate it <3

[Codebreaker - Paracosmic Screech]

Hey! Nice track you’ve got here :) I’ve got some feedback for you, hope you don’t mind.

Firstly you have the intro, with the strings and the Xtrullor - Ichor-esque piano. First tip: REVERB. Your mix is generally pretty dry, which isn’t always a bad thing, but you kind of want those strings and piano to have an ambient effect and sustain more. Don’t be afraid to drench that piano in reverb and delay.

Something else I’m noticing in this track is a significant lack of bass. Rule of thumb in pretty much any track, you’ve gotta have bass. And ESPECIALLY in dubstep, you’ve gotta have sub-bass (bass below 60hz). For the sub-bass, I’d just use a simple sine wave. The drops aren’t really lacking bass, but the other sections like the build up could really use like a bass pad. You could also use a double bass VST, or if you want it to be a bit more intense, you could distort some stuff and make a gritty bass. Make sure to EQ it all.

As far as composition is concerned, your melodies are pretty nice! I especially like your use of percussion, I thought you did a great job with that. My one gripe is what you did in the drops. For instance, at 1:20, you have a brief interlude from the drop, but instead of putting a little melody in there, you just have one note playing for two bars. I’m also not really a fan of the extra bar at 1:30, I feel like it throws things off. Generally I’d just avoid holding sounds for a bar with no movement or automation, cause it feels like you just threw a sound in and didn’t really bother to do anything interesting with it.

The sound design is mostly great! I LOVE that riddim/deathstep sound at 1:24, and your drops are pretty cool! I feel like they could be a bit more cohesive, but the rhythms are satisfying to listen to. One thing that I feel you could improve is that gritty riser/faller sound, like at 1:16. Idk why but it just hits my ears the wrong way. Maybe not as much pitch bending would make it better? Overall when you’re making dubstep drops you want everything to flow well, and for everything to sound clean and crisp.

One last thing I’ll comment on is your buildups. You’ve got these major drops, but you don’t seem to really be building up the tension. Don’t be afraid to go all out! You’ve got some drums building up and a riser right now. You could add some white noise, fade in some sounds, add more risers- this may sound like a lot but when you’ve got a huge drop like that, the best way to pull it off is to build up a shit ton of tension before it, so that when the drop hits, all that tension releases and you get a crazy rush. So I’d work on that for the future.

Overall, I like what you’ve done here! If you have any questions feel free to pm me. You’ve earned a follow :D
Nice job!

CodebreakerS responds:

Ok so normally I put a Triangle waveform detuned by -2 octaves, and a LOT of distortion on it... but I Completely forgot that...

So yeah, no sub bass... but thanks

[[Future Garage] Brick by Brick (Febbs! Remix) - Matt Twigg]

Good job man :D really like the feel of this one

Febbs responds:

Thank you!, I'm glad you liked it! :D

[Dustkey - Ivory (Koraii Remix)]

People are saying it sounds powerless but I personally love what you've done to this track. Everything is spot on.

KORAII responds:

thanks bud, glad you like it

[Hans Zimmer - Time (Geoplex Remix)]

All of your work has great mixing and mastering, the sound design is on point too! My only problem is the choice of track to remix. A lot of people have remixed this piece, and I can only think of two that I like (Instrumental Core's and Ben Walter's). Idk it's only my opinion but I feel like Hans Zimmer - Time is a track that unless you make an intense emotional remix of it (Like Instrumental Core's orchestral metal remix or Ben Walter's massive melodic dubstep) then it shouldn't really be trifled with. I feel like this remix isn't really bringing out the emotion or fullness of the original to go for a more "dancey" feel instead, which kind of makes the original melody feel... empty and substanceless.

TL;DR: Using an emotional melody in a non-emotional way doesn't tend to turn out great.

The section from 2:15 onward was spot on tho. Overall nice job! Just feel like you could have done a lot more here.

EDIT: “Dancey” was the wrong choice of words, idrk what is. I tend to write things that are kinda incomprehensible when leaving reviews, sorry for the confusion. I think what I was generally trying to say is that I don’t personally think there was enough emphasis on the melody as there could have been.

Geoplex responds:

Hey, thanks for the feedback! :) While I can certainly agree that more could have been done with this, I can't say I agree that it feels "dancey", and that certainly wasn't the intention (and actually i'm not 100% sure what that means). But, I still appreciate your thoughts, thank you.

[Aerin - Hero]

Dude this is pretty nice! I don't see why you say you suck at mixing and mastering, the mixing is REALLY good! My only gripes here are with the composition. I see the vibe that you're going for
but I found the melody to be a little sloppily done. Idk it just doesn't really resonate, and with that chord progression you could do a LOT of cool stuff. As well, in the drop, I feel like you could have added more melody in a higher octave just to give it an even fuller sound. Overall though, great job! I like where your style's going :)

Another-Time responds:

Thank you! i will try to improve in the future :)