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[PEAK]

awesome! quite savant-esque with those saw chords and tonality

LeruoME responds:

thanksssss!!!!!

[Come Together or Get Fucked]

this one feels a bit... all over the place. but i think that conveys the mess we're in as a society

i do feel like the dialogue is too loud and the musical elements too quiet. also i'm iffy about it going on throughout the entire song...

libbyshimmz responds:

Thanks for the review!

Yeah, America is not in a good place right now. :'(

An instrumental version will be available once I figure out what I want to use for Album Art. I'll post it up on my Bandcamp and make a news post about it on here once I do.

[Flowers Don't Water Themselves [AIM]]

nice! i enjoy the aphexy fm pads and the accenting chiptune bloops! i think ambient piano hip-hop pairs well with the sepia nostalgia of el's art

i will say the the sub is somewhat too loud around 120hz in the "drops", i can hear it distorting everything else. i think a narrow 1-2db bell cut around there should help, or cut more in that region out of the other instruments

btw what's the piano library? i feel like i've heard that specific timbre before. i guess that makes it more nostalgic for me :)

Quarl responds:

Might be the layering interplay between the subby kick and the sub bass that's creating distortion? I couldn't hear it but I'm basically half deaf in one ear. Subs have always been my weakness D:

Pianos are from Reason's stock library, I've been using the patch for decades cause I I just like punchy pianos xD

Thanks for the listen friend!

[Skri.De-araakskra]

crazy awesome! i love the thematic development and orchestration! the melodies are especially quite catchy and inspiring! i wish i could buy some orchestral libraries so i could import them into sunvox and make music like this

nice to hear that you're finding a new path too!

Logickin responds:

Thank you! This melody has been in mind for quite a long time, and with the frustration of my study and my decision, it definitely pushes me on finishing the track with a bit of touch.

If you want to buy orchestral libraries, remember to do researches before pressing the buy button because it is a rabbit hole and many people has impulsively poured so much into those libraries. I remembered there were some free orchestral soundfont in newgrounds, and hopefully, I will spend some time on writing tutorials on how to make some expressive sample orchestral instruments. Let's push SunVox and Trackers in general beyond their "limit"!

Lastly, wish me luck with my new decision, and hopefully I could achieve something cool in the future!

[The Endtimes are Upon Us!]

interesting... i wish i could piece all the clues this presents together but i struggle to find meaning. i think that makes me like this more though, i love abstract semantics

libbyshimmz responds:

Thank you much!

Yeah, I like to keep things open-ended. Abstract ideas leave more room for my listeners to interpret art in ways that make sense to them, on an individual basis. Like a painting, but with sound.

[shot]

not bad! this is certainly raw but i think that only enhances the emotional authenticity. the grunginess of the spectravoice chords are quite interesting...

if you need autotune, you can check out the video @Dynamic0 linked, or you can check out the Vocal Resynthesizer metamodule in my vekoN module collection, which has built-in autotune. i can send a link here if you want

OVERSCORE responds:

A little too raw, but I just wanted to show you guys what I've been working on, give everyone a heads up that vocals could be coming soon.
Glad you liked the "grunginess" of the sound design, this one certainly had some interesting production ideas. I might take you up on that Vocal Resynthesizer, but I'm pretty sure that vocals on SunVox were a one-time deal.

[-Serpentine Emotion-]

i enjoyed it! the usual fusion of electronics and orchestra works well once again!

the soothing melodies blend well with the nimble drum work and acid! and don't worry, five minutes isn't that long :)

EDIT: yeah i agree with that logic for song length

Creeperforce24 responds:

Nice! Cause a friend of mine thinks 3 minutes is long… I guess for me it’s like this

1-2=short, 3-4=normal, 5-6=kinda long, 7+=long

[Chocnoon - Joyful Start (I)]

mmm... yeah it's pretty sparse but the vibe is definitely there. not bad for your first song

five stars to not break the streak

darkmangopsychology responds:

someone broke the streak

[Above the Clouds]

good! if you want feedback i will say that the first chorus doesn't hit as hard as it could. i'd suggest adding more grit and weight to the synths in that part, maybe through some layered noise or saturation. failing that, maybe some more crashes, impacts, and swooshes would work

speaking of which, even though this is inspired by old trance, i do think some of the sounds, like the arp and lead, are too outdated and tacky. if you want to use them i'd suggest alternating them with more modern sounds, whether through layering or through playing the same melody on different instruments in different sections

lastly the mix feels a bit flat. i'd suggest emphasizing the midrange of the drums and lead to really make them pop out. some transient shaping would do wonders too

the melody is quite pretty, the orchestra sounds cool, and the b major(?) tonality is very appropriate for this mood. overall not bad!

G2961 responds:

Thanks for the feedback! I don't think you should take this track seriously, as I literally got bored today and wrote this track in 2 and a half hours.
I agree with you about the bland synths, I wanted to set the atmosphere of old Trance as much as possible, so I didn't try to add modern sounds.
It's almost B Major, or to be more precise, it's parallel to G# Minor.

[memori.]

i'll be honest, for a full flavor tune this doesn't feel that cohesive. the transitions aren't great, i'm getting whiplash from all the sudden changes. the sound design is alright but feels rather tacky and cheesy in places, especially the dubstep basses. the orchestral part sounds alright, but the riddim part doesn't; the gun pattern feels stale and too consistent, the gun sound itself isn't great, and the way the lead is offbeat in that part sounds questionable

for the transitions i'd suggest maybe teasing later sections in earlier ones, whether through reusing melodic figures or putting lowpassed sections in the background of other ones. i imagine you'd do this after you have the base sections written.

for the sound design tbh they sound too outdated and preset-y; i'd look into sound design tutorials from established modern producers and learn from those. i believe subtronics does those sometimes, virtual riot has before, and agony is another prod i like. you can also learn techniques for things like arrangement and flow from them

so yeah, it's alright but could be better. i hope my advice helps

AceTAD responds:

yeah, its just that i could only make this with the one week i was actually at home

the idea was just to put whatever was in my head rather than going for a specific melody or tune more for therapeutic reasons rather than making the best music possible. i am aware of the transition issue and the disconnection between ideas is the end product of random ahh thoughts with little connection between them
i definitely need to upskill but with little time spent at home where im already exhausted and whatnot from military training, it is genuinely a struggle