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hmmmm

You need to keep that bassline centered or roll the low-low frequencies off it imo. The ping pong stereo delay on the distorted kick isn't to my taste but i think if you converted that signal to mono the accents would sound tre cool.

Not bad, keep at it :)

hmmm okay

yeaaah new wave is like 80s synth pop so this is sort of misplaced :P NG doesn't really have a suitable category for this, though :(

i think the usage of dischords in the low sections was an unwise decision, but i see what you were aiming at. they'd probably sound better if you had the tonic in the low register and then moved the dischordant interval up an octave from where it is now.

nice work :)

chilled.

I liked the first half very much! The beat makes everything seem a little bit cheesey, that reversed snare is very nicely used though.

In case you're wondering, new wave is 80's (or 80's inspired) synth-pop, often with the use of guitars as accompaniment. Bands like Depeche Mode and New Order are new wave, I'd also consider The Killers new wave. I'd lump "new age" stuff with the ambient section here.

clip clip clip

ehhhh everything is clipping to much for me to like this. go back and turn everything down seperately so the signal level doesn't go above -3dB. Then you can put a compressor/limiter on the master channel and raise the levels of stuff to get more volume if you want.

bassline is a bit too busy for my liking.

keep workin' at it.

eh...

do you know what new wave is? not this. this would be fine in the classical section.

i like how you opened with that smooth drone. i don't like how you closed with it though. i think you could've ended it on a more interesting cadence.

the theme is nice. it would benefit from higher quality soundfonts though.

keep it up :)

couple thoughts.

Not *really* new wave. New Wave is generally 80's or 80's-influenced vocal synth-pop (bands like New Order, Depeche Mode or for modern times The Killers maybe) but according to this genre I'd say 90% of the "new wave" category on NG isn't new wave either so for you I'll let it slide this time.

The main mix is a little overcompressed. Too much reverb on everything. Each of the different riffs sound good on their own, but it seems like you slapped them together haphazardly and didnt really think for very along about the structure.

It doesn't really go anywhere. This could've been a 40 second loop and it would've carried the same weight in terms of composition.

I wouldn't normally leave a review on an old piece but it's pretty clear that you or someone else has been high-fiving this for a while. You should let this go and re-enter the popularity contest with new and improved works.

All the best
~MM

okay yeah

All the vocals clip like crazy. The beat and melody is neat but not paticularly inspired.

Oh yeah and the whole not industrial thing. NG doesn't have enough real genres to select from, but this would be fine in miscellaneous or something.

oh wow this is brutal

Its like someone took "flaphead" by aphex twin and distorted the fuck out of it! The vocal sample in the break is awesomely selected and placed.

That driving rhythmic distorted sound is great. I would've liked that 303 to come through more though.

It does do my head in though, especially in headphones. There's a little to much midrange on that backbeat crunch, I think. This is still crazy good, though.

Siborg responds:

Funny you mention the 303, im actually tweeking that one a little more, it sounds ALOT better than it did before trust me hahaha. As for the back beat that one i had to add more mids to it or else it started getting muddled with the rest of the distortion :( STIlL iM messing around with the eq"s on this one< it doesn't need to much more and im glad to have fresh ears listening and heLping me with this thanks man :)

bish klang!

reviewing as i listen. bit of electro elements with that swelling synth string.

there's a lot going on in this, but it never feels claustrophobic or messy. the percussion reminds me of metal auf metal by kraftwerk. that eurogated low bass synth... i think you should make the stereo image thinner and roll the bass off at like 80Hz.

not a whole lot else to say because this is all quite good. checking out the other one now :)

Siborg responds:

yea i actually rolled the bass off around there and it didn't stand out that much really, i played around with it a bit and thats the best one, im still tinkering with it so. Thanks for the review :)

Hey Vegeta...

I'd take the reverb off of the bass drum and bass line, or at least raise the low-cut value to about 400Hz. It's making the low end mix a fair bit messy.

The "NINE THOUUUUUSAAAAAAND LOLOLOL XD XD XD" sample got pretty irritating pretty quickly. Probably just me though, heh.

Other than that, this was a fun little romp with a solid bassline. Good job :)

MZizzlez responds:

Yeah, i'm noticing most of that... thanks for the review. I was kinda put of ideas for the lighter area so i was just like "Lets throw in some overused dork samples!"

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so yeah, thanks for the review!
PS the mastering process for this song was pretty bare bones

used to put a lot of music on here and then i stopped but maybe i will start doing that again one day hehe

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