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[Spawn28 - Theif]

Horrible.

The melodies did not work at all. You also wrote the chord melody off timing. You laid the notes down at like the (none) setting on snap options. This was horrible =(

-API-

spawn28 responds:

so far im annoyed at you, this one i didnt try at, really only to get the msg out that perfect is a theif

[Spawn28 - Pure Evil (Demo)]

What the hell.

This is the weidest thing I've ever heard. It was not good at all either. The fucking Mac duck error noise was hilarious though. I'll give you that.

-API-

spawn28 responds:

umm? and who are you again>?

[Spawn28 - Turn Up The Bass]

Not D&B.

This is dance. Or just techno. D&B does not have a 4x4 beat. The bassline was atrocious too. I didn't feel it at all. It just felt like a couple of abrazed notes thrown together and it felt disconnected.

Try a bit harder not to use a 4x4 dance beat when you use techno.

Take no offense.

Good luck,
-API-

spawn28 responds:

umm what? 4x4? uhh yea, right...

[Running Forever]

Pretty good.

The only thing you need to work on really is the tempo and compression of the song. The tempo was a little too slow, and the EQ made it crunch a little bit.

Otherwise, very well done melody and harmony wise. I like the synths. I think you should stick to D&B though. Good luck on the rest of that CD, I'll be keeping up.

Karbon responds:

In the final draft, most of my songs on the cd will be compressed. I don't want to gove the song away fully with all the quality and goodness, if you catch my drift. But anyways, thanks A.

[Complete]

Pretty good.

It took a while to get into the beat, which wasn't the greatest beat I've ever heard. The kick was a bit too fruityloops sounding. The all your base are belong to us voice track completely screwed up the experience.

Otherwise, this song was pretty good. It'd be really cool if you got your hands on some higher quality synths. The arp in the beginning was good sounding, but the saw didn't sound as good. It was too weak. The melody was really good, but it needs to be a little more varied.

Good luck in the future,

DJ API

DjMontana responds:

Well youre right in some Cases, a bit harsh though! but i do use Fruityloops ! so no problem there, and im working on those vocals, cause thats the most difficult part !
But thnx for comment ! ;-)

[AznPB - I'm With You]

Catchy.

This was relatively well done, the only things I would fix are the hihat, being DNC_hat 1, sounded really cheesy. The piano clip was nudged toward the left channel, making it sound kind of awkward. I can still dig it though. This isn't your best hip hop beat.

-API-

AznPB responds:

I don't do hip-hop so therefore... You know how it goes. ;)

[AznPB - Mettle Testing Iron]

Excellent.

The whole thing was really well composed, the only thing that'd I'd change was that a low string synth was only in the left channel, and that res-clippy synth. It was way too loud. Other than that, this was a wonderful track. I liked the drums. Alot of automation going on I supposed. I think you took my advice and raised the low-end. Did alot of good, huh?

I'm looking forward to seeing more, you are one of the most talented people on the Audio Portal.

-API-

AznPB responds:

Turns out that sometimes my knobs turn themselves out of nowhere. <_< >_> And my saved presets I got sometimes are tilted to one channel. So I gotta watch out for those. I'll prolly end up centering them and then overwriting them. And the 303 was loud... The balance on my speakers were off so it was centered when I listened until I saw my knob down there is off too! Damn knobs.

And I kinda did take your advice and didn't. What I did was actually use some mastering stuff and it made everything peachy-keen. As for me being one of the most talented... I'm not too sure on that one. There's lots of people with potential out there. Some have more than others but most of us are just making music to kill time while we're in highschool, right? At least, I am.

[Monolithonic Filter]

Why in the hell...

did you submit this? There's no point. There are a bunch of mp3's of the FL5 music anyway. You aren't supposed submit anyone elses work anyway. You lose. This song also has a horrible 3/4 time signature. It'd be SO much better with a 4/4.

Inuyasha224 responds:

sorry

[[dR] Kaitlyn]

Wow.

Very clean sounding. May I ask what program you use? This sounded very very good. I love the the chordy string. Sounds kinda like a guitar strum.

Hawt song,
<3 API

Deviant-Realms responds:

FL 5 all the way! hehe, there where a few extra VST plugins I got though. Thanks for the review!

[::tytle??]

Nice.

This is wrongly classified though. Put it under hip-hop. DnB is much faster than this, with deeper and grittier bass.

aloneinthedark1 responds:

ya im realy not good at classifying my music so i asked my friend and he said db.