Score: 9
"Panning galore"
date: September 14, 2007
The panning worked out quite nicely. The first 1:13 seconds is an introduction? Maybe shorten it a bit. Saxophone in here sounds neat. I'll list the good and bad in this song:
Summary
Good
-Having interesting instruments come together like the saxophone was nice. (I usually hear sax in classicals and jazz. Not as common in techno...well my experience)
-The panning is slightly excessive, but it overall worked out nicely.
-I love that super low bass in the long introduction (I think at 43 seconds it comes in...is that a sub-bass?)
-Time of 1:14 I like how you put that mini alarm sound (kinda...weird enough it sounds like the sax made that sound!)
-the song has a club softcore feel. (Quite relaxing to listen to)
-Very nice job with the gradual fadeout of each instrument until you got only one left.
Bad
-Fade out endings aren't a good conclusive way to finish a song. (Yeah I liked the fade outs of each instrument near the end, but the last instrument should have had not faded out. Make a conclusion or something.)
-Intro was too long. (You should have shaved maybe 30 seconds off the intro and get right into the climax stuff)
-Tends to be highly repetitive. (Eg the sax plays the same composition for quite some time)
-At 2:15 the sax finally changes, but that beat is unoriginal. (I've heard it in other songs before...just not sure which ones)
-those drums seem to never change (I think your using a limited variety of drum beats.)
Overall this is one of the better constructed trance songs. I like the synth/pads/instruments used and the panning made the song sound funky. I'll give you a 9 star and 5 vote. Keep up the great work. Bye for now
September 14, 2007
Author's Response:
First of all, thank you for the in depth review of this song! I really love hearing feedback (both the good and bad ones) and this was really well put together. Like I said, this song was made in about 2 hours when I was supposed to be working :D As you can probably tell the beats and overall structure of songs isn't my strong suit, but more of the melodic side. I know what your saying about the panning and agree that fade outs is not the best way to end a song. Thanks again or the review, hope to read more of them on my future work :P