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What do you know, that's my favorite part too. :P Thanks for the review and the high ratings, glad you liked it. :)

Glad you liked it, thanks for the review and the high ratings! :D

Glad you did! ;D

I used a few things:
FL Studio, which you can find at http://www.flstudio.com
ReFX Nexus, which you can find at http://www.refx.net
and Vengeance Essential Clubsounds, which you can find at http://www.vengeance-sound.de

Thanks for the high ratings and the review! :D

All I can say is, give it a shot, and keep at it - you won't be making stuff like this right away, but sooner or later you'll be making something awesome. ;D

Thanks for the review and the 10, glad you liked it! :D

Ha! XD

It's definitely my best song to date, so I'm not surprised. :P Glad you liked it!

Hey, TMM43, thanks for stopping by to review! :D And yep - I've always wanted to introduce a song like this and with this one, I finally got the chance! >:)

I thought the kick was awesome too - we all have a "kick tooth," don't we? XD As for the bass, I chose a synth with very little going on in the low range, and then EQed it further, so I would have plenty of room for the boom of the kick - see, I like both a bassy bass synth and one like I used in this song, but it all depends on how they fit into the mix. For this song, the boom of the kick needed to be clearly audible, so I chose the latter. ;)

As for the hihats, it's just a standard hihat line for me. Nothing special. :P Glad you liked it, though.

Ah, finally someone likes the breakdown! Personally I think it's lacking diversitywise, but if you're not complaining, I won't. ;) Funny that you say it could be its own song - I remixed my own song with this, the old one being a bit less impressive - I made it back in April - though also being made up only of strings and piano. That's why I called this a trance remix! ;D The breakdown was based on the old song, which you can hear at http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/liste n/80127, if you want to - it isn't nearly as impressive, though. :P

As for the piano, yes - it sounds a bit thin and weak, but I didn't think it was THAT big of a problem. The "same room" idea is interesting, though, I should consider that when working with real instruments. Thanks for that. :D

Glad you liked my crashes and FX - I liked them a lot as well. :D Sadly, one of my hits - the short one, not the long windy one - is actually quite recognizable, though I did my best to change it - I altered the pitch, and even tweaked with the POGO knob in the Sample section... even though I have no idea what it really does. XD

I wouldn't call the strings and gated vox leads - I consider them filler, though in the beginning - especially the first half - they're anything but! ;D Basically, I didn't use them to play any melodies, but rather to make the song interesting, to fill the empty space, and to keep the song overall from sounding dull and empty. As for the lead, personally, I like it, and quite a few reviewers also did, or just didn't mention it - but you and a few others have mentioned that it's too loud, powerful, controlling, etc. I'm thinking it's a matter of opinion.

Glad you liked it, thanks for the high ratings, and thanks again for reviewing! :D As for the collab idea... well, send a PM my way, and we'll work something out. ;D

Glad you like it! :)

The transition was supposed to be sudden, but I never thought it TOO sudden - I thought it was fine. :\ It might be a taste thing, as nobody else has said that yet...

It's fine that the whoosh didn't scare you, it wasn't supposed to. :P I didn't introduce anything at 1:11, maybe you mean the vox synth starting around 1:06? I liked that one a bit too - see the response to A-New-Decade's review, which also gave it a mention.

Yeah, the bass isn't that "bassy" in this song - I EQed it like that to make room for the boom of the kick, which I wanted to be very audible. ;D

Not much to say about the snare - I used a similar one in the original so I thought I would use one in this part, the part that most resembles it. ;) If anything, it doesn't sound like a video game - I was going for the same thing that I had in the original. (Go to http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/liste n/80127 to hear it, though I doubt you'll like it nearly as much as this one. :P)

Once again, glad you liked it! :D I'll check out your stuff, maybe even review something if I have time, but no guarantees. ;) Thanks for the review!

Ha! XD The whoosh into the drums and the bass shocked a few other people, too. :P This is my own song that I remixed, so it wasn't particularly hard to do. I'm working on another remix, though, of a song that ISN'T mine, and it's proving to be a LOT more difficult... :P

Thanks for the high ratings and the review, glad you liked it! :D

Hey, Music-story! Been a while since you reviewed my stuff... but no need to do so anyway if it's going to hurt your studies! Take your time next time, I can wait. :P As with before, I'll respond to the good and bad points, one at a time...

1) It's old composition but I'm glad to hear you think it's good. :D
2) I let the bass be less of a literal "bass" to make room for the booming kick in this song. Hey, it's still audible, right? ;D
3) I think you might be talking about the same synth, just when it's playing one octave up? XD I'm not sure, but there was no higher-pitched instrument "accompanying" the bass.
4) Well, not much to say, but it's under GOOD... :P Glad you liked that part.
5) I liked them too! :D
6) Yep, that's the sort of ending I've been into these days.

2) You must've had a number 1 that you changed your mind on, huh? :P The dissonance of the piano was supposed to be there, and I'm surprised that you're the only one so far that's pointed it out. Personally, I think it's fine - it adds to the lost, confused feeling.
3) The lead? I think it's fine, and, looking at the other reviews, it seems to be a matter people are split on. It's not like I'm going to make a second version of this song, though, I'm finished with it, and glad to be finished with it! :D
4) Read the other responses... I didn't kill myself over the diversity in this song. ;)

Thanks for the review! Glad you like it. :)