Not bad
Not bad at all nice trance...
Reviews for "+- Solemn's Reach -+"
Progression
This track has an impressive chord progression, and I can tell you were really trying to pull as much as you could out of it, but I don't think you went far enough. There is so much more you could do with a progression like this. The track also had no lead-in whatsoever, which would have helped build the song a little more. The main problem is that you let the chord progression be the melody, when you should have had a melody on top of it. Then, you fail to include any real outro at all, the song just stops.
The synths and effects are all very intriguing, but the mix doesn't seem to be particularly well balanced. The hihats and drums in general are terrible. I would recommend finding better samples and bringing drums into the foreground with more mix work on them. You also sound like you just stuck a limiter on the master channel, which suffocates the mix.
In general, this is a great idea, but the execution just isn't there.
8/10
4/5
AikaMusic responds:
Thanks for the help :)
Lovely Dinner
It's a good tune. Bulking up the rhythm section would really make this song.
Hmm, let's see here...
Well, to start things off, this track lacked an intro. It just went straight into the synth line, which is fine for NG :3 The synths are really nice and light, the FX could be EQed a bit more to fit a little better into the overall mix. I suggest low-cut EQ and reverb.
At 40 secs, there's a pause, which is neat, but what really puzzles me is why you chose it to be 3 beats. 2 or 4 beats would sound more solid.
I noticed some people mentioning this track lacking bass. I've noticed that as well. Your kick is fine, it's the bass synth that is...trying to be a backup lead synth. ;] Either lower it or add a proper bass synth and have it mimic that synth.
Your synth progression also tends to get a little high in the note register when you repeat the phrase and move it an octave higher. Synths should play in an octave range generally, if they exceed that range, they start to lose their character and just start to sound really weird. (2:29)
The track lacks an outro, which I suppose is fine for NG as well. They like to get straight to the good stuff :P
All in all, this isn't that bad in terms of structure, but the choices in rhythmic sounds and overall mixing could have been worked on more.
There you go! :D
IMPRESSIVE melody
the melody is great! but i agree with wtflolnoob... it could use more in the way of bass...