NGADM Round 2 Review
I absolutely love your buildup here. You have some amazingly warm melodies that really help set the mood of the track right away. The vocals blend really well, too. I think the effect that you used to mod the voice was awesome – really fit well, even made it a bit more robotized which ended up sounding super cool.
It did begin to feel a bit stale after awhile, though – the chords started grate a bit as you used them throughout the entire piece. I really enjoy the choice of synths and the fading back in around 3:25, but the chords could have used a bit more punch, maybe a key change here and there. I would have also liked to hear a little more bass around this part.
However, the entire track was extremely well-produced. Your quality of music is always mind-blowing and I feel this is an excellent example of what you’re able to do with mixing. It’s a great showcase of your sample library as well, as you use a range of instruments here and they all work very well together. I enjoy the switch to a dubstep beat as well, towards the finale of the song. Mixes it up and makes the listener more involved. Speaking of the ending, the choice of the music box-like VST was pretty nifty and very clear-sounding, but I feel it could have been better as a fadeout or maybe even a final percussive note, rather than just ending it after a few more sequences of the same chords.
Overall, though, just nitpicking - you have a great variety of instruments, extremely well-produced, and fun to listen to. The vox were great, too! Thanks for making this, Solarex! I wish you the best of musical endeavors. :)
NGADM Round 2 Score: 9.6