Reviews for Euphoria {Dj-Abbic}

[TheAudioGuy]

a very exciting song thats for sure.

the synth chord cuts are too frantic for me and i'm not a fan of how hectic most of the song is.
So many synths blaring in to my ears at a frantic pace and although the sound of the synths and their melodies work well together, the way they are presented is not very pleasing for me.

the production is pretty good but isn't flawless.
at 2:10 the drums are really drowned by all the other sounds. you need to do some more prevalent sidechaining or use some eqing. Throughout the whole song the percussion tends to be too quiet for my liking.

the song as a whole is exciting but the technical production isn't.
the song sounds too heavy in the low mid section and quite dull in the highs. i'd boost some of the higher frequencies on some of your synths to make them more lively.
a lot of your sounds have a lot of reverb on them which makes some parts sound muddy, use some high pass filters to get rid of some of that reverb mud.

overall, an alright song that doesn't appeal to me all that much, but its good for a first shot at a genre you haven't made anything in before.

DjAbbic responds:

I guess the way it sounds isn't for everyone. I personally liked the pacing of this so...you need to keep up old man! (juuuust kidding)

It may be the samples I chose, but I couldn't really make the drums much louder than they currently are without compression. Although this can be seen as a drawback, I think it also brings out the synths more (which is probably a good thing due to their choppy nature) and could also be viewed as a positive.

You're right in saying that this lacks highs though. I didn't boost the highs because my synths are usually loud in the highs anyway, but this doesn't seem to be the case here.

As for the reverb mud, I assume you're talking about 0:44 and 2:44, in which case I would agree; there's far too much reverb in those parts.

Thanks a lot for the detailed review! I really appreciate it!