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Reviews for "ParagonX9 - Chaoz Fantasy [Dubstep RMX]"
Man this is pretty awesome! It reminds me a lot of Ichor by Xtrullor, my all-time favorite dub step song, but I love the Chaoz Fantasy motif in piano, it's really awesome. My only complaint would be the very beginning of the drop (1:30) isn't my favorite, but I'm not a huge fan of Dubstep in the first place (Orchestral / Melodic Dubstep is what I DO listen to), so basically, awesome job! 4.5/5
I'm gonna be as honest as possible with my review:
Sound Design - 4/5
Your sound design is pretty great. With all of your songs, I love your orchestral ties. Nice to hear some fresh Dubstep elements.
However, that snare. I feel like the snare is way too noticeable, most likely there is too much reverb on it. Also try cutting the volume down and add some low-end to it. Some things are also taking up way too much frequencies. One way to look at it is that as soon as one sound plays, the others back out a little. Some simple EQing should be able to fix that though. Shouldn't be too much of a problem.
Mixing - 2.5/5
Continuing off with your mixing, you should probably try to work on it more. Adding onto what I said earlier about your overlapping frequencies, there should be a lot more low-end cutting. Also, there a couple parts where there is too much reverb. While reverb adds a lot of depth to your sound, too much of it can cause muddy mixes.
Dubstep Elements/Drop - 4.5/5
Your Dubstep drop is very nicely done. I don't have that much to say about it, other than your volumes should be balanced out. Some growls and synths were quieter than others, which made the drop hard to listen to. But other than that, I love the drop. :)
Overall - 11/15
Not bad, some parts of this song were awesome, and some needed some work. Nice job Etzer! 8)
~Comets
Sounds awesome! :D
I don't know a lot about music but this track seems pretty good ^^
keep it up!
Eighto hype! :3
The strings at the beginning sound a bit sharp and the chords sound off. The piano part is pretty solid, but gets somewhat buried behind the strings. The sound design is a bit annoying and I found it hard to listen to, especially the synth at 1:00. I just felt like it didn't fit with everything around it. If it had a high-cut filter, it would have seemed less harsh and more bearable.
The snare is also much louder than the kick, which is usually not something that is done with most electronic genres. The kick and bass should be at the front of your mix, and especially during the drop, I felt like the kick was lacking a bit. The xylophone felt a bit out of place, and so did the ambience that went along with it at 2:25. It may be my preference, but I like to mix in the ambience so that it's barely audible instead of it standing out. I feel like it's job should be mostly in the background, but again, that's probably just a personal thing.
All of that aside, this was a pretty interesting remix. I really enjoyed the specifically orchestral parts. I enjoyed pretty much everything up until 1:00. Even then, the background is still great. During the drops I can't hear much of Chaos Fantasy, but it's a remix, so I can't complain.
Overall, the mixing needs a bit of work and the sound design could have been refined a bit, but otherwise this track was solid. Keep up the great work!
8/10