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(Hard Techno)Radioactivity

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It new soundtrack and new album Toxiction.Version Soundtrack 6.1(Maybe soon new version)

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I like the frantic drum patterns and gritty synth bass at the beginning. The pulsing effect on the bass was a nice touch, too. Some of the samples are a bit cheesy and generic, especially the claps. The entrance of that other mid-range synth at 1:06 really threw me off, and the rhythm of the phaser/pulsing effect on it doesn’t really fit with the rest of the piece. The track is really slow to progress overall, and doesn’t have much in the way of interesting harmonies or rhythmic content to keep me engaged in the meantime. The mix seems a bit overwhelmed at times - do you have a limiter on the master channel of the mixer? The distorted sound design is for a while, but without any counterbalancing with smoother elements of the texture, it’s a bit much to listen to for 8.5 minutes. Many of the synths in here also sound pretty unpolished and cliche. You clearly have a good sense of rhythm and progression, but a more well-rounded and dynamic composition also necessarily includes melodic elements and more variety than this. I’d challenge you to create a piece that has some more memorable melodies and a stronger sense of “storyline.” A good way to start is by listening to a melody from a piece of music you really like, recreating it in your DAW, and, using all the same pitches, slowly alter the contour and note length until you have something new. Until then, I enjoyed the catchy beats and some of the synth riffs here. Keep at it, lllElectroMusiclll! :)

Mixing, mastering, and balance
1.25/2
Structure, transitions, phrasing, and variety
.25/1.5
Melody, tonality, harmony, and texture
.25/2
Instrumentation and sound design
.25/1
Emotion, atmosphere, and catchiness
.5/1.5
Originality and uniqueness
.5/1
Overall (how do the elements above interact?)
.5/1
Composite score
3.5/10

lllElectroMusiclll responds:

Thanks you!

brave choice entering actual techno into a NG comp, but i like the main groove in this a lot! the extra synth elements are very hit and miss though. a lot of the extra sequences are too loud seem to just play at a different tempo and don't resolve in a sensible way, so 1:05 all the way until 5:47 is nigh on unlistenable for me. would be good to sidechain your rumble layer under the kick some more to help it really pump, and wouldn't be a bad idea to just drop the volume of all the synths a little so that the extra percussion and filter layers can still breathe. appreciate the dj-friendly structure but it's best to build up a bit more gradually, have something of a breakdown and 2nd buildup, and then outro on the kick so that djs have a strong downbeat to cue the next track off of. half of the track is quite bad cause of those sequences, but the other half without them was pretty good. make more!

important notes on my NGUAC review process: https://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/1476427/18#bbspost26965604_post_text

lllElectroMusiclll responds:

Thanks!

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Listens
310
Downloads
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Votes
6
Score
3.07 / 5.00

Uploaded
Jul 30, 2021
1:45 AM EDT
Genre
Techno
File Info
Song
15 MB
6 min 33 sec

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