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This time I made the details before the structure and went back and forth from there. I made at least 70 different patterns before even deciding what keys and chords to use. I still haven't used all the original patterns so expect VIPs and remixes.

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THIS IS AN OFFICIAL NGADM REVIEW

Industrial with complextro and trance elements? That is a combination id never think to witness in NGADM but here we are! And youre lucky that i specialize in those genres haha.
The first introducting part starts right off the bat. Has that EBMish/Techno groove which i wish that it would last a lot longer. The next part sounds a bit too sudden and chopped off. So as the next sections. The transitioning leaves a bitter taste, either its too static (or staticly automated) or just a bit too abrupt. Add effects like reverb and filter out some elements. Youll reach a better outcome from the climax. I like the melodic changes and the MIDI construction. its creative, spooky and all. I like the very bold idea adding triplets in the middle of the track, pretty cool.
When it comes to categorizing and comparing this track to the genre stereotypes (whether its complextro or industrial,) In my thought i feel like the track is losing the perfect color as the specified genres would have.
First of all if you listen to the the genres in general. Mostly youll get a pretty damn loud master. I think thats the main problem of this track, its not loud enough for listeners to enjoy the sound design they want to enjoy. I analyzed the loudness and its on -19 integrated LUFS which doesnt really fit the standard. Make your master atleast -12LUFS to have more elements to peak out through the mix. You dont have a limiter in the master, so just turn down your volume on your headphones and make the track a wee bit louder ;)
Another thing that should be kept in mind is track referencing. Im talking about elements and sound choice. Industrial tracks dont need a clean mix. Complextro tracks on the other hand mostly do. Now what to filter and distort right? :D For example, imo the kick deserves a tighter, cleaner sound so you could make up a striking contrast of the harsh synths. Id recommend playing your favourite tracks in that style and use their ideas. Its not strictly copying if youll blend the ideas together ;)

Hopefully this review comes out helpful for you. Im looking forward to hear more from you! Good luck!
-CRY

deepfriedfiend responds:

Thank you for the advice and happy you found the triplets!

Official Review for NGADM Round 2 :

I have to be honest, at first, I wasn't really impressed. The reason is probably because I'm much more into melodic music and this felt like a draft.

But after listening to it a couple more times, my opinion changed a lot !

I think you really nailed the industrial vibe, especially with this harsh choice of sounds.

The ambience very dark, almost sinister. Pure Chaos.

I'm not sure if you'll understand this, but the sounds feel raw and unprocessed, which work amazingly well in context.

So yeah, a pretty solid entry.

deepfriedfiend responds:

Thank you! I've been layering+distorting sounds and keeping them otherwise very dry recently. I think I'll keep doing that for most things.

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i love it, i dont know how you do it but it feels liek something is about to happen, except it never happens.

Continue the great work!

deepfriedfiend responds:

Thank you! How it works is the chords go up a chromatic scale for every 4 bars (for reference, this is 4/4 120BPM) and often end with a break or an odd sound before they repeat. For example: 2 bars of G#, 1 bar of A, 1/2 bar of A#, and 1/2 bar of B with a small dubsteppy sound. And repeat.
The chords are constantly going up but there are other things going on to distract you right before they reset so you're constantly anticipating something, like the next chord that belongs in the series.

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Score
4.45 / 5.00

Uploaded
Aug 29, 2022
4:47 PM EDT
Genre
Industrial
File Info
Song
6.2 MB
2 min 43 sec
Software
  • LABS
  • FL Studio 20

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