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Neon Gaze

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My Submission for NGADM. Lots of ideas didn't make it in due to shortage of time, but it turned out alright.

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Well, I don't know about some of the earlier comments, but is worth a 5/5 from me. :)

I like the pensive mood at the beginning and the luscious atmosphere. I wasn’t a huge fan of the clap sample - it sounded a bit dry, and also didn’t sit very well in the mix at times. Otherwise, the sound design is enjoyable. The harmonic content has a serious lack of variety here, though. I like the transition at 1:08, but otherwise there’s not a lot of variety to keep my attention. Nice use of phrasing and filtering later on, but I’m afraid the composition here is just seriously underwhelming. The mix is also a tad quiet, although it’s still clear and clean. The piece needs some more structuring, melodic content, and variety. I think you’ve set up the mood and thematic content well, though, and I hope you keep working on this. For a short and (admittedly) incomplete piece, it sounds good. Keep at it, AceMantra! :)

Mixing, mastering, and balance
1.75/2
Structure, transitions, phrasing, and variety
.5/1.5
Melody, tonality, harmony, and texture
1.5/2
Instrumentation and sound design
.75/1
Emotion, atmosphere, and catchiness
1.25/1.5
Originality and uniqueness
.5/1
Overall (how do the elements above interact?)
.75/1
Composite score
7/10

AceMantra responds:

Thanks for the review and your hard work. I'll definitely work on this some more.

Cinematic cyberpunk synthwave. Right on the money. Good luck on the NGADM. I do hope you can make it this time, you've made it this far.

Have you thought about using synthwave promotion Youtube channel for selective few of your work? It helps to boost your fans quite good.

This track is so amazing. I guess the synth were Massive, well done work on them.

AceMantra responds:

Thanks so much! I have considered starting a YouTube channel, but I'm not sure how to take it further. And you guessed it, basically all Massive, Korg M1, and a tiny bit of Kontakt. :P

I like synthwave. I'm learning more about it to try and make it myself. Unusual choice to pan the snare that far to the left. I guess it works because you've panned the tom to the middle. I would,ve panned the snare much more to the middle and the the tom a lot more to the right. The sounds you use are great. They all fit the synthwave style, and nothing seems jarring. I'm curious about the ideas you didn't have time for. I hope you'll later have the time to change this song, or use them for later songs.

AceMantra responds:

Thanks for the tip and the review! I'll definitely try it out in the future.
Unlike other projects, I might actually revisit this one and add some of the ideas that are still buzzing around in my head.

Thanks again! :)

Credits & Info

Listens
725
Faves:
5
Downloads
20
Votes
22
Score
4.45 / 5.00

Uploaded
Sep 8, 2019
11:53 PM EDT
Genre
Synthwave
File Info
Song
4.8 MB
2 min 5 sec

Licensing Terms

Please contact me if you would like to use this in a project. We can discuss the details.