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"I know nothing with any certainty, but the sight of the stars makes me dream." - Vincent van Gogh

This is something a little more experimental. I tried my hand at dubstep again, but this time, at triple 3/4 time instead of the conventional 4/4 time. The final result is an dreamy, jazzy chillstep track with a heavy use of arps, strings, and a chorus'd guitar.

Hope you enjoy it!

Part of the Horizons EP (2018):

https://www.newgrounds.com/playlists/view/6a7b7b97409ecf0760c7b1b3afb38008

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PaulyBFromDa303

2020-12-03 18:29:47

You my friend have mastered the bass synth effects. Keep at it! It's sounding really amazing

I also gotta point out that your equalizing is near perfect! Not too little, but not too much bass, along with a good treble balance.

Diamondpro333

2020-11-30 09:02:22

nice!

whaaat002

2020-11-29 23:11:44

Man, the combination between a dreamy melody and dubstep is amazing. I would love to see more of that

AstroGalaxy

2020-11-29 19:09:23

I can see the effort put in this, but I'm not a fan of everything until the parts like 1:24. Everything other than 1:24 sounds very unprofessional, sorry. If you were going for chillstep, it could have been more ambient and more like future garage in a way. Maybe some reverbed piano.

Zip-Zap-Official responds:

Thanks for the review. Sorry that you didn't enjoy it.
This was my own interpretation of chillstep; if I'll be honest, I had no idea what genre I was going for, exactly, so maybe "chillstep" is not the best way to describe it. I didn't want to use pianos too much for this track because I thought it was too cliche, so I opted for guitars instead. All in all, it's an experiment, and not meant to be professional. Then again, this is Newgrounds; what *is* professional?

Kiiri