It's nice :)
I like it and all, I just don't get why it's titled "A Silver Kiss." Other than that, 5/5 and 9/10 :)
Reviews for "A Silver Kiss"
Kr1z responds:
It's random :D thx!
Kinda like a rocket
Started out slow then really got working.
Good job
Sounds pretty good.
has a pretty cool sound to it. Love the Synths used in this. Everything flows rather nicely. The beats pretty nice. Its almost hypnotic. Over all i'd say you did a pretty nice job on this!
Wyldfyre1
Kr1z responds:
Thanks for ur review, wyldfire1!!1!
Here we go...
It's been a while, I believe I really enjoyed the preview, let's see what I think this time around... sorry I took a while to get to it, but I've been busy. ;)
First off, if you used Nexus, then you HAD to have used presets... perhaps modified presets, but presets nonetheless. :P
Second, I recognize your shaker line out of Nexus's Factory Presets, under Textures and FX I believe. Just like last time I think. :\ Its sound doesn't really fit all that well with the rest of the song, either - it just stands out and gives this kinda corny sound, and the fact that it's mostly noise (like white noise or something, not loudness :P) doesn't really help it much.
Your bass is really loud in your intro there, I can hardly at all hear the boom, or almost the punch, of the kick, while it plays. It's almost a click in comparison. I'd EQ it some, cutting the bass frequencies a fair though not extreme amount, so you have more balance between the two. The bass also makes the entire song hard to listen to - it overpowers nearly everything, I can hear the hihats ducking under it, for example. It even distorts a small amount in places... :\
I don't hear any kind of overpowering c
ompressors on the master channel, which is a good thing, considering a ton of the songs I've reviewed lately have had one. ;) Just a tip while I'm at it, you might know this already, but why not? When putting the finishing touches on the full song, aim for subtle effects when FXing the master channel, instead of dramatic ones.
Other than all of that, though, I've got nearly nothing to say. :) I'm sure most of this was obvious to you already anyway, I don't believe you needed my review. :P I'll give this an 8 (with better mixing you could have earned a 9 :( ), though I'll vote 5. Good luck this week, hopefully I'll see this song somewhere on the Weekly Top 5... ;D
Kr1z responds:
Yeh the bass might be a lil loudy ;D
I'll fix it.
Shakersz less noise.. will do
Thanks for the tips, its just hard to do every little detail correct at the first time, but next time it will work out better.
Thanks for ur time ^^
Well.
I was about halfway through a large review when my browser decided to inexplicably return to the previous page, thereby erasing about 2500 characters worth of work. Since it's late at night, unfortunately, I REALLY cannot be assed to retype a 350 word review of this decent, technically sound, but somewhat uninspired song.
Therefore, I will give qualitative advice in a short, succinct manner instead - you can look forward to a real Reaper Review (TM) on your next song or two, sorry for the inconvenience.
At any rate, while the song technically works, I feel there could have been a lot more variation in form, timing, and especially in the melodies. It was all just such typical trance that I've come to expect at this point... it really couldn't break out of the "average" spot, no matter how well put together the notes were in a technical sense. Try busting out some funky bassline, or a crazy melody next time, then maybe we can see some big points. Your skills can definitely handle it, but you have to make the song stand out :)
7'd in the review, 4'd because I round up. No DL this time out, but maybe next time, if you get some less "been there, seen that" work out there :D
Kr1z responds:
i dont wanna stand out atm, im fine being general.
Just my second trance song yet, lets not get too complicated ;D
Thanks for ur tips though!