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Reviews for "AF+T888 - Lightspeed (DM Edit)"

Seems abit light

This was ok, the track itself seems like its on the light side, maybe you should have the sound quality turned up abit, maybe even have a more stronger jump in there like some drums or strong piano sound in there

Needs a stronger feel as so it has a more standout sound

~X~

aliaspharow responds:

Lol? Really sorry here, but I really can't agree... Thanks for the feedback anyhow!

Good song

This song creates a very dense atmosphere. It "feels" quite cold, but this isn't meant in a negative sense. I just mean that the song manages to create some feelings, which is always a big plus. Music that isn't able to create any atmosphere isn't worth listening to, in my opinion. ^^

Anyway, you have some good melodies in this song, so it's quite a pity that they are most of the time barly noticeable. It almost seems as if they try to hide behind the beat. You should try to put them more to the front!

{ Review Request Club }

aliaspharow responds:

I see your point and my entourage seems to agree but I'm still in the process of trying to hear what you people are hearing... Seems I might need new earphones or something... Thanks for the feedback!

cool i liked it

nice song, u really pulled me in there, its just missing something, im not sure.
great song!!
10/10
5/5

aliaspharow responds:

i know right? always that feeling...

Wow, just wow.

OK this is amazing. Just flows so easily, keeps to its name yet is so relaxing and puts you at ease. Yeah, you ROCK at Ambient, and I'm sure that this is probably your best submission so far. Too bad it has such a bad score :C. Anyway, keep up the amazing work, this is the stuff that the Audio Portal should have! :D.

Alright, those melodies are just godly. They're really, really catchy and beautifully done. You seriously have talent when it comes to making melodies, and this is just another song that expresses that superb talent. The piano (is that even a piano?) has amazing melodies. Loved the part at 2:03 where the piano chords and pad play, and then the arp comes in so smoothly that you don't even notice it came in. Speaking of the arp, it was fast paced, yet still puts you at ease at the same time, plus its melodies were really cool. Maybe you could add some soft piano solo in-between, since at times your melody could use something new in the middle of it to keep the listener interested yet still relaxed, but heck, that doesn't really matter at all. I think I'm hearing a slight bit of clipping in the middle of the song, but I'm almost 100% sure that's my crappy speakers. Fantastic job with the melodies!

The synths and instruments you used were also really cool. Very spacey, and sort of make you imagine yourself soaring through the clouds at light speed, or at least that's how I see it. The piano sounded really nice, even though it made me doubt if it was a piano or not, but heck, as long as it sounds great, it doesn't have to sound like a piano ^^. Arp sound really cool, and that pad was just beautiful and sounded so calm and soothing. Yeah, instruments are out of this world, nothing to complain about them.

The mix is slightly muddy with all the reverb you threw in, but that added to the awesome spacey feel of the song, and I think the reverb makes the song feel really relaxing and smooth. When it comes to the sound effects, I think this song could REALLY benefit with some sweeps. If you don't have any/don't know how to make some, I can help you out :). Anyway, other than the fact that I think this could do with some sweeps, effects/mastering was great.

The transitions are all pristine, except maybe the one at 2:03 which could do with some reverbed reverse cymbal, or even better, a sweep like I mentioned above to indicate that the song has reached a new, calmer mood. Other than that small defect, smooth and flawless transitions, which is always important in an Ambient song such as this. New synths were introduced very well, such as the arp in the middle of the song which as I said above entered the song so smoothly that I didn't even notice it entered. Buildups were excellent.

The song structure is perfect. It's very well structured and all of the melodies compliment each other very nicely. Variety was excellent, except for the lack of a soft piano solo somewhere inbetween, but even without that the song is still well varied and never got boring, because whenever you got tired of one melody, another melody or another element comes in to keep you interested ^^. Intro was REALLY well done, and started the song very smoothly. It started spacey, and then built up as it introduced new elements, which is just how a song intro like this should be. The ending is also extremely cool. A smooth ending with a powerful piano chord and percussion hit to compliment it. Perfect :D.

The percussion wasn't really that audible, but I think making it any louder would ruin the beautiful and spacey ambient atmosphere you've got going. Maybe you could make the bass percussion a little more prominent. Not louder, just slightly stronger and easier to hear without ruining the atmosphere. Still, the snare or clap was really awesome. Drums were well done in general, good job ^^.

Other than the really tiny defects such as lack of sweeps/piano solos, this song is really cool, and a few more songs like this and I'm definitely favouriting you. Keep up the AWESOME work, man!
10/10
5/5
Download.
Fav'd.

-Review Request Club-

aliaspharow responds:

Wow right back at you! You freakin rock steph! but i still wish i would of thought of putting sweeps in my song ^^!

Great song but...

Climax please? It seemed like it was building up to something but it never did. I was disappointed by that.

And as someone else mentioned, the drums need to come forth a little more, but you're working on that already.

Keep it up.

aliaspharow responds:

Well sorry theres no ambient/trance section! you guys just dont know how to enjoy a great song