Reviews for Hitler hacks LINUX (5:33)

[attemptedperfection]

muy bien

I wish you hadn't added the German-speech samples, as they seem to add an air of novelty to the track... and not the good kind of novelty... Other than that, this is a superb extension of the preview, and you even added an additional segment of that organ melody I liked so much! The new, quieter section was a nice change of pace, while not being too much out of place, and the speed-up afterwards was great, though I wish it would've gotten just a tad faster and ended in a screaming mountain of awesome, instead of just a loudly-speaking pile of awesome. Still, a very good piece of track. Still 5/5.

WinTang responds:

Thanks dude, I was looking forward to this :)

I hear ya on the speech samples, though I like them very much myself, especially in the interlude. I like to be able to put this on a CD and then credit the vocals to Helmut Kohl. Heh. But I can see how it may seem a bit pretentious and can be interpreted as some kind of moral message, which is far from what I meant - I just wanted it to add a little hint of human intervening with the chaos.

A further speed increase is a cool idea though. I'll experiment with that and see if I like it.

I liked your awesome-metaphors a lot, btw. However, the only way I see making it "scream" more without totally fucking up the clarity, is adding more voices there... but if you have a better idea, please e-mail me.

Thanks a lot for your useful comments again, and for the 5/5 (although I think you forgot to click the 5 because my score has been exactly the same for a few days now...)!

[dj-padman1]

Fantastic stuff!

Wow! This is a fantastic track and I'm really envious!

This time around the mix is perfect as near as I can tell. The bass is chunky and full yet doesn't overpower the mix, and everything in fact sits really well in the mix. So my kudos to you for your mixing.

I'm loving that tension build with the sustained organ chords, it is genuinely effective and obviously you put a lot of time into getting the elements to work together properly. My personal fave is still the chaotic square arp. 32nd notes rock!

The song maintains a pretty high level of energy after and pulls it off nicely without becoming played out.

The sweep with the organ chord and the resigned piano into the breakdown is pure gold, I mean it's simple, but could anything be more effective? (I don't want to gush, but I liked it a lot!). Creepy, heavily affected voices, fx sweeps, nice. Great for breaking up the track.

The next part, i mean after the organ is re-introduced (and tempo automation?), I sense could use a pad or a sprinkle of fx because it seems a bit sparse but the chaos leading up the finishing vocal and alarm fx is very commendable and earns redemption many times over!

The only slight gripe I have is the cymbal which becomes a tad irksome after a while, but really, that's pretty minor.

This one will definately stand up to repeated listens. At least it did for me, and I'm pretty damn fussy.

Top stuff. Great work you can be proud of!

Keep it up.

P.S Silly idea - can a future version have the male "Hello Frankfurt" morph into a female over the course of the track?......

...Actually, ignore previous statement!

WinTang responds:

What a delightfully long and detailed review!! It's so cool to see someone actually picked up all the separate elements in the chaos that is this song.

On the cymbal, I struggled with that but I wanted it to be there to create that Prodigy-feel... but it only fully satisfies me in the coda.

Heaps of thanks for this awesome review man!

P.S. Interesting! Now if I only knew how to do that...

[Erkieman]

Excellent.

A chaotic, disorganized, piece of ominious ambience mixed with variable beats, giving it a very chase/dark feeling, which is very admirable.

I can tell you utilized that organ type sounds quite well, and having the song dance around those notes definitely gave it it's theme.

It's definitely very bass heavy, some of the sounds are very overpowering, I noticed you used several different sounds to concoct it, and you let them go all out, which sort of made it muddy. It drags out for a while, sound wise it's good, lengthwise, some people might get sick of it. I think all you need is some more chunky beats, pacing, and perhaps program them a little more intricately.

Beyond that, I'd really like to remix this, that is, if you're willing to hand over the samples, I think it'd be good hands. My e-mail is [e-mail]. So feel free to unload anything there.

Nice job.

WinTang responds:

Thanks a lot!

I didn't understand the lines "I noticed...it muddy", but I will e-mail you soon. I'm pleased, honored even, that you would want to spend time on improving this. I only recently discovered the importance of mixing, so I have no clue whatsoever as to what I'm doing.

The whole thing is made in Impulse Tracker though, I don't know if you're familiar with it and it's way different than all other programs I've come across (which in turn makes me not understand any other program).

For the record: you ARE the guy I know as Erkie, right?

[Triskele]

O.o

Whoa...Brilliant work my son!

So bloody original...its like no dnb I've ever heard! It's like a 3/3-9/8 hybrid...All the video gamey tones are teh sweetness, and the drums are beautifully synchopated. The ending's pretty sweet too.

Just amazing work, man. Keep it up XD

WinTang responds:

Thanks a lot! I think this is my best electronical piece yet... and I'm glad to see people who know what they're talking about dig it!