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Reviews for "Imprisoned"

Perusing the ol' Newgrounds Drum & Bass to see what's been going on with some artists. Yours being the first I come across.

Very interesting approaches. You've certainly worked quite hard on this. Many subtle nuances to fill out the track. That "Ah" that is panned left helped to spice things up. Ambiance is placed very nicely in the middle. You're missing a bit of the low-ranges to the ambiance to add more of the "rumble" to the track, since the sub-bass lacks some of that warmth and meaty-ness.

Bassline is pretty well constructed, save for another underlying bassline to fit inbetween the sub (low) and the top layer high-fi grind (high). Always think in terms of the frequency spectrum and how much you can fill out. If you can cover the broad ranges: Low, Mid, and High, you'll start noticing that things will start sounding more "full" and more rounded.

Drum kit is also well-constructed, but... you're really missing out on many aspects of it. You've got the kick, you've got the snare, and the hi-hat (and a very quiet one panned far left for effect). It's missing a lot of the brightness of a real drum kit (hear me out here, because in the way I do things, and it's just my opinion, I always think of a real world setting when I compose my tracks), and while you've got a crash coming in every 4 bars, with it coming back on the 1, it does make for a good transition.

But, it doesn't hurt to round it out with a ride panned slightly left, a very low open hat/crash hitting along with the kick, a couple overheads... ya know what I mean? The kit does sound a little dry as well, so you could certainly throw in a reverb and give it some room to ring out.

All nit-picking out of love for the track aside, this is pretty good. You've got things down quite well.

-Regards,

J.P.

ChasingPresence responds:

Thanks for the well thought out review man! I will definitely use this advice and apply it to my later songs. Cheers!

Good. The middle part is too much same... I like unexpected changes in songs... it makes them dynamic, you doesn't get feeling of bored.

I still love your submissions ^^.

ChasingPresence responds:

Thank you ^.^

I've heard and downloaded a few of your tunes, you're a good creator. I laughed when I read Poniiboi's "review" but then listening to the tune, I was "yeah, actually, this tune has some sexy sensual undertones" Maybe the voice sample "ooh-" , but yeah, it's a good tune. Perhaps the only suggestion is some sort of heavy bass (kettle drum rumble) occasionally appearing in the tune, but otherwise good job - nice tempo, and good sound balance on my speakers.

As I say, a few rolling thunder beats sprinkled over would benefit but otherwise, Ace :)

ChasingPresence responds:

There was a subtle sub bass, maybe I should have upped it more. Oh well, thanks for the review!

5 stars. You make me horny.

ChasingPresence responds:

Ooooh :)

This is great! :D I love the mixing!

ChasingPresence responds:

Why thank you sir :D