Reviews for Imprisoned

[Psychophobe]

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!

[Jenni-Harry4eva3]

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!

[CommonOddity]

Definitely a neat track :) I'm a huge fan of liquid so it was neat to come across this. To weigh some things out:

PROS:
- Ambience is fantastic.
- Musical architecture and diversity is not lacking.
- Clairity. Well, for the most part... No frequencies drowning each other out :)

CONS:
- Some sample/synth choices were slightly questionable. The kick is a little pumpy and weak. Feels like it could use a little "oomf"
- It does feel like some of the rolls in this track could have been a little more "fleshed out" with mastering/eq work. While there is clarity some things just don't seem to sound right.
- Jenni really pointed out the majority if what I wanted to cover, so refer back to this

Otherwise, great track. I feel there's a lot of potential in your work should you choose to hone your skills.
-CO

@ph0ne

N****r please. You couldn't tell liquid from country music. Step your troll game up, newfag.

ChasingPresence responds:

Thanks man! That ph0ne guy is just jealous. I tend to not worry about haters. Thank you for the well thought out review!

[BlazeX11]

Not to exciting, until 0:45. Then it becomes awesome!

[thehamzan6]

The beginning wasn't great, although the song on the middle began to change how I feel about the song. Good job on the song.