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Reviews for "Back To Life"
Great song. These are live instruments right? They must be. Nice melody. Well played. I think I'd like it even more with less reverb. The part that isn't in reverse at least. That reversed part is very experimental. Fortunately it works. I like how you still play ordinary notes over the reversed part. Looking forward to hear more from you.
NyxTheShield responds:
Yup, everything is live ^^
I would like to use a bit less of reeverb but my recorder sucks, it's a cheap $6 bucks plastic, yellow recorder, i need to "hide" some of its flaws with it :c
Nice melody and dynamics within. Gives it some breathe. The reversed parts reminded me of the Braid soundtrack, actually. Personally, I think you ran with it too long though. I think it could have been an interesting/cool effect, but the whole last 2 minutes or so were reversed. Personally, I would have added some light acoustic drums right when you have the initial reverse section start, to add a bit more dynamics/variety. Then in the last several measures, have it reverse. Again, personal preference though.
I think offsetting the guitar and the recorder in panning could have made it a bit more interesting too. Both are center panned with what seems like stereo wide reverbs on (the recorder at least). Even though the recorder is a higher pitched instrument, I think it could have benefited from EQing towards a clearer definition of it; same with the plucking of the guitar, or maybe some compression to really bring it out.
A fun listen, though. I could definitely see this in a video game or some trailer maybe.
NyxTheShield responds:
The reversed drums sounds like a cool idea, i may give it a shot in the future hahaha
Btw, Guitar isn't centered, it's double tracked to the left and right, the main recorder is indeed centered to balance the guitar, there are multiple recorder in different pitches (Standard, 1 and 2 octave lower respectively) panned to left/right.
Thanks for the feedback ^^