As always, I love the atmosphere and synths. The pitch on the lead at :27 sounds heavily altered - I like it! At the same time, though, I think the melody there is a bit too loud there. I'd prefer the atmosphere to be a little further forward in the mix. I definitely like the progression here, though. I like how you restart with the bare-bones beat at 1:45. The production quality is really high. I can hear all of the elements of the texture very clearly throughout. You did a great job of channeling the energy through the section from around 2:30 to 4:00. There are a lot of cool dissonances and chord progressions here, though. I love the slow pace of the melody at 3:25. The transition at 4:07 didn't quite work for me tbh. It seemed like you were building up to something, and then the beat fell away and the mood was very tranquil all of a sudden. You spammed the crash/hi-hats at 5:24, which I found to be a bit excessive. I thought the transition into 6:30 was better than the one at 4:07. While still not exactly gradual, it seems more directional and less jarring. I like the ominous ending a lot, too. Overall, excellent piece, though. You clearly put a momentous amount of effort into this thing, and it shows. Fave and DL! ^_~
Reviews for "~SW~ Thoughtspark"
Hey!
Not sure what you mean about the pitch on the lead in the first part - I agree that it might be a bit too loud, but not entirely sure. I definitely get wanting the background atmosphere to come out a bit more! Fortunately, the pad is the same throughout the whole thing, lol.
The beat at 1:45 was the part that was really inspired, and led on to make the entire rest of the piece (as you can hear).
3:25 is one of my favorite sections melody-wise, I really liked the atmosphere there, so I kept it. Right before that with the cymbals is one that I liked making as well. :) Glad to hear it shows through!
With 4:07... that was a hard choice. I actually tried keeping things flowing and going back up in tension there, but it just didn't work. I thought I would take a page out of the book of @Step and make an unexpected transition there, to bring back some elements of the very beginning.
5:24 onwards is just like about 3:00 - the cymbals are synced up to the kick drum for a hard DnB effect. The intro leading up to it is similar to around 3:00 as well, with the spamming of the high hats. I guess there are a few more kicks, and by extension crashes (kinda). It's a different, slightly more frantic beat.
6:30 is probably the transition I am the most proud of in the entire piece, so I'm really glad that you like it! It took a huge amount of listening, tweaking, and effort to put it in. Because of some oddities with the way that instruments react to tempo changes, I had to manually slow down and stretch out the individual notes along with gradually slowing the tempo back down to the original temp for the ending.
Glad you do like the ending, by the way! I wasn't 100% sure on that one, so I'm glad it fit!
It's wonderful to hear something new from you! And not just anything for that matter, but this quite astounding track :D
Definitely going straight into my favorites ^ ^
I think it sounds very polished, and works well on its own, but also as background music!
Thank you for sharing :3
Hey, man! No problem - I'm glad to share! I've a couple other ideas knocking around, just simultaneously dealing with other life stuff is all.
I've got it, though - and I think I'll be able to knock out at least one more this year (I hope).
Take care, hit me up on Skype or something! :)
that short description sums up most of my pieces tbh
I dig this thing. I'm not one for experimental drum n bass songs but this one kept me interested for sure. I'm not sure why, either. Everything was selected well and fit well, and it would go perfect in a video game. A few of the leads might've been a bit too harsh but overall I enjoyed it.
Heyo!
Glad you dig it, man! It was definitely an experiment for me, but it's... actually just one real theme. It's just one theme with a couple variations and a bunch of notes putting them together vaguely.
I agree some of the leads are a bit too harsh. I probably should have reigned in the high end - might do that and reupload it.
Thanks, man! :)