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[Black Noise--_--(2:32)]

Mr. Blacknoise

Interesting intro... I like the variation on the hi-hats. :) and then...

whooooo!

hehehe I always love your breakdowns...

Oh, and I heard a pizzicato thing in there. You might want to throw a tad bit of reverb on it, but that's just me. It seems like you were going for a more artificial tone at the beginning.

Yes yes.. your snazzy leads are hitting up again. Near the end, did you use lfo on that synth? The vibrato effect was crazy. Reminded me of that one Rob Zombie song. :P

So... A few things.

+ Unique from the beginning, kept me hooked.
+ Variation in percussion is present
+ Arps used well, as well as some new sounding synths

- maybe a little too much mid, it could just be my headphones
- seperate the bass and the lead a bit more; it kinda got drowned out.
- the volume pan in/out effect in the beginning kinda took away from the mood a, I might be wrong but were you going for a glitch sound? I have a hard time finding those things.

So, I think that this is something that effort is definitely noticeable on. I don't know if the big name change has anything to do with it, but there's something in here that seperates this track from the rest. Oh well. I liked it. Keep it up, Zenon!!1

MWAHAHAHA you probably find that annoying.

you'll be zenon in my heart forever. <3

lololol

~cornandbeans

PERVOK responds:

Well, thank you for a really long review, like I used to write back in the day :P I can't be assed to write reviews anymore, I'm too much of a dick now... :(

Anyways.

That synth at the end was the FL Flanger effect slapped on a synth (that I made) in z3ta+.

I dunno, I used a fairly good set of headphones to master this, and I just finished listening to it on speakers, and it sounds kind of fine to e. Nevertheless, I DO love the 'crowded' sound that my songs have, so you can't expect me to change that anytime soon :P Even though I may... lol!

About the bass thing... I just have the bass there so that the lead synths have a deep sound to back up the already 8,000+ frequencies of them. The bass synth provides little to no bass frequencies... thats what the kick is for XD

Sorry about the volume thing. Normally it sounds better in faster paced songs (like, 180+ BPM) and I thought it sounded good enough to be used in a trance song. I made this song in like, 40 minutes so you can't expect everything to flow perfectly... :( Sorry again.

I was in a hurry to make this song before I left for a few hours, so I thought "Hey! I can make this tracks name my NEW name and get away with it!" so thus, I did. LOL!

And trust me, I'll be the name Zenon in my heart. Just with a better name.

:D

Thanks again for a seriously long, thought out review. I'll be sure to think about the negative points you gave me :)

[DJ Comet-Evershine]

yay :)

oo nice, intro. I like that slide. The symphonic sound is really epic. :) You might want to harmonize some stuff though, it sounds like too many instruments are playing the same thing.

The beat was pretty good, I like I like. :) A bit repetitive, but that's ok... You've got it automated well enough so it adds a lot of variety. You could probably put in maybe a bridge or something to shake it up a little.

Very good, I liked it. Keep it up.

~cornandbeans

TheComet responds:

thanks for the review, you're stuff's great, surprised I never caught sight of it earlier

[Sweay]

nice

I like the sax/trumpet thing at the beginning, but it does get a little repetitive. The beat was good too, you might want to add some bass to compliment the song. It's very loungey.

ah wait... I hear some bass. I have been proven wrong. Just make it come in a bit sooner, get the groove going before people lose interest. You need to work on your arrangement too, maybe don't completely take out the beat... Minor concerns though. Nice job, I hope to hear from you.

~cornandbeans

Torkey responds:

Thanks for the review and advice! I really appriciate it alot and will be implimenting it in my next songs.

[I've Had My Last Chance]

keep it up, buddy!

erm.. this probably doensn't fit quite into ambient, but oh well. I'm gonna try to put a filter + stereo enhancer and see what happens. Good track, all you need is some better recording equiptment. You might want to lose the gain, though.. most ambient music has little drive to it.

I'll see you... tomorrow I guess? :)

peace
~Ian

The-Eastern-Front responds:

mmmmmmmmmmk, thank, i had no clue what genre to put it in, i mean its not metal, not pop, not blues or jazz.
hmms i shall have to try using some effects on it myself, thanks ian, your my buddy :)

[Electronic Relapse]

dude!!!!

Woa.. man, you've gotten really good. I love that crash cymbal... :D:D:D:D and the wiggly wiggly scratch thing. :D:D:D:D:D the pads were awesome. and that tom thing.... wow. This is crazy professional. Me and you must do a little collabing sometime soon, don't you think? :) Keep up the awesome work.

~cornandbeans

k-m-g responds:

Haha...very flattering. I would really like to do a collab with you man...that would be awesome.

[Bittersweet Melody ZENON MIX]

arr

man, please listen to the song next time!! roar.

you got a note wrong in the main melody. roar. I do like the song, it's just if some little thing is off it ruins it for me.

sorry. :(

other than that, the triplet drums and basslines were excellent. Although you might not have known, Moby did a remix of this as well. Of course it wasn't dnb, so I can't really count that against you.

PERVOK responds:

I know I got that note wrong. And its that one note at the end, right?

That was purposful, cause if the note was correct, it was gay. If I changed it to what I had there, it all of a sudden sounds like something you'd hear in a DnB song.

[Final Fantasy 3: Narshe (2:47)]

ahhh...

very relaxing. I've had it on loop for about 20 minutes. :P Great job, though. The bass part was pretty cool. Ambient as well. Keep up the great work. :D

~cornandbeans

WinTang responds:

Thanks man, will do!

[Flounder]

oooh I like I like

your quality here is fantastic. I love that sound in the background, sounds like a saxophone. The guitars where sweet, I liked that halfway distorted one. The clean one was a very good balance to the mix as well. And of course, your drumwork was much better on this one. Ambient, melodic, awesome. Keep up the great work.

~cornandbeans

pitbulljones responds:

cheers for the review. it's a marked improvement production wise over grace i must agree. there aint no sax instrument in this tune, there's the random sync synth that may be what you're thinking but no sax. yea i used amplitude for the guitar, slammed in a clean signal and treated with that. very rarely use my fx pedal nowadays. theres a total of three guitars goin here if im correct, the clean riff, the distorted pick and a reversed chord too. another good comment on the drums, it's one thing i still need to improve on alot though. thanks again.

[Break the Stage--_--LOOP]

pretty good :)

Ah, good to hear more from you. This is a nice loop, it's not too overdriving nor too soft. You did a good job of maintaining speed and power without losing the other instruments. The lead synth-- is that one instrument or two? You seem to have a trancy pluck thing going on at the beginning and then it loses the cutoff and switches into a fatter synth. It's not a question of too much importance, but I think that's what gives you such a unique sound. Ah, sytrus. It really bugs me that I can't automate z3ta and vanguard, though. I bet you'd kick some serious ass if you could work with those. Wheee... Cookie? :) Keep up the great work.

~cornandbeans

PERVOK responds:

Surprise surprise, that plucked trance synth is an automated z3ta synth.

How I did it? Get FL 4 and then learn how to automate the old school way XD

[-Orr-Meltdown [Preview]]

whee!! :D

Great intro! Everything builds up so nicely! Those heavy bass drums were awesome, and the synth lead there at the break was simply amazing. Then the piano, and the drums again, and then you got the synth going again!! :D:D:D:D:D PERFECT!! Flawless victory! DavidOrr FTW!

Keep em' coming!
~cornandbeans

collab soon possibly? :)

DavidOrr responds:

Wow! Glad you enjoyed the piece! I sent you a PM about a collab.

Thanks for the support!