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[housecatt - Waves]

It's mixed reaaaaaally softly, wow. I had to crank open the volume to hear anything..

But it sounds good! It doesn't hold incredible punch, but the sidechained pads make it flow quite nicely. I'd say it has more of a 4am at the parking lot feel to it than an actual club vibe but hey. I don't know where you were going for and I'm digging it. :)

I think the downsweep you used in the beginning could use a little bit of toning down.. the high end of it sounds just a little bit sharp to start off the track.

Keep up! (And please write some reviews yourself, you're kind of spamming the advertisement thread..)

housecatt responds:

thanks man, yes you are right It does have the 4am vibe and Its a really good vibe track I just made It out of the blue and It came out to sound good so I said why not upload It and see the comments I would get, I appreciate you feedback thank you and yea you do have a point I have bin spamming the advertisement thread but one of the reasons I haven't bin able to do reviews on others Is because I have spent my time mostly In the ER than at my home. thanks again tho man :)

[Shimmered Horror]

Groovy beats mate, phat intro. I think it'd flow a bit better if you sidechained the bass to the kick tho cause the kick doesn't really have that big 'bpmh' when the bass is playing. I'm personally not a big fan of high pitched synths or melodies in general, but not gonna criticize you for that cause the synthwork is well done. Good mix too.

Keep up!

[In Agony They Dwell]

Haha, it feels like the snare is repeatedly slapping me in the face (and I like it). I presume the track is for some kickass montages or whatever and I thought it'd maybe not turn out aggressive enough (judging from the intro) but then a killer riff blasted forth and shut me up.

Props dude! HOPE MAI REVEW WASNET TOO CEREAL

Lashmush responds:

My nipples explode with delight.

[Don't We All?]

Damn, tight production man. Love the melodic work, love the lyrics, love how the kick wants to punch in my throat.

[Darkisha (RMX)]

Sweet industrial sounds mate, though I have to say that in the intro your kick was like ten times as present as your snare. Though the snare itself sounds fine in the track, so I'm guessing it was a bitch to mix. The drums later on are nice and punchy and provided some momentum for the atmosphere (the accellerators def were a plus aswell). I like the synth work, especially in the outro. Gives it a satisfying close.

Keep up!

Yoshiii343 responds:

by "a bitch to mix", you mean randomly adjusting the threshold, ratio, and gain until it doesn't hurt my ears.

Will try to keep this kind of productivity as long as I can.
=3

[Lights Are Out (VIP)]

Sweet track you've got here. I didn't particularly like the dry claps around 0:55 but aside from that the buildup was ace. Good mixing in general and the drop was definitely phat.

Def worth a download, big ups for this one!

gavkay21 responds:

Thanks man glad you liked it

[F7-My Little Dream]

Weeell, this really isn't dnb. The tempo is slower and your drums are not punchy enough; nor does it contain a breakbeat. bmph tss bmph tss = house/trance! fast overly processed breakbeats = dnb

I think it's a pretty ok track. Your kick sometimes interferes with your bass; you should try to boost the volume of the kick around 90-100Hz and cut off those frequencies from your bass so they don't clash but work together. Try to eq your snares so they have that ~ 220Hz 'pop', roll out some of the high end and then compress it to make it sound more aggressive.

I liked where you were going with the piece around 0:50, being a bit more calm. But then the arp synth comes back in really violently. Maybe you could have it 'ease in' a little by having it start at a real low volume and gradually upping the volume or cutoff. (A lowpass would work I think)

All in all it was enjoyable. Keep it up man. :)

[Serpentry]

Wouldn't say your sound is bad tbh. Very experimental sounding and I dig it. Maybe you could've adjusted the volume of a few piano notes so the lower end doesn't come across so monotone. Other than that, I applaud your creative mind.

[==(Subpolar, Sublime)==]

I find it impressive how well you pulled off the ambience in this piece. I have to say that I was more of a fan of the piano than the guitarwork, because everything flowed together so smoothly and I found the guitar to be slightly too agressive at times, like it was something violent in between the eerieness. That's just my opinion anyway. Big ups for this though.

[Kick [Citrus]]

Wow daymn, uh, hey there.

Are you mixing your stuff on headphones? Cause the synth you're using is mixed in SOOO loud, that I can hardly hear anything else. It get a bit better when the drop hits, but the peaks are so loud and out there, it's really obnoxious. And correct me if I'm wrong, but I get the feeling that you layered a synth to go with it.. that's out of tune. The drop was executed relatively well, but jesus man..

I'd really like to hear this track when you've mixed it in better. I'll give you all the props you deserve for the compositional work and write out a massive review when you do, but right now I'd really like to listen to something else.

HenryDaTerminator responds:

thx for ur review, i am pretty new in this kind of music so i appreciate ur tips :)