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[AlieN - Heroes (Dubstep)]

00:00:
Painful frequencies
No clear introduction to the song
The clap sounds buried in the mix
The chord progression is extremely simple, consisting of only 2 notes

00:10:
The lead is wayy too loud and random
Could do with being more dynamic and less rough in the mix
(It just sounds slapped on at the end)

00:12:
This riser is so loud and obnoxious and it doesn't work as a sufficient way to escape a phrase in a song
It again, like most things in the song, just sounds like a cheap slap dash effort to hold a song together.

00:19:
This part is pretty cool, horrifically mixed, but that's one of your weaknesses, but it doesn't fit with either the first part or the part to come, which makes it sound kinda pointless.

00:20:
What??
the melody has potential, but the note lengths are off and it just sounds rushed that way
The sound you chose, was again, just a saw wave, seriously, this isn't 2001, you cant just slap a saw wave on there and hope for the best.
The mixing is dreadful, how can you not hear these abrupt, scraping frequencies?

00:28:
Dissonance, there is a small interval between two notes and it makes it warble, very harsh to listen to.

00:29:
there seems to be some weird filtering on the notes of this lead from this point onward, it sounds as if it has been bit reduced.

00:40:
Okay, you didn't even try to have any rising escape from this section, and then it just reverts back to a copy and paste of the original, I see what you tried to do, but that was never gonna work.
This then turns into a build which comes completely out of nowhere and sounds pretty generic, empty, and lazy.

00:50:
What's up with the sound quality of that chant?

00:58:
Very painful frequencies, again, lacklustre mixing

01:01:
I don't think you know how to use Harmor, this is just a simple wave that you distorted the heck out of, didn't cut the sub, didn't compress, didn't attempt to eq in any way, and didn't sidechain to the drums. Harmor is extremely easy to use even from the standpoint of a beginner so I'm not sure how you managed to mess up that badly, and then, once you have gone past that, it just repeats, and repeats, and repeats for more than half a minute! theres almost no variation besides the addition of a loud high complimentary (?) bass

01:40:
The next segment is literally a copy paste from the intro. no added Pizzazz to make it interesting, no improvements or tweaks, just a quick Ctrl+A Ctrl+B and you're done, you could have done way more, honestly, I'm super disappointed with the incredible low quality of your music currently, put time into practising instead of uploading every single test project you make, because quite frankly, all the positive reviews are either from unknowing gd players or people who are concerned about getting disliked themselves by giving a low mark, trying to avoid backlash, and it's not helping you in the slightest. You're not gonna improve if all you hear is cheap 3 word praises people decided to give you. the few actual detailed reviews probably say something useful, but to be honest, I've found nothing that actually pushes you in the right direction besides the occasional, yet scarce comment of at least a little bit of constructive criticism.

02:22
The 808 bass is two octaves too high (might just be one, I don't have perfect pitch)

02:26
The supersaw doesn't fit at at all, it's just put there from the copy paste of the first drop and you decided not to remove it.

2:42
OH GOD IT'S BACK
whyyyy.... it's the exact same bass from last time, same pattern, same everything

3:14
Why did it just cut out?

03:23
Where's the outro? you cant blame this on CPU as it's a small project, going off how it sounds. it just ends, dead. you could have at least added *something* original to the song to finish it off

Okay, I just spent an hour compiling this and working out areas for you to improve, all while trying not to dwell on things I've already said or have been said lots of times in the comments, I beg of you that you read this and take it into account.

I personally recommend you take at least a 6 month break and just practice sound design and mixing (mostly) but also theory and structuring etc, there are plenty of tutorials online that can help you, but uploading this rushed, lazy, junk (quite frankly) every 3 days and waiting for gd fan girls to come and praise you isn't gonna get you anywhere in a music production career, you can do much better than this, I believe that you can, anyway, but you, yourself have to believe.

Anyway, thanks for your time, and have a great day!

AlienNinjaGD responds:

Thanks for this review! Actually, I hoped you will like it more. So:
I didn't use saw wave shapes (but the chords, but they're detuned)
I find the intro sound design pretty cool.
Yeah, the melody lead is not my best.
I know how to use Harmor, just tried something new - pitched down wave (it wasn't saw, I can't remember its type) with distortion and flanger.
The chant is sidechained and that makes its volume lower (obviously) so it's a bit hard to hear it.
I didn't use 8o8, this was just a sub.
And, I actually practice melody and drop sound design in my free time (like making presets and remaking them).

[Freedom Organ]

pretty nice sounding, the mix has kinda been killed and isnt very dynamic, and I cant hear much sidechain on those drums, but it's not that bad, very melodic and a nice twist on the song

(hi btw)

[Saturnine]

this makes no sense.

there drums at the very start are usless because they dont lead into anything, the song completely shifts, that shift, however is just a mess of random chords that dont go together at all, and some off bass sound that doesnt fit well with the saws at all, and there is far too much release on that fast sounding lead.

[Belufa]

it's got the idea right, but thats about it, the sounds are irritating, cheap, but not that bad, that is, until the second drop... wtf?? Pitchbend? why? i'm so confused as to why you thought that would be a good Idea, and didnt realise that it sounds... pretty bad.

it was a nice attempt, but many things ruined it

ClitBait responds:

thanks, but I can't improve my past self xd this song is a bit old so ... well anyway thanks for your musical contributions

[Tears From The Moon(Bootleg OVERHAUL)]

really empty, and that awful clap is off sync throughout the ENTIRE song and it completely ruins it, however, by the second half, I quite like it (besides the clap)

D-Chain responds:

what does the ghost producer say?

[Plastic Love (Demo)]

extremely chill, wow, only criticism is that it seems like there should be something else when the sub comes in, imo, but it's a wip and you have time to fix it so well done

[Know That Marble?]

it's alright, but it seems to be just the same thing over and over besides you changing the instrument every few seconds. it's a very basic concept that you could have evolved much further, but, credit where it's due, some bits sounded pretty nice

alk1m123 responds:

About repetition... I am also not much comfortable with that, but I still can't achieve what I want with it. I guess I need to experiment more on that.
Anyway, thanks for the constructive feedback though. :)

[Blue Typhoon]

you might have got away with this in 2011, but times have changed, and this is just a mess of sounds, the mixing is really bad, there are some deafening high frequencies. there is too much sub and it kills the whole dynamic of the track, I do however like the bit after the first drop, just need to get better at the basics before you attempt something like this

Cimba responds:

So it would have been fine in 2011? I don't get what you're saying bud. That's the era of dubstep that I like.

[VideoGamuzikly]

nostalgia time

[_INTERSTELLAR]

sound design is pretty rough, and some notes are pretty off key, but not a bad effort...

until I got to the last part... the mixing there is awful, ngl