Score: 10

"snaresnaresnare"

submission: -=LJC=- Grinsomnia

date: March 7, 2008

Straightforward, clear, well developed, thought out and executed.

Honestly, I'm more for structurally sound and morphed beats, but that's only through personal preference and constant experimentation. The whole "map a snare and change its pitch and properties" a la Venetian Snares/Hvartski/what have you seems rather... easy? Although I can condone it to accentuate frustration in any song, and the extent and sweat one uses to butcher a beat, then reanimate it into something else is admirable.

But beat making in this particular situation is quite pleasant against the piano, I can also tell you crumbled some filtered beats in for a nice boom.

The piano itself tries to elaborate on itself, or the atmosphere, but it seems rather independent to what's going on at times.

nice work

Score: 10

"Goes down smooth"

submission: apeman

date: March 7, 2008

The rather light minimalist beat with the dancing vox compliments that oh so familiar sax mid song. I do have to agree that although its "flatness" is charming alone, coming from you, it sounds like a base for a lot of interesting variations in the near future.

Let me know when the finished version is out. cheers.

Score: 10

"lol"

submission: Khuskan - Jazz Hands

date: July 20, 2007

I think what ExtraF means is, the song is smooth and damn nice, but the positioning of the taps makes the song disjointed. I think it'd be just fine without the taps.

Me, I'm just ignoring it as I listen to it over and over.

Score: 9

"Smooth."

submission: C.Y.E.S.N.I.A.T.H

date: July 20, 2007

For some odd reason this reminds me of my earlier works -- Melody driven that is. You did a great job at sample selection and how you decided to carry those samples out.

Despite some of the choppiness and muddiness, you have the idea.

I think the only thing to regret with simpler or last minute drums would have to be that their effect withers away with listens. I think this would have been a fine song with just raw melody until you revised it with something more fitting, if you still felt like drums.

Score: 10

"Dear god"

submission: daffy (demo)

date: July 20, 2007

Who the hell let your backwards, alcoholic, tormented, twisted, cannibalistic ass on the dance floor?

I have a pretty hardcore taste, and this fits nicely within.

I really like the way you emphasized an almost seizure inducing climax at about :49 and :57, amongst the choppy beats and alongside the flowing melody rhythm.

No other criticism then to maybe clean the beats so the melody is a bit more cohesive -- only for a stronger impact on said climax.

Score: 10

"Grabby"

submission: -=LJC=- Peripheral Observation

date: July 20, 2007

You minimalists and your mastering abilities. :D

I took the time to listen and analyze this.

The first minute or so, minus the lead in, with the raspy, moody, echoing and swaying melody kind of made me think of someone or something lying on the concrete in a basement reaching out to grab things, the beat to emphasize the fidgety effort.

Beyond the terribly explained image, nice job.

Score: 10

"Rocking"

submission: dawn of the pistolero

date: July 20, 2007

I saw "ambient" so it had my attention then.

This is some layered acoustic goodness. I really like the ambient drone and the echoing synth, what I like about them coming in first specifically is so you can know that they're there. They both make me feel like I'm anxiously overlooking skyscrapers glinting in the sun. Don't ask me why, it's a more complex emotional value.

Then there's the guitar, which keeps things progressing, you seem to chop it up and layer it like how I make the primary the beats in my songs.

I suppose my only real critique is it's essentially a long loop, and there are only small (yet vital) components keeping it progressing.

Nice stuff.

Score: 10

"Soft?"

submission: *+*+(Infinity & Eternity)+*+*

date: July 20, 2007

I have to back up the potential of soundfonts, as I know you are not only the audio fag but the soundfont whore.

Anyways, you put a lot of damn work into this, I never got into the whole rpg thing so the emotional value is lesser for me.

But fear not, despite my tastes I was able to appreciate the melody :D

Score: 0

"Badass."

submission: La Batalla Afuera del Castillo

date: July 20, 2007

From playing most Battlefield games it certainly had that same vibe going, it would be very easy to use this is some flash/game and immediately associate the song with good feelings :D

I have no particular critiques, the instrumentation was great, as was any mastering, I've been listening to the loop over and over and nothing grates what so ever.

Nice job man.

Score: 7

"I can feel it"

submission: Tease me (1:04)

date: February 5, 2007

I definitely feel what you were trying to get at, Impulse might not be able to fulfill your fantasy (and I've tried to use it before) with this song but you pulled off a very good concept.

It wasn't clear enough for me to distinguish any beat patterns but I did notice quite a few and they had the stand-alone ambience a lot of other songs miss.

You may want to tone down the glitchiness, it kind of sacrifices on the rhythm.

You weren't shy on the bass but you always want to spare the rates and places you add bass because they work as a distractor, especially on big speakers. Any bass beats help to maintain rhythm and any bass in the melody should be designed to give it it's character, the bass seemed more sketchy and subtle in this one

I feel like experimenting again, whee.