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[lies lies lies]

nice track! Good groove that gets stuck in your head, and you keep things moving forward nicely. The track clips quite a bit so if that's not intentional, I might dial back the peak of the master limiter to, at most, -0.1. I'd guess it's currently set to 0.0.
Very clean production otherwise. Great work!

Vyz3r responds:

thanks for the feedback!!

[Moosh & Twist - All Of A Sudden (yagru remix)]

This is great! Your rapping is awesome. The delivery is perfect for the vibe.
I almost never say this, but I think the sub-bass could use some attention. This musical style could benefit from a bit more thump, so I'd consider reinforcing the kick drum with a second more thumpy kick to round out the impact with some heft (maybe roll the highs off the second kick so it doesn't fight the one you already have going...basically notch the eqs so they complement each other). The bass guitar playing is really great, but I'd consider using a very compressed sin wave in an octave or two (or three) below just holding down bass drones. Add a touch of distortion to reinforce the upper partials of the sound so it can feel like there's bass even when a system is incapable of replicating bass frequencies, and then pull the fader for the sine WAY down in the mix. If done properly, you shouldn't really know that it's there unless you take it out. You can also bring this in and out if you want to make some sections a bit more exciting than others. You might need to use a gate to ease the bass in or set a somewhat slow attack on the ADSR so it doesn't pop on entry).
The effects on your singing is really cool. That part is a bit loud in comparison to the instrumentals in my opinion. I think it could be pulled back just a touch, but that's a personal thing.
You have really clear highs and the definition on all the sounds (vocals, synths, percussion) is very articulate. That's something that is more often an issue than lows, so really really really great job! Overall, this track sounds incredibly good. It's very obviously you know what the heck you're doing.

Great work!

yagru responds:

thanks for the thoughtful review! i really appreciate the time you spent on this and loved reading every word of it. totally with you on the low end, i used a synth bass/midi that is just a placeholder (i will eventually go back and record it with a real bass and this should bring back a lot of the frequencies we both know are missing).

based off your excellent feedback, it certainly sounds like you know what you're talking about and i will be checking out some of your tracks as well :D

wish i could say thats me rapping, but i'm white af lol. only vocals that are me are the "whoaaaa"s. i used some lyrics from the song "All Of A Sudden" for the rap:
https://youtu.be/TFSBrM_1uKk

[Connective Tissue]

really really really great sound design. I honestly have no idea how you'd do this stuff without using max/msp. If you did the granular stuff without patching or coding, my hat goes off to you. You're very patient.

JazzDew responds:

Haha thank you for the kind words ! this a bit ironic but this song was made in only a few hours when I was futzing around with Fruity Granulizer and stretching random audio files to the point of getting all these cool artifacts, using different algorithms built into FL Studio which can give different results ! :D
I forgot to add this to the comments but all the drums were made from scratch as well !

[Star Point]

nice, reminds me of some of the more exploratory backpacker stuff from the mid 00's.
The track is clipping quite a bit. If that's not intentional, I'd watch the peaks. If using a limiter, try setting the peak at -0.1 (instead of 0.0), although I'd tend to cheat that down to -1 or -1.5 just to be safe these days.
I'd also consider giving the highs on a master EQ a bit of a bump. It could use a little bit of sparkle.

Amazing track, though. I like how you keep things moving forward and are constantly changing things up. The gapper in the last 3rd of the track is really effective for creating excitement.

[Outside Line - The Feeling]

nice! really great production.

AustonMusic responds:

Means a ton :)

[Jezzel - Geometrical Decade]

Super punchy mix. This is nice. There's a decent amount of clipping. I know that some people do that intentionally these days so if that's the case then ignore, but if not, I'd set the peak of your limiter to, at most, -0.1 (although I don't think it would hurt to go down to -1.0 or -1.5).

Catchy track though, and despite the clipping, the mix sounds good!

[slight disconnection (ALBUM VERSION)]

nice work! It's like some sort of distant dreamy vhs memory. I recall driving through Cali in a vintage convertible even though I've never done that.

The major 7th you go to in the bass on the I chord (the 2nd chord in the intro-type progression) feels *really* dissonant to me. I like the melody you have in the bass part, but I'd consider popping that up an octave or two and then using the actual bass to hold down either roots or at least more stable chord tones.

Love literally everything else. This is great!

realityreimagined responds:

yea i agree lol, tysm :))))

[Citron]

smooth af

[Wage Is Just A Number]

This is deliciously quirky and odd in the best ways. This is great as is, but I think if you ever felt like adding vocals/lyrics, this song would work well with that. I could totally hear some gravelly late tom waits type stuff going on.

[Heaven Energy]

Dang, that's a wide mix! It's got a really heavy spread, but when summed to mono there aren't any phasing issues which can be an issue with mixes this wide. I wish I had your production-fu. Any tricks you feel like sharing?

Dieswyx responds:

Just try to make it sound good, there's not a real trick in there. You will gain the knowledge through the years or something, idk. I just put myself into an automatic mode 😌