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[Hopeku - Night FX]

This is nice stuff :D

Love Goa/Psy and you, sir, are a master. This is a very unique sounding song. Not many people mix psy/goa and trance like this, and it came out pretty well. If I ever do a goa/psy mix, I'll give you a shout out :) Hopeku is g0d!

hopeku responds:

YEah whenever you have something, send it to me!

Thanks buddy :)

[Sexy Tetrix Hardcore mix]

Good

That was pretty good, but you can do better. You call that Bass? Do some EQ work on it, it's WEEEEEAKKKKK. Play it in a lower octave or something. Please remove at least some of the vocals, they were annoying. Replace with synths or something exciting to fill the space, like a reverse crash or something.

This would have done better at a higher tempo, say 160 or something. The structure is extremely simple, too- you should layer a lot more synths on it, maybe some sort of pad if you could fit one.

My sub didn't even budge.

studio-nightbird responds:

I'd like to know what bass you have. Ive got some pretty strong Subs. Reason being is that I broke my glass (not from the sound but the good vibrations of the room making it fall of the desk, True story). But I guess thanks for the constructive comment. ;)

[Psytrance Marilyn Manson]

AMAZING

I love you, and this song is just godly. I want to have your children. This is pure awesome. I could not recommend anything that could possibly surpass this. You have already achieved deity status. There is nothing above you. You are what m3n strive to be, and what all wom4n wants to please.

This song makes me happy.

hopeku responds:

I guess you'll like my next one then haha

Thanks buddy!

[} Cosma {]

Great stuff

This is good. I totally dig Psy, and I love what little bit of it is in there. Good job. I feel like it was missing a lead, or something, though. It was just sort of a progression. I think it needed something to push it along a little bit more.

Otherwise, keep this sort of thing up. This is a very good start.

theta4 responds:

thank you for the review. this song was more ambient dark psy, so i think the lack of a lead was more appropriate. but i've always had a problem with leads, so adding one would have been a problem for me. besides, i consider leads to be more for goa. well, that's my excuse, anyway.

[[oove] Heartbeats]

Awesome

This is just incredible. I love how you added the subtle heartbeats in the middle of it. Just absolutely fantastic. Is this a live recording, or are you using VST's, and if so which ones?

Keep this up. I really think you struck gold here. My only suggestions would be some veeeery subtle strings in the beginning, and strengthen them at the end fior a more cinematic feel. Also, you need to add a final note. I was left hanging at the end there after the sudden silence. Otherwise there really is nothing that could make this song better.

broove responds:

I used Reason pianos for this.
As for the strings... maybe they would fit, but I didn't want to add anything unnecessary. The ending sounds normal to me.

Thanks for the review, mate.

[Story of a Light Fighter]

Don't

Please, either practice really hard and show this to your friends before you subject people to... this...

or just don't post it.

[The Hardtyle Experiment]

Good

I like it, but this needs some mastering and EQ work. Intro was unnecessary. The offset... thing... that comes in at 0:24 is annoying. I would recommend changing it to somwthing else, or even removing it if you can't fix it. Make those fixes for a 9, master/EQ it for a 10.

And you seem to realize this, but make it longer for all our sakes.

MZizzlez responds:

Yeah, my EQ/mastering process consists of a soundgoodizer, thx for the tips

[[KgZ] 8-Bit Catacombs]

Very nice

I like this, it's pretty awesome. Not boring, but not mind-blowing either. This is a nice chill type of song. Good job!

X-i-T

[Day24- Spirit of the greatness]

Awesome

You don't see a lot of Goa/Psy on NG, but this is prime shit. You have the skill to make some really good stuff. Get a record deal, hey, I'd totally play your trax at any gigs I get ;)

hopeku responds:

Haha thanks....I'll contact you when I release my next song for sure.

And yep, you're right, I made a portal search for goa/psy stuff and I only got crap lol

By the way, chek out my Marilyn Manson remix, it's psytrance again, but not as good as that one (I guess) Anyway, you'll hear by yourself lol.

[Racmus - MortalKombat [RMX]]

I like it

I only took off one star because of the loud screech at the beginning there, but otherwise I like this a lot. Could have used a bit more mastering, and the swing in this one was also a bit too much. Some of the transitions were goofy, but you've got a great mind for synths and pattern arrangement. Keep it up- I want to see more like this!