Score: 6

"Not DnB"

submission: [TMM43] Heavy (?)

date: June 17, 2007

Have you ever heard a Drum N' Bass song? If so, you would know that this is clearly not Drum N' Bass. This is Techno. Go to http://www.liftedmusic.co.uk/ and listen to some of the stuff on there. That's real Drum N' Bass.

Anyways, interesting song. It's poorly mastered in my opinion. Clips quite a bit. Another thing is those hard kicks every now and then confuse me. They just don't seem to belong.

~ DSM

Score: 8

"BLUES D:"

submission: The Blue Trough

date: June 10, 2007

Many things that could be improve. Recording could be improved, but you don't really have much control over that. The drums sounded a little off and didn't entirely match the guitar. A little alterations would have made them perfect. Though I'm not a big fan of Blues, I can see that this is a pretty good song for it's style.

~ DSM

Score: 8

"I don't think I clicked a P"

submission: [accident]

date: June 10, 2007

This is a bit of an odd track. Definetely have to take off points of clarity because the main section is not very balanced. Make the more important parts louder and keep all other parts quieter. Other than that there's not much you can or should change. Nice work. :)

~ DSM

Score: 10

"Holy shit o_O"

submission: Karbon-Discovering New Grounds

date: May 29, 2007

Fucking amazing track. I love how you mashed Jazz, Trance, and Classical styles into this. This is just so fucking amazing. Great job here dude.

~ DSM

Score: 8

"Bitch"

submission: Believe (StereoTactik Remix)

date: May 28, 2007

Two things:
1) Screechy effect thing at the beginning was annoying. It just sounded out of place.
2) Old bass was better. This one sounded really drowned compared to the previous one.

~ DSM

Score: 7

"Anyone CAN make Techno"

submission: Anyone Can Make Techno

date: May 12, 2007

WTF WAS WITH THE MASTERING. I mean it was WAY over the top. Great idea though. Try working on mastering and expand on it a little bit, and you might have a gold track.

~ DSM

Score: 9

"This is what I'm talking about!"

submission: Test Drive--_--(2:01)

date: May 9, 2007

Great job. Definetely one of the better DnB songs in the portal. You have okay drum samples, could be better, and the bass is a beast. The overlaying effects were very well done. When I first heard that detuned synth, I thought it sounded like crap, but it grew on me. I love the sound of this song. Very dark and neurotic. The only thing I would really look into improving is your samples. They just aren't quite doing it for me.

~ DSM

Score: 9

"Lesse what you did here"

submission: p4c-Escape

date: May 7, 2007

Drums very glitchy. Nice effect. Pads are absolutely beautiful. Love em. Then the distorted lead kicks in. That's a problem. It's really ugly sounding, and it's a lead. Doesn't belong in DnB. Then that break down into a rap piece, omg. LOVE IT. Absolutely beautiful sounding. Love the pads with the piano and bells. Just wonderful. I noticed one thing throughout the entire piece however: lack of bass. You have a great potential DnB piece here, you just need that bass! Take out that lead and put in that thick bass that makes DnB was it is. That breakdown is definetely the best part. I've never heard anything quite like it before.

Now I have a few questions for you.
1) What program do you use?
2) How did you make those drum samples?
3) What did you use to make those pads and other synth sounds at the breakdown?

All in all, it could be so much more than it was. Great effort put forth though. Nice job.

~ DSM

Score: 8

"One of the better Techno to DnB"

submission: Nova Mortuus

date: May 6, 2007

One thing I don't like about Techno artists who try DnB is there lack of changing over. They always do something wrong. Most of the times its with the drums, but you did those great. However, you didn't get the other aspect right. Not the bass, but the LEADS. You don't use leads in a DnB song! Not a bright decission. Also, this song was too eerie. That would cause some people to dislike it. But I'm not one of those people. I liked it. <3

~ DSM

Score: 10

"oh mah godz!"

submission: Rucklo - Schiz

date: May 5, 2007

dis is da bestest track i eba herd is so gud dat i giv 5

Now on to seriousness. I must say that this is a very well thought out track, but there is always room for improvement. I could have seen some very light effects playing in certain parts of the song just as a filler. You could have used the piano a lot more too. I would have enjoyed the piano popping up more. One issue I find with this song is the amount of panning used. Panning is good to use for some parts of the song, but I think you used it to an excess around the end. The ending could have been better, too. Instead of having whatever you used to exit the song, you could have used a pad to flow out of the song. To add to this rambling, I would like to say that the most powerful part of the piece came in too early. You should have had the first piano melody part placed later in the song, at least past halfway, or at least brought it back. Doing so would give people a reason to listen to the entire track. Which leads me to another thing, the build up came much quicker than the exit, or so it seems. That should have been reversed.

Sorry about the rant and my lack of breaking it into sections, but I'm lazy. Other than what I stated above, the track is wonderful. I usually have more criticisms the better the song is. :P

~ DSM