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[Flute Fall]

Pretty damn neat

Moves quite quickly, and like you stated, passionate like love. Gets slow and down, then hyper, and it literally did end before I knew it.

It doesn't deserve this score, fiven it right away.

If you're going to use flutes, you must use the triangle XP. I think the flutes and the triangle "ping" is simply... made for each other. Bless their hearts.

Great string works, what VST/Soundfont did you use for it, it sounds pretty damn neat.

Rythim-Man responds:

Romantic music is all about passion (not really about romance, but since romance is passion alot of the time romantic is about love too). I'm a romantic ahd chamber music playing pianist. Playing romantic music is an effortless way for me to get girls. Anyway, it was fun actually composing romantic for a change.

Thanks for the 5! :)

Flutes and triangle..hmm, I'll keep that in mind.

The soundfont that I used is the same one I've been using in just about all my pieces. They were just made for classical pieces so they sounded much better here. The file name is synthgms.sf2 (I'm assuming synthgm means synthetic general MIDI, and sf2 indicates that it is indeed a sound font). I don't know where you can download this other than it being included with finale. However I think finale playback for this soundfont is different than other sequencers. I may be wrong, anyway, the reverb I had to add in my self. I also put in a little bass boost myself, finale and the soundfont wasn't responsible for that.

[Victory and Triumphal March]

Moving, and emotional

okay so after listening to it a couple times, I am ready for my review.

Great piano opening, but I gotta say, nothing about it says "victory". It says, "sacrafice". The end goal may have been met, but the pirce they paid for it, may be something they did not anticipate. The death of friends, the loss of family, the ruin of a nation. An epic war, with epic casualties.

The slow strings and brass go well together, and that subtle choir does justice to the atmosphere, but like I stated before, it simply isn't a "Victory and Triumphant" feel. However this may very well be just me. I am a person dripping with sorrow apparently ;). I asked a friend what he thought and he said he saw hero's coming home from a battle, smiles plastered on their faces. They learned a great deal, and came back champions.

Two complete opposite stories, with one song. This is a very good sign and a somewhat bad sign. It's good because it means your songs have the flexibility to serve many purposes, its bad because of the exact same thing. it is not fully defined and accurate in its depiction.

Good build ups, with the timpini, it sets the feel of military action, which would again emphasize the whole epic fight scene, this feeling is NAILED with the snares.

Make it faster, make the brass a bit louder, so that they are filling the song with a more raw energy. A more wild, and great scene.

The chimes added a pretty cool effect. Go Chimes!

I don't know why you're getting such low scores. I personally think you should get another alias madboss. People seem to dislike this page, constantly bombarding it simply because they see other songs which were wrongfully zeroed. Start fresh man, i'm sure next time will be better.

Here's a 5/5 from me. Keep up the good fight.

madboss responds:

Well I wanted to achieve a 'story' like your friend said - maybe I've picked a wrong title for the song.
Somtimes it's difficult - even for me - to give titles tom my own tracks so there's might be some truth what you were saying about the 'flexibility' of my songs.
Thanks for the review and the positive critics I try to improve even more.

[The Search for Heaven]

Impressive

well you put the effort to make it, DAMN IT, i'm going to put the effort to write you up a review!

First, I didn't quite like the opening intro, I felt the empty silence sections for them were a little odd.

However when the second set of notes came rushing in after the initial piano solo, that part was pretty damn neat, and catchy.

As the song builds up, that goes away, and then you forcefeed the whole song's glory into my face.

that very same melody you used at the beginning, when used in the middle, works miracles. Flows very well then, my advice, remake a new intro, a completely different one.

Love the synths you used for this piece, very moving, and flows really smoothly and fades out wonderfully.

Have you considered a choir and flute? The two are just so essential for that heavenly feel ^^.

This is a great piece General_Leo, 5/5 from me again.

LoneEagle responds:

Hmm... a choir and flute you say? Welli haven't thought about the flute - damnit - but where on earth do i find some "good" choir? Ha! Screw FL's choir :) But you're right though, flute would have been awesome.

Ah yes the synths, thanks to Sonic Foundry for the nice fade out cause there ain't no way that i'm making manual fade outs like back in the days, like even before NG.

So you think that the first piano pattern is to empty? Maybe i started it out to simple and i should have jumped straight to the 2nd part of the intro...

Remake the intro... nah! All sales are final and no refunds what so ever. But i will be keeping all advice in mind for upcoming music. I never go back to old pieces because i have to move on all the time... it's hard to explain but i think that you are pretty much like me on this aspect.

Thanks alot for the reviews and votes and everything else that you have done for me now and in the past... it means alot to me and i really mean it!

[Betrayed by the Shadows]

Love the bells!

I had my doubts about this song at first, didn't strike me too evil.

Then those bells came in, and though they weren't dark, they were just plain awesome to hear. The song loops great, and there is good structure to it.

I keep wondering what this would sound like if you replaced that bass with an electric guitar, something more raw you know. That might make it too... rageful?

Not quite sure what i'm trying to say General_Leo, good to see you submitting again ^^.

5/5 from me, keep them coming man.

LoneEagle responds:

Well... i didn't think of this song as an evil song myself but i just liked the title so i put it there XD It's pretty hard to come up with names and i did not want to call my loop something along the lines of "yeah nice loop" lol.

It seems that pretty much everyone loves the bells on this track. I don't think that i would have liked an electric guitar for a bass especially when i think about what FL has to offer in elec guitars.

Thanks alot for the review, i didn't think you would answer the call that fast. I guess you just have time to read the reviews and not answer them in the immediate... you busy guy.

Stil thanks alot for your time i really appreciate it!

[Nautilus(short cut)]

Some powerful stuff here!

is that the ocarina I am hearing in the sea background?

My first comment would have to be the volume of the sea, I think its far too loud at the beginning.

The melody you present in this song is awe inspiring, I think this may be my favourite song amongst what you have here. its just so damn powerful, and as a classical composer myself, I place a lot of importance on feel and melody, both of which I feel you have mastered here.

That sea volume... just... too loud.

It breaks into some awesome trance after that initial classical moment, which is just as inspiring.

This one totally blew me away madboss, 5/5 from me.

madboss responds:

Wow! Thanks for the positive comments - and I think I will fix that sea-FX volume. I use to have problems with the volume levels - need to be improved in these.

[The Heroes Last Battle]

pretty neat

right away, you blast me with an epic feel. Well done.

I didn't quite like the break down, where the song started up again, I felt it was kinda unnecessary. I really liked it when the stringy synths popped in, it became quite epic and battle feel again.

Then it changes into a more brutal fighting style. This song would be pretty awesome if you used some better samples, don't get me wrong, its brilliant as it is, but with some higher quality sounds, this would be kick ass.

4/5 from me X_Infinity_Zero, keep em coming.

X-Infinity-Zero responds:

glad u liked it. i made this on acid a long time ago and just dug it back up and posted it.i like the way it sounds but ur right some better samples would be great. im messing around with FL at this time so ill try to see what i can do with this song. lol now that i listen to it ur right the break down was kinda unnecessary but it just gives me somthing to improve on.
thanx for the review.

[Imynn Pru Vyng]

Keep at it.

I use you have disovered the Sytrus folder in FL ^^, and the phaser effect, as well as the drumloop folder. Not a bad combination, and you've definately got the ear, lets hear you play some notes now.

I'm quite anxious to see what you're capable of.

JoeTuber responds:

Thank you! One of my "friends" keeps on insulting me for everything I create, and it's not just limited to music. Thank you for the compliment, and thank you for the material to prove to this "friend" that I don't suck!

[~Faith~]

Gotta love the compressers ^^

heh, you've hit that problem huh? I hated it when I first tried to use this many instruments, it is difficult to control each voice, and make them sing united. Like herding a crowd of ADHD children, on coffee, and half as pleasent.

Despite its really really fast pace, and notes, the song progresses quite nicely.

The volume is definatly too high, I am unsure of what program you use, but Reason and Fruity Loops both have a "compressor" effect, which will reduce the volume to an acceptable point, and remove all distortion, for sure check that out. If not, lower the master volume by 20-30%.

A pleasent story, I enjoyed listening to it Rythim_Man, great stuff man, 5'ved and dl'ed. Keep em coming.

Damn, you're moving too eh? Drop me a note when you're back on NG, so I can put your page on my "active composers' list ^^.

Once again, great stuff.

Rythim-Man responds:

Don't laugh at me, but it didn't sound clear until I played it using my default MIDI player. I have no program that converts MIDI to MP3 though so I recorded using stereo mix :p You can imagine what problems I had. Even though it's stereo mix, the quality is not as high as it would be if I had just rendered it. My program compresses as well, but stereo mix recording is stream recording and there is no compressing method available. So when I played it, it was clear, but once I recorded it, it went all wrong.

[Kirby's Metaknight (Part 1)]

Inspiring

poor Kirby, he doesn't have an awesome theme like this. He'll get his face wiped clean with this song.

Loved the sliding notes, though I think you may have overdone them a tad bit. I personally think using them only twice would have been better, when using 4-5 so close to each other, it becomes a bit too chaotic.

Love the instruments though, those trumpets work well with the flute, a rare combination really, that worked really well. It gives me many ideas, thanks for sharing this song with NG ^^.

5/5 from me Rythim_Man, good stuff.

Rythim-Man responds:

Yes, I hate how only the dark and evil people have the cool stuff. The sliding notes overdone? Perhaps, but that is how it is in the original. It's also slightly off on purpose too, I got alot of comments about it being off. I did that on purpose, that's how it sounds. A bit too chaotic? Perhaps, but at this time it's suppose to be chaotic. Maybe a little less on them would have been better though. I haven't been able to get my trumpets to work well like I use to, so another song like this may not be coming for a while. I always love the flutes though, never make a Kirby related song without them.

Practically all of Kirby's game songs are rare combinations. You should have heard part 2. It's not often I hear string ensembles play to that type of percussioning. Even more interesting is perhaps how the guitar is with the strings. Oh, wait I'm talking about the wrong song, let me shut up.

I'm always happy to get a review from the Maestro himself.

So keep on keepin' on!

[March of the Demons--_--]

Awesome

I didn't get a very "bad guy is victorious" feel, but more "bad guy is terrorizing".

You make excellent orchestrated music -Zenon-, there is no doubt, you have an ability. Good use of the bells, oh how I love bells.

The suddenly silent air doesn't suit a bad guy victory too well, if anything, I would suspect a big big building, and suddenly a "bang" exit would be more appropriate. Darkness leaving nothing but decay and destruction, often more quickly then one would care for.

At least this is my take on it.

I also think some cello chords with those trumpets would have made it more sad, which is a good way to introduce the "bad guy winning" scenerio. Still, excellent, excellent work. Love the choirs, chuck them over to me ;).

Excellent stuff man, 5/5 from me, keep at it.

PERVOK responds:

Yar da har, thank you for the review! As for adding more... this song would be about a good 1 or 2 minutes longer IF FL permitted it. The rewire option only went up to channel 16, so I could only use 16 channels... there was so much more I wanted to add, dammit! >:(

Thanks you for the review, and I'll be sure to drop you one later.