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[Virtual Riot - Show Up (Novacore Remix)]

It's definitely mixed very well, except that it sounds rather stereo for a trap beat like this... idk if it's just me, though.

On to the serious stuff.

I'm not rating this at 4.5 stars like I usually would ONLY because these lyrics swear and talk about drugs. Make fun of me or whatever, but the fact is that this sophisticated potty-talk isn't associated with good things, and much more associated with bad things, and for solid reason. Swearing and talk of drugs are the marks of someone who isn't very disciplined when it comes to self control, which I hope we can agree is awful at best and catastrophic at worst. That is NOT to say that you, Novacore, are at fault, but what I am saying is that you not only listened to this garbage, but you put it into one of your creative works despite the fact that it is just not good any way you slice it.

Please Novacore, don't become one of the mindless people only capable of making music only if it relates to sex and/or drugs. It's a classic trap that's nabbed at the very least thousands, and I don't want it to get you.

But in the end, do I really think that giving you 0 stars will totally make you do a 180? No, of course not, that's silly. Of course you'll scoff and scroll away. But I want to let you know to the best of my ability that you're going into a dangerous place that has much too large of a chance to get you into ridiculous amounts of life-destroying trouble.

Make fun of me, do whatever, but there's no good reason to tell me I'm wrong.

12/23/19 EDIT:
To the people who don’t like my comment, there is nothing remotely harsh about it! Just the opposite – I am condemning harsh things: sex, drugs, and frivolous talk thereof. There is no reason to dislike anything that I said above! If you think that careless discussion of sex and drugs is all fine, then all I can say is that, with kindness, you need to change. My words are not the problem.

To Novacore, thanks for the encouraging reply (if you’ll ever see this).

Ipsiom responds:

I just made this cuz Disciple put up the acapella and I am a Virus Syndicate fan so I figured I'd try an Eptic style thing. By no means does this mean I'm taking my music in this direction, quite the opposite actually. I just make stuff like this when I'm bored and what not, same thing came from the We Are Number One Remix

[Sakura]

This is awesome! I LOVE when the kick clips in the drop like that, especially when there's a powerful sub. The picardy third fade out ending was pretty original, lol.

The only real criticism I have is that the melody just plays in a loop, and it's just a supersaw. Don't get me wrong, supersaws are the most useful tool in edm, but sometimes, it might be cooler to switch to a more original sounding lead (in the drop or intro, or something). As for the melody just repeating, you could make a different melody for the buildup.

All I have to say past that is that you chose one of the worst keys for the sub - C. Low C is too low most of the time, and high C is almost always too high. That being said, the sub here just follows the chords, so it's not a super duper big problem like it could be, but it still sounds good to have that nice sub resolve the chords in its proper range. Next time, try to avoid the keys of C, C#, D, Bb, and B, because they're all bad sub keys. (I've found that D and C# work okay in some circumstances, but for the most part, it won't sound super amazing with other stuff.)

So yeah. Nice song!

Sylux03 responds:

YEY! Thank you for the good thoughts. ^_^ I'll keep that in mind.

[Trickshot - Stress Free]

This ain't bad. The kinds of (minor) improvements that I think are needed are stylistic, and I don't think I can give good advice about that. All I can say is that whatever problems you have, they will work themselves out overtime, if you make enough songs.

I hope you do well in the contest! :p

TrickshotMusic responds:

Ok thanks man :) if you could tell me the problems it would help me resolve them faster lol. but thanks for your review

- Trickshot

[-V- Morphling]

Not much to say here. It sounds a bit nine circles-y to me.

I S A W E D T H I S B O A T I N H A L F

Lot7even responds:

Huh really

[Kcilceht]

You know, I'm not exactly sure what I expected. I saw that the title was "the click" when read backwards, but I didn't expect this.

It's certainly entertaining, and definitely... original... uh...

I'm a little baffled why this you called this dubstep tbh lol.

Definitely has your signature on it.

Thycket responds:

yeah, i didn't know what other genre to put it under lol

thanks for the review fam

[Mellifluous Preveiw]

Hey, this is really cool! Thank you SO MUCH for not just looping the chords in the beginning, lol.
The only thing here really is the part at 00:45. There's no bass in that section, so maybe just add a supersaw bass or something kinda basic like that. Then, if it's possible, maybe make the bell chords a bit more present, but that's not super necessary.

Pretty cool!

Lot7even responds:

Alrighty!

This song recently has started eating my CPU, so I made the 2nd part in a new project. I just mixed it. Now, I'm going to focus on this one more, then iron out a transition, then upload it.
Yeah, those chords are great IMO. I just played around with a keyboard, then this happened.

We'll see. Thanks for the review!

[-V- Aobiestep [Brostep]]

F R E E C Y M A T I C S S E R U M P R E S E T S L O L

Lot7even responds:

5 stars? Really? Y E A H

[Strong Heart]

So some things about this...

If you're not EQ pocketing, then you should start doing that. EQ pocketing is somewhat self explanatory. In dubstep, one example I can think of for EQ pocketing would be making room for the snare to sit well with everything else frequency-wise... y'know? I think you get it. That same kind of technique needs to be applied to a bunch of other stuff. For instance, if you're making some kind of melodic dubstep thingy, and you want to have a lead playing at the same time as the chords are playing, what you can do is use that same principle of making room for one thing by carving out of another by taking some frequencies out of the chords to make room for the lead. The exact frequencies, of course, depend on where on the spectrum the lead sits. This idea is very important to mixing, so use it.

Continuing with the mixing theme, the idea of a three-dimensional mix might help you out. Up and down is volume, left and right is panning, and back and forth is "apparentness." That final one is the one that I think is most out of whack here. To push something back in a mix, you have to use spacey fx like reverb and delay. To bring something forward, things like compression and distortion will work. In this track, I'd use that idea to push some things back, like the sidechords in the drop, and I'd probably push that guitar in the beginning farther back. (I can hear the delay on the guitar, but it still sounds rather apparent in comparison to the actual melody. I might compress the piano tbh.)

Finally, there's the drops, which are... problematic. There's a bunch of ideas that can help with this sort of stuff, things like getting straight what the chords are going to be (they should mostly never change) and keeping in mind how exactly the listener's head should nod during the drop, but that doesn't help if you're not too experienced. A person isn't that great at dubstep until they've gotten a BUNCH of songs under your belt, and I mean 50+ songs depending on how fast they learn (and how fast they can make themselves learn). I only see that you've made 13 songs as of posting this one, so just keep it up, keep failing, keep learning, and keep wobbing... or something.

Racc00nto responds:

Swap to Spanish
Thanks dude, I really needed this kind of message. I am completely sure that mine is not the best for now, but it is what I am trying. I will follow all your advice, One million thanks <3

[Venomite - Tremble]

A dubstep drop that doesn't disappoint, huh? Well there's a couple of things right there. First of all, keep in mind that a good drop is worthless without a good buildup. Definitely solidify your drops first though, then work on builds.

(Improving builds isn't hard at all. It's a simple flow chart. Do you like it? No -> Identify why you don't like it. Change something. Yes -> You're done. It's easier than you might think.)

Then, just a quick tip with drops, it's nice to keep in mind the way someone's head should nod during different parts of a drop. It's kind of silly, but hear me out. Listen to various different songs you like, and take note of how your head wants to move on the off beats. (Specifically the offbeats, the on-beats don't matter very much.) Sometimes it will want to move somewhat more quickly upwards, and sometimes it doesn't feel like it has any attachment whatsoever to the off beats. Note how the feel of the song can correspond to how your head wants to move. Then, try to replicate that kind of pattern and feeling in your songs. If you're feeling ambitious, maybe you could even drag a reference drop into FL and make a drop that evokes similar head motions at similar times. I dunno, just something nice to keep in the back of your head, that's all. :p

I guess I didn't talk about your actual song... Well, it's obviously not bad (hence the 5 stars, lol). I really kinda like it, but I'd be a bit biased because we've skyped about this before and I've already heard many variations of that drop before, lol.

Overall, good job. Yo quiero mas... or something... xD

Venomite responds:

Thanks xD

[-V- Virtual [Dubstep]]

So I've noticed that between you and I, we think of dubstep very differently. Because of that, I don't think that I can take criticize your songs too much, so I just have two quick things to say. First, the structure is kind of buried. I can obviously see the intro and outro, but everything in between just sounds like a drop except for a small midsection at 01:35. Secondly, there's that auto-panning happening the entire time, and it just gives the song a bit of a monotonous effect.

We don't have the same tastes, so if you think that this song is a really good song, then disregard me. It's probably good. I'm just saying that I personally don't like it too much, but in the context of YOUR songs, my opinions are rather worthless as long as you're making music that sounds good to you. :p

Lot7even responds:

Yeah, dubstep to me is more wobby then dubs to you.

As for panning, uhh... Too much pancake?
As for the structure, I see what you mean, but I like an intro, build, drop, and more drop. Kinda like the new colbreakz songs.
Thanks for the review :P