Battle of the beats 2006 - III: reviews by 822

butterfly in silver by synrgy: very deep pitch on the

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Submitted by 822 on Tue, 2006-05-30 22:09.

very deep pitch on the drums, very down. great song to listen to. excelent bass playing against the beat with the beat. what happened it ended kind of sudden, good. on the deep melody i think it should have gone a bit deaper on the last note, or maybe the second note. where is goes AHH, EHH, OHH  great job on the drums!


Mindgear - Heavenwards(rmx by Kondencuotas Pienas) by Kondencuotas Pienas: wow i like the guitar, well

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Submitted by 822 on Tue, 2006-05-30 22:07.

wow i like the guitar, well it sounds like it could be a guitar with fx's.  uhh i can hear the melody coming i think its going to be good kind of hearing it around 1 min or so. wow i like it a lot. here comes the bass and its just right. very good job, yeah the amens!! oh oh, excelent! haha, i love the amen rhythym very good. amens and pads are a great combination.  excelent melodies


Gimlet by Bladetone: supperb posive mood that you

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Submitted by 822 on Tue, 2006-05-30 21:58.

supperb posive mood that you created here.  nice anticipation with the bass and hats. very good drums they sound just right for the vibe, smooth percusion sounds. hoping something changes at min 3:09 the bass is kind of just riding out, do something bass... ok nice its gone.  ok whats gonna happen, nice break here, very good job in creating suspence. i think the bass could have used some help from fx or other soudns so that it would not make me wonder when something was going to chage around the 3:09 mark.


Withdrawal symptoms by Vex AkA Rezidue: down and wiked. i was just

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Submitted by 822 on Tue, 2006-05-30 22:02.

down and wiked. i was just actually dancing around. hehe. very cool, drum switching/jugling from one sound set to the other, and then the other. i like that a lot. simple but it gets the job done. REWIND, im listeing to this again i like.  nice reggae drum rhythm. could have used some sort of theme, maybe another sample, but good irregardless.


BrockIT by Terra-Rise: gotta love the amens, nice

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Submitted by 822 on Tue, 2006-05-30 22:05.

gotta love the amens, nice job on cleaning them up. sounds clear.  nice siren fx or whatever it was.  and the girl love that too. cool break. oh no this one is gonna blow my speakers. just kidding powerfull bass. great use of fx in order to keep the attention away from the repetitive rhythm.  great buildups with the filter.  and nice triangle/metalic sounds that pop in the beat.


Obsessions by Decide: nice. the drums are very

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Submitted by 822 on Tue, 2006-05-30 22:13.

nice. the drums are very good, nice flow and melody with the drums, their indeed spectacular. i can hear the tu ni nae sound going like tu ne nei nei nie nu nu nu wa wa, etc, going along to add to the drums. i just hear the tu ne nae, squeaky sound to much and then i made up some new pithces in my head. 


Black Sky by Virus: bass presence is very nice,

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Submitted by 822 on Tue, 2006-05-30 21:56.

bass presence is very nice, heavy drum rool buildup into the break, and good there is a new lead that very powerfull, nice rhyhym. the filtered drums are cool. kind of hardcore techno sound with what i would call the baby synth in the song the one from the intro that comes back in everynow in then, is that a saw?  i just did not dig the baby synth.


Hack A Hip by DMJ A.K.A Jossi: nice pitching bending on the

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Submitted by 822 on Tue, 2006-05-30 21:57.

nice pitching bending on the drums. i like that. and the beat on top of he beat in a section was cool. the melody needs to progress/transform after the break, maybe even some before the break. lets see if it does.......... very good it changed, i like the more agressive drums in the secong part.   melody needs more variation, it seemed a bit mechanical/repetitive and could have been evolving constantly throught out the song.


Where Is My Mind by Mike native: rhythym is good. bush, hehe,

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Submitted by 822 on Tue, 2006-05-30 22:12.

rhythym is good. bush, hehe, the president is silly. the piano?guitar?/pad/wah/phase is very nice souding.  could have used a bit more hype in the breaks, a new drum sound mixed in, enjoyable overall, but one of the bass/wobly sounds is a bit out of control, it sounds a bit to loud or something.


Missy Says (Cop that shit) by QuiVeR: i dont know. it all sounded

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Submitted by 822 on Tue, 2006-05-30 22:07.

i dont know. it all sounded like the vocals were going on their own rhythm, i have no idea how to make it sound better i have never mixed in vocalsg as extensively as this.  nice job on the song components.


Step Aside by DJ Shiver: dude the song has me

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Submitted by 822 on Tue, 2006-05-30 22:10.

dude the song has me smiling, hehe. "if you see me coming step a side, a lot of men going to die" thats great.  not much going, and kind of repetitive on the synth sound, but sounds good and clear


innocence by Dj Obscure: wikked kick drums i know how

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Submitted by 822 on Tue, 2006-05-30 22:04.

wikked kick drums i know how to do that, the two drums after the other in quick succesion - death metalish sounding. opps the bass line melody is not too good. kind of goofy starting around 1:50 lets see what the break brings.  ok the bass melody is different but still kind of goofy