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Mr.Must3rd; Meowtronica

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The frantic synth riff at the beginning was a pretty cool idea for an intro, but admittedly it threw me off a bit when the pace of the pads at :12 was so much slower. The synth rolls at :38 are a little overused, and overpower the other harmonies in the mix. The texture also sounds very dissonant early on, and the mood shifts quickly from spacey to eerie. By 1:20, the texture is very minimal, although I like the crisp drums and staticky atmospheric details. By 2:20, you’re back to the introspective-sounding ambient content with another pretty sudden twist, but the transition back into the more industrial-sounding beats starting at around 3:20 was more smooth and gradual, which is good. Overall, the arrangement of the piece feels a bit disjointed, and it could use more melodic content and variety. The production quality and sound design are enjoyable, though, and if you integrate the disparate harmonic motifs of the piece a bit more, the variety in the moods here would give this track a great narrative appeal. I’d encourage you to keep working on it for that reason. Keep at it, MrMusterd! ^_^

Mixing, mastering, and balance
1.75/2
Structure, transitions, phrasing, and variety
.75/1.5
Melody, tonality, harmony, and texture
1.25/2
Instrumentation and sound design
1/1
Emotion, atmosphere, and catchiness
1.25/1.5
Originality and uniqueness
.75/1
Overall (how do the elements above interact?)
.75/1
Composite score
7.5/10

That is the most insane transition into midtempo I've ever heard in my entire life.

What stops me from rating 5 is that master is quiet, especially for midtempo and adjacent genres, and the track lacks a strong center channel, particularly for the bass which sounds very spread out. These two factors suck out the power from your drops. A little study of mix/master and some references to test against and it won't be a problem for you for very long.

Great work, seriously :)

MrMusterd responds:

this is actually something I just recently learned to do without COMPLEATLY destroying the mix. this one is Mastered to -14 LUFS, which isn't optimal but I didn't trust myself to push it further because I started noticing some distortion. As a broke 16 year old jit in my bedroom, I don't have any mastering plugins which would be cool, but the Kilohertz limiter is decent enough to use and catches most intrasample peaking, but its not perfect. I was able to push my last song to -13 LUFS which is an improvement, and I'm glad I was able to pull that off! if you have any advice or criticisms, please that stuff is like gold to me! :3

The drop lititililaly changes the whole song

MrMusterd responds:

Wha does that even MEAN!!!! :O

Credits & Info

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Downloads
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Votes
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Score
4.03 / 5.00

Uploaded
Jun 26, 2024
6:51 PM EDT
Genre
Dance
File Info
Song
10.9 MB
4 min 46 sec
Software
  • Live 11

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