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This needs to be a thing. Now. Btw, did SmooveDude actually collab or is that a video clip edited in? xD

I use this track as my loudness reference, which is at ~-4.5dB RMS. I don't really go any higher than this, because, well, my max for my own tracks so far as been around -6~-5dB RMS. If you listen to this and you think it's quiet, then try turning your volume up on your computer until you feel it's good. Any louder and you're going into Soundcloud Dubstep region

I subbed a 5 second clip of me emulating Wall-E's voice with ring modulation. I'm sooooo happy it got accepted! <3

I submitted two incomplete files in a row! They MUST be accepted, because JUDGANATOR said they were gud! (Btw, are the files actually placed somewhere? o.o)

Probably 'cause of the parallel fifths and the guitar from Joe with the mideast intervals/scales/pitch bends.

Hakštok! Happy happy birthday!

Hm... Even though I've played that song before and I like the demo... it doesn't really demonstrate the dynamic range, as it's mostly quiet. Aside from that, the tone is quite nice.

Sounds amazing! Really impressive ambient/ethnic material, and great for relaxation!

Somehow I got them for 51% off, I think. I just jumped at that deal last December, and I've never felt more happy with audio. That said, Grado SR-60i is really good for just ~$80. I used those to write " " on the Apex 2014 album, so that's what is possible with those headphones at their limit (I mean really, if you listen to that track, there's so much going on!). Definitely some crisp treble without being too shrill or piercing, some pretty nice and clear bass (maybe not strong, but clear. What can you expect from headphones in bass, anyways, by themselves?), and distinguishable mids. Effective stereo field. Overall, while I love the Beyers more, it's not much more of a step up other than the clearer stereo field, better low-lows, high-highs, and low-mids (and it being overall quite flat). Still entirely worth buying either or both, but if either, I'd recommend saving up for the Beyers. Very well worth it.Btw, I still have the Grados, they're still very intact, and I've used them for a year and two months so far. I've had the Beyers for four months and they're still rarin' to go.

I'm not sure about that mechanical piano playing that arpeggio. No one plays that quickly with almost the same velocities. A synth arp could make that robotic sequencing less of an issue. Nice bass tone. The bass sounds fake, though, when it's more exposed. Snare could have more snap in the denser sections. Guitar sounds good.

Yeah, I'm not much of a fan of that pitch envelope kick. It doesn't really suggest power, and while it can work, I don't think it works in this context. Having more snap and tightness would ground it more for when it's used later on, but I think it can be replaced with a more fitting sample. The pad at 0:46 - 1:05 has this weird resonance over in the left speaker that should be reduced. Kinda hurts. This also often gets muddy in the bass, sometimes with the lower pads. 3:12, 4:19, etc. I agree with everyone else in that the pacing needs more development. A lot of the same textures throughout, and the dynamics end up flat. Not bad, but for a rhythm-centric track, more needs to change more often, or the track could be shorter.

This has to be played at a bar. Someone make that happen.

Dude, the swagger in this is awesome. Those distorted FM-like sonar pings added a neat touch to the grunginess of this too.

Alright then. It's contextual anyways. Regardless, this is turning out very promising.

Of course, but why shouldn't they be seamless? Unless they're following a Classical era standpoint, there should be transitions.

Really cool arrangement, guys! Add some transitions though! Sounds like four arrangements pasted together.

You should keep remixing. It's fun.

Got muddy at times, but other than that, nice and industrial-sounding! Cool atmosphere. I also liked the lil military shouts at the end.

Ah, the memories of writing this one with Kris over a whole year ago. I have to credit Kristina for writing that chord at 3:37 (and keeping it), and doing the precise edits to synth patches and bass sequencing I communicated to her from my iPad at school. Still fun to groove to! =D

Neat stuff man! At 4:09, I was like, "what is a whistle doing here? O.O" Great job! This is really fun, and you should do something of this sort again.

Nahhhh, it's just my way of saying "here's my review in case a mod doesn't show up as quickly as you'd like".

I'm actually pretty strongly believing that. V_V This would pass as it is on the basis of arrangement, that's a given, but there are certainly some nitpicks which are bound to show up that will resemble the things that I said. Some will be downplayed to a certain extent, others will be emphasized to a certain extent, but all of what I said just then were pretty minor nitpicks, at least to me. I think it makes total sense for this to at the very least get judged as successful enough in the panel, because there are some very neat harmonic additions and meter changes to the source tunes that contributed to the flow and cohesiveness of the arrangement. There's plenty to like here. In other words, Y U NO LET ME BE NICE?

That would certainly be an example of too minimal, yes; just hadn't checked on mobile til now. However, something can be well done objectively if it captures the eyes of many or most people and the attention to detail is high, but ugly by itself is subjective. Why it's ugly is objective if the why is technical details. And just to be clear, this isn't personal.

Yes, the banner could be eliminated and the rest of the site already illustrates what the banner shows, but it's a "featured" banner. It has its purpose: to show people the latest thing as soon as they load the page, before they do anything at all. Who wants to scroll through a big web page to find something? No one, if it's gigantic. I'm looking at it entirely objectively. Yes, it only shows demo reels and such, but the aesthetics are very well done. Even though the center banner will have laggy fades on low-performance computers, the only drawback is not its speed but its framerate, and that isn't that big a deal. Minimal is fine, if not an underdone design. If it's bare, it looks weird, but ugly is just entirely subjective. V_V Either way, minimal for mobile is a good idea. The less resources and distracting elements, the better for mobile.My point was that the resources that load in the background load when you don't see them. Thus you don't think about them, and they load while you aren't looking at them. Then when you do look at them, they're often already loaded into cache. That's the key. You don't immediately see the items that take the longest time to load, and you don't gain that impatience that web designers dread. tl;dr: I'm focusing on efficiency, and you're focusing on marketing.

I can certainly agree that the music video was really well done, so I of course had no issues with that being posted. It's definitely a fun remix, and it deserves that spotlight.