Palpable Posted December 28, 2013 Share Posted December 28, 2013 (edited) - Harjawaldar - Mads Smebakk - - 30387 - Secret of Mana - Pure land theme - Remix name: Measuring uncharted territory Comments: I listened to a lot of djent at the time and this tune really fit the genre with it's atmospheric and dreamy melodies. And it allows a lot of freedom with riffs and soloing. It was originally made for Dwelling of Duels back in june 2011. I've recently remastered it. Edited February 11, 2014 by Liontamer closed decision Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OceansAndrew Posted January 27, 2014 Share Posted January 27, 2014 volumewise the clean leads are being completely lost. The solo is a good volume, but everything else is so background-focused, it makes the song sound really unbalanced. The arrangement is great, and the added parts are clever and fit with the existing source pretty well. I think for a more authentic djent sound you need to reduce the distortion slightly in the rhythm guitars, but otherwise it is pretty good stuff. I think this is passable based on overall production and arrangement but the clean leads need to come up a ton. It seems like a huge oversight that they are at the level they are at now. No, please resubmit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chimpazilla Posted February 10, 2014 Share Posted February 10, 2014 Andrew nailed it. Those clean leads are almost nonexistent, please bring them up. He's right about having a bit less distortion on the rhythm guitars, hopefully you can just do a quick re-amp to get a cleaner sound there. Otherwise yeah, really nice arrangement and production, drums are punchy and tight too. Bass could have a touch more definition and clear out some low-mid mud too, just a bit. My only other suggestion would be that 2:34 sounds like an ending. It just completely stops. It would make for a better flow if something was happening during that empty space, anything at all, a drum pattern, guitar riff, sfx, just something so it doesn't sound like the song ended there. Also the ending is really abrupt, maybe end it on a chord or something, like some ambiance from the intro? Just a thought. NO (resubmit) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nutritious Posted February 11, 2014 Share Posted February 11, 2014 Excellent votes above by Andrew and Kristina above. Balance is the biggest issue to look at here, specifically the clean lead as mentioned before. I'll also add a minor issue that the snare sounded a bit overcompressed to my ears, but no big deal there. Close, just needs some tweaking. NO resubmit, please Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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