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[NGMC 2025 2'rnd]

This has some solid narrative. It is quite basic, but it has enough going on that I think it makes it sound alright. The track is quite on the story telling part. The information is given to the listener in a very straight forward way, and there's nothing bad with that. Overall while I like the structure, and the rest of the piece is also well composed, I don't have much to say, it's alright. Like a solid 6/10 or 7/10 with almost nothing bad.

Voytek-Music responds:

I'm glad you enjoyed our song!

[The Cumbia Course]

This is the first time I'm seeing someone actually use BeepBox, and I think you did it really well. Personally when I looked at the project file and speed it up it sounded more like a race to me and still sounded alright, so I'm curious why you chose this BPM to be specific. Overall I'd say this is alright. It doesn't really give me neither tropic nor race vibes, but on it's own it still sounds really fun. Especially the slower sections. I wonder though did you have much option to work with the mixing or does BeepBox not allow you to do much in that regard, as I think some instruments should have been more quiet while others louder. Like around 0:55 I feel like the piano should be a bit more quiet while the foot drum feels like if it had too much of a reverb / power to it in a song with a slower pace. Overall though it's decent, and my favourite part has to be the cover art.

DaxCamdaxian responds:

I learned to use beepbox thanks to Xristos. It has good options, although when it comes to mixing, it's quite limited, at least as far as I could find. I didn't really watch any tutorials; I learned everything as I went. For this song, I was studying the cumbia genre and discovered that the maximum bpm used for a cumbia is 120. When I worked on it at 120, it seemed to me that the track was already too fast, so I left it at 115. Cumbias in my home country are often closely associated with tropical vibes, and since it's a little-known genre, I thought it was an interesting choice so that people who don't know much about that type of music could get a glimpse of the Latin essence.

Thanks for listening to the song :)

[Tour pela Praia do Espelho]

I really like the vibe you went for. This is some great jazz. The instrumentation here is fantastic, and it doesn't even sound like if it was done in a DAW but by real instruments to me. I don't know what other I could say other than that you absolutely got me with this one, I pretty much everything here, from the guitar solo to the drum pattern. Even though it doesn't sound too much like I race for me, or even at all, I think you nailed the tropical atmosphere.

Everratic responds:

Thanks for the review!

[Caliente Island]

This is the first time I'm seeing such a genre as "World". I overall like this track. I definitely like the second voice adding to the chant whenever it appears, or sometimes even adding to the empty spaces that would have been otherwise if not for it. The instrumentation here also is great, with the guitar and the piano at first, and also the arabic sounding guitar / some sort of percussion melody instrument that really adds to the atmosphere. Definitely has a tropical vibe to it, and I guess the lyrics sort of make up for the race, although melodically it doesn't remind me of racing. Still, I really like it.

CasualBreather responds:

Thanks a lot for this detailed and accurate feedback! Yeah lyrics are indeed kind of a cheat to get into a theme much easier!

[Chocnoon x ArikXu - Summer Breeze (DCLXXI)]

I think it'd be a good move to include the lyrics in the description, as at least to me it's not that clear what's being sung, I can pick up most words but not everything. I think the progression is alright. Even though really simple, I'm keen on how the transition to the main part of the song sounds. And I also appreciate the instrumentation here, with the mix between natural instruments giving of the tropic vibe along with the SFX (which I'd maybe suggest changing up a bit, as I swear I've heard the same wolf and bird like 10 times throughout the whole piece and It got annoying after a while), and the more electronic instruments keeping up the trance vibe. I'm pretty neutral on the chords and the bass, they're very simple sounding but they work. Not necessarily a problem on their own, I understand it might be due to the genre, just noting out what I picked up while listening. I also really like how you used the glitch-y sample in the last 45 seconds. It's cool sounding. Overall I'd say I like it, the mixing is spot on, I get the tropics and race from this one, but it might just be due to the genre that this doesn't really appeal to me. Eitherway this is solid

syopeen-squad responds:

Seems like valid constructive criticism to us!

[3manon vs. Arponax - Surf 'n' Turf]

Alright so I love the beginning, it's so goofy. As for the rest it's a really well organised rock and roll piece that fits the theme of a beach more than tropics or the jungle, but fits right on the racing department. I definitely applaud you for the two solo's. They're nothing that crazy but they're cool. Also was that the seagull from the Radio Collab near the end? I don't have much to say, but that may be actually due to me not seeing much wrong with this one. I wouldn't say I love it, but it's definitely in the least all right.

Arponax responds:

good good...i feel like beaches are quite tropical when you think about it :D i personally havent thought about jungles when tropics were mentioned tho i feel both fits very well in the theme.

The seagull sample was taken from the internet so i dont think its the same thing.

Also the solos, they are fun :D when it comes to the goofiness at some point we just decided to go pure fun and spontaneousness and i feel like it was a very nice experience.

[Fra & Voytek_Music - computers & adrenaline [NGMC 2025 ROUND 1]]

I like the powerful drums that's for sure. I feel like there's something weird going on with the instrument introduced at 0:06, like if some critical frequency was missing, seemingly removed to make it less crash with the other stuff later on, but I can't put my finger on what precisely I have an issue with. I'd appreciate a bit different drum pattern around 0:45, as it sounds like if the same bar was repeated for the first 55 seconds of the piece. And while I also like the speed up version of the pattern, even with the rides in the background I think it'd sound better with some more variation. The modulated guitar seems to really crash with the other instruments near the ending so I'd also suggest working on that. While I think the piece flows nicely from beginning to end, there definitely are some mixing issues that hinder the full enjoyment for me

Voytek-Music responds:

Thanks for your review! We actually didn't have a lot of time for this (for me it was mainly school).

[Frosty Glide Ride]

Hands off I'm really keen on the unique vibe you went with. It truly gives off a mario kartsy / whimsical vibe and I like it. While I think that while overall the melody is cool and charming, I also see how there could be some things that could be fixed. One of my biggest issues with this piece is the mixing. I'd say the guitar that's playing the chords has some weird frequencies that should be worked out in the mixing that clash with the melody and other background instruments. I also believe that the backing instrument that develops further the melody near 2:10 has to big of a reverb that should be lowered. Also the main instrument at around 1:30 that sounds to me like a modulated saw could be lowered in volume. I overall really like the structure of this piece and don't have a big issue with the composition as like I said it's fun.

Everratic responds:

Thanks for the review!

I'm glad you enjoyed the composition. We mixed and mastered this in less than one hour before the deadline haha.

[Polar Drift (w/ X3ll3n) [NGMC 2025]]

I like how the beginning is supposed to represent the sounds of a match starting. I also really like the wild pattern of the melody. Even though it's in 4/4, it has this jazzy vibe to it. Overall the progression is nice. One issue with the mixing however I have found, is that I think the background instrument introduced at 1:45 is way too loud and should be more quiet. I am fond of the effects put on the instruments and how at parts it vibrates. Short but sweet

Snikio responds:

thank you!
thank you!
we are currently finishing the track so if you don't mind can you explain further about the background instrument you said on DM? I'm not sure what sound you're talking about..

[-Frostbite-]

I think that the beginning is quite messy with the sudden addition of instruments. I feel like the instruments that clash the most are the strings with the chiptune melody, It might be due to the mixing, but I'd suggest either making the start much quicker, or a bit slower so that there isn't such a mess there. I also don't feel like it servers as a proper entrance to the main melody at 0:24, as it sounds like if it was just a continuation of the intro rather than the main thing. I like the chanting around the 1:10, although I'd suggest the really fast instrument to be higher up and less loud, to make it sound even more icicle vibe. Knowing this is supposed to be a snowy track I can guess that it is supposed to give off that vibe, but without that knowledge, I think it would better serve if it was in an octave higher up. Overall I think that the chorus and post-chorus is the best part. It's whimsical, and there's the right amount of instruments around 2:10-2:40, I think there could be something done with the audio leveling or mastering in the main chorus to make the instruments further away and not clash as much, but I still like it. Now the part that follows at 2:47 I also think struggles from too many instruments in the same octave. Overall while I wouldn't say this is a bad track, there's definitely a lot that could be done with the correlation between each instrument, because while I believe each on their own is alright, they don't make a good mix together. In regards to the snow and race theme, I think it barely hits both for me, there's the race and chant SFX and the icicle sounds.

Creeperforce24 responds:

I’m guessing your just not into genres that are mixed together that usually wouldn’t go well. I also get all the mixing and most of it has to do with the fact that my DAW is an actual piece of shit. The octave higher suggestion I’m kinda hesitant, cause then it would have a lot of instruments that would sound annoying and loud.
And basically the am chaotic parts are my parts… how much do I have to lessen on how chaotic it is XD. it might be the fact I was going for a sort of breakbeat vibe, hence why it’s so chaotic.
Thanks for the honesty tho