Score: 9

"Good stuff."

submission: SM64 - Waters of Ivory

date: April 7, 2008

Not bad at all. This is one of my favorite tracks from Super Mario 64, and I think you did a wonderful job of remaking it. There really isn't much else for me to say other than keep up what you have going. =)

Score: 9

"Great times..."

submission: [SD] DuckTales Fun on the Moon

date: April 1, 2008

Haha, loved DuckTales for the NES! Although my memory of the stage is somewhat vague, I can recognize the music. I think you did a very good job of remixing it. Very enjoyable track!

It makes me want to go play it right now. =P

Score: 9

"Great!"

submission: Mario World March #3!

date: March 29, 2008

Excellent take on the original track. I liked it very much, not much else to say. =D

Oh, and Ultimate88, who's to say he did not already get permission from the sequencer who had originally submitted the MIDI to VGMusic, huh? VGMusic is an archive, nothing more; you can't steal from VGMusic, but you can steal from the original sequencer if you haven't asked for permission. Automatically jumping to a conclusion such as that which you have done is an act of ignorance.

Score: 8

"Cool~"

submission: The Decisive Battle-FFVI

date: March 29, 2008

Ever heard of The Black Mages, Di3X0m3ga? This is similar to their style, and it's very good. They have covered this song, in fact.

Unfortunately, it doesn't seem to capture an intense moment -- we're talking boss battle here! Some of the synths should be more rigid, maybe? In any case, good job overall. Keep it up. =)

Score: 6

"Ow?"

submission: Marble Zone - Sonic 1

date: March 29, 2008

You DEFINITELY need to work on those volume levels. The track was blaring, and I don't even have my volume up that high. Honestly, it hurt my ears because you decided not to master the track well enough.

Aside from that, the overall song was all right, from what I could tell. The end could have been a lot better; the arped piano was poor and not as well-executed as it could have been (plain arp notes).

Seriously, work on the volume levels, please, and use compressors. I might listen to what else you have then.

Score: 8

"Too slow!"

submission: Karco - Rewind

date: March 13, 2008

The tempo you have here is very rare to find in trance, and the reason why is because it doesn't work too well. It doesn't work here, either. I think if it was sped up some more, it would be a wonderful track, I really do! There's an odd clicking noise, too, every other beat.

Good job on this track. Just a bit iffy about the tempo.

Score: 9

"Overall good, kick bad."

submission: Karco - Contrast

date: March 13, 2008

The kick was too heavy, and slightly filtered to my disliking. That's my only real complaint.

I'm surprised very few got on you about repetitiveness. I don't think it's a bad thing at all. It's gonna happen one way or another, whether somebody likes it or not, that's just part of trance. =P

If you could, check out some of my newer submissions, and let me know what you think! Much appreciated.

Score: 8

"Not too bad."

submission: [TMM43]Digital Abuse

date: March 1, 2008

I honestly have no problem with the repetitiveness, as almost all of my songs are repetitive, and you know what? I like it that way. Subtle changes here and there are good, but not drastic ones (which almost everyone seems to look for). To me, it feels like a solid song and not jumping around here and there. I listen to this kind of trance, so it's what I create. One guy -- Armin van Buuren; top trance artist, and his stuff is "repetitive", as in keeps true to the make of the track. (It's really hard for me to explain why repetitive is good, if you hadn't guessed already.)

What I did have a problem with, however, was the percussion. The form that you used for this song did not seem to fit at all -- I was expecting the beginning percussion to lead into a more solid form, but it never did...

By the way, the very beginning of your song sounded like trance [] control, and I like trance [] control. =) Keep it up.

Score: 6

"Bluntly speaking..."

submission: "Hes a Pirate prev" Nintechno

date: March 1, 2008

I think everything could have been a lot better. The intro was the best part, I think. Synth was poor. As everyone has been telling me, you need more unique synths -- I can easily tell you are using some default samples. The percussion was poor, as in not uplifting one bit. And the bass was poor; it was drowned so badly by the wack volume levels (and the synth hurt my ears).

It definitely needs work, but if you are willing to do that, then maybe I'll listen to what you can come up with in the future.

Score: 8

"Not bad at all."

submission: FFVIII-Laguna's Battle

date: February 14, 2008

Great experimentation, but the volume levels were a little wacky. The cymbal seemed louder than it should have been. Other than that which I've stated, you've got a great track here. I loved the synths; very close to those used in the original track.