by

Gustav zauron
(zauron)

Excellent resonance riff samples, but due to heavy use of long, sequence samples you needed to squeeze them relatively lofi to get them fit into 1024k. Sophisticated and fitting harmonies by the pads, some cool 5th based chords are thrown around. Nice bass also, but I think there is something missing from the mix especially in the middle range. The pads are very high and clear, the bass very low and dark. The drumloops are a bit "alone" in the middle range. It does work as an effect, but slightly annoys my ear. The mixing is perfect, at least I can find no fault there. Vocals are deftly mixed just a bit in the background, so they don't dominate the whole song. You could use more breaks with the beat but those you use are often really good. Stereo panning could use some fine-tuning, too much extreme panning. The best part of this song must be the form, altough the nuances are far from subtle. They work great anyway.

*File Specs* [Filename]m6v-llgt.it [Title]Lovelight[Total playing time]03:45 *Musical Values* [Creativity]I don't need to express myself again what this it took to make this song, professional setup of song-structure, various couplets and chorus included within 1000kb of space, i think next year there will be more vocal repetoires in each devision...[Story]Hear songtext :)[Structure]Main structure is solid, i don't really know if the song is based on the text or the text has been written on the song but i hardly can think that there was a lead instrument at first, straight breaks even interludes to change between transitions, variations with vocal effects, nicely done... [Harmony]Depth and Width fit together like Laurel and Hardy here.[Realness/Fantasy factors]N/A *Technical Values* [Instruments]Quite pale if i should say so....[Samples]Oops, sequences... i hope you made them all yourself but i am mostly not happy when veterans use sequenced percussion-lines, even the 303-sequence could be done manually in parts, it created the ability to use this cutted sequence in other variable ways than one:playing it.The vocal samples are intresting, nicely arranged, no notches, even reverb environment, you know how to sample and fix your samples.[Arrangements]Retrig effects on percussional elements are nicely done as for the most noticable use of effects, i hardly notice strange things neither did i detect abuse or misplaced use of effect[Use of...]N/A [Sample Quality]Fair to very good, for the vocal samples:well done, next year again? *Sounding Techniques* [Depth]Great [Width]Good.[Headphones]Okay.[Speakers]Fascinating...

I think the voice samples REALLY helped this tune out. Without them, it would seem a little bland and who knows, may not have even qualified. But it's nice to see people in the scene can actually sing :). Maybe there even should've been more words, because they run out halfway through one of the patterns. The bass sample is too loud and/or too low in frequency. It's kind of disappointing seeing the percussion in drumloops, but at least it was altered a little throughout the tune. Overall, it's very nicely done, maybe just a little work on the style.

This song is one of my personal favourites from this year's competition. Whilst definately not one of the most technically impressive modules around this song effectively merges vocal samples with typical tracked patterns. The backing compliments the vocals really well and doesn't clutter the theme of the song at all. Samples are of high quality. Obviously songs relying heavily on vocals will benefit more with a larger sample limit but larger sample limits are not always practical in a competition of this size. Overall a very impressive song.

This song is actually pretty good! The sample quality was good, good choice of samples (I loved those strings). You might want to be a little bit more carefull with your "sine wave bass", it was a little loud at times, whenever the pitch was higher (but not too much). The into was a bit too long (59 seconds), that is more than 1/4 of your song. I was waiting for a while until the main idea came along. Try and not use recorded riffs, or leads (in this case, samples 01-02). There is nothing really wrong with that (i.e. I don't think it's cheating or anything), but it does make the song a bit larger (but who cares :). The song was very good and I enjoyed it, but I'm going to talk a bit about the vocals for a second. The vocals were good, but my only complaint was that you need to pronounce your lyrics a little bit better (example... When to vocals went "And our touch created...", it sounded "An'N' our touch creata'N'". The 'd's sounded 'n's in the song, and it was hard to actually hear/understand what the singer was saying). Make sture the vocals are clear. Other than that, this song is REALLY good!

Hmmm... An unusual tune in itself for the usage of vocals, but apart from that, I think the track isn't exactly a brilliant piece of work, though I like the track itself as sort of chill/mood music (I kicked out the vocals, and dare I say it, I prefered most of the track that way). The vocals ain't bad, though I must admit I couldn't quite get what was said in sample 23. Apart from that, the track has a sorta dark sound, and sticks to that mood all the way through, which is commendable in itself, since it progresses quite well to the end. Overall the track is quite good, though I can't say I was too thrilled about it. I think it's possible to improove the track as an instrumental track and make it flow better, but as a vocal track I think it's just fine as it is. It just is down to individual taste whether people like it or not.

A very well tracked song overall! The introduction is nice with nice string work - the breathing sample is an excellent touch. The samples riff (samples 1,2) and the drumloops are very nice but they restrict variation throughout the song. The voice work is excellent showing good editing on the samples. The subtle key changes and transitions are very smooth and sequenced with excellent technique. The form of the song is very good - with introduction, verse/chorus with variation, and a good ending. It is a highly sampled track but the samples are good quality and used effectively. I enjoyed this song - it is a good example of the capabilities of tracker music. Well done!

If only samples 14, 15, 23, and 24 had the same quality of 19, 20, 21, and 22! The voice feature in this song was very well layed out, but there was a lot of static in the first set of samples listed. If this static was somehow removed, the song would be very well done! This is the only category I can honestly mark down upon with this piece. Very well done.

This is an unbeleivable computer tune!!!! I love it yeahhh!!! The idea is outstanding. This modul is realized perfectly. The modulation, timings.. are great and I canīt stop listening to it. It gave me one of the hardest kicks I ever had by listening to a tune. Very impressive tune!!! The melodious singer is according to the other voices very well. Every little things like breathing as ambiente effect are in this modul... :-) Iīm very interested who did this tune, so that I can download more of them. I thought it was done by HUNZ/FM but I never heard a IT-Tracker tune done by him. :-) Keep on composing who ever you are, I love your modul!!!!