Score: 9

"Nice bubbly melodies...."

submission: Troubled (3min42sec)

date: September 22, 2005

I lovely the never ending arpeggios on this track, and the nice fat tones. I really like how you used themes that have a solid base different EQ frequencies so each aspect had more cut and separation.

Score: 9

"Ah, it's a vinyl thing"

submission: Orchestral Espionage

date: September 22, 2005

Vinyl tone and slow decay verb. I'm going to assume you use a true keyboard on your tracks, and not just samples. Good on you.

Score: 8

"Hey look! It's harmony!!1"

submission: *Rebellion*

date: September 22, 2005

I like the way you blended multiple lines of melody together cohesively with nice smooth slow decay reverb. The tone's nice and kind to the ear.

Score: 6

"FUNKbrs"

submission: Beahin

date: July 31, 2005

Nice use of rhythm in this piece, but you're WAY overusing solid non-volume dynamic buzz-tones. Slow fades on those tones would have seriously enhanced the piece overall. However, you're doing some wonderfully melodic things as the piece progresses. Now that I think of it, perhaps a mere constant left-right fade in those buzz-tones would be the perfect treatment for the piece. Give it that circular feeling, you know?

*runs off to go play with his microphones and his drums and hides from all things techno*

Score: 9

"Pretty damn good...."

submission: Piano DevoLving

date: July 12, 2005

I make all my audio the old fashioned way; instruments and a microphone. The piano track is stand alone good, really. The beat just kind of dresses it out. Frankly it could use a little tube fuzz on the beat, though. That would warm it up and make it more "human" sounding.

Score: 8

"It's like techno...but GOOD!"

submission: HitchHikersGuidetoMETAL!!

date: July 9, 2005

It's nice to see techno based on metal principles and grind style. Most techno guys can't understand that stuff.

Score: 3

"Why is it all in the left channel?"

submission: Gone Pecan (PeeCoN)

date: May 4, 2005

two chords with crunch and phazer, all jammed up in the left channel.... Wait... that's just two notes, isn't it?

Meh. We all start somewhere. I suggest you learn some scales, or at least how to adapt a mono guitar source to stereo.

Score: 9

"It was a little slow, and awfully disco"

submission: PaNdOrA-Trance Dance

date: May 4, 2005

But then again, that's pretty much what you were shooting for, right? I love the slow l/r pan at the end, it made a nice circle effect. I would have liked it more with a 16 count high hat on top of it though. It would have added edge to it.

Score: 8

"Nice arrangement"

submission: Supriya's Piano

date: March 11, 2005

Nice and straight, but a little stiff. Everything's dead on the technical side of it, though. I'd say this is in the top 10% of NG AP talentwise.

Score: 8

"Can I be the Duke of cool ranch?"

submission: The Dorito King

date: November 28, 2004

I mean, you're the Dorito King, so like, you should be able to let me be Duke over one of the flavor genres, right? I'm thinking cool Ranch. I could force all the smaller bags of chips to give me tribute, and demand prima nocte with thier delicious full sized chip women.

Also, I'm a (shitty) producer, and a relatively talented drummer. I've got a bunch of metal submissions I played drums on, and some acoustic material I've produced in the Bluegrass genre.

Besides, I own much more expensive equipment than you, which makes me morally superior. OMG! MACKIE 1604 VLZ PRO WITH TASCAM CDRW AND ALESIS COMPRESSION, ALONG WITH LARGE DIAPHRAM CONDENSER MIKES AND SHITLOADS OF SHURE SM57S AND A CRAPLOAD OF WIRES!

*yes, I'm a total audiophile. Hush*