Albums: Dwelling of Duels: Rhythm Month (April 2025)
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Reviews
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This is what I was expecting this month. Danceable, upbeat, positive vibes. Reminds me of the early 2000s. Excellent choice of synth patches and instrumentation. Great pacing and structure. Very tasty guitar harmonies. Love the key change at the end, those always do it for me.
Production notes: Overall a bit dark. Bass could be a SMIDGE lower I think(maybe just some eq cuts on it?) . If the kick punched more, it would help as well.
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I really like the instrument setup and hyper clean sound. I feel like this is the DoD guitar tone my friends tell me about and I like it.
Oh snap! Key change!!!
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At 1:00 the guitar tone is incredible, tell me how you do that even if i dont have
electric guitar. the synth and all are nice, this is the most rythm level song
of the entire month, i love it, bien joué
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Title is giving Fairy Tail Wow sound effect All the synth patches are on point, loving the tone on the electric guitars also. This one is really hurt by the drum mixing, it sounds like a very dancey song but it lacks that pulsating beat in the kick and snare, they’re VERY quiet for this type of song, I’d suggest a sidechain on the drums with the bass to get that pulsating effect going on, but even without counting that the drums are just quiet. Some of the mix on the clean guitars is also very buried, some extra compression and just a kick in the volume slider should do the trick. Very cute track.
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As I said during the listening party, this is definitely what I’d expect a rhythm game to sound like. Happy, upbeat and playful. The little guitar there is was good, but it’s really the synths that make this track. No idea if the voice samples are directly from the source.
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Really digging the synth tones here, and most of the synth instruments are balanced really nicely. Drums feel a bit too far back in the mix though, almost to the point that I’m straining to hear them. Nice effects with the vocals, and the guitar tones are extremely smooth. This was a nice bubbly tune, but the mixing with the drums did pull it back a bit for me. Honestly this tune could have worked also without drums, but they should have been a bit more prevalent in the mix
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Cute one! If I recognized the source I’d probably have a deeper emotional connection to it, but it was pleasant and didn’t overstay its welcome, plus I liked the key change. Solid stuff!
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Cute is the right word for this one, and I suspect based on the name, that’s what you were going for <3 The synths are varied and well-chosen, and the lead guitar is smooth and fits right in. The vocal chops were my favorite part of the track! Great arrangement, but the production feels unfinished – drums are not nearly as punchy as I’d want for this genre, and overall, the track is lacking the cohesive compression/reverb glue to bring it together and make it feel like a polished, finished product. Still, I enjoyed the arrangement and production choices a lot!
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