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[Our hero]

Okay, so my feedback... the first two minutes sound good and are definitely your style, but I hesitate to say they necessarily fit as a hero's theme specifically. Later on, there's a handful of REALLY short instances that I think were a bit too empty (and again, like I said, not long at all; only one beat long or so... such gaps aren't inherently bad, of course, but I don't know that they were appropriate at the particular moment). I also noticed something odd in the panning of what sounded like an electric guitar, but that could just be my headphones acting up.
Otherwise though, pretty good! I almost see this as approaching a vein of "what if Xtrullor made electro instead of dubstep" in some aspects.

Arponax responds:

Thanks for the feedback.
When it comes to empty sequences....i tried to give time to get rested a bit between harder parts of the song, maybe when i listened to it hundreds of times it didnt felt like too empty or something, anyway still alot to learn afterall :D

I've been messing with panning and if you mean in the last part where theres that second sequence the AMPed bass is indeed panned to the left for the transition but then its centered.
If you didnt meant this, im not sure what tbh.

Its nice to be compared to some other people i guess :D

Glad you like.

[Severman & Chris Ponate - Cry For You (X3ll3n Remix)]

I see I'm not the only one using Chris Ponate vocals around here. :)

Anyway, I'm not sure I agree with some of the composition here, though as this is a remix, I'm not sure how much of that is you and how much of that is Severman & Chris Ponate. What I can say is I definitely like the sound design/selection on this song, and most of the mixing... my only real criticism is that I'd have made the low end a bit stronger, but maybe that's just personal preference. In any case, good work!

[TimeSpender]

NGL, when I saw the title in your posts on Discord, I initially thought the title might be a joke at how much time you put into making this. Jokes aside, it's definitely solid, though I actually don't like this as much as some of your other works. Maybe it's because I'm used to your style having the bass and such be a bit more front-and-center (i.e. like how a lot of Boom Kitty's music is), if you will. Definitely not bad though, even if I do question some creative choices in the early parts as well as what I already said.

[Synfang - Crosshairs (Arponax remix)]

NGL, I think this one might be my favorite of the remixes. Definitely the most unique of the bunch, that's for sure. Thanks for doing this! :D

Arponax responds:

Thanks...it was fun to make.

[Speedrun (NGUAC KO entry)]

Okay, so my thoughts on this...
Everything until the start of the drop? Awesome. Absolutely zero that I'd say I didn't like about it.
The drop could've been executed better in composition and/or sound design, and very probably would've been if you had more time, but my biggest gripe about it? It's one that you kinda don't even need to hit play on this song to notice, because it's visible in the audio wave visualization: the drop seems quieter or otherwise smaller than the buildup, and it makes the drop feel disappointing IMO.
The melody you have going in the second half of the drop... I feel largely neutral about its composition, but I'm hesitant to say that you made the right choice, using what I've found to be one of your signature sound choices for that melody. I don't know exactly what would've been a better choice, but I'm hesitant to say that this was the best option, though I understand that you had your time constraints and so will try not to complain about this too much.

Ackee39 responds:

Its funny cause i completely agree with you.
Youre right; a lot of the complaints on the drop (it being too quiet, the lead in the second half being awkward) are stuff that i was trying to fix, but couldnt because im gonna be honest nearly everything about the drop was made on the very last day. I was sort of scared to publish this at all cause theres just so much that needs fixing and tweaking imo and just so many rusty areas. But i hope that the overall creativity n stuff save this from being true bottom of the barrel for my stuff.

[Blackout]

Very unique next to what I've heard before! Keep up the good work! :D

Laughtrr responds:

Thank you! :)

[Some melody flip challenge thing]

BTW, for anyone here after me, I'm "this guy." XD

DJCl0udZMusic responds:

Yes XD

[Blood And Chaos]

This is pretty good IMO!

I...cannot stress this enough...LOVE your selection of sounds. Sorta makes me think of Dex Arson (I'd think you know that name, but if not, would give his work a listen; my personal recommendation is "Years").
Anyway, good job! Keep it up!

Spline-1337 responds:

Thank you:)

[DJ Ses ft. JohnyTiger - Feed The Wolves (Produced By JohnyTiger)]

Well...I mean, it's not bad. Definitely beats anything I've heard that was rooted in SoundCloud. But in comparison to your previous works, I'm a little underwhelmed, NGL.

[F-777 - T-Rex]

Easily your best song since the Raptor II album! Please make more like this!

F-777 responds:

So glad to hear it cuz this is soooo gonna be on Raptor 3! (which is 95% done.)
Thanks so much!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!