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[The Inheritor (Instrumental)]

Kickass, but the mix could be cleaner. The kicks are getting completely buried, and the rhythm guitars are drowning the leads, which is a problem for such a lead-driven track. A low cut on the rhythm guitars would help bring out the bass, too.

Wolfrain64 responds:

Thanks for the advice dude!

[Levitate (Old)]

Add a bass, find better drums, and clean up the mids, and it'll be all right.

Snakewine responds:

thank you for the tips!!!
I will practice that things 'ㅂ'

[Domyeah - theory of everything 3 (remix - GDOP)]

first, MY EARS HATE THAT LEAD. HATE HATE HATE. It's a pretty easy fix, just put a lowpass on it to get rid of the annoyingly shrill highs, and add some reverb, but until then RRRRRRGH

Anyway, the drums have no real punch, so try sidechaining other major sounds to them (especially the lead), and work on the instrument balance so nothing is too loud (THAT LEAD). And clear up the mids in the mix. Highs are also pretty empty (which is part of why THAT LEAD is so unbearable).

[Saguaro]

Yeah, what ChaelMusic said. This slays. Sounds aren't always perfect and the master is pretty overcooked, but hot damn, this goes

[Zyzyx - Jazz Battle]

Well, damn. This is some pretty legit glitch hop. Reminds me of Auvic but wonkier.

I've really got to stretch for this, but speaking of Auvic, that piano at the end will sound dope af if you do a little humanizing and switch up the velocities. Anyway, 10/10 would bump

DJ-Zyzyx responds:

Never heard of Auvic... maybe I should go take a listen. Thanks so much for the review. And about the piano thing, yeah I got lazy, I changed the velocities and nothing happened so I just gave up lol XD

[Like An Animal]

Solid. Tight mix, clean arrangement, good choice of vocals. My only real complaint is the leads could be more interesting.

[Dubstep Machine]

I wouldn't blame this on LMMS. There are a few things you can fix without changing DAWs.

Your arrangement is extremely hollow. There's no sub bass, which is one of the most important sounds in dubstep, and it's easy to make. Other than drums, there's usually just one or two sounds playing at any given time; most producers layer a few sounds to fill out the spectrum. Listen to some more dubstep and see what kinds of sounds producers use to support the main sounds.

The mix is also pretty amateurish. The instrument balance is out of wack, some sounds are way louder than others, and this is a simple arrangement, so mixing it sound be pretty easy for now. There's no sidechain either (something I'm noticing a lot on NG), so the drums have trouble being heard over everything else, and drums are VERY important in dubstep.

Check out my friend Umcaruje; he's on the LMMS dev team and uses it in all his stuff. That should give you an idea what you can (and should) be doing. https://soundcloud.com/umcaruje