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[Unnamed WIP]

Fucking cool!

Did a great job on this, mastered to perfection, the notes meshed nicely, and the melody was catchy as fuck!

Never really listened to UK hardcore, but it seems pretty tight! lol.

I'd say finish this shit! :D

[F!!king Nasty! NG Mix]

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I herd this on your soundcloud, and loved it! :D. it blends your dance-y, and your hardcore styles perfectly.

I really like the sounds you used, were they presets or did you make them??

also, the drums sounded like VEC2 :P haha

I cant wait to go to one of your raves :D. haha.

keep it up, dude! You've gotten so much better, since i first started listening :O

Peace man!!

Dj-GST responds:

Thanks :D

The first synths that kicked in are from Sytrus, a modified Hypersaw that I call "Happy Hardcore Saw", and Fatsaw preset.

The other leads are from Nexus and Sylenth1. The Bassline is from Poizone2.

The kick is from VEC2, with Fast Dist, and the hat's and clap are from VEC3.

Sweet :D

You've gotten alot better too man :)

Peace!!

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[[LiQ] Floor Shift]

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Really catchy, and it sounds perfectly mixed! :O. some of the notes clashed again, but its really not a huge problem with it.

Never herd of FL Core, but it seems cool. haha.

Your bass is really crunchy, haha, you might want to add like a sine to it or something.

Other than that, theres really nothing wrong with it!

liqourish responds:

your new song pwns

[[LiQ] EXCeeD-R2]

:O!

Really well made!!

The lead was an octave too high for my taste, it kind of gave me a headache... haha.

Other than that, this was really well made, some notes clashed a bit, but that is overlook-able. haha.

Catchy as fuck too :D

I like the style you've made for yourself, it works well.

Peace out, man!

liqourish responds:

i just finshd another song today lol ,.up in a min

[Hardcore NG (WIP)]

:O :O :O :O

I didn't really like the intro bass, it wasn't subb-y enough xD.

i like the use of the hypersaw, it was pretty good, and had that classic hardcore feel i think if you add a very small amount of delay and some reverb, it'll sound extreamly sexy hahah xD

you might want to throw in some random percussions here and there, to give the song a fuller sound.

did you mess with the vocals, or did they come like that? Cause if you did, you did a really good job :D haha

thats all! :P
PM me when you get the full thing up :D

Dj-GST responds:

xD Yeah, it's just a simple 909 kick.

Actually, I didn't use Hypersaw. I used two supersaw presets from Nexus and one from Zebra2, it's good plugin, you should get it :D Hell yeah I'll add some reverb and Delay :D

I will totally throw some percussion on there, some wicked bongos and hits, and some closed hats :D

Yes I sure did mess with the vocals :D I used Reverb and Delay.

I'll PM you when th full version's up :)

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[[DestRucTive]]

:O!

This is pretty tight, man! :D It's really 8 bit :O, not my favorite genre, but it has its place haha xD

If you added reverb, and a little delay to the beginning piano, it'd go up like 10x in awesome-ness :D haha.

Nothing is really wrong with this song, for 3-6 hours, this is fucking good :D

Make more, please? :D

Haha peace!

liqourish responds:

all nexus. not much i can do, nexus=100% presets FlOL

[Tricity -GST Mix-]

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Haha i got all excited when i noticed the bigger file limit :D.

You did fucking great with this :D haha. it's cool to see you've found your style and are quite comfortable with it. :D

you handled the mastering wonderfully, and you sound extremely professional.

The only problem I have with this, is that it is rather basic (only in melody, the overall structure is complex :D), but its hardly anything to complain about.

If you ever do live shows, come down to the states and i'll rave to all your badass songs!

great job, as always :D

Dj-GST responds:

Fuck yeah, it's awesome :D

Sweet :D Hell yeah, UK Hardcore is awesome :D

Thanks man, I did all sorts of stuff with Fruity Parametic EQ 2, and Fruity Peak Controller.

Yeah, unfortunately the original only had one lead, which is why I switched things up as much as possible :D

I hope to shit that I'll do live shows one day :D Just gotta get signed and learn how to use Dj equipment :P I'll totally come down to the states!

Thanks man!

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[Brothas & Sistas!]

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The drums are obviously the center of this track, and it's good you made them have so much variation, otherwise this track would be extreamly dull.

I would suggest adding a supersaw lead, even if its just a simple repetitive melody, just to make this song not as repetitive, and add some cut off. :O

I would totally agree with you, this is your most professional track, and with minor adjustments, it might even make top five.

Btw, this doesn't really seem as Happy Hardcore, as industrial/jungle beat. haha. I dunno.

Great job man! :D

Dj-GST responds:

Haha yeah, it would :P

Yeah I'll add a melody, maybe not Supersaw, but yeah. I'll add some cut off :)

Top five!? Haha sweet :D

Nah, this is no where close to Industrial or Jungle, but I agree with you that it isn't Happy Hardcore. It sounds like an old Thunderdome track, so I'll change the genre to Rave.

Thanks man :D

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[Acino Vs. Gst - Frost Bite]

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:O.

Both of your styles mix wonderfully haha. i love the cutoff use in this, it worked perfectly.

What is this genre called, UK hardcore? Its catchy lol.

The breakdown about 1/3 in was fuckin sweet, and it mixed up the otherwise droning bass :D.

The transition to "HARDCORE MODE" was cool. haha.

You guys have awesome talent :O.

I like how you switched small things up, while keeping true to the original structure.

The BAD:

I dont like the single note bass lines for some reason, i'll attribute it to my liking of House and Trance, where the bass lines are more traditional, but thats just me xD

Also some of the transitions seemed a little forced, but it was overlookable.

I like the automation of the BPM, it was also pretty cool.

On a side note, how's the college for electronic music going? :O

Dj-GST responds:

Haha thanks.

This track is Freeform Hardcore, which is UK Hardcore with a heavy Trance influence.

Thanks, you're pretty talented yourself man :)

Haha yeah, these sorts of genres don't usually have complex basslines. In my next track I'll probably try it out though :D

Unfortunately I wont be attending electronic music college for at least a couple more years, I lost my job a while ago and have nothing saved up right now :( So I'm gonna have to find another job and go to University for something else in the meantime, because the music school I want to go to is in a different city.

Thanks for the ten man :D

I reviewed your track a while ago just so you know :P

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[[LiQ] Embers RMXwip]

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Fucking badass!! haha

you did infinitely better on this than i ever could haha.

I think you should finish. it's turning out great so far.

Thanks for remixing :D

peace :D