I like the Japanese instrument, don’t know what it’s called, and the tune is moody. I see that the beat is syncopated with the instrument, but at 0:12 and 0:19 the beat and the synth are very off and interrupt the flow. The warbling echoes starting at 0:14 are a great effect, but have them ring out more than cut abruptly. If you’re going to cut a lot of the sounds, make them glitchier. 0:31 is very confusing and everything crashes together. Stop the drums and include some seconds of the instrument before going into the bass, the pace is off. 0:47 is one of the best parts of the track, with the wobble variations. Everything after the drop is fantastic, liked and reposted. Use some more complex percussion and change the snare especially, it sounds very stock. Overall fix up the beat in the beginning so it matches up with your melody.
GREAT
Bass
Eastern sound
Variation
BAD
Basic snare, kick
Off beat, breaks rhythm
Too quick into drop
The echo effect should ring out more
Remove “smoke” right before drop
6.4/10, my opinion. Definitely extend into full track, like around 3 minutes. Really enjoyed listening!
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I like the uniqueness of this. It has a kind of scary asian movie vibe with a neo anime type of feel. It’s hard to explain lol. Could use some more variation and switch ups to add some suspense to the sound. Overall pretty good though!
All the elements are there, they just need tweaking to get them in the right places I think.
Bury that plucked instrument in the mix with some echo and stuff, dub it up like.
The drums are a bit flat imo swap the samples for something more lively, or compress them less.