The synth strings are a little on the harsh side. There are some plugins to soften the sound. I use ReaFIR in Reaper, some people use Soothe, but multiband compressors are like magic for reducing harsh overtones.

The bass is clean and pleasant, though.

Oceans:

I feel like I want that higher pitch sound to be wetter and farther away, like it would be floating above the scene, giving it a more spatial, lush feeling. It could also use a little softening on the overtones.  Maybe slightly quieter in the mix too.

Ponds:

I like the sudden shift. I think the reverb could use some EQing, and a larger reverb like Valhalla supermassive would really drive this effect farther. I love the vibe here.

Rivers:

Maybe a little muddy on the way some of the frequencies are coming together, but I'd need to troubleshoot your specific mix in this case.

Entity:

Describes an entity well. I think I have similar feedback on this that I do to ponds. I love the little rising and falling synths in the background.

Sacrifice:

I like the feeling on this one more.

I have redundant feedback for the last two tracks. Overall, the vibe creation and creativity was on point; I think it just needs some more precision and time in the mix to get that "its dirty but it sounds so clean" sound that would make this whole set really land.

Great work! 

Really cool selection of sound design experiments you got here. "Oceans" and "Rivers" were probably the ones more related to the theme, and in terms of song writing, "Lakes" is the one which I am taking as a reference to rate the Composition category, as the others feel more like short ambient segments which might work very well for specific settings, but which don't seem to have the intention of being developed as a full song.

Ratings:

Execution: 4

Vibe: 4

Composition: 4

Listenability: 3

Correlation to theme: 3

Rating criteria: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LEz4pyyHR7iQ75W2IFjA22odaeDNmdm-/view?usp=drive...

Your mixing is clean and consistent, and the grainy textures in the tracks complement the edit you've done for the cover art nicely. The cyber-esque direction is a bold choice, but works very well for an ambient theme.

Good stuff!

Each track is presented with its own identity, but they all add up to a cohesive collection. There is a pleasant variety of sounds and effects from track to track, which keeps me engaged in the music without my ear feeling the need to set the audio aside. Great job!

I have no specific comments on the first few tracks other than I loved all of these and they felt distinct yet united. Great submissions!

Entity: specifically the popping/clicks happening are kind of taking me out of it. Generally pretty harsh sounds in the high end overall in this one so that kind of takes it over the edge for me.

Sacrifice is the better version of entity to me, much easier on the ears generally while still being pretty spooky and distinct.

Worth: I can see the tie in from the previous track here, pretty similar sound. This is the only point at which I’d say “this sounds a lot like the last one”. I feel like the rest are distinct.

Drown: oh I’m loving these descending drones, very cool.

Great work! 

Cool textures, all the tracks have its own different sound to it which I like, if we talk purely compositions this was more researched on pads sound design than actual musical composition but I like the experimental approach, the best track was Ponds for me, I appreciated the creativity used with the small reverb percs and the lush chord in addition of the quick eerie chord switching the vibe from time to time, I like the cohesion it feels like a real album and not just multiple tracks that has no association with each other, I can feel the research and sound palette you put into your craft, well done !

I like how Dark all the Soundtracks sound like, and they are very Simplistic! A lot of them sound like they are just a few Drones. Very well done on a simplistic take!

This is cool!! Atmospheres you've created in each track are top notch, really puts me into that world. There's solid unity through the whole album, but also each track feels like it's own room I'm walking through, I think it would work really well for levels of some kind of horror exploration game. At times it feels a little too static and then abruptly ending. Fine for ambience looping, but I think you could create more interest/variation without distracting.