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What I mean is when playing a chord, on any instrument lets stay in your track at Bar 10 you are playing  a C major chord on the strings and piano. Piano can play the regular triad C-E-G , but changing voicing for example to C - G - E (the E an octave higher) which is an open voicing and lets say the strings will play C - C - E - G  (E and G an octave higher) to open up the voicing and give some air to the chords, it won't clash anymore in the same register. This is just a simple example to apply. You can use stacked chords but be careful and it depends what you want to achieve in terms of sound range and the relation between your other instruments.

All right, you have good melodic ideas and some tracks have nice arrangements in terms of instrumentation and how well they blend, its the execution in playing and mix that needs a little fix. I think you asked how to get your track on tempo, if you are playing yourself everything with a MIDI keyboard first things first play with the metronome but how to actually fix to be on tempo, every DAW when opening the piano roll you have a Quantization options that you can use on your notes to make it more on time, I suggest looking into it and how to humanize it because if you quantize everything perfectly its going to sound like a robot. Composition wise, stacked chords on mostly anything can sound pretty basic and bad in the low register, there is a couple of synths and strings doing it, you can change the voicing of your chords and spread the notes to make it sound wider in general. Like other people mentioned most of your tracks just ends abruptly, if you don't have time to create an ending just put a slight fade out to make it smoother. Also one of your synths was very loud and took to much place in the mix compared to everything  else at 2:38, it sounds cool but it might be a little too much. You're on the right path, you just need a little focus on these elements. Good job !

Very cool track, I don't know if that was your influence but it sounds very much like Age of Mythology, especially this track.  Its sounds more Arabic probably because of your instruments choice and the modes used, maybe this is what you wanted and in that way it works great, mix sounds great, compositions is also pretty chill and nice I like the arrangements the different mood and transitions you made. But yeah like I said if we think about chill ambiance and not like a true super spacy ambiance that we get lost into, this could work perfectly in background music such as Age of Mythology. Good job !

Cool vibe, I like the very traditional approach its a pretty nice arrangement you went to different place and did not stay at a fixed point in time doing the same thing over and over which I appreciate. Now you've talked about the mix that you are pretty new, that's fine we're all here to learn. If you listen carefully it was the first thing for me, instrument at 0:53 very high pitch, it comes back a lot, this frequency is very annoying, get an EQ find that frequency and put it down until its not aggressive to your ears anymore. Pannnnning ! I feel the track is mostly in the center, you have room to pan a little left and right some isntrument to create more widness in the mix and leave space to other instruments. Good job !

Nicely done, there was some very  cool unexpected chords here and there, its always a pleasure to be surprised by something that is unpredictable. The build up is also well made with the transitions, I didn't read the description at first I went RAW, I could feel the change but would not now it was actual different section still felt part as a whole which is a good thing. Good job :) 

Beautiful composition, sweet arrangements following the orchestral template, I like the modes used to explain the contrasts of emotions. its a little quiet you can probably bump everything in volume to get a very nice feeling so we can hear really all the subtleties. Good job !

Forgot my edit that was for another jam  page , got mixed up. Real comment now XD : Fantastic textures, mix sound amazing too, really nailed the theme for me, really enjoyed this one, good job !

So mysterious, I think you went for the augmented scale if i'm not wrong, first one to try this, very cool vibe I like it, but I would definitly EQ the low mid frequency that is stable almost throughout the entire track it can get very annoying to the ear very fast. good  job !

Chill track, I like the Mario 64 kinda synth,  sounds very retro, first track I,ve heard going into this direction

Beautiful piece, very soothing , magnificiant  voicing on the chords and a good amount of reverb not too much not too little. But I hate to be that guy, from what I've heard you are in G minor (Aeolian)  all the way through the end even with the chord changes XD and not in Phrygian or Mixolydian. Still sounds good I won't take off that. good job !

Very very modern japanese chords style and piano playing, sounds very well mix is  fantastic, composition is good, the only thing I would change is sticking too long on the same chords, at some point I was trying to guess which chords you were going to go and you went back and forth a good amount of times around the same thing without adding too much, so a couple back and forth is fine but too long and I started to feel the need for a change. Good job !

Good job for a new composer, I don't know how well you know your music theory but you melodically follow something of your own and it worked. it's simple but I like that you went simple, you can probably now embelish more and more your craft. Things to look for, its very low in volume, don't be afraid to crank it up a notch, not too much though but you have some room. Reverb, you got it on your synth chords but none on the flute its very dry, you can put some in moderation it will really help how it  sounds even if its just 10-20% on it

Cool tone, very organic, the first track using the entire track as a single drone, I appreciate that you added some sound design and small variations around to give a glimpse of life, its very hard to make a single drone using one note be interesting.

Great mood, I like the mysterious vibe you went for, I could never really guess which melody you were going for and I like the unpredictability, things you can do better is probably EQ some of the high notes and fix the annoying frequency for a more pleasant listening, maybe add some low frequency at some point to balance the overall composition, its very high mid range all the way

If you're going to buy new strings, go with either Cinematic Studio Series or Berlin, they are both very similar and have almost the same kind of options and to me sounds as close as the real thing when played right with the appropriate parameters.

Very simple, soothing track, very easy listen, a little bit repetitive but for ambiance it works well. Main issue here it is very very quiet you can boost almost +20 db and it would sound fine and not too loud, you have a massive amount of headroom to play with. Good job on the arrangement :) !

Smooth, peaceful, it works, I like the pads when its getting into the minor chords that you layered with your main melodic instruments it adds a very nice texture. Good job !

Unexpected intro with the super cool eerie bass textures then you went for a very smooth melodic track, I was wishing for the eerie bass to come back but you never did it :( , I like the creativity you went for, its very "watery" if I can say so.

Not gonna lie, that caught me off guard XD, first 40 secs was looking well for the ambiance and then straight metal, I guess that's a hell of a secret lake, I don't know what to tell much more.

Great stuff, lots of very cool variation, you had the theme right on the target and made something really cool, lots of work being put on. Last track reminds me a little bit of the Silo Soundtrack, maybe its the strings swells bending upwards and the general vibe. Two things and I'll give you that.  First, I did not give up yet but almost, playing with MIDI in Reaper, I have a hard time doing it I don,t know how you managed to setup a good workflow. Second thing, I don't know how you can play with Session Strings, I tried and don't like the sound at all XD but it is my taste, nothing to do with your composition of course. Super nice arrangement good job !

Nicely done, I like the arrangement,  I was afraid to be too much monotone at some point but you switch things up very subtly with insteresting chords that to my surprise I did not expect, a pleasant surprise to be sure. Super clean, good job

Really love the atmosphere, I appreciate how subtle it is yet powerful, great playing and choice of sound, great job !

Very nice arrangements, I like the storytelling you went through music its very emotional, I agree it's a bit loud overall you can probably EQ couple of instruments and lower a bit in volume and it would be way easy to listen to, good job !

Maybe I should've read before pressing play it went from a pretty ambiant, mystical  and slightly joyful piece to some very modern percs  and dark tone, after reading and looking at the titles name that made so much more sense. I  really appreciate all the different variations you put in your tracks it was refreshing, very japanese sounding modern or more traditional , works pretty well good job !

Very nice first track, good amount of reverb, at 1:01 we can even hear yourself adjusting the lyre XD but it adds a small sound design to the track probably unintentinal but its great. I like the different techniques you tried playing your made up instruments with a more melodic plucking and a more piercing/muted play later one. 
Now the main issue is its too low in volume, I had to crank up 10db to have a decent listen and have a good idea of what I was listening.

Second track, I really like the overall vibe of this one, I can sense the emotion, I would say you probably put too much emotions that it seems like your playing is going all over the place at some point, I know you like those dissonance and it gives some very interesting intonation and weird chords, don,t know if it was all planned. But yeah the main issue would be either fix the strumming to be more precise or if you want to keep it organic take off the "percussive" elements there is some small tap on the lyre maybe in the low registrer announcing the rythm, take it off and it would probably make more sense.

Anyway always interesting to hear what instruments you came up with and how you make it sound, your tracks are always fun to discover with real instruments unlike mine which i'm starting slowly to incorporate more real instruments.

Super representative of the theme or what I imagined the theme would be in my head, I love the instrumentations, the vibe, the ambiance, only thing I would try is get some variations going somewhere else, it could be subtle or not but just some small changes to get us off the hook. Good job !

Interesting take, sounds a bit industrial the more I'm doing into all the tracks, that is lots of tracks too, I like the arps in delayed you made it added a nice rythmic touch  to the tracks and created some variations, only some of the long pads tracks have nice textures put a little blend in terms of musical composition. Also indeed it is very loud, you'll have to drop it down by a good amount next time, it will be more pleasant to hear.

Okay here we go, is this ambient, probably not entirely XD, is it cool, hell yeah its cool, sounds very futuristic as NOVA always makes those crazy pulse sound design stuff and the insane ear candy everywhere. Of course with Einel doing a rock/metal track and singing with the grey infamous cubase tracks, its a really cool arrangement, hard to see a secret lake not gonna lie but something very rough and futuristic and deep would fit great. The guitars and throat singing FX mixed together was very insteresting to hear , very creative take, well done !

Good arrangements, I like the buildup and the chords, love the stutter effet in the beginning , i'd like to know how you made it and what did you use as FX, samples, etc. Mix sound great but its a little loud and can get noisy rapidly as other comments pointed. Good job !

I really like the slow start into going with the strings, the textures is very well made, I love the section at 2:30 , you could really expand farther than only doing 30 secs out of it, you have space and time to do it. Mix is probably a little quiet, you can definetly boost a couple db. Good job !

Cool track, the mix sounds really good, very easy listen, we get lost easily deep in the vibe, always a pleasure to have delayed guitars, I almost did not noticed the 7/8 until I read it, I didn't  want to count at first and just listen. Good job !

The most gentle piece I've heard, it was very soothing and calm, really enjoyed the vibe and the chord progression, the end section reminds me of Runescape and its good memories.

Cool track, very melodic, I like that interesting mix with very modern percussions and synths combined with more organic asian-like sound palette, good story telling throughout the track with great moments, good job !

Cool percs, pretty innovative, you started pretty modern and than transitionned to a more organic sound palette, cool experimental stuff I would not have think to mix those. Some small EQ on the drone synth at 0:50 would be nice I was glad it changed somewhere else, there is lots of small ear candy like the classic japanese voice shout, cool track.

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Not too bad, you went pretty simple on this one, normaly you go pretty big with your ochestral template but I like that you purposely tone it down. The main thing to watch for I would say is how you play the instruments, its showing alot in the woodwinds but it always stops abruptly exactly like you are playing it on a MIDI keyboard but it's not how it's suppose to sound or be played which is why it sounds slightly unatural, if you fix the way every orchestral instruments are being played using MIDI it will enhanced ALL your tracks, I mean EVERYTHING, so kee up ! I know you did not have a lot of time on your track and yet still manage to make it good job !

Nice textures,  very experimental and focused more on the sound design aspect than musical but its pretty unique, I don't know what is the low rumble but I think it needs some EQ just to help a bit. Super unique again, feels very aquatic too.

Looking at the DAW picture I have absolutely no idea how you made your track XD but it sounds great ! I like the "sonar" pulse giving the track's tempo, easy listen, I enjoyed, very chill, I appreciated the change at  around 2:20 it was a nice touch to get out of the mixolydian.

Suuuuper organic take on this one, it feels very ancient and also a little tense, I can feel some stress but its not too crazy though, the only thing i'm not convinced was the low strings at 1:44 or I think its the low strings (Viola, Cello) they don't sound quite well in terms of texture, the high strings sounded great though. But I like the overall track and the vibe you  came up with its very unique, good job !

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 !