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[Magicalpony444 - The Crimson Theory]

ADD SIDECHAIN AAAAAAAAAAAAA

Now seriously, the sound design and mixing are decent but a lack of sidechaining can greatly reduce a song's quality. If you did add sidechaining, it's almost non-existent. Make sure to not Oversidechain it to the point that every time a kick hits every sound goes completely silent, there are always sweet spots.
The 2nd melody(?) at 00:42 has a dissonance problem, mainly at the 3rd and 4th bars.
I like the key change at 01:46 but you could have done a bit more with it, and there is some random sound at 02:01.

[Magicalpony444 - Arcturus]

This track is a pretty decent remake to your other one from 2018. It fixes a lot of the problems I personally found in it (mainly pretty bad mixing and awful drop).

The entire beginning is great. It builds tension really well and the sound design is very good (for the most part). Though after that part it kinda goes downhill:
Right off the bat, I hate the piano sample. It sounds very stock like, and it has no eq or reverb to make it sound somewhat better. The drums are fine, but i really dislike the supposed-to-be snare. maybe its just me liking hard hitting snares more, but i find the sound very disappointing.
Now for the arrangement: this track has no end. There is no actual drop to relieve the tension, so its just building tension until it very suddenly ends. For a casual listener this can be pretty disappointing, because the track goes nowhere. I also found myself skipping through the part at 1:19 because its just the same thing at 0:40. Nothing was changed in it at all, therefore the track doesn't end properly.
In conclusion: consider making a drop next time, and not copy-pasting a part.

[Azazal & MachineDoll - Meowchine]

took you around a year.
The drops feel empty and unfinished, like there was supposed to be something backing the bass, but one of you forgot to fill it.
The mixing is also weird: the vocals are way too loud, and there is way too much stuff in the treble territory (mainly with the drums, vocals and hihats).
I DO like the melody in the song, and some of the sound design like the bass.
I'm glad you are back to making music, and I hope you are in a better financial position now :)

[Magicalpony444 - Shattered dreams]

kinda interesting...
while the chords are solid, the sound design of the piano is weird. The chords piano feels too metallic, and too stiff, like someone banging their hands on a piano. Try replacing the piano sound and lowering the velocity (doesn't work on Serum for some reason). It should make for a less digital, more professional feel to it.
The drums' mixing is odd to say the least. The hat is a bit too loud while you can barely hear the kick and the snare. The hat has a slight left panning that could work if there were more percussions balancing it.
The first melody is solid, but isn't interesting. A note changes every beat which doesn't make for an interesting melody. The notes should be more variant in lengths (stuff like dotted 8th notes bring a good groove to it)
Straight after that you have a copy-paste of the piano / drums part. That part drags for way too long, and while its not identical to the first part, there isn't anything to really make it unique. I think some pads can be used there. You did add an arp after some time, but everything before that feels boring.
The last part is solid, but again, the sound design for the piano isn't good.
Overall, it feels like this song could have been around 2:30 minutes in length. The sound design is weird, and the mixing can be slightly better.

[Magicalpony444 - Dead Space]

The start is promising but it just doesn't end. The part after that (at 1:00) is just bad. It sounds like 2 songs in different tempos just getting slapped together. Then its just more of the first part...

[Magicalpony444 - Drexonomis Part II]

Holy sht that's actually great!
It has this slight offbeat that I don't know if was intentional, but really like, and the mixing was really good this time.

For criticism: The intro thing isn't really connected to the song. You could've made it a part of the bass, that way it will be connected. Another thing is that automation doesn't exists in your songs. Automating volumes and cutoffs of stuff can lead to the song feeling more alive, like there are more stuff that are going in it. The lead sound is really weird and isn't fitting anywhere, and 0:09 - 0:18 and 1:25 can use some pads to fill up the empty space in them.

[Magicalpony444 - Kingston]

Stabs are too loud and overshadow the main melody. You should try lowering the velocity on the piano, and use a better preset if it was made electronically. There is a weird disharmony at 0:31 because of the bass piano. I do think this is a good turn for you, and that you should try getting into more theoretical and melodic based music. Pretty nice song, keep it up

[Soul Symphony]

Please don't use the stock fl sounds. they are mostly terrible. The transitions between parts need some work, and the drums at 1:39 are too panned. The drops are pretty good but it would sound better with arps and effects when the bass comes (plus they are too similar).

[Radius - Weather Control (Original Mix)]

the intro parts are amazing but too bad the drops suck.
Don't make an only-bass drop. This type of drop should have stuff like arps, saws, etc. Another thing is that the buildup doesn't connect between the drops and the intros. A good way to fix that is to use the bass in the buildup, and have effects like white noise and impacts when the drop hits.
Overall, the drops are disappointing.

Radius responds:

I would but it took me for many days and that's why I don't really like the song so when I remaster the song I would add those stuff also I tried adding leads to the drops but it would kinda mess up the song itself and it was hard to find good effects that I would add to the drop
And it's also my first try at dubstep btw

[(WIP) Ship On The Horizon]

this sounds great but turn down what seems like a phaser and detune from the bass a bit

KylGilbs325 responds:

can't believe i missed that xD