The-XI's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[OCON- LSD Production Factory]

I decided to check out your recent track...

I think it sounds very abstract, to say the least.
Thats in a good way :)
I sounds as if you are using 3xosc in your acid synth...maybe you should try adjusting the filter freq a bit to make it sound like its changing :)

This sound has the 'clumsy stupid hero' feel to it, because of the basic beat, and the bouncy bassline and the 303ish synths. If you want people to 'take this song seriously' in a sense, so they can sit back and get a good groove from it, try maing it faster, TRY not making the synths so childish sounding, but the arrangment is alright.

I'm not saying this song is bad, its actually pretty good. I just don't like the voerall feel of this track, thats all.

Good work!

Mynewaccountis-OCON responds:

Thanks man, for the advice and the review in general ^^ i was just messing around with FL 3, this wasnt a serious try for me man, but im glad u liked it dude, take care man!

-Alyk

[Basking_in_sun_of_2005]

Planning to take over the beach? :)

I thought that this was going to be a halfassed attempt at making good club/trance music for a summer day. But i was wrong!

The bassline in the beginning fit VERy well, it made the song seem very full and accomplished!

Amazing melodics, great dance beat, great melody, awesome song! The ONLY piece of advice I have for this track is that theres one sour chord in the melody.

Great work!

PS: Mind dropping me a review on my music? I've only got one, but i'll be sure to get more soon :)
Thanks!

SLYSTER12 responds:

Thanks for the review,next time i'll try to make something better!
Now i'll try to fix that sour chord ;)!
Thanks,

[Planet X9 Aftermath]

I like the melody.

Very much so, actually. I hope you made that synth, cause it sounds so...ringy and perfect sounding for this kind of atmosphere.

When you brought in the bass synth, I thought it was very appropriate. Made the song seem very glitchy and violent...but eerie.

I think it would have been awesome though, that with the first melody and with the bass synth you already had, it would have been awesome if you just brought in a standard trance beat with a basic bassline.
Just to make it feel all groovy, instead of unstable.

I don't really like the chaotic part in the song. It takes away the unstable acid feeling, and added a random osunding feeling, which i feel kind of ruined the song, I'm sorry to say.

Maybe instead of bringing in those drums, maybe you could have some organized drumNbass drums going with the trance beat you alreayd had going on, so that you can have the dirty and fast feel with the song you have.

Good track, but needs a bit of improvement :)

Sweet job!

PS: Do you think you could do me a favor? I'm new to the AP and it'd be nice if you could drop me a review. I've only got one song, but there will soon be more :)
Thanks!

DJ-Chilvan responds:

I will apply all those suggestions in my future works! I did make that synth. Almost all my stuff is original cuz sometimes I use pianos and drumsets to manually find melodies and beats.

[-=LJC=- ILL]

Wow, this is...different.

The bassline doesn't quite workk out, the drums are retro, the glitches are, well, glitchy, the song is a near homocidal mess in itself.

I love it.

I've never heard anything like it before, and I guess neither has anyone else :P
9 downloads? This deserves well over 200, if not more.
I guess people don't conform to new genres very well or something, because you DO have a gold track down there...

Awesome music, no complaints, other than its short >:(

Sweet! Aweosme! Orgasmic! Any other complimentary words that I can think of belong to this magnificent song.

You > Me.

Keep it up!

PS: Do you think you could do me a favor and review my songs? Theres only one, but a review would still make me all warm and stuff inside :)
Thanks!

LJCoffee responds:

That was one of the better reviews I've gotten - for the first few lines I was thinking that you were about to rip it apart then you hit me with "I love it.
" - :D

Your review is on it's way! I'm always happy to get positive feedback - makes me blush...

heh

See you around!

[Racstraw]

Ambient techno?

Oops, got that wrong. Ambient ORCHAESTRAL techno.
Man, I hate sub-genres...

I like the beginning. Even though i think that the nice rain sounds you have going in the beginning start loud, they quiet down a lot through the track.
I think it might be good to let them fade out after a while? I think it may cause unnessecary noise in the song.

Then you can focus on adding more instruments and making it sound more pro-like! :)

I'm liking this nifty drum work i'm hearing, did you program that? Cause if you did, I might be forced to go on my drumset and learn it right now! Awesome riff! Adds a very funky feel to the overall song.

Good song, but the few points i have is, either let the rain fade out, turn down the rain volume, or just plain turn the rest of the song up (the drums and melody and whatnot).

Good work!
(I would ask you to check out my music, but you already reviewed me! 8D Thanks!)

Triskele responds:

Sadly, I did not program the drums. I prefer to use live drum tracks whenever possible, so I'm forced to look for loops. It's a living hell, cuz I usually know what I want almost exactly once I get the melody parts figured out. Fortunately, I found two loops that combined to form just what I was looking for. I really should learn set, though :P

I know the rain's loud, but I meant it to be almost an instrument in itself, not just an ambience. I really wanted to keep it in the foreground, and I like how it turned out.

Thanks!

[DJ To² - Dark Hole [Space FX]]

Very club-like

Hey, saw your stuff on the trance chart, thoght I'd leave a review behind me :)

I like how you had a solid dance beat in it, but i think it might be better if you didn't add such massive overpowering reverb on the master channel (or so it sounds like).

I actually like the little arp and eveyrthing, but if you get rid of the reverb, or at least make it smaller, it would get rid of the little clippage i hear, and your synths would be easier to hear, so that the song could stand out a little bit more than it already is :)

I'm at the part where, in the percussion section, you bring in the tamborine. Awesome touch, but it makes the song distort more :(

I'd suggest turning down the reverb, and possibly compressing the entire song (on the master channel) so make that go away :)

Great work man! I enjoyed it!

PS: Can you do me a favor and check out my music? I've only got one right now, but there will be more soon. Thanks!

DJ-Toto responds:

Hey, first of all: Thanx for your review and tips. I'll edit the song at throw out the reverb effects. I'll submit the ''clean version'' when it's done. I reviewed your song. It's pretty cool!

[-Recourse- Memories of Time]

Hey man

Seen you near the top of the trance charts, so I thought i'd drop you a review.

I like how it starts, very subtle, but it gets the point across. The strings in the backround are a nice touch, and same goes for the soft synth arp you ahve going on here.
But, i'd like to see it go a little more solid with the song structure you have here.
Add a nice bassline, just a solid '--doo--doo--doo--doo--doo' etc etc. Every half beat, a big soft bass could hit, and that would make the world of difference.

In your drums, i liked the beginning, because they were a little bit different from the average drums. But, when the song kicked in, i think it lost most of the feel because you had your clap going every 1st and 3rd beat. To make it sound a little more chilled and professional organized, add it on every 2nd and 4th beat, maybe with 16th note pattern shakers or hi hats.

Good song, i enjoyed it overall!

PS: Could you do me a favor and check out my stuff? Thanx.

DjRecourse responds:

Alright cool, thanks for advice, I will try working on all of this in my next song. I normally put the claps on the 2nd and 4th beats but this time I wanted to change it but I guess it didnt work...oops. I will be sure to check out some your stuff in a bit and do what I can do to help. Thanks for the advice and the review.

-Recourse-

[Eternal Passage (Final?)]

Gritty, but yet smooth as milk.

Well, i THOUGHT it felt all spacey and stuff, but then you brought in the organs and stuff, and then it just keeps getting more and more ambient like.

I'm waiting for it to kick in, but I can't be sure of a determined sound... its under 'Misc' (you bastard).

I like the war-like sounds you bring in. Very unique, but at that point, it seems like the instruments are cluttering, and it seems too full. Like your percussion isn't loud enough, or something.

Overall, I like the synths and everything, but the percussion needs to be a teensy bit louder. Thats it, thats my nit-picking for today.

Good work!

LaymanLove responds:

I totally agree with you Zion. In fact, that has been the main complaint for this clip (it's an excerpt from a score that I am doing). Already taken care of, although I probably won't post it again on NG. Thanks for the review man!

LL