The-XI's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[*Nightmare*]

Ah, your 14.

When I was 14, one year ago, I had just gotten into the meat of making music, and I had finally gotten a grasp of the concepts of it. I can see its the same for you =)

This song has me bobbin' my head, seriously, you have excellent timing, and very nice smooth melodies in this track. Awesome.

When the full beat broke in, IP was like, 'YEAH!'. My one complaint lies with the compression job. As good as any song is, it gest slightly ruined when there is a bad compression job. Add a compressor to compress the entire song as a whole, and then tinker with the volume levels on your synths, and boom. You've then got a well compressed song. It does take a while to learn how to compress, but in the end, its much worth it =)

Your very good at what you do, and I hope that soon you will be a household name on newgrounds =)

plang responds:

When I first compressed this song, the bass was WAY too loud, so loud it completely drowned out all the other parts of the song, so I turned down the bass and that turned out great because you could still hear it, but after i submitted I noticed that the beginning piano did have a little bit of a problem and it was due to compression so I'll be aware of that next time I compress one of my songs. :) Thanks for the great review!

[Mario remix...]

Very groovy and slow =)

Ah, we all love Mario. I like how you kept the song very tribal feeling, and I could see this being used in a flash very soon. But, whats with the quality? Its so low in quaity, I hear distortion =( Try not to do that in the future, =)

Keep it up!

zoglander responds:

ty for the score :)
the program i used cant export sooo, i had to record it from that. so considering that i think i did a god job :)

[Flying With Time]

"Flying With Time"

This song fits the title very well. I get a flying feel when I listen to this song.

Overall, I think you just need work a little bit on structure. Maybe listen to some video game music and se how they do it so you can get the perfect feel, instead of just an alright feel?

Good work, keep it up!

zoglander responds:

its made out of loads of different tracks and i had to put them togeather in audacity, and it didnt work too well :/

[[Second trance song] demo]

Demo?

Its really not nice to listen to a demo version of a song... then to me, I think that the musician didn't try if all he did was submit a demo. Try to keep song lengths to 1 minute to 2 minutes, and pour all your talent into them! Then we KNOW you tried your hardest =)

The song is good, nice progression, but the drums are to simple. Sure, its nice for the beignning, but the hard dignified simplicity doesn't really work out. Make some 909 ride samples go, some open hi hat samples, shakers, anything percussion, make it colourful! It would make the song very enjoyable.

Other than that, you have a pretty darn good piece of trance right here. I could see me hitting the dance floor to this =D

Keep it up! Could you stop by my audio page and check out my music, and leave a review or two? I'd appreciate it if you did =D

Apple-Eater responds:

Yeah i jsut dont really have time to make a full song but when i get the full full verson on my music making program i will do my best to make a great trance or techno song...

Thx for review great advice you gave and ill look in to makeing full versons for my demo's

And sure man ill check out your music if you want me 2 and ill leave a review or 2 lol..

:D Ty.

[Apoxolis [v1.1]]

Very nice beginning

But the delay you had on it made it collide with itself. The sounds distort, because you made the synth delay ontop of itself. Not really a pretty sound =(

Very nice of backround noises later in the song though, they world very nice. I would have liked something to tell the listener that the drums are coming up, like a drum break in or something, but it was still good and smooth.

Good work! I enjoyed this piece of electronica =D Could you check out my songs and leave a review or two? I'd really appreciate it if you did =D

DJPlutoniumTrigger responds:

Thanks for the feedback, dude! As always, it is appreciated. The delay was meant to collide with itself, because thats the way I wanted it. But to each their own, right? :) I'll check out your stuff for sure.

-G.

[{Fatal} [1:50]]

If you want more attention

you need to write a few review yourself, and post around on the forums =)

This song is actually pretty good. I enjoyed how 'ominous' is sounded, even though the reverb on that pilch lead is too strong, causing the resonance to overpower. Might wanna change that a bit.

The rest of the song is pretty good. Well done! Could you drop by my audio page and leave a review or two? I'd really appreciate it if you did =D

xXNovaXx responds:

Thanks Alot!
I appreicate your time with this review! Do you use FL studio? Wanna collab on something? Tell me what you think.... i will certainly review your stuff....

LATAR
-xXNovaXx-

[OldSkool Album - Neurotrance]

I like old projects

but I don't like reviewing them. Cause all the advice I'd end up giving usually is already learned by the composer =P

The song really broke into the groove first thing when you turned it on, but that awesome drum line quickly got bumped out of the track by the compression... the instruments are very well compressed, but the extensive amount of compression isn't nessecary. All you need is something that keep it from redlining, but this... really cuts down on the good parts of the song.

Hmmm this song isn't techno =/ It is straight up dance =D Even though there are quite a few presets used in it, I did enjoy it =)

Keep it up! Could you drop by my audio page and review a song or two? I'd appreciate it =D

Davirus responds:

LoL
Thanks! And yes I have learned some new tricks :P
Given Im not feeling inspired to make music Im sending my old files I have around here.

But that compression tip its really helpful, cuz I still using some old methods ( like my compression style ).

Thanks! :D

[Chromaton]

Very nice melody.

The only ting that is bugging me right now with the song is 1: you are using FL presets, and 2: you have a large amount of distortion in your track. Please don't add delay to heavy kicks =( That causes serious distortion. Take off that delay, and then turn down al of the instruments, and only turn up what you need to hear (kick, melody) only HALF WAY. Then turn everything else up slightly. Don't make things louder to make them heard, make the others quieter so you can make them quieter. It'll really help the quality of the track, it will.

The song is enjoyable other than a bit of distortion =) Keep it up! Could you drop by my auydio page and review a song or two? I'd really appreciate it =D

chromic responds:

I don't use as many presets as it sounds, the only thing that was alot of presets was Land of Pixels. This song gargled because I forgot to put the soft clipper in the fx for the bass. The delay of the bass is actually a sound sample bass I got from The Comet, I cannot fix the delay. The sounds I used were already loud to begin with, and turning them half way you can barely hear them. Newgrounds makes it sounds more distorted than it really is. Trust me ;) and I'll take a look at your review. I'll keep in mind about the delayed kicks and find a way to fix it. thx for the review. The full version is better if u want to download it. I might even resend this song to newgrounds with soft clippers and what not for better quality.

[Rusted]

Not very dNb

When I think of dnb, it has to be 160+ BPM, and very fast with the drums. This song fits more under 'dance', or 'funk'.

The song is well written, and the drrms are catchy, I enjoyed it. Watch the monitor, make sure it isn't touching the red-line too much. If theres nothing but red-line in the song, turn things down! Then put a compressor on the song =) That'll solve your distortion problem.

Good work, keep it up! Could you drop a few reviews on my audio page? I'd appreciate it if you did =D

Axeraider67 responds:

Thanks for the review! Sorry i wasn't very sure which category this belonged in... and of course i'll stop by your audio page :)

[{Final Agression}]

"Final Agression"

I'm listening to this on headphones, so keep it in mind, I'll most likely be dissapointed if the high frequencies bug me too much =(

There is only one thing that is actually bugging me in this track, and its a cymbal like hit. It disrupts the entire song, and it hurts my ears =( Its distorted, so that doesnt help either >=(

The song is good though. I enjoy the amount of sickness you threw into the bassline and stuff.

Good work, keep it up!

cornandbeans responds:

Hehe.. Just if you want a less annoying form of this, I updated it.. no more distorted cymbals for me.. :P Hopefully that will smooth the flow of the song. I've started to use more TS404 and 3xOsc, so the bassline was a bit sicker than my usual. Glad you picked up on it. :) Anyway, thanks for the helpful review!

~cornandbeans