The-XI's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[_-=[Remembering a Dream]=-_]

Very nice beginning

The flute and everything fitted very well with everthing else, but the 5th chord you hit sounded really sour, man (on the low strings).

Other than that small point, this song is well written, well excecuted, and very well mastered. Good work.
I've got a new song up called 'Termination', can you check that one out? Thanks.

MaestroSorrow responds:

I will check out your song as soon as I am able.

5th chord, sour eh... hmmm, I am not sure of what you mean, but I will try to pinpoint where exactly. I have a hunch where it may be. Thanks for the heads up, and for the review. ^^

[Until the Dawn of Forever]

Nice stirngs

I believe that for the volume of the strings and the piano, turn down the hi hat. It cuts through everytihg in the song... it kinda invadeif you knw what I mean.
When you break into the saw melody, I thinking it should be turned down a bit, then thrown up an octave.
And when you have that big break down, I think that would the perfect time to make a melody that matches the piano with that big saw lead, ad make it filter in, maybe as an arp.
Work on drama a little bit more, more snare rolls, open hi hats, rides, and put a compressor on the master channel FX.
Then, if you put too many patterns together, they will distort. Then you have be choosy about your arrangment, or else everything will sound horrible.
Everything is kind of crowded, turn down the volume on some things, add patterns here, take some away, etc.
Good work, but needs improvement. But then again, do't we all? Keep it up! =D

[Four Synth (FS)]

Remember, you can change the tempo

The tempo seems to be at the basic 140... remember, you can change that up so as t fit the song, if needed. Don't be afraid to touch that nob.

You had an awesome break near the end of the song, and it started breaking out, but then you cut it out? Why? It was a damn good part of the song! Keep that acid going!
The only two parts of this song I didn't like was the beignning... sounded a little bit random, and the volume of the hi hats when they hit the sname time as the snare. Turn them down a bit.

Good work, I can see you doing really really well in the future! Keep it up =D

[Just A Dream (JAD)]

30 minutes, hm?

Lest see what 30 minutes can bring.

The bassline is good and catchy, and really, to be honest, if you wanna be serious about making dance or trance, a catchy bassline or a decent melody is all you need.

The rest of the resonance synths you have sound great, as I really like the sound. To get better, listen to some famous artists... Human Evolution, DJ Tiesto, Milk Inc. etc. And even some of the trance artists around here on newgrounds can help you a lot. Listen to how they arrange the song, that will give a good idea of when you break the drums in and out, how loud to keep the hi hats, where to kick in melodies, etc.

Good work! I was not even nearly this good when I first started =) Keep it up! Check out my music sometime?

guyperson42x responds:

Thank you! I just figured out how to use FL Studio (well, the basics) yesterday. I'll check out some of those artists, but for now...

....homework. XD Got an essay due on Tuesday.

[Will You Be Mine?]

Powerful

The Gabba kick you have going there is very nice, adds a great feeling to the entire song. This song fits under 'dance' very well. I do feel that the kick could use some more distortion.

The clap is the only thing in this song thats bugging me... It would be better if you chose to use a better sample than that, it sounds kind of flat, unlike the rest of the track.

The melody is nice and simple, and releatively catchy.

Good work on the song, good work! Keep it up! =D

Lova-Gurl responds:

thanks

[I'll Always Love You (Preview)]

Very nice.

The guitars add an entire new feel to the track.. veyr relaxed. With some beautiful female lyrics, this song wold be a big hit.
The ride cymbal is one of small complaints... its rather tinny. Maybe turn down the resonance on it, or just make the sample shorter, and make it longer by adding a slight reverb. That should even it out.

The crash cymbals are a nice touch when they first hit, but after that, they should get quieter, so as to not be all overpowering.

Great work, this song is actually very well exectuted. Excellent work. Keep it up! Check out my music sometime?

Lova-Gurl responds:

yeah i will and thanks

[-API- Bloodwax]

Good thing I'm reviewing at this time

Haha, I might get the first review.

This has a very nice surrounding to it, I really like the suspense... but you drag it on a little bit long. The FX and everytihg are great, but if you broke in a bass synth ros the drum sooner, I'd be much happier.

When you brought in the stutter drums, I was very much dissapointed that there was not new synths to accomany!
When you brought in the real drumns, then things got sexy. Demon bass synths galore and trance ticks.

Everytihg was gret, but those trance synth ticks could be changed something that is seriousl detuned, you know? So it fits the song.

Awesome work, I am impressed yet again. Keep it up! Check me out sometime?

apimusic responds:

Thanks for the review.

[X Factor]

Hey

Its always good to see new people here =)

I think this would fall under the genre of 'funk' or 'jazz' though... this is definately not trance =P

I'm hearing some awesome solos in this track and everything. Amazing quality.

When you break out the instruments, maybe if you broke out the synths too, like, instead of just ending them, , you could ahve had an ending note just to make the song sound 'complete'.

This song is very well arranged and persecuted. Good work! I am impressed... very much so! I'm voting 5. Check out my songs later?

[Away For It All]

Trance is good.

So you MUST get a review =)

Its respectable that your making a song for a friend whos going to war. Seriously.

The drum work in this song is great, the shakers in the backround are great. But, the synth work screams out 'cliche' to me...sorry. Its great, this will most definatly get a download from me, but I seriously want to see a little more originality in the song.

Oo oo oo oo... its building up! Aw man, was the female vox nessecary? If you just dropped the song for 4 bars, got rid of the vox, then added an awesome snare and synth break then this song would be renriched a LOT.

Awesome style, I like what you've got, but try to be a little more original, and work on your breaks and drops a little more.

Awesome work, download and 5! Keep it up! =D

Kmax responds:

It is a bit cliche, but only for him tho, he's the "Closet Techno" lover, so I wanted to making something familiar to him. But thanks for the review man.

[xPHS ft. Jaydee - Forever]

I 5'd in advance

Because I love trance! =D

I heard a little tiny bit of clipping with the high resonanced piano... no compressors? =/ I hpoe this doesn't distort... oh good, it doesn't.

The piano riff is very catchy, and is at just the right volume. I'm hearing some very nice solid beats, while still being diverse (in the piano).

My only advice would be for the percussion. Have some shakers going in the backround or something, make them sound full, and when you have a big build coming up where you are going to bring in another instrument, do a drum break! A big off beat kick/clap combo break would be awesome, instead of a fade off or something.

Great work, very nice melodies, and I didn't hear any clipping, and lots of low freuqncies =) Good work!Keep it up! Maybe check out my songs later?

xPHS responds:

Thank you. And regarding your question, if I have time, yes.