The-XI's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[DJ_Seri-Reborn]

Got my head movin'

its catchy, but it seems horribly compressed? Maybe you should have just masterd it loud =P

Try turning down things so that they barely red-line the track, THEN put a compressor on it. Then the song will be PERFECTLY compressed. None of this funny shit =)

Very nice melody, can't hear the percussion and stuff very well. Theres an instrument in tbere that is cluttering in the song. Like, some FX are doing that.

Good work though, a lot better than I'm used to hearing on newgrounds =D

Keep it up! Could you check out my songs sometime and a leave a review or two? I'd appreciate it =)

DJ-Seri responds:

Yeah the mastering is horrible lol, i did this with my bad speakers, my other ones are at my friends lol anyways ill redo this better mastered lol

[<-Betrayal->]

Again, a bit of distortion

you need to slow down your songs a bit more so they can endorse the feeling your going for a lot better. When I think of betrayal, I think of slower, more depressing. This was fast and depressing. Different, but it wold ahve been nicer if it were slower.

The song is good in itself, but you need to stop using presets. I know it sounds alittle foreward, but it makes your music sound like YOUR music, and not what FL tells you to make. Get some VSTs, get some nice free samples, work with them. You'll ge tmuch better results =)

Keep it up! You'll be doing masterpieces in no time =D

x-kinetiK-x responds:

This was an attempt at capturing both the anger and the depression of a betrayal. The way I wrote it was meant for a higher speed, but if I ever decide to remake this I'll try making some or all of it slower.

As for presets....... I know lol. I've gotten a couple VSTs but I actually don't know what to do with the files. >_< It would be great if you could help me with that, and maybe give me some links to good free samples.

Once again, thanks for the review!

<-kinetiK->

[<-Kold->]

Dark, of course.

I was expecting so =) Its just that I think of 'dance music' as something that people can dance to. Something groovy, and not something so fast that they can't move their feet to it. With that in mind, this isn't very dancey =(

The song is evil though, but I hear some distortion? Did you compress this? If not, I would suggest that you learn how to use a compressor and use it... it'll be one of the most valuable tools in your music life =)

You did a good job though, I enjoyed it. Keep it up! Could you drop by my audio page and check out my music soemtime? I'd appreciate it =D

x-kinetiK-x responds:

Yeah, like I said I was going for the "subtle" dance feel. Kind of like what you would hear as background music for a club scene in a movie or something.
The "melody," if you could call it that, is supposed to be distorted. I also had to use a lower bit rate to fit in the Portal, and it seems to hurt it a lot. A better version is on my MySpace page, PM me if you want it.

Thanks for the review! I'll go check out your stuff soon.

<-kinetiK->

[Certain Defeat]

I write classical/orchaestral in my spare time

The song is very nice, very well thought out =) gives me the image in my head of someone being dragged to the chopping block, with him screaming, fighting, only to hope to stay alive. The music gest stronger, they get closer, he fights even harder. The people dragging him are heartless though... heartless machines. They then drag him into the arena, with the block in the middle. A snare begins to roll, and then... its over.

Damn good song. As nice and creepy as it was, it wasn't very wel structured? Or at least it felt like it. It didn't feel like there was a definate pattern? Maybe it was intentional, meh, whatever. You 10s across the board, you REALLY deserve it this time =)

dj-padman1 responds:

Great story! thats what I like to hear when I try some classical :)
Structure..yeah....I really need to get up to speed on that, I was going for some transitions in mood but it didn't quite come off.
Next time should be better if I can spare 7 minutes for my fancy string samples to lod up :)

[DJ ToxicKlay- Midnight]

It would have been good if

while the bells are tolling, you have the song fade in. The song is good and funky =)

In my opinion though, I don't th't really ink you should use FL loops. It isn't really original... try making your own melodies instead =(

Oh well... keep it up. Could you check out some of my music later? I'd appreciate it.

[Draze - Phantoms Virus]

Hahaha! Awesome!

I thought that the voice was going to be annoying. But the voices added a whole new groove to the song. I'm listening to thsi on headphones, and the voices are panning... awesome =)

...oh wait, you are doing a beethoven remix! Nice =)You really should have given some credit to beethoven though, cause I bet all of these people thought you wrote it =(

God work though, it was enjoyable. ould you do me a faovr and check out my audio apge sometime? I'd really appreciate, especially from a guy like you =)

[Insicion!]

Its not that bad.

Its just that the mastering is too loud. I bet this song is WAY above the 0 Db line.... on the master FX channel, put on a 'compressor'. Then the song wil be compressed. Then turn down the instruments. Instead of turning them all up to make sure you can hear the right instruments, turn them down so they are al equal volume. That'll help more =)

Good luck in the future, keep it up!

[Sonic 2 Boss Theme-Metaljonus]

Very nice!

I'm actually a metalhead, even though I make a lot of electronic music =P

The guitar riffs that you did are great. Very 'whiney'. Lovin' it! The drum work is also superb... are you a percussionist also? =O

This is great! You did an awesome job =) Keep it up!

Metaljonus responds:

Haha an electrometalhead eh? I am no percussionist lol thanks for listening.

-Jon

[~|Oh my Hero|~]

Very nice sounds!

Really, thats all to comment on, other than the rest of the song =D I notice that the song has a very stuttery feel to it? Its like the time between the notes aren't very even. You might wanna work on that.

The song, later on, gets even nicer sounds with the strings, but they are LOUD!!!Turn them down a bit =(

Small little things, but they need to be fixed =) You are doing really good, keep it up! Could you drop by my audio page and leave a review or two? I'd appreciate it =)

Klace responds:

Thanks for the Good Review!
Sadly the program I use gives the song the "Stuttery" Feel your talking about.
In the Program it's always perfect, but outside of the program, it's Bleh.
I'll definately pop down to your audio page and download/review when I can!