The-XI's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[DJ Drako - Crux]

Crux

is the Greek word for 'cross', also loosely translated as 'stake' or 'tree', right? Ah, I can't remember.

Very nice beginning. I liked the glitchiness of it. It set a very nice smood, even though I would have liekd more of an impact with the break in with the kick/bassline.

When that lead kicks in, it sounds good, but it seems like some nites are coliding with the bassline and the lead? Maybe its me, I dunno.

This song has a very nice dance feel to it, alone with its good ol' feel of trippyness. God, I love that lead line =D

Good work! Keep it up!

[Adventures of Bob on Extacy]

Extacy?

I don't hear any drug induced screams =P Haha, I joke.

This song is a very straight foreward dance song, and by straightforeward, I mean, I saw everything coming. Its nice to see this kind of talent on newgrounds, but you really should try to be different. Like, that basline and this style in general has been done 1 BILLION times.

I really like it though, so I can't get too angry =P

Good work, Keep it up! I really like your music =D

cornandbeans responds:

lol yea

i know it was pretty generic :P That's a pretty old song of mine... back in the days when I really didn't think too much about originality :P

thanks, though! Its great to get feedback!

~cornandbeans

[{Paranorma}]

Oo, very phat lead.

It adds a solid feel, but an ambient feel. Good work. The break in was amazing.. the string feel was awesome, and the stutter synth you had going added just the right amount of 'oomph' to the track.

When the piano came in, the first thing that I thought of was 'wow, this guy knows what hes doing!'

Awesome work, my only complaint for this track, was the lack of drum work. Since I focus on percussion in my music, I tend not to like straightfordward beats... try to be more creative with your drums, and your music will be a winner, for sure.

Keep it up! I am SERIOUSLY impressed! =D Could you check out my music sometime? I'd really appreciate it =)

cornandbeans responds:

Yay! Thanks!

I'm checking out your music as I speak!
I'll probably update the song with more creative drums. I just realized now how terribly lame and generic they sound :P

YOUR MUSIC! = :D
I'm hearing a colab coming.... ;D

Thanks for the feedback!

~cornandbeans

[Shell Shocked - *Final*]

Now THIS is much better.

Well, its much clearer anyways XD

Anyways, to the song. The phasing lead is great, it adds that nice fel to it, but I can easily identify it as 3Xosc too much... maybe add some more FX?

The part where all the countermelodies come in with the tamborine is great, but I'd like to have those dist drums kick in sooner. Just to get the groove in the right place =)

Also, it would be awesome if you turned off the distortion when you break the song down. So that we can bask in the drum work =D

Great work, I am rather pleased with your music! Keep it up!

DJ-Mann responds:

<3 3XOsc forever.

rofl

those are some awsome ideas! i shall do what you said in some future songs:P

[Jm_darklord's Rave Medley]

Aw... =(

This song sounds REALLY phat! Can you do a resubmit? Just make the song shorter, like 3 minutes or something, and make the bitrate 96 MINIMUM.

This song is awesome, but the only things I can hear is the lead and the kick. I'd like to ehar more though =(

Keep it up! I'd love to hear your music in high bitrate versions ;)

Could you chekc out my music sometime? I'd appreciate it =D

DJ-Mann responds:

Lol, it would be impossible to make it under 4mb with 96bitrate with only 3min shorter but if you want, i could email it to u, just send me an email saying so and ill send it..with the higher quality version...

Im going to check out your music right now :) i hope to here from you

[dj_padman - Killzone]

OMG U CAN WRITE MUSIC!!?!

Hahaha, I crack myself up sometimes =)

This song does not lack the normal amount of weird synths you have going on. Very nice chilled style you have going on.

I like the progression, but I'll be completely honest with you, you have good synths and stuff, its just the notes that bother me. They don't sem 'phat' enough. Same goes for the drums.

Even though I don't like this track very much, I'll just say a few things:

Keep it up! A little more practice and you'll be flooring the DnB scene =) And next time, when you do try this kind of music again, totally try some hardcore 180 BPM breaks or something. I like fast DnB compared to break beats =/

Good work, I can hear the effort though =D And guess what dude? I just recently submitted my 11th song. Crazy eh? Could you do me a favor and check it out?

Me love you rong time =D

dj-padman1 responds:

Man, don't you get TIRED of being right about things? ;P
Things are a bit murky in this track, the bass does take up more than its fair share of the track I would guess. I admit it, mixing and mastering are not my strengths! I really need to get better..

oooh, you must be psychic, because I'm working on a couple of DnB tracks as we speak. None of this breakbeat business. I'm talking about the real deal, chopped-up amens, phat rolling basses and all kinds of cryptic twists and turns. Stayed tuned, and if you have a new song up, I'm there!
Thanks again for the review, and yeah, I guess I love you too..:P

[O]

You guys should tag your songs

so that when you get a fanbase, people know when you submit a song so they can chekc it out =) Put like, 'SDU' at the beginning of the song name.

To the review!

The beginning of this song is good and ambient like. I have the volume maxed out on my headphones, and its still a bit quiet... might wanna chekc the mastering you did. Needs to be a little louder, me thinks =)

This song is very Goa like! Its very solid, and definately dancey! I like it =) The only thing you guys have got to work on is, try not to make your songs too cluttered, you know? If you got to many things going on at once, then things turn into white noise and the song getws hard to dtermine what it is =)

Keep it up! You should drop by my audio page and check out my tunes! I also make Goa trance =)

[Dark Tunnel]

Very nice gating effect!

I thought you were going to be a total n0b at music or something, but this beginning sure impressed me!

It gave the name 'dark tunnel' justice, I tell you that. The little drum samples you brought in were great, they sounded very glitchy. I was just about to suggest making the song more full by adding some misc percussion or something, but you just did that with the hi hats. Nice =)

I mostly like the part where you brought in this awesome funky bass groove. I like it alot =D

You did a great job on this piece of music! Keep t up! Could you check out my audio page sometime? I'd appreciate it =)

plang responds:

I'll be sure to check it out, thanks for the great review!

[Deathman123 - Life or Death]

I like this more than

Life or Death 2. It seems to have more of a cave or fight feel, you know? The kick would sound better if you didn't play so many offbeats, a simple kick on every beat is enough to lay down a solid feel =)

I like it! Keep it up!

B34T1N responds:

ok, ill remember this if i try to make something like this again

[Deathman123 - Life or Death 2]

Sounds playful

I like this beat, its all simple and that, it just seems that the hi hat and kick samples you used are a bit loud. The rest of the song is good, even though its a little bit repeptitive =)

Keep it up =D Check out my music sometime?

B34T1N responds:

O.K ill check out your music + I wanted this one to be a little repetitive so that kind of a good think, also yeah i notice they're loud but thats because on y last i had them low and i accidentaly put them loud this time, trying not to do the same... hehe