The-XI's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[05 - Double]

I don't know what is wrong with the last reviwer.

The rating system in the AP is screwed up. So you almost NEED to 5 your own sogs so they dissapear into nothingness >=/ So, other guy, shut up. You don't know what you are talking about. I also have a strong feeling that your the one who zeroed his song >=(

Sorry bout that. To the song.

The song is very flexable, and the synth line you brought in later was good and sick. Nice =) It is a very well arranged and very well produced song. Good work, I am impressed =D

Keep it up! I'm voting 5 on this to counter the 0 voters, and could you drop by my audio sometime and review a song or two? I'd appreciate it =D

C3NTAURI0N responds:

I heard some of ur traks and they r cold. Thank u for revuing mi music and followin mi vu on that other voter

[Divine Awakening]

Wow.

You made this with the PSone? Wow, thats old skool!

The chords and the distorted percussion side hits are magnificent. You seriously have a hold on what you are doing... I take you took piano or some kind of musical lessons?

You are very good at what you do, but there is one thing you can do to make it better: Make more diverse percussion. Breaks here and there, clap ends, kick breaks, etc.

Good work, I am thourougly impressed! Keep it up! Could you drop by my audio page and review a song or two? I'd appreciate it =)

pyroguy-37 responds:

Yeah sure thing! I'll be sure to rate and review some ofyour songs! yup...PSOne...I want to get MTV Music Generator 2 for PS2..but meh, I'll stick with this for now!

[Purity (Demonic Soul Edit)]

I voted 5.

Only brought it up 0.50 though =/ 4.00 to 4.50... oh well.

I'm listening to this song on headphones, which are sensitive to treble frequencies... you voice isn't very kind to my ears, even though it does sounds pretty alright.

The rest of the sog is good trancey/ravey. The bassline is rather catchy, so I like it =)

I like the breaks you added to add dynamics and power. Awesome.

The voices keeps getting more and more creepier as the song keeps going.. lovin' it =D

Keep it up man! Your doing a good job =D Could you drop by my audio page and leave a review or two? Thanks!

ShinDenjin responds:

not a prob. thanks for the review^_^

[Tune_77]

Rythym shows in this one

the hits you have going on are nice enough to the song to show rythym, but kind of get annoying when you let them play by themselves.

The notes you use kind of sound... awkward with each other.

Again, the quality of this song reeks. We have a 4,000 K limit... you don't have to stay in the 2,000 region =P

You did a pretty decent job on this song. Good work!

Keep it up!

Professor-Doom responds:

I wasn't really trying when I made this one. That happens with a lot of my songs.

[Fault]

Your songs seem bare for reviews

so have a few.

The drums in the beginning are setting a nice rythym, but I'd like to hear some more synth in the beginning.

How come the quality is so low? I can't really hear everything that great...

The arp you brought in did the track some good. It would've been hotter if you faded that in the beginning, instead of havig nothing but percussion.

About the drums, you should consider altering them instead of using the mother sound. Slap on some FX, screw with the wavelength, have fun.

Good work, I hope the beswt for you in the future. Keep it up! Could you drop by my audio page and leave a review or two? I'd appreciate it =)

Professor-Doom responds:

The quality is so low because it was originally a large file. I had to compress it down to 64 kbs so that it would fit the 4 MB maximum.

Either that, or I just used crappy instruments. I don't remember.

[A New Beginning...]

The soft synth are is nice =)

The progression in this track is very subtle, and actually very nicely done. The kick is nice and powerful, but it would ahve been nicer if you could ahve EQed it some more, since it just sounds like a default FL kick.

When you brought in the lead, it would ahve been great if you would ahve done a big beat drop, instead of the beat becoming nothing more than a drone (drone = something in the backround to great noise, to fill up space). Then, have a big break in, and have a finished beat. Open hi hats, the piano, everthing. It'd sound much more powerful.

The piano riff is rather nice, but it just sounds like a dafault FL piano. Add some delay, some reverb, and EQ it so that its high ended. So it sounds more nice =)

The song is good, so just need to work on FX some more, and adding some breaks. So listen to some dream trance producers, and get a feel for how they do it. That will give you more of an idea for how to do the breaks that I described to you =)

Theres your review that you asked for, have a nice day =D

k-m-g responds:

Thanks Man, I need all the constructive criticism I can get. Any idea how you delete songs? Incase I want to update them?

[The Aquamarine Submarine]

Very FXey like.

The beginning was nice, with the distorted synth rising up. But, the song is distorting, and I can't hear any percussion other than some hats. Heres some advice: Instead of turning UP your instruments volume so you can hear the other instruments, turn them down, so the ones that you so desperately need to hear are a little louder. Then the song won't red-line =) Then, on the master FX channel, plop on an FX channel. It'll make everything smooth.

Since I heard no percussion due to volume problems, can't relaly comment on it. The melodies I heard were nice though. Try not to clutter your songs... only have a bassline, melody, and a pad going (AT MOST) or else the song is going to clutter, and then you can't ehar anything other than what is loudest.

You can make some amazing music, so go out there and do it! Impress the world =) Keep it up! Could you do me a favor and check out my music and leave some reviews? I'd really appreciate it =D

WoolyWatamelon responds:

hey, thanks for the helpful feedback! I definitely agree that there is a little much going on in my song, I was originally going to change that, but i wasn't quite sure what to get rid of. Now, i will definitly do my best next time to make sure that the melody doesn't crowd the percussion and basslines, but to be honest, all i had in this song were cymbals kicks, and claps, no actual drumming. I will definitely check your work very soon.

[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->