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Darren-M

Age/Gender: 19, Male
Location: Cookeville Tennessee
Job: none

I like to make every song different.

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6/14/08

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Score: 7
:=>Shake<=:

"low pass"

submission: :=>Shake<=:
date: November 7, 2008

nice low pass on the lead leading up to the build, that was quite effective, you might want to make your kick a little lower i know usually kicks in trance are higher but yours is just a tiny bit too high. my favorite part is the second lead melody that comes in around 1:00 that went well with the rhythm. keep working on it it has promise to be awesome

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Score: 6
Tunnel of Blue Shadows (demo)

"connection"

date: November 7, 2008

at :33 i liked how you didnt blast that synth that came in, nice ove but i would have liked the bass to come in stronger at :55, try switching the melody up, it sounds common, but it has promise to be interesting, your synthesis at the end was good, everything connected well

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Score: 6
</_Triumph_\>

"it was not unpleasent"

submission: </_Triumph_\>
date: November 7, 2008

well i will tell you one thing, dont ever worry about what people think of the intro, the intro sets the mood, so good job with that. your drums could have used a litle more reverb and i think you would have achieved the exact emotion you were going for, your lead that comes in around 50 needs to be a little softer and not so abrupt when it is introduced, it needs to sound more like a pad. a pad can be a gentle synth sound used for filling up the background so it makes the song sound more full and thy can create atmosphere

i actually really liked the piano part you made for this, thats good stuff, and the bass at the beginning was actually pretty cool.

keep working, you have a great start!

November 7, 2008

Author's Response:

Ok, I'll try to work on those drums for my next song. Like I said i'm still new.

Yeah, I sorta regret adding that little thing around 50. It's really out of place. Unfortunately I can't change it because I was uing the FL demo and I lost the file for it :l

Thankyou very much for an in depth review. I appreciate it.

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Score: 7
Dark Water

"clarity"

submission: Dark Water
date: November 2, 2008

actually i like the amount of bass in the song, i dont agree that there needs to be more, i think it would ruin the atmosphere of the song. the kick alone is good.

um good melody work, i really liked your flutes as well, i wasnt a huge fan of the the phasey thing around 2:40 starting in

this was a good song all in all ill give it 4 :) its actually very relaxing

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Score: 8
Pablo'N'Cezanne - Sundance RMX

"Perfect space at"

date: October 20, 2008

first off the metal clink percussions in this are terrific , and the lead that comes in at 2:30 is just in the perfect space for its range, nice choice. i liked the reverse snare at 3:30, i wasnt a big fan of the tone you had on the drums at 4:00, but they blended in just fine, they made the transitions into the other drum set less noticeable

October 20, 2008

Author's Response:

Yeah I know what you mean, the snare drums at 4:00 are more commonly used in military marches than in dance music :D I'm glad you like the clink percs.
Thanks for the input man

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Score: 7
dont spray

"charming"

submission: dont spray
date: October 17, 2008

this song definetly has its charms, i actually did enjoy it but the effects make it hard to concentrate, i liked the break beat drums and there were some interesting rhythms

October 27, 2008

Author's Response:

yeah once im done with a song i usually pile up effects on it to sound interesting but it just makes it less listenable. it was probably the useless staticy effect.

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Score: 8
1010

"so pretty"

submission: 1010
date: October 17, 2008

wow this sounds so smooth, that last guy who review you was a total ass, i love this, i want to go out on a limb and ask if this was made in reason?

anyway all the levels sound so good, its as though all your frequencies fit perfectly in their slots. this is the first song i have given a 5 to in a long time, i literally respect the composition you have shown. besides just sounding good, it actually sounds ,mixing wise, correctly done.

great work

October 17, 2008

Author's Response:

Thanks for the encouraging review :)
It was made in Cubase with "VemberAudio Surge" as my main synth.

I'm usually going for sounds that don't need too much tweaking with an EQ (apart from Hi/lo cut), still there's still a long road ahead of me mixing-skill-wise ;)
cheers

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Score: 7
Momentumm

"cool chops"

submission: Momentumm
date: October 15, 2008

i really loved the choppy lead, and the drums were really separate and distinct, great sound.

the compression payed off

October 15, 2008

Author's Response:

Thanks for the score. I usually try to make the different layers distinct, that way the whole song doesn't sound sound like a smash of different noises.

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Score: 7
Car Battery Reborn #2

"haha, the portamento!"

date: October 15, 2008

the portamento on that slinky synth at :36 made me laugh, this was a pretty goofy song, the bass line was funky as well. the levels could use some work but i like the imagery of this song and that is a must.

good work :}

October 15, 2008

Author's Response:

A majority of my songs have the "goofy" feel apparently....But anyway, I'm still trying to figure out how all this stuff works, so hopefully my future entries will be better.
Thanks for the review!

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Score: 7
-Over The Water-

"drums"

submission: -Over The Water-
date: October 15, 2008

the atmosphere with the drums was very laid back, it really contributed to the atmosphere, for the most part the levels were good, the lead really blended with the other parts, i didnt like the the little part you added toward the end, it was really fast and squirmy and didnt mesh completely with the atmosphere of the rest of the song but there wasnt much i didnt like about this song.

good work

October 15, 2008

Author's Response:

Well I tried to alter something just before the end so it wouldn't stay all the same. Anyways, I'm glad you liked the song! Thank you for the review.

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