Darren-M's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Smooth criminal remix]

hmm

well. i felt that this was definetly a cool spin on the song. i will say that i liked it.i felt also that it should be a little slower like 110bpm maybe idk. the reason i felt that was because the melodical lines were a little hard for me to absorb. i understand what its like to have so much music going through your head and wanting it to be so intense and intricate but i felt it was just slight over kill on this song, but perhaps if it were just slower i might not feel that way. or maybe the same speed but just longer notes. i really liked the part at 1:09. i like your synths!

slow it down and i think it will be more to my liking. but hey its your call :)

ghostblairdarkness responds:

Aaah someone who likes the stroll it smooth. nice! And thanks for the nice review man. everyone countse for me =)

[Hardstyle KiiNG (DEMO)]

cool

i like the synth sample at the beginning, i think it needs to continue through out the song

at 46s, i would have liked to heard the volume pan in from nothing, or filter in or something rather than just come in after the hat crash.

im guessing you just havent put the song completely together yet so you get a 7

DJ-xTc responds:

No not at all rite now i actually have 2 screech melos in FL, just not on newgrounds xD.
Thx for teh review,
watch my page for an update!

~xTc~

[Oi Oi Sexy Bum]

well :s

honestly i couldnt really find anything i didnt like about this. i actually liked the guitar mixing you did, it was very full and utilized the space that stereo can give. the drums were adequate and the variation between rhythms was pretty good.

cool song

Phoog responds:

Haha. Well, just to point out a few things.
Cymbals are super quiet compared to the hats, and I boosted the high end on the kick too much.
Then there's the lack of bass, for my taste anyways.

Cheers for the words of appreciation, though.

[Strobe (Marble Zone Remix)]

easy to get lost in

i just realized this song looped like 12 times in the background of my computer while i started off into space and was thinking. it was really easy to listen too and made me day dream. great cover of this song. i like the funky lead part.

sounds like a talk box

[Tinkering]

mixing

around :29 i felt the synths levels were quiet and somewhat confusing, also as the synth continued i felt like certain frequencies in the mid range were being eaten up and interfering.

the bass was appropriately placed in its spectrum space just well enough to be effective.

at 1:44 was my favorite part, i felt it gave the song the most character.
i also enjoyed your reversed kick sample.

i enjoyed your panning on the high hats, i felt like they were not predictable and kept up excitement

InvisibleObserver responds:

Big hug fest it is tonight. I keep reviewing and getting reviews from everyone else that's just recently submitted songs.

Thanks for the review, I agree some of the sections in the song are sloppy. I wanted to put emphasis on the synths however granted their all twiddled with by me (no presets not no how not never).

1:44~ sliding section turned out quite nicely. I'm glad you feel its the focal point of the song.

Always nice hearing my attention to detail doesn't go totally unnoticed. Panned drums are king.

[DJ5o9-Power Rangers (DnB'd)]

good choice

hey this was a good choice for a cover. the leads for this were pretty good. i really liked the horn like lead you chose for the go go power rangers part. at 3:10ish i really liked the filtering and phasing you did. quite effective.

i think what would have added an extra flare to th song would be some pitch bends

[Super Store]

10 for inspiration

while listening to this something made me think of pick up lines. i really like what you did here and would like to use parts of it in a song i want to make if thats ok?

thanks for the great song idea

btw it was really well put together

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[No Thinking Allowed--_--]

hey!

4:30 was creative

yes i have been listen to shpongle as well, i really like what they do and listening to this song i see how you integrated their sound into this song. i really like what you did with the samples you used. really well done.

i felt the track could have had more goin on instrument wise. the bass was really not utilized i felt. i like the pattern you made but i just felt like it wasnt showcased.

excelent work with your resampled samples none the less :)

good luck in the contest

[Ph0ne - Jew Golds (Hopeku rmx)]

ITP

i felt the sitar needed a phaser so because i found one thing i didnt like as much i gave you an honest nine.

i have never heard anone on NG make Psy trance like this, because its such a new style. the first i ever even heard of it is with a duo called ITP, i have listened to alot of them and i would be surprised if they weren't one of your influences.

anyway props on the bass, i have been trying to make these kind of bass lines for years and only recently could make them on my new tracks.

my favorite part of this song was the intro, it was very effective especially with the drops. and you had some great high passed parts in this.

great work ill be checking you out again later.

hopeku responds:

To be honest I never listened to ITP, but I guess I should take a listen!

Haha also I know what you mean for the basslines. It took myself a lot of time to realize it was just a lopass filtered Sawtooth wave.

Thanks man!

[DKC2-K()4s73R]

hmm :)

2:14 i felt there was too much going on pad-wise, i like the phaser work you did but i felt the entire song was a big phaser, at 3:8 it would have sounded ok if all of the sudden you didnt dop it, you kinda dripped the automation and made absence of the effect aparent. at 4:12 i like the delay build.i thought the bell shaker was a really nice accent throughout the song.

a little thick with the pads, but all in all not bad, probably one of your best songs.

advice: i have had to start doing this as well. rendering wave files at high quality of your work and entering it back in as samples and continuing from there, also it helps to go ahead and render or export parts of the song that arent always essential or instruments that only come in every now and then. that you from some lag.

you may need to reevaluate how well you are optimizing your effect and instrument set up to get all that you want out of the program before your computer starts pooping glass