itsameyayo's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[MAC08 - RedEmer .2 dnb 7]

Hey, mastering takes practice and experimentation!

It'll come with time, just keep working on it.

-Really nice update, this wrote out to be pretty nice! I really think that if you could, you should get someone to rap over your song about madness. If you can't find anyone, I'll take some time to do it before the deadline (if I can come-up with anything, it depends. I'm good at poetry, but it takes a little bit to start out).

-Overall, nice job. If you want some help with mixing, here's some tips...

-Listen for frequencies you don't like. When you find those in certain instruments, lower that frequency range by a little bit until the frequency is there, but out of the way. As for the reese (whatever you call it) and the bass drum, there's still some conflict in hearing both with precision. Honestly, I'd take the 1-2 Khz range of the bass drum and raise it 2 dB, or somewhere around. Experiment with that until you get a good bass sound between the bass drum and reese. PM if you need any more advice, gtg, dinner!

-ImperfectDisciple

flyingmidget responds:

Thnx again man, the main issue about the kick is that Im using VERY shitty headphones or laptop speakers. The headphones have a cutoff of about 60Hz (effective) so I cant really hear the deeper bass sounds well. The laptop speakers completely get rid of bass and some of the lower-mid range too xD.

As for the rap! yeah that dude that would be awsome, but Im far to lazy to work on this song anymore, if ya want you can have it xD, but yeah Ive moved on to my next song :)

[_-={Everlasting Times}=-_]

Teacher of Anger!

Nice stuff here, it's really peaceful. I would compare this to the awesomeness of the Legend of Zelda music. Very nice orchestration, seemed very down to earth, especially with all the ambient sounds. This makes my day more peaceful, I've been pretty angery today, thanks :)

-ImperfectDisciple

-Check my MAC submission if you'd like...

http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/liste n/170553

MaestroRage responds:

Thanks Imperfect! I'm glad to hear this helped your anger, though i'm not glad to hear you were angry :(. I hope whatever it was, is taken care of.

Thanks again for the review, i'm glad you liked it! I'll check into that song and have a listen!

[.:HMS:. Ephemera MAC8]

Hmm...

Some thoughts...

-The song didn't have much to say with dynamics. The song has no where to go when the same phrase is repeated a billion times in a row. The same theme was very linear throughout the song. Change volumes, create music and not a bunch of ideas thrown together.

-That syncopated snare part would have worked better with accents on the offbeats. This sounds like a march to battle. Marches usually place more emphasis on the downbeats. You have a lot of notes going against the rhythm, and those are felt better when they are softened in volume. Keep the volume of the notes on the snare on the downbeat, and soften the volume on the off-beats. Make the snare rolls crescendo as well (soft to loud), that'll give it more character.

-Basically, make it what you want, but make it more elaborate and well, detailed. This just sounds like some background loop, make this a piece of art, the music has potential to be so much more!!!

-ImperfectDisciple
-I has a MAC submission too, check it out if you'd like :)

http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/liste n/170553

-Some accents were nice.

HMS-Productions responds:

Thanks a lot, your advice is very elaborate and detailed. I'll take another look at the song, dont think I'll re-submit it though. I know what you mean and I see that same flaws, but I'll use your advice on the next song I make.

I'll check out your song, good luck in the the contest :D

-M

[(NUB)TheseMistakesAreForever]

Wow

I'll be honest, sometimes, I really don't like your music, and sometimes, I do. This, I must say, is your best track. Unfortunately, this is a genre that's been used before, but not many people do it. I really like your take on it, it really offers a lot to imagine and listen to. I wish the beat was a little softer actually, throughout the song, but this is still really good! very nice :D

nubbinownz responds:

Thank you very much, the way that this was worded really made me happy. Thank you :D

[.2 dnb 8 (MAC 08 Madness) loop]

Despite what others think...

I really like this. I wish it could be expanded more, but this is probably the best madness submission I've heard so far.

flyingmidget responds:

Hey thnx! This is just the main theme of the song Im working on theres more to it :)
I appreciate the review

[Scapping Vibes]

Nothing less than awesome!

This song is really good! I wish it had more dynamics and varieties on the melody. Seems like nothing was changed for the most part, pretty basic. Still freakin' awesome though, sweet!

shadowmana responds:

I'll keep that in mind when I create something like this again.

[{NoVa} - Fires of the East]

OH MY!!!

This rocks! The eastern instrument samples are very rich, I think they should be hinted at more throughout the piece, like, small little flair here and there. That really starts around 1:13, but some extra flair before that would be nice. As far as a percussion breakdown, it isn't, but you said percussive, and that would be correct. Nice job, I really like this :)

DJ-Gerian responds:

Thanks so much for the review, I'm glad you enjoyed it! And yes, you're definitely correct, it's more of a percussive breakdown than a percussion one, glad you noticed that and enjoyed it. Thanks again!

[p4c-I'llBeLovin[LostSoul rmx]]

Music needs to be this diverse.

Might have repetitive themes, but you really make nice transitions and transform the music to make something more than just some chords, a beat, and melody, this has diversity, and something that's actually worth something to my ears. Very nice synth solo by the way, very creative. I can't believe I haven't noticed your music, but then again, this strikes me as one of the best songs on Newgrounds.

-ImperfectDisciple

p4c responds:

wow, thanks for the review! im glad you liked it, this is probably the song i spent the most time on of all. ill see how the rest of newgrounds reacts :)

[Solus- Rain in Venice]

2:24...

Was amazing, that kinda powerful transition. I really like the piano as well. The deeper strings were also a favorite. It wasn't really a sad song, more depressing then anything, but 2:24 really hit the emotion on you, wow.

-I see this as a hard time in the city, more people in the streets, looking for money, food, but those who actually have something could care less and walk by the less fortunate like these people aren't even there. At 2:24, I see that maybe one of these people might get a job, get a house with it, but then is turned down, and the man or whoever walks away saddened. At the end, he might die? He's an old man, so he probably had a heart attack and fell onto the ground. I can see that he might have fell on cobblestone while it was raining, and just died.

-ImperfectDisciple

SolusLunes responds:

The climax, mixed with the return to the original piano score.

I had no trouble at all with deciding on how to end the song. :D

[MAC - Let Go]

Wow

Really impressive, I just started looking at the winners for this contest and I actually like yours the best, very nice and saddening. Those vocals really haunt you while the piano makes you want to cry.

blacknote responds:

Thanks for your review! I agree, the vocals seem to compliment the piano in a way that works and creates something a little unusual. Thanks!