zlarke's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Newgrounds]

good melody, mastering needs work.. those synths are way too raw sounding. Try side chaining that saw for a bigger kick and better sound. Gimme some more POW after that build at 1:00.

eyramusic responds:

Yeah, not coming back to this though.

[Swelter (wip)]

Quality loop! got some really good atmosphere going, all the instruments seem to fit in great.

Nice job.

Sythec responds:

thanks. doin ma thang. influenced between deep medi and ultimae records

[ByeBaiBi]

Production quality excellent, unique patterns and style... only thing that lost you a star is the synth work. They're alright, but a lot of times they song too 8 bitty. Unless that's what you were going for. Try to make your basses sound bigger.

Otherwise, freaking sick track.. pretty crazy stuff.

[Mad Molly]

Good pattern work. I feel like your basses need to feel bigger. Unless you're going for a more oldskool style of dubstep then its cool. Love those ambient bongo things in the background though.

Suggestions.... maybe some high hats, more cymbals. Try a better snare sample.

[-Happyland-]

Loving the cutesy melody and dat chick going "Here we go!"

This seriously sounds like something I'd hear in a Nintendo game :) Fun stuff. Quality Production.

Waterflame responds:

hehe thanks! :D

[Purest_Form [Box♣ki]

I know how people say that repetition is bad in songs. But some of it is good. Instead of giving a chance for that bassline and beat to sink in you quickly switch to a different one or start glitching out the drums. It feels like youre saying "This is what I can do" and quickly showing it all in 2 minutes. Anyways...

Production quality is excellent, dat sub bass. Good stuff, make it longer.

[Make a change - Ignyte]

Before I spew out my incoherent ramble of criticism, I'd like to say I did like this. The percussion is my only gripe however. That crunchy hi hat syncopation heard in parts of the song was out of place in the epic surges of strings and piano . If you stuck to the raw sounding realistic percussion it would have been waay better. If anything, tone down the percussion just a tad because the rest was brilliant.

Ignyte responds:

I'll make a note of it, I have noticed that my crushed hats were quite alot louder through my computer speakers than when I was composing and using the KRK's.
This is just the free release of a draft, once my third Album is released It'll be alot better.

[Drop Dead]

Your description is spot on. I know there aren't rules when it comes to art... but perhaps some song structure next time around? Great effort though.

Icecry0 responds:

Thanks for the tip :)

[JTownsend Voiceover Demo 1]

amazing as usual. can't tell what your real accent is.

[Daft.]

Liked the break at 1:55, transitions need work though Instruments shouldn't feel as if they appear out of nowhere, if it flows it sounds better. Doesn't even have to be a gradual buildup or anything, perhaps a reversed cymbal to introduce a new synth. Good listen.

horoshij4el responds:

thanks