Kaburorne's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[{-^MP^-} Mellow Sunrise]

It's ok.

But I think you need some better VSTs or plugins or something, they sound very 2D and flat.
Shame, cause your melodies are really nice and well constructed!

Musical-Pants responds:

Any suggestions?
I'm working with FL 8, which is great for creating melodies, but i'm comeplety clueless on how to make the the song sound better.
If you can point me in the direction of any tutorials, or have any advice, it would be much appreciated.
Thanks!

-Pants

[Symptom of the Cause]

The vocals?

It all sounds a bit out of tune from eachother. Not sure why, I think it's the vocals. It's got alright groove, I think it could do with some better drums.
Overall, a pretty good 7/10 :)

Monkeywithumbs responds:

It might be the guitar...

[Awesome Techno]

How is this in the top 5?

Generic instruments, uninteresting beat- repetitive melody....
Horrible mixing - the volume levels are way off.
And I can't believe you used all those preset instruments- and Slayer! How could you use Slayer- it's a piece of crap.
I'm sorry, but you could do WAY more with this tune.

[ParagonX9 - Chaoz Japan]

I'm really into this sort of stuff.

It was awesome XD
I would say the only thing that could be improved is that it could be longer.
I love the bass, use of the "amen break"! The Japanese theme, it's all good :)

[Statical Acid]

Pretty awful

That 'melody' line bass thing was completely annoying. The drums were pretty bad too. Seriously, what the hell?

[Ghostwave]

Woah

That sure is classic trance! But it's so awesome! The solid bass is great, the main melody is good and punchy too. Loving those ambient sounds and piano in the background, they just give it that edge.
Although, I did take a 10th of your score for a few minor things- (although I'll still be rating 5!)
- There was a distinct lack of kick (which drives the regular trance song), it kept fading in and out, which is quite annoying.
- The drums at the start were a bit iffy too, but whatever. I thought they sounded a bit too simple, with just a hit on the beat.

But, the ending made up for the iffy bits. I liked the drums slowing down, and it returning to the ambient effects. It makes it loop very nicely.
Overall, super track, and I really hope it does well in the clubs it's première-ing in!

NemesisTheory responds:

I'm glad you think it's great, man. :)

I agree with your crits, the kick could definitely be a bit louder. I'll make sure that it's better in a future submission. :) Thanks a bunch!

[T.E.O.M. - Techno Meets Hip Hop (Produced By TheEyeOFMusiK)]

I know people are going to hate me for this...

But, I don't think it worked. The melody chosen was quite dry and a bit bad, if you asked me to be honest. In places, it sounded just like one big "bash bash bash"
I did like the deep wavy bass, if that's any compensation.

[.Message.]

Butterscotch, yo!

I liked it. The melodies and chords were really groovy. And the voices you used were good.
I see you panned the drums, but they got a bit annoying and unbalanced after a while. Maybe just pan a few things? The right-left thing was a tad annoying. But nice drums though.
I think you should mix it up a bit more. Maybe add a organ solo, cause I could hear that needed a solo. Maybe some other melodies too. Mix this song up with some variation, and it would definately get full marks from me.

[Mysterious [DjLj]]

Nice melody

Yeah, nice melody. Try and break from the norm though! Ask yourself, what is it about the production of this tune that makes it stand out?
Seriously, it got good marks for a well constructed melody and sub-melodies (chords too).
But, marks were taken off cause the style wasn't really anything new. Although, with that said, I did like the part with just the bass and drums.
All in all, maybe mix it up with some unusual synths, maybe some samples.
Nice one.

DjLj responds:

Well, thank you for the honest review! Again that song was a bit of a test of the piano Vsti. I will change it and hopefully break through the norm!!!

[Cektiq]

People are stupid,

Well, you already know why I like this song from the Facepunch thread :)
But I hate the stupid ratings you're getting for this song. People are close minded.