SpamWarrior's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Slicer Practice]

This is interesting.

Its glitchy, which i like, n the beat slicing is pretty cool, but i find this track irks me somehow.

The kick seems to disappear in the mix at the start, can be good or bad. Its still there but it depends on what you wanted to achieve really.

Some of this shit is really cool tho, shows you have skills if you wrote them, n some skills if you just sampled them, tho if you sampled and manipulated them it shows you have skills too. So you best put them to good use or face death by angry midgets.

[Warhead ZENON MIX]

I like this!

My only issue with it is that i think the bassline could do with being muddier/smooth as opposed to kind of clean smooth, its lacking the evil sub rumble i love, but then we all have different tastes, and perceptions.

Everything else in it kicks arse, good work man. I never expected anything else but i've not listened to your work in aaaaaaaaages. Nothing personal, i've not reviewed anyone for months and i'm gonna try catch up today.

[Taiker - 10 sec ( Short )]

Its not bad, but its not dnb

sounds more like dance/trance to me, tho you could probably take that melody into a trancestep track. Too short to really review properly, clarity is good tho

I 5 this for justice, us people who have got harshed upon need to stick together.

The main issue with this and why i think you got shot down is cos it doesnt sound like drum n bass, the drums are not boomy enough and the rythm itself is wrong for drum n bass. ALL drum n bass somehow have the stereotypical

kick: 1+ +3+ +
snare: 2 4

The kick is played on the 1 and the + after the 3, the other + are just in there to space it out properly, and show you the frame.

It basically sounds too clean and nice to be dnb.

Taiker responds:

Well it isent hip hop either >:(

[Willy Wonka's Prison]

So you're bringing the argument to reviews now?

hey everyone who wants to review, check out http://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic.php?id=496431 and see what a psychotic little whining bitch he is.

perhaps this is an idea that'll make me look bad, but i dont give a flying fuck to be honest.
Oh yeah, i didnt even listen to your audio, i failed to see the point.

Seems to me its one melody thieving remix artist havign a go at a different kind of musician, who has done some duel remixes, but since then hasnt possibly breached any rules. Ergo, you're a tit, and whilst your action do not bother me, your motives are clearly insane, and i may have to kidnap you and forcefeed you to barbara streisand for the worlds good.

Good day.

[The Search for Heaven]

WOAH SHITTING HELL

this is beautiful man. I'm not with zenon tho, same point approached from a different view tho. I'd say lower the bass in places to give the piano more chance to shine through. Cos whilst the bass textures rule, in places they are over powering. The more i listen to it the more i get it, but i should be able to get it on the first or second listen. Its still beautiful regardless.

Reverb basically makes it sound like theres an instrument in a room thats been recorded, reverb - well, a room.

Having two different basslines is not at all a bad idea, but look up some tutorials on mastering effects for whichever prog you use. If its reason, perhaps doubling each synth and doing the panning differently would be enough, not sure tho :S

LoneEagle responds:

Yea i know the bass.. the bass. Too much bass i will try and work on this on my futur songs.

Hmm, i don't really understand what you mean by having to listen to it alot of times un order to "get it" but you know because i have created the song i have no problem at all. Hence i will not be able to understand completely what you mean.

I use FL Studio 5 to make my tracks and the piano sample rally is basic so i'll try and get a better sample or try and find some magical reverb hidden somewhere.

The panning for the bass goes as follow :
- one part of the bassline plays normally on both right/left channels
- the bassline then divides and one part plays only on the left and another part plays only on the right channel.

Now i now that i have made i mistake in the panning because i forgot one of the pattern's panning. Although not loud at all, it is enough to cause distortion on the left channel and therefore, distortion in the bassline throughout the whole song.

I'd really have to hear this with a headset cause i don't have any at the moment and i'm curious as to how it sounds.

Thanks alot for the review on this song!

[General_Leo - Meh]

Woah, cool. Not what i expected in misc.

Cool 80's feel. Some of the dynamics sound a bit too loud too me n hurt me, but its no big problem, its probably cos i've just come from having my ears attached to my own dnb loop.

First thought was the snare n kick could do with a bit more volume n maybe compression, the synths seem a bit over powering in the mix

This is funky goth style, n demands some sullen moody vocals, on pain of... pain.

LoneEagle responds:

Well this is my worst piece on here and it is normal that the volume levels are not quiet right.

Didn't think to find this in the misc. section? Well there aren't any "funky goth" sections yet :D

Thanks for the review, i never thought this, my oldest piece of all, would be reviewed... again.

[Tetris - Hardcore Mix]

Good, too short,, plus done to death

Skritchy start, i like, straight into an old/new hybrid style of electronica. The counter melodys are done well. I'm pissed off, that kind of kick sound is what i'm looking for but it doesnt seem to fit with my tracks.

This is a well put together piece, a long version would be cool as fuck. Unfortunately tetris has been done to death, so i cant rate originality that much, but its still definitely done well and shows your grasp of music. Its got an kind of analord feel to it, if you dont know what i mean then its probably best if you didnt. Hmmm, duel remix mashup maybe? Tho aphex would probably kick my arse if i did that :(

I'll have fun reviewing your other tracks

TheSuitcase responds:

Thanks man!
I had trouble looking fo that 808'ish kick too. But I found it. Thanks for the review!

[Khuskan - Tombstone]

LOL YOU FUCKING LEGEND.

This is classic. I know the jig itself, you know, the bit thats stereotypical irish, isnt that original, but the song itself class.

Please tell me thats your vocals as well, if so thats completely unexpected.

I was expecting some glitchy ambience as you get in misc.

Khuskan responds:

Well I don't know the jig so it's probably an unfortunate conicidence on my half... I subconciously steal melodys all the time :-\

Yeah, and that is me singing :P

[Khuskan - Pulsar]

Good but too short

I'm not a trance fan, but i like trancestep so i study trance to try figure out where the leap happened n what the similarities are.

Nice introduction riff, you could've blown it even louder and more epic as main section i reckon, you know what you're doing, you just couldnt be arsed, hence the 5 for effort. Originality is 8, cos its still recogniseable trance dude, tho that slow section was something i'm not familiar with, hence the 8 for diversity. Clarity was good, but it was lacking...... something. :( i wish i was skilled enough to tell you what that is.

Overall 9, nice bit of bogstandard trance with a nice khuskan touch, but too short. Out of interest how long did it take you abouts to make this? I know it'd take me a month to even work this out :(

Khuskan responds:

This took me about 8 hours solid work, and another 2 mastering. It sounds like a short time, but it's once in a blue moon that I come up with a nice melody or chord pattern to use in a track.

[GuilmonX-00002]

Good sounds, too short tho

i like the morphing lead/bass sound, thats cool, the drums are smooth enough.

Its also lacking the BOOM tish, BOOM tish of dnb which puts it more in the techno category. It also doesnt sound around 174bpm. But then definitions change over time i suppose :S

Not bad work, i'm sure you can make something sick if you put your mind to it. so DO IT.

TheCon-Sept responds:

Current version of this song in progress: Club Jump-4

If you listen to the loop above this one named Club Jump Beat its a remake of the drumloop. I'm hoping I can find someone who I can trust to help me build a melody to this. I am also working with 3osOX and wasp to add to the backgtround (yeah sometimes these two progs can mix together to make a good background theme.)

I don't want to release Club Jump yet because its just not done yet.

"Sometimes you have something and then you lose it" - someone who I don't know or remember that said this...