Xyresic's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Manuel S.]

Good for a first.

The string-sound part in the background of the intro would have sounded better as a kind of scratchy super-saw type instrument in my opinion, more like rave synth you have going in the main part of the song. There is a recurring moment in the repeating chunk of the song when the main synths cut out and your left with almost nothing except the drums and the trancey plucks. You should put something else there, maybe some sort of breakdown of the drums or glitchy sound effects, cause as it is right now those parts sound a bit empty. Otherwise, this is a good track to show off as a first attempt into the genre.

mNl responds:

First of all, thanks alot for your advices !
Think your right, some supersaw would be better,true. I'll give it a try!
Well,the "rave thing" is because,i wanted to do something different, as dubstep normaly sounds,you know - some unique shit ;)
Thanks for your advices,it helps me alot to do a better track next time,thanks !

[Oscuarous]

Not bad

When recording stuff from an input like a keyboard it's usually a good idea to quantize the notes so they start and end at snapped times, (unless you're going for a "natural" feel for something like a piano solo, etc.) The synth needed a bit more equalising to bring out some contrast between the higher frequency notes and the bass notes.

Grinberg responds:

man fuck I need to go to school for this stuff

[{Dj Simmy} Rising Depression]

Not bad.

The kick is a bit too bass-y, and it blurs out some of the higher instruments. You should try equalizing the kick to remove some of the unnecessary lower frequencies and also bring out the higher frequencies of the synths and pads so that everything blends nicely.

[Fuckin Evil Psytrance]

Interesting

I'm liking the main melody at the start. The high pitched saw synth things that zip around the 40 second mark are really awesome. I can't help but feel like there needs to be more happening though. The tracks seems a bit empty at times... I'm not sure what would fix that but nevertheless....

[Sea of Torment]

Distortion...

You should stick a limiter or compressor on this, because with all the dischord there are some really scratchy moments that could be avoided. Maybe tone down the amount of dischord in the track, or use instruments that don't blur into each other so much (like the low strings at the start, the dischord just becomes this muddy blurry puddle or blech, which could be avoided if you split the notes up into a few different instruments).

ShatterTheSky22 responds:

Thank you for the review. I'm sorry you didn't like the strong dischord. The muddiness is exactly what I was going for with this one, to emphasize the "torment" feeling.

[Darren Styles Outta my Head GZ]

Nice work

The phaser effect at about 1 minute in was cool. The only downfall is the amount of bass heavy reverb. You should try to make is less bassey, otherwise the song starts to sound kind of muddy. Otherwise, awesome track.

[-[ Freight Train ]-]

Cool!

Sounds almost mechanical... like Cheshyre's Train Madness song... hence the title of the song I guess.

FlamingFirebolt responds:

Hmm i don't know that song. I'll look it up.
The main reason i called it Freight Train is because of the intro synth really. I was kinda making a train whistle sound. (in the end i failed and ended up with this.. )
Oh well thanks you liked it! :)

[==(Deep Man.)==]

Great job,

Again with the portamento! We need to get you to porta-rehab man! I'm joking, it really adds a lot to this track. The sweeping pads in the background sound awesome when contrasting with the bouncy drumline. Great work!

[xKore - Destroyer (NG Cut)]

Dayum Matt...

It's no mystery why you dominate the NG dubstep scene. I need to take a shower cause some of those synths were so dirty... keep up the awesome work! Congrats on getting signed too!

[Eurodancer [GrayZ]]

Whoa...

If you don't think you're going to be able to finish this you should release the source files to someone else. That gated square-thing sounded so crisp, I can see this has a lot of potential.