Icedragon200's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Vincent - Energize]

You must share your secrets

[. .] How do you make happy music...?

I really enjoyed this, considering the countless dark songs I've listened to, this is a good break from all that.

That twangy lead (distorted?), I like it.
That crash echo is really unique, usually I expect like a single crash, but then it starts echoing. Pretty small but nice effect there.

Well done on the song =w=

JosepWh responds:

Thanks for your review! I think it's a happy song because of the bass line:)
Mostly get's happy when using this.

I also thought the crash was a fun idea! Just a normal crash with a Delay!

Cheers buddy!

Vincent

[[DiF] - Breathless]

Me like teh wobble

That wobble is like taking a zinc sheet and shaking it like a madman. xD
It has a metallic sound to it (reason for zinc reference)
You could add some more hihat breaks and such. getting addictive drums is a nice source of hihats.

.x. Also NO DUBSTEP IS COMPLETE WITHOUT.... dun dun dun SUBBASS!!!
;___; I is currently missing.

ANyway pretty good techno-dubstep =wd

death-is-forever responds:

HAHAHA! Seriously, I laughed so hard at the zinc thing. I could just picture a guy going nuts on a piece of sheet metal. lol

I don't quite get what your say with the hi-hats though.
Thanks for the good review though! :D

[Cyber-System Go!]

Its lacking a bit

From what I heard you've placed most of your focus on your lead.
Thats good, but at the same time you can't neglect the rest of the instruments.
One shots are a good way to beef up any song (just play a single note or sample)
For example taking your clap sample, and using full wet reverb, adds a airy effect.

Your kick lacks punch, its a good idea to throw some compression on it, and cut out the high frequencies, layer a short bass note under it will increase the feel.
For offbeat notes such as the bass you have now, using a low saw wave (around C4) with some attack will give a side chaining effect without the side chaining XD.
Double up your hand clap with a snare, cut both out of the low freq. range, and apply some compression.
Filling note gaps with other sounds is pretty nice technique.

D: Oh my... I went rantign... well I'm sure this was constructive...

There are many other things I could add but whew.... .x. I like your lead, beef up the song some more though =w=d

[VG Mass Relay]

Well done

Easy listening, not sure where the drum and bass comes in D: So you may want to change that. Sounds like its more of Ambient Hip Hop.

Anyway, I like that lead around 0:30, kinda sounds like a violin o3o (or a droning sitar o.e not sure...)
Transitions are smooth, but I'm sure you could fancy them up a bit more. Playing with the tempo, and gating would be some examples.

All in all this is a very beautiful track.

karlsazn responds:

I should have classified it as dance or something else, idk! its kinda a mix of breakbeat and trance.

i actually made this track about 2 years ago, figured id upload it for a friend to hear. I've become much better at DJ'ing since :)

thanks for your review

[xKore - Entropy (Preview)]

Refreshing.

What do I say.... hmmm, lemme start by saying the usual.
Great work!
Also its nice and refreshing from all that hard core dubstep, to have something, calm and easy listening.

Sorry I didn't have much to say.

[The Final Flight!]

Press the A button when you here the kick.

*Tap* *Tap* *Tap*
Anyway enough joking around, its a bit light for a final boss fight.
But what the heck, this is "One of a Kind", I mean how often do you find DnB in a boss fight

I think something is missing.... Can't figure out what it is though...

At around 1:09 where the organ is, I think a evul (typo intended) synth is in order there (low arp)

Well enough of my talking, me like this. And just for a test, Imma throw this into my game for a test run. xD

I would like to hear more from you.

AvizuraNG responds:

Glad you liked it Icedragon! =D

[Awakening (beta)]

Ambient DnB

The 1st minute had me puzzled, but then it steadies out.

Its a nice ambient Drum'n'Bass if the drums weren't so in it. (My opinion though)

Nice song anyhow.

[Preface (beta)]

Naise!

Audio Advertisement brought me here.

I think the tremolo strings attack is too short while the voices have long attacks.

I'm think of increasing the attack on the strings.
As the summary said, Naise work!

[Game Over (But try again)]

I'll try again...

just to hear this again! XD

Wonderful piece.
I'll lose to the boss enough times to hear this again and again.

Great stuff you have here.

[Late Night 2]

Percussion my only weakness

Your a bad person, you, you...
I just had to review, I luv percussive instruments.

This fits in more for ambient piece, as it doesn't stand out that much.

I like it.