Zafrece's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[The Old Crew]

Very nicely done, the only thing i can see that could use some improvement is the Sound quality. It sounds slightly muddy, try boosting 8-9k hertz and lowering 200-400 where things get muddy. The instrument that cam in around 2;10, i can't tell if its a bad midi trumpet or and bad midi guitar sound. Regardless it brings me back to my younger days with those runescape trumpets. The main harpsichord sound sounds almost exactly like ragnarok prontera fields.

Good work and piece over all, keep up the good work m8. ( and killer 6 string bass on your pic btw)

[Founded in...]

I hear that gap in loops again, im not sure why i keep hearing that or what program you are using to compose these songs. The whole thing seemed a bit on the repetitive side. that higher few notes that kept repeating through out the song really started to grind on my ears after a while. Still that being said, i'm a fan of the chill mellow style you have. It's like swimming through a pool of ambient funk. very nice aside from a few minor things.

pawiqe responds:

I know it this beat isn't good cuz i made it ab. 5 months ago (thats when I started making beats) thx for opinion, I am to lazzy to correct it and I don't saved the project in FL.

[Silence (Mastered)]

That gated lead was drowning out the entire song. I really couldn't hear much of anything else through out it. Make sure your kick is the loused part of the mix pre master, being around -6 or -8 db. I say this allot but everyting else should fall under the kicks volume, not over it. A little bit of side chaining goes a long way in helping get that kick through other sounds. Im not a fan of the "used on 80% of electronic music generic chord progression". But i can't take rating away based on personal taste.

Over all pretty good, there is no 4.5 on the rating to i guess rounding up would be a fair assumption. Keep up the good work.

Dj-B345T responds:

Thanks for the advice. I will be sure to do that. Keep an eye out for a new version.

[Gravity Falls Remix]

Loud, louder, peaking and more peaking. Limiters and compression can help with this problem allot. Good song all the same, although i agree that it was a poor choice of instruments. They sound stock and basic for the most part.

keep it up =)

[Tone - Proyeccion]

SHABAM! just like that, scouted. Some general eq and mixing work is needed here. Be sure to avoid peaking on your channels. The kick was being drowned out by the loudness of most of the other sounds. be sure to keep it at -6 or -8 db pre master and making it the loudest part of the mix. Everything else falls under the kick in priority. Be sure you are param eqing 2 ( or any spectrogram type eq) each channel and taking off unwanted harmonics or empty areas of black/white noise.
Try adding a white noise filter to the mix, these often help with transitioning and flow of a song. Using bell eq on said white noise or even fruity LP and res can help to establish a rising tone or falling tone in the noise and give you that sense of build up needed before a transition.

I hear you had a off beat bass with a decently high attack. try slightly side chaining that bass to the kick, that usual ends up being more productive at moving things out of the way of the hertz range of the kick than making a high attack off beat bass. I'm not sure why the volume suddenly spikes at 3:50 ish, however volume automation could easily solve this.

The digi bass was a rather harsh choices of basses. There are better sounds out there for basses that can easily be obtained via third party vsts. ( native instruments massive and sylenth 1 are your go getters for basses and leads) I liked the tiny blip lead, it's a pleasant sound that i never truly get tired of.

Pretty good work all the same. You should have been approved by now, as to why you are still unscouted i am uncertain. Keep up the good work

Zafrece

[Fickle Minds]

I found the whole song pretty good. The vocals were off pitch on several occasions. The lead/rythm guitar was out of tune on some strings.The bass and rythm guitar were off from the drums also every now and again. ( this all can be eliminated with more practice and time) I wasn't a fan of the slow random noted solo. Here are a list of things you should try to learn, ( they take a bit of time so as i tell my students, keep practising them and they will fall into place.)

String skips
Sweeps-arpegios
Altitudes- arpegio sweep with tap
double handed taps/ single handed
hammer ons/pull offs ( assuming you are already familiar with them)
Harmonics( assuming as well)
Alternate picking( also assuming)
The following modes and corresponding scales-ionian, dorian, phrygian lydian, mixolydian, aeolian, locrain.

Seeing as you are only 16 i can see your band becoming something quite spectacular in the future if you keep working at it.

Sawdust responds:

I find it kind of insulting that you're telling me to learn legato techniques, of all things, but I guess I'll take your word for it, haha.

As for the other stuff, well I've been meaning to learn new scales and such, so I guess it's about time I did.

Thanks for taking the time to review this!