Zafrece's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[I Don't Want Love At All]

.........Why... does this have no rating or reviews....( catches breath)

Ok, for once i really have nothing to say but amazing piece of work. The song was amazing, the sound was professional and clean. The singing was perfect tone and pitch.

This is one of the better pop songs i've heard on ng. I have no idea why you have no one following you, or how this amazing piece of work slipped under the radar for so long. But some times random crimes happen , and i think this is one.

5/5 amazing work.

jakeghost responds:

Thanks again for the nice words Zafrece!!! I am super glad you liked it so much :D Catch you round!

[O Canada (Trance Remix)]

Every sound is in the same channel from what i can hear, try separating them into a different channel, and assign them to a separate mixer track as well. This will stop allot of the sounds fighting for control over the same chan. If you hear a sound all the sudden get way softer than you intended it when another one is starting to play, this very well may be the answer. You can hear what im talking about in the first 10 seconds.

Try Using any type of param EQ and clean up allot of these sounds. They are all sounding on the muddy side. The kick was way too low,i say this allot, but the kick should be around -6 or -8 db pre master. The kick should also be the loudest part of the mix, followed by the bass as a close second. The bass wasn't really following the lead key changes all too well, that's a simple fix however. Nexus is a powerful tool when used right, i would suggest looking up some tutorials over how it works.

+ 12 db = 400% volume increase.
+ 6db = 200%
+ 1 dB = around 10%
0 dB - No change.
- 6 dB = 50% volume decrease (half the original level).
- 12 dB = 75% volume decrease (to 25% of the original level). ( image line db guide)

Hope that helps in some way

Zafrece

ToxInjection responds:

Thanks for the review! :D

They actually aren't in the same channels, but I think I may have virtually kept them at the same volumes anyway. I didn't do too good a job of mixing them, but I'm getting better! I'll definitely keep this info in mind if I end up delving into trance again (which I most likely will.)

[cokerun]

I'm not the best at reviewing d&b seeing as i dont listen to it often and this is a little out of my comfort zone. However i will try to do my best for you.

Things i would change- One thing i noticed was that the lead theme was almost over powering the entire song. It was louder than all the drums and pads you had put together. A general rule of thumb is to keep the kick at -8 or -6 fb pre master, and have everything else fall under it for volume. The lead was a bit repetitive, and i felt it needed to change/drop off or at least shift priorities in the song some point in it. The drums were a great line, however it also needed a little shift in my opinion. I'm not sure if this is the full song or a small piece of a larger work yet to come, but i feel as is it needs to be extended. It needs some shifts in the pace, a song just cant keep building and building with a tempo that high. At some point it needs a fall off or down period.

Things i liked- I loved the ambiance of that pad that was underlined in the song. It was rather hard to pick out in some segments, but the subtle ambiance and shift in keys it added was great.
I really liked the hits you had coming in around 50, they added power to the song. The sounds were over all very crisp, you did a good job of mastering.

Not bad over all with a few minor things aside.

Keep up the work m8

Zafrece

rrool responds:

great critique. i will have that in mind, thanks.

[Transformation]

I'm surprised to see fpc in here as a list of things used, i find it hard and bothersome to eq or add specific effects to the separate drum sounds in fpc. Like the comments below i tend to avoid it completely So major props to you for pulling this off. Did you use any external vsts for this piece?

Troisnyx responds:

Only Soundgoodizer in small amounts, for volume boosts. Otherwise, all I had were --

1) Sampler
2) Fruity Soundfont Player
3) Slayer
4) FPC
5) Autogun
6) Fruity Parametric EQ 2
7) Fruity Reeverb 2
8) Fruity Delay
9) Fruity Fast Dist (for all guitar sections)
10) Maximus in small amounts (then again, that was available with FL 10 by default)

That's the setup. (I basically can't afford anything else at the moment, and I'm trying to keep my FL running speed to a bearable level at this moment.) Glad you liked it!

[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.