Zafrece's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[So Many Nails]

I love the drum line in this one. Good showcase of drums i have to say. However the song as a whole seemed rather empty, you were missing out on most hertz ranges from -lower than 200 ranging from lacking in the 2-5k mid range, also your upper mid was rather empty with no real lead to take the place of that gap. Pads are your best friend when it comes to filling empty space in a song.

Also if i could recommend expanding your vst library with some plug ins such as native instruments massive and others of that nature.

Septyrikon responds:

Yeah, I do tend to work with many of the same sounds, because those are the ones I feel comfortable with, and know how to work with. Eventually, I'll expand into things, which is kinda what I actually tried to do with this one, but again, I only spent somewhere in the vicinity of 90 minutes on this one, so the lack of quality is, at least partially, due to that :D

Thanks for the feedback :D

[Mellow Marshes]

Really repetitive , I infact tried to skip ahead a few times in the start and had to check it it registered. I thought since noting changed in the 1 min in skipped certainly my browser was messed up. Come to find out it was the same segment looped for a solid few mins.

Again it sounds like all your sounds are in the same channel making them all fight for control of it. this will result in sounds moving out of the way if you will when another one comes in. You almost have a saturation of saw waves in this song. It seems pretty harsh through out most of it with that mid saw going all the time. Try running an envelope or cut off filter on some of the harsher sounds at times to give a flow and ease some tension off the ears for a period of time.

I liked allot of your other works much more than this one. Keep it up all the same.

Septyrikon responds:

I'll try and keep that in mind for the future. I agree that it is quite repetetive, but again, that's often how I like my music, although this one might be a bit one the heavy side. Regardless, I appreciate the feedback :D

Currently I'm working on recording actual guitar parts into songs with my rocksmith usb cable thingamajig. so who knows what I'll end up making.

[Plastic Cyborg]

General Eq work needed it sounds like. Allot of conflicting hertz areas are in there. It also sounds like the entire song is piled into a single track. 1:34 that part that comes in was entirely too powerful. It was eating up the entire song, i would guess it was over 0db by itself. Try keeping each chan below -8 db pre master which gives you a little of room to master sections that need it. ( the kick being -8 and the loudest part of the mix)

Pretty good regardless of a few things

Septyrikon responds:

Tbh I rarely go into that much detail with mixing and sound levels. I agree with your point that the part at 1:34 is much too loud, I'm not sure why that slipped by me, I might just go and correct that, but all in all, I go pretty much by ear when it comes to mixing my songs, unless something technical prevents me from doing so. Still, I appreciate your feedback :)

[Day One (Asher Remix)]

Suggestions-

The main thing i heard off the bat was all the conflicting channels and peaking. Make sure you have every sound in a separate channel or else each sound will fight for control of the same chan. This will cause a pretty muddy sound in the whole mix. Also try eqing each of your sounds to take out allot of those frequencies that aren't needed in that specific sound. Allot of eqing is planning what sound will take up what hertz range and when, so you don't get them fighting for control for the same range. Try adding a little of side chain to the mix to help that kick cut through the song. A rule of thumb is your kick should be no louder than -8 db( this leaves room for mastering the track later) and kick should be the loudest part of the mix, 2nd being the bass. Your hats were a little loud at times, but like stated previously nothing a little eqing and mixing couldn't solve in 3 mins. At 3 mins your white noise filter came in a bit too harsh, i assume you were using fruity Lp judging by the sound. turn the resonance down a little and fade in with a cut off rather than starting it up at a higher hertz.

Things i liked-

I loved the feel of the song, it really took be away at parts. The driving bass was an excellent choice of sounds to help with the pulse of the song.The pads in 5ths were strange sounding but gave it a very unique spin on everything that stuck out. Good use of red noise on the pads, they flowed very nicely through out the entire song. good build ups and drop offs.

If you are using fl 10 and want to collab some time, drop me a line on skype at zafrece.comezo. im almost always on.

keep up the work m8 Hopefully well all find our diamond some day.

Zafrece ^
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Keiichi93 responds:

I'm really glad to hear your suggestions. I always feel like something is missing or off when I'm in the studio, and what you said might just be what feels off. I listened to some of your tracks earlier and I'd love to collaborate with you sometime. You can contact me at [e-mail]
It's the only email I actually check since it's synced with my phone.

[Runaway]

Nice, i love it. Huge classical influences in there from what i can decipher (0:42 screams baroque).

(tips hat) well done, not much to say.

Sequenced responds:

I love baroque melodies.

thanks for the review!

[To Sequenced, With Love]

hats off and thumbs up. Fine song m8

headphoamz responds:

Thank you thank you ^__^

[Expedition]

very nice, not much more to say.

kopacetic responds:

thanks !

[Hello There [WIP]]

Haha, your intro had me fooled. Good second half, not to fond of the first however. Still 5/5 regardless

Kaskrin responds:

speeds up on ya and before you know it BOOM

[This is the End My Friend]

Amazing 16 bit song. What did you use to make these synths? or did you find them via plug in or preset some where?

Hikari responds:

Its all famisynth and magic 8 bit. Trust me, there was no presets or samples used.

[My Mind Through A Sieve]

A pic and a song, been doing the same thing with a friend of mine. Loads of fun m8.
Oh ya, loving this one. Took one look at that picture and i could feel it for certain. Good song, i loved the drum sounding like a pulsing heart. great choice of sounds for this one for sure. A tad on the repetitive side as a stand alone piece, but in the back ground of something its perfect.

ThePal responds:

Well, it's more meant to be a background thingie then a song, so the repetitivity is meant to happen. :)

Fun fact is though, that drum sound IS actually a heartbeat I bought from a stock audio website and used for the piece. The only thing I did to it is distorting it alittle, and EQ'ing it as well, to make it more clear and fitting.

Thanks for checking out! :)