Score: 7

"A girl?"

submission: -:YRX:- ChaozAura

date: October 7, 2009

Let me start off by saying a few things. Constructive criticism, if you don't want to read it then skip my review. If you think there is no room for improvement then don't read my review.. I'm only trying to help and not trying to hurt your feelings.

Anyway starting off 7/10 not a bad score. Average score if you think about it. Nothing wrong with that, it's not great and it is not bad. Now I'll explain my opinion.

Starting with the name, I don't suggest copying ParagonX9 with a serious song name.
The song starts off. You have way too much reverb. Drums don't need reverb. Why you have so much reverb on everything is beyond me. You destroy the mix by adding reverb that everything no longer fits. Through out the song there is a ton of ducking from the limiter. Things are peaking and the quality is being lost. Limiters are there to keep the random peaks down not the entire song.

So the structure of the song is... interesting. The intro kinda loses me. It's not a hit just a 4 to the floor kick. You reuse it later but, I'll get into that soon. The drums get turned down when the pad comes in, not sure if it is the limiter or you.

Half way at 1:15 or so you do the same thing at the intro. It makes no sense for the transition. It just seems like you want to do something else then go a whole other direction. After this transition it sounds like you listened to a bit too much ParagonX9. The melody behind the main melody is oddly similar to one of his songs. Structure wise this whole transition has very little in common with the intro.

The drums that come in don't have as much reverb as you did before (good). The snare is a bit loud and the pattern never changes. Adding more synthes to crowd your mix won't make the song anymore interesting without a little variation in other elements. I can't tell if your drums are just a loop or something in the beat maker. The synth at 2:10 crowds the mix to the point that you can barely hear the piano and the saw.

Overall average song. If you want a cleaner mix I suggest less reverb. Reverb and delay are the easiest way to crowd a mix if you don't do it properly. Not enough will make a song bland and too much will make a song hard to listen to for a long time.

Cheers.

Score: 9

"Hi."

submission: Move On (Amada and Rezie OM)

date: September 18, 2009

Hi.

Great intro, wish I was that creative lol. My intros blow. The first synth to have a melody really reminds me of a lead Airbase might use. + for you I like Airbase. Still not sure about the kick, I like it at some parts and then other parts I don't like it. You guiz should def do more togetherz. I liked how the overall song turned out.

The mix here and there was a little rough but, it is a lower quality mp3 can't ask for too much.

Good job guiz.

Score: 9

"Some minor issues"

submission: Desperate Religion (ATB Remix)

date: September 9, 2009

From time to time in the song you can hear the limiter pushing back on the volume. Try to mix the sounds so they don't push the wall too hard.

Going to take a wild guess and say you used Nexus for a good portion of the synths in the song. No problem with that but, they can be heard if they aren't covered up. The kick is cool, a bit rough on the loudness but trance can be a blend of anything you want. Sidechain one note basslines are great and all but don't offer enough variation. Maybe a bit too much sidechain for the whole song but, that just may be your style.

Really liked the vocal chop, very nice addition. At about 5:30 it started to drag a bit, some swells and sweeps might help keeping it from being overly repetitive.

Overall the song is enjoyable, some mix issues, a little bland in some areas but vocals can be tough to work with. You used the vocals nicely and they never got lost.

Keep up the good work, makes me wish I could figure out my own vocal song.

Score: 9

"Review"

submission: -[ SummerBreeze ]-

date: August 26, 2009

You distort on the pad a little. I also hears a loop in there. Last your supah saw could be a bit stronger (layers?). Cool song though.

Can I has you're virus C plz?

Score: 8

"This is a short review."

submission: Bridging Worlds

date: July 12, 2009

Remove some of the reverb on either the kick or the barely audible timpani and the mix will become cleaner. Right now something is causing the reverb to just create too much background noise taking away from the strings. Good melody overall just fix it up a bit and you'll have a nice piece.

Score: 9

"Awesome percussion"

submission: -[ Wings ]-

date: April 30, 2009

I don't think anything is wrong with the percussion fits just right. Sounds good and beats my percussion if you ask me by far.

The intro sounded great but maybe a tad too much reverb on the percussion. Your kick seems like you have it down.

1:00 ish you bring in a bass thing. It sounds like it has some reverb on it not a fan of low basses and reverb. Try layering in the future with high mid and low bass. Try to keep it mono in the low end too.

2:00 padbreak down. Not enough going on at this point. 20 seconds is too long for just a pad and a few synthes here and there. Try some atmospheric sounds and FX along with a more layered pad to get a good filling sound.

2:30 Nexus saw, this saw just sucks for trance. It is way to harsh in my opinion and doesn't float in the mix like a good saw lead could. Makes a good happy hardcore lead but just isn't what a trance song (in my opinion) needs.

3:00 Everything sounds good the bass still seems a little to on top of the mix with the reverb.

4:00 to outro. You've got your outro down sounds fine to me.

The overall mix was good but some synthe layering couldn't do any harm. A good airy sound makes trance a good listen. While it had a strong idea the melody was nothing to go gaga over but it was nice. Arp melodies are hit and miss for me.

Cheers.

Score: 8

"I likes it."

submission: Kazmo - Going Home [2009 Rev.]

date: April 18, 2009

I'm stingy on my pianos sadly soundfonts are not the greatest for quality. I also have a tendency to love pianos with a good strong reverb on them. The dryness of your piano takes away from the overall mix for me. Anyway I'll do this the easier way and go by times.

Intro - Offbeat bass hurray. I'm sure you could do a little better. The plucky synthe's delay could use more feedback to give a wider feeling. The reverb on it doesn't seem to be too strong either (if any).

0:28 - Piano enters and eh not a fan of it I hear some reverb but not the strong saturated sound I have in mind. Plucky synthe still kind of takes over the overall mix.

1:00 - Percussion has wowed me but overall it's fine. You keep interest with the transitional style sounds which is awesome good job on that.

1:30 You have a new lead it seems I like this one with the pad behind it. The plucky synthe comes back in still in need of better delay (in my opinion).

2:15 Not sure what this new synthe is but it widens up the mix a bit. Arp in the background is good not too loud or too quiet just the right amount. Your bass is still offbeat and the mid to high end range is losing in the fight for the mix. Your bass sounds filtered because of it's lack of higher frequencies, try layering more then one bass some at different octaves.

2:40 The piano is brought back in, this time it fits a little better since the mix has more going on then before.

3:15 Synthe breakdown/lead?

3:40 Back to where we started, not much to say an outro is an outro.

The things I liked outweighed the things I didn't which is hard now n' days to find that among newgrounds. Try to work on your bass it's interesting but it's not a "how can I achieve that" kind of bass. Try layering since and working with longer delays.

Everything is just my opinion as is everyone's review so don't take anything to heart. I tend to review songs I like anyway.

Score: 9

"Autotune?"

submission: -+[Somewhere Out There-Duet]+-

date: March 30, 2009

When listening to the song it almost seems like autotune was being used. Mostly the transition from one word to another was where it seemed to falter. I dunno if it is just me but bothers me not knowing if it is or not.

Overall the song is well produced even if I'm not a fan of Disney music. You two should certainly do more together.

Score: 9

"I like where this is going"

submission: A Perfected Reality [WIP]

date: March 4, 2009

Sounding good so far. The melody is superb and the mix sounds good too. You'll have to give me a message when the full song is out so I can properly review it.

Cheers and congrats on top 5 spot.

Score: 8

"Thats alot of bass"

submission: Generic HardTrance v10

date: March 1, 2009

That kick has a huge tail to it lol. Sounded good till a few more elements were brought in and then the mix got a little crowded in the low end. Your kick sounds fine but I can't seem to figure out what the bass is doing.

As far as structure goes it sounds great I personally liked it but the bass end in my headphones took over and I couldn't hear as much as I could. Maybe a sidechain on the Bass could help clean up the low end. Even using an EQ to give independent frequencies to the bass and Kick could help it out some.

Anyway you has my 5s.