Nav's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[shine shrine]

Cool

Nice intro, really sets the stage for the song.

Nice drum samples, much better than before. They are actually really nice.

My issue is that you used all similar synths again. Try designing some new, unique synths to use in your next song. I did like a few of the synths here, especially that one with the phaser at around 2:45, and how the pads, as usual, build some nice harmonies with the other instruments.

The builds and breaks were nice. Overall it was awesome, you keep improving! Great job! 10/10

[R.E.M. III]

Its funny

how people love sytrus presets more than people who make pro quality music. And no, I am not advocating for myself, I am advocating for other people (*cough* Groundforce *cough*).

Yum, Fruity Slayer and FL preset kick 1, and FL preset snare 3.

Its just all hilarious to me XD

[implosion]

Wow

When I first heard this intro, I though it was going to be a full length DnB, like Spor. 6 mins long, but sadly, it was not.

My problem with this piece, and I am judging this based on my knowledge of hard DnB rather than ambient DnB, is that the reese is way to melodic, and isn't distorted. Also, that saw lead feels like Pendulum or Sub Focus, which is a bad thing in DnB. The reese should not make harmonies or melodies, and I by reese, I mean DnB bass.

I really dislike your reeses, but otherwise, your stuff is great, its really melodic and stuff! Just like ParagonX9, but not as famous and you have a much better grasp on DnB drums, but PX9 has much better synths, quality, and other more appealing things, such as VGMixes.

7/10 for the bass, fix it next time.

[10111011]

That number...

Is actually 187.

187!!!

WTF

Well, whatever, I guess squares and pulses sound like computers, kinda. Whatever, nice song, 9/10

[omens]

Since when...

Sine when did Garageband have pitch/cutoff low frequency osciallators (LFOs)? I am sure that I heard one on that lead.

Personally, I like this song, but I dislike the drums. They sound sliced, rather than sampled.

Overall, nice song, I love the strings!

[blue sand]

Wow!!

Superb! What software are you using?

This song had many great harmonies! Man, this is awesome ambient DnB!

The drum work was nice, and the samples fit well! I thought that the shakers on the offbeats were too quiet, and didn't amplify the amen enough.

I think that the 303 gated bass was slightly unfit, but I love how it blended. I didn't know that Garageband (if you are still using that) could pitchbend! Man, you are an awesome artist!

Please, keep making music! I would be happy to collab with you, if you wanted!

Stan-SB responds:

how did you know i was using garageband? lol
btw i wasnt using amen i always try to make the piece 100% mine so every thing is made from scratch

and thank you everyone for your comments so far ill keep the tunes comin
;)

[{Moonlight}]

Nice!

I see that you have not left us! (lol)

Review, review, review, review, etc...

I thought that the changes between parts were too sudden, and that you never established a main theme. It would have been nice to see some connection between the melodic sections, the changes were sudden, and other than that cute square melody and the low-passed, gated strings, I didn't see any re-occurring melody, it just went from section to section, without giving any connection.

So, because of that, the song was split into 3 distinct parts in my head. The first part sounded a bit like Envy, due to the melodic structure and synths used. Gotta love that z3ta :3

The second, piano melody seemed a bit out of place, considering a piano was barely used again in the song, except for the end. It broke quickly into a heavily synthed third melody, I like this melody the most.

A major complaint of mine was the lack of builds and breaks. It just kind of drifted from part to part without too much real building. The kick just came and went with the wind. Really great trance songs build both melodically and physically. I mean, it starts with nothing, and then gets stronger, and stronger, builds more and more, until it bursts, into the melody, which the kind of dissolves, and you start over again.

The kick seemed a bit weak, put it out in front more, and the bass was pretty generic. Percussive samples were nice, but the rhythm was generic. I have no complaints about a generic rhythm, as it works, and has worked for many songs. Overall sound quality was good, mixing was very nice, it was a good volume and didn't clip.

Despite my criticism, it was a nice song, much more of an improvement from "Skeet and Drip all O'er Dat Ho." Really, Newgrounds will love it. 8/10

Note to dude below me: Its not epic trance, that would give it a really massive build and break, much more subtle, where this is pretty out in front and melodic, rather than slow and eventually building higher and higher.... etc.

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