fSYNCLIPSE's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

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Alright, I think you need a main melody that gets introduced at 1:00 which is made of long notes. It's fine not to have it but my instincts tell me you need one.
The decay of the piano has to be a little longer, and the sustain has to be a tiny bit longer. Also try using a music editing software such as audacity to normalize the track's volume. I also think the song is a little too fast, but that may just be me.

XenonNinja responds:

Thanks so much for the feedback :D
I'll try to use some of the advice when I make my next song, I'm still learning how to produce music well so it really helps.

[My first song]

Alright, you were fine in the beginning... up until the drums. Oh boy. Alright. It's eh... but at the same time horrible. The first half of the drum pattern is perfectly fine, but the second pattern sounds out of sync. That can really impact the song. I think you were trying to go for an off-beat but all it sounds like is a kick too late. Perhaps start with a simple beat like alternating kicks and snares before altering the pattern. Or change the melody or add to the drums to make the off-beat work. Nice job for a first attempt though.

[DLKD-Death Beat II]

A good second attempt, however it still needs more bass. Perhaps a standalone strong bass playing in the background could help a lot. The song also needs a little more variety, such as changing the chord to make it sound a lot more diverse. Just going up and down every 8 or 16 bars can help a lot.
The drums have been improved a lot, but it could use a bit more work. From what I can hear, most of the main beats are still 2 bars, which is fine honestly, but extending it to 4 bars should make the listening experience much better. I'm talking about a different pattern at the end of the first pattern, and repeating the two patterns again and again. Something like Kick-break-Snare-break-break-Kick-Snare-break-Kick-break-Snare-break-Kick-Kick-Snare-break is quite common for a 4 bar.

With that said, there are a few bad additions you added to your song. The additions themselves may not be that bad but the way you implemented it is not very good. The additions I'm talking about are the SFX. They're so loud it's obnoxious. Tune it down a little perhaps.

Also the song is too loud, but that can be a style.

DLKD responds:

Thank you so much for your comment. I'm really new...

[DLKD-Death Beat]

I don't know much about DnB (I'm more of an electronic artist in general) but what I do know is that you should have more bass, and multiple drum patterns. The song sounds boring with the same kick and snare, which would've been fine if the pattern was at least 4 bars, but hearing the same 2 bars playing over and over again... well... The rest of the track could go for some more variety as well, perhaps another instrument accompanying the melody, or a different melody for the second part entirely. Nice first attempt though.

[Night At The Reactor]

The most important thing that I need to discuss: The wow sound at 3:18 is too loud. It's very distracting and pulls you out of the experience.

The less important bits:
You could use an audio editing software such as Audacity to normalize the audio such that the overall volume of the song is louder.
Not only that but you should adjust the volumes of each track before exporting the song so that they all work together instead of sounding like sudden loud parts at random times.

This is my personal opinion but I think you gotta crank up the bass man.

Glort responds:

Yes, I know it's not good. It's my 3rd released song and my 21st project... I will try to get better as much as I can (not now though, school is really killing me right now).