StereoTactik's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[{Popo Runaway}]

omg

dude tis was indcrebile wat program u useing review my music plz

[Infection]

LOL

You earn a 5/5 for making a song 100% from Pendulum's sample pack and then having the song become one of the most popular dnb songs on Newgrounds. LOL.

[LifeBringer--_--]

uh?

nice reese work
but the snare is terribly awful and basically everything else was so-so

if want anything more than that^^ you're going to have stop playing your stupid little magical wizard game of fabulousness and get your fat ass on msn.

0/5

PERVOK responds:

I FUCKIN LOVE YOU MAN

[{dj-N} Orchestral Angels 2]

ok...

i liked it

but the mixdown was shit. Watch that level meter for clipping/limiting!

i love you.

5/5
SadSpoon lol

[{The Fugitive}]

ian

make new drums, lazy dick.

[{Lazy Summer Days}]

wtf

i'm still waiting for the drop.... oh my god will it ever come????

cornandbeans responds:

yes.

[Abaddon--_--GOA TRANCE]

Prolly my favorite song ever.

THat isn't dnb.

Good job m8.

6/5

[Brutal--_--LOOP]

BwOOOWww

Daaaaamn! I'm coming back just to review this beast.

The intro was kinda boring and awkward, but it was ok.
The snare needs to be more bad-ass! Add some quick and hard compression, layer on some more snares that AREN'T from the Reason soundbank (Reason snares are fucking WEAK) and bring it up in the mix. The high hats got kinda squashed. Ease up on the compression.

The bass is a fucking MONSTER! The bassline reminds me of Teebee & Calyx's stuff. It's the best part of the song by FAR.
You just need to make some awesome drums to go along with it. MSN me sometime for helps.

You should make this a lot longer and fatten up the drums. Notify me if and when you finish :)

For some arrangment tips, try to keep the sections running in powers of 2 in terms of bar length, such as 8 or 16 bar segments. Sections with any other number of bars mess with teh FLOW.

You could even conseider making this into a full-length six-minute peice! 64 bar intro, 64 main, 32 middle, 64 main, 32 outro. Maybe not quite that long. I don't really care, I just really love this song!

5/5 Ok bye again lol <3
Flare

[System Failure]

Good potential

I can tell that this track has real potential for a menu loop or something. Here are my pointers in tightening up the sound:
Take the reverb off the drums. It helps them sound out through the mix.

Turn down all the background stuff. There's so much going on, it all gets too loud and turns into a mess of noise. The things that should dominate the mix are the drums and bass. The FX sounds should be little noises that lively up the background.

3/5 Fix the mixdown, and you have yourself a great menu looper!
ST

preffertobedead responds:

Suuuuuuuuuuuurreee....you ex SadSpoony.

=D

thx for the review.

Cheers.

[The Wild]

Drum n Bass!

This is some nice stuff. I'll start out with the drums.
Kick: wasn't loud or powerful enough.
Snare: really gritty. Just give it a little boost around 200Hz to thicken up the sound.
Hi-Perc: Good work! You hit the right middle-frequencies.
Amen: take it out. All it does is add extra noise to the background and muddies everything up. You don't HAVE to use it in every DnB song you make, you know.

Bass: The first sample needs work. the automation sounds nice, but the pitches are off in some little parts. Edit it some more tighten it up.
The second sample is really clean, though. EQ some higher frequencies into it, though. Maybe even throw on a distortion.
Work on the bassline some more. Make it more interesting and less predictable.
Pads: they sound nice, but are a little too loud. In a good drum n bass song, you should be able to keep the song running smoothly with nothing but the drums, bass, and some well-placed FX samples.

I give you 4/5 because it's one of the first real drum n bass song I've seen on the chart today.
ST

Cretin responds:

Thanks for the long review mate, much appreciated.