D00FY's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Children of Saturn]

fucking amazing progression love it, again tho like the guy below said about the bass synth. What DAW u use?

JoshuaHughes responds:

I'm glad you like it! I've used FL Studio for years now. I think I'm too comfortable with it, because I won't even play around in Ableton or SonarX1 anymore.

[Blasting Caps]

Okay, this one is absolutely mint in the way of synths, feels, and melodies. Please stick these drums out more though!! Boost Transients, make sure bass is sidechained to it (and if you don't want the bass pump effect just side chain it to the dominant frequencies in the drums which is usually at the 100hz mark!

Really cool man, just drums.

[Destroy to Work]

Really cool idea man. for ideas rating i would give a 6 star for its creativity.

Overall though with the claim of irresistible urge to dance you need to sort out the mixdown especially on the drums as they are what make people dance and they get hidden by the bass.

hope this helps man

triptonikhan responds:

I hear you man! I would re-mix this album, and have a couple of the tracks in the works for that, but I made this album back in 2010 and life plus new tunes are constant roadblocks. Head over to the bandcamp site to check out all the more recent stuff if you like!

[Stranded .3]

Returning the favor!

Liked
The feel through out the whole song was consistent and true to itself which was good. When the hihats come in at the start were spot on. Distant vocals added have this really nice element to them that feel like they completely belong in the song. Synths are all nicely chosen.

Help in hand pointer :)
I'd look at Stereo spacing as your next move, drums sounded wide in the mix. They need to be tightened and narrowed (generally speaking) to try separate them in the mix from synths and stuff.

Reccommend obtaining... Waves S1 pluggin OR have a look at Flux pretty sure they do a decent stereo tool for free.

hope this helps man, good work!

Yojimbo92 responds:

Cheers D00FY,

It's really hard to get criticism these days so It's much appreciated when I get some as constructive as this.

Stereo spacing is a new one on me, so that's a definite progression point and I'll look into those VSTs as well.

Thanks again.

Let's keep entertaining!

[Exile]

Cool & soothing man. I really can't think of how to give much helpful feedback on this as it's a song thats out of my kinda zone, i'll say this though, I'd have a look at the kick though it feels kind of gentle should i say in some parts (You can hear it but it doesn't really drive through the song if you get me) perhaps maybe look into boosting transients in the kick to give it more of a snap.

Thing is though although i've said this maybe this song is one for gentle drums kinda like something of the Daft Punk - R.A.M album if you know what i mean.

Good work though man has emotion in it which is what really defines a song most the time anyway!

Sorry i couldn't really be of much help here.

[Delusion]

Reeeally nice composition man, enjoyed it as a song, all the instruments complimented each other, That pluck is fckin mint too! Snyths worked with the bass. My only thing is what jawalker213 said about the kick, It does feel abit hidden. Good stuff though man, should be proud!

Kloudtana responds:

Thanks a lot man. I'll definetly be more mindful of my kicks in the future :V

[Skyrim Silly Acapella]

LOL, not bad think theirs one or two more instruments that were missed out but whatevs was funny!

PonyStew responds:

Thanks, pal ;3

[Half Moon]

Strong subbass which is a key element in Trap music, The lead at the start seems kinda blurry and not much clarity, perhaps some EQing at around 9 - 11kHz to give it a bit more definition.

It was very loud which isn't a problem but it did sound like its clipping im afraid :(, Not sure if you used a maximiser abit harshly to get it that loud?

Soldier on though man! can't get better without trying!

DjErebus responds:

Mastering and Mixing is still a very weak area for me, so I'll try playing around with it. Probably doesn't help I don't have a very good pair of headphones or speakers at the moment. Thanks for the review. Very helpful. c: