deendeon1000's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[In Loathsome Territ0ry]

Hey man, i got your PM and I'd be more than happy to review. :)
Kick, snares and hi-hats:
I wasn't a big fan of the snare in the intro stages(0:00-0:49, just because it didn't add that certain umph to it,to achieve that umph you could try adding a compressor and some reverb, and possibly even a small amount of delay. If you use delay though set the timing to 3:12 as this is the optimal time for that dubstep/house since it matches with the beat. Maybe even try to have a pre-shifter sounding snare as well(if you don't know what that is then just google it and there will be more than enough tutorials on how to achieve the sound. And when the snares start to build up try adding a Fruity LP Filter. Create a automation of the cutoff and have it slowly increase, that way it just doesn't rise out of anywhere. The kick was excellent and didn't overpower any of the other instruments. As for the hi-hats maybe maybe try to add some variation that way the beat doesn't become stale. The general sense of the pattern were well planned out though.

Your ability to work melody's the way you do is very impressive. So keep at that. And this track is very mellowed out, has a good amount of bass to it, i could definitely imagine hearing this on some sort of game.
If you have anymore questions then just PM me,
3.5 stars for you now, but 5 stars are not out of your league at all, just keep at what your doing.
and 5/5( because I think more people should hear your work:D)

xxxZigZagxxx responds:

Wow. Just wow. This is super good advice, man. I'll implement all these things and then see what the revised version sounds like. I'm reckoning it would sound pretty awesome.

Thank you for the awesome review. Thanks for supporting me too.

Benjamin

[FTI- Smile now, Cry Later]

Nice little way to add a little skrillex in there ;) but you gotta make sure it flows when doing so, try to get a build up when switching parts, or it just sounds like random chaos, and make sure to have a powerful snare, it gets drowned out in some parts, just eq it to cut- off in the low frequencies and hit decently hard up in the mids-high.

N3rgul responds:

good advice, thanks lol, im a bit new to making dubstep and most of my experience is in industrial haha, i can definently work on the snare as well as the different frequencies throughout the song

[Euphoric Glowstick Mania]

Good song, But the drums over power most of the bass and other parts, definitely EQ it out a little bit. But besides that its pretty good, nice structure , transitions pretty nicely.

xxxZigZagxxx responds:

What do you mean by overpower? Are they too loud? Or are they not the right sample? It may just be the headphones I am mixing them with, but they seem to be at the correct level.

Could you please elaborate in a PM? I really want to improve :)

ZigZag

[Move For Me vs Titanium]

Your mastering.. was just simply amazing. The drums just sounded perfect, and a very mellowed out track,. I loved every second of it. It has a unique kind of feel to it.

At :53 though the bass overpowers the drums a little bit.
And question, do you use razor or massive to make your bass? Because if you use razor than i recognize the bass preset, its my favorite one.

montehawks responds:

Thanks so much for you review :) The wobbles we're entirely made from Massive. I followed a youtube tutorial on how to create the bass, then altered it by changing the osc settings. I think it came out pretty well.... it's a very simplistic bass and when we wrote this we were inclined not to include a bunch of random basses and sounds like most dubstep tracks have. Overall we feel the track flows well, and isn't overly complicated and difficult to follow. It's an easy listener for sure :)

[Something Something Wonderful]

its pretty cool

But the ambient noise is overpowering the mix, EQ it down a little bit and im sure it will make the song easier and more pleasing to the ear :) And i enjoyed the little guitar part

RobinDB responds:

Thanks, now that I think about it I did leave the ambient synth's EQ a tad high... o_o Oh well. I'll probably take this later and add an actual song after the end of it. Thanks for enjoying it.

[Music box Memories]

Eerie

But i simply love eerie, i could see this being on a horror film trailer. Keep up the good work:)

Zodiax responds:

Thanks, I'll do my best!

[Flight of Dreams]

vst or real?

i must know if the strings were really recorded or if they were a software instrument? either way they sound excellent keep up the good work

papkee responds:

Believe it or not they were soundfonts. And on top of that were free!

[|-_| SMB3 Music box |_-|]

Dubstep?

its cool and all, but why is it under dubstep

ganon95 responds:

because it is dubstepish

[E.T. (Mauled by CowardlyLion)]

awesome remix

what software do you use to piece everything together? im using fl studios 10 and massive but im starting to venture into ableton live 8, any suggestions?

CowardlyLion responds:

Right now I'm using Logic Pro with a lot of Native Instruments VST's. So you're on the right track, indefinitely. That's smart of you to move out of FL Studio, I've never used it but from all the professional producers I know (I know a few big ones) they've told me that they use FL Studio to create their base sounds and export them into Ableton to put the finishing touches on them. Albeton is a very powerful program, so I'd definitely suggest moving into it. Just give it time and you'll get a hang of it.

[Sabuaca]

your really awesome

i was wondering how you became so good at dubstep, i make it to but its nowhere near some of the tracks you make.

CowardlyLion responds:

Thank you very much! I've gotten to where I am today just by practice, and more practice. Put aside any time that you can to make music, if you can. Look up all the instructional videos/sites that you can, and make sure you've got a decent arsenal of VSTs! I'd suggest looking into what Native Instruments has to offer.

P.S.

Most songs I make usually start off not sounding like what I want to hear, but I just keep at it and try to achieve the tune that's playing in my mind (don't drop a song just because you don't like how your rough draft is sounding).