diggerplus's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Up and Away (Take 3)]

I like this track... aside from it being overly long... it's a nice track... might I suggest trying to shorten it about 5 mins long or so... or maybe adding in a break from the repetition?
I only ask this cause after the 4-5 min area I was starting to get bored with the same melodies... even though they were decent... they still got boring...

You might want to level your sounds a bit... in my headphones (earbuds) the high pitch synth was quite overwhelming and I really didn't hear the beat when the synth was at it's fullest...
When played on my basic computer speakers the sound was fine... but still a bit much on the synth...
Finally, played on my production speakers... all seemed fine but the lack of depth in the kick drum..

That's all I have, I hope this helps.

madhousecreations responds:

Thank you for your review :) It was very helpful and I am working to try and better the track. I do agree, the track is a bit long winded. And am working to try and make amends to this. I have made slight amends to the kick and added low pass filters to the high pitched synths. The kick I have added a bit crusher, to add a little more depth. I have also lowered the volumes of some sounds, as I do agree they were very over powering. And to the point were deafening. I am now working on the arrangement of the track to try an shorten it.

[track - 98]

Nice song, but definitely not a trance song. I would put this under something like Ambient Breaks.
One of the main things that makes a trance song just that is the solid "4 to the floor" style of beat. Yo have whats typically found in breakbeat songs or even dubstep to some degree.
You also might want to bring up the volume in the beginning of the track a bit sooner. I had to check to make sure I had hit play.

OPFX responds:

Thanks for the review. I am familiar with the broken beats, however, with such a minimal differentiating aspect, percussion, would it not make the exception?

I've never really had an interest in using genre's. Unfortunately, where they exist is where they are used by others to obtain a better understanding of the artists perspective.

Know that if it feels like trance, moves like trance, puts you in a trance, it's a trance song. I admire the of rhythm of break beats and the momentum of trance so I combined them.

This song is more trance than break beat simply because.

[Xtrullor - Reverie]

Very nice song. Loved the pianos. Can't say that I'd change anything other than fine tuning some levels.... and by this I mean at points in the song some elements completely overcome other elements almost making them non existent. Overall.. A very good song.

Xtrullor responds:

I'll keep a lookout on my volume levels from now on. Thanks for the input!

[Today's gift]

I agree with TheDukeofJuke when he says the song isn't up to a DnB tempo, but in contrary, I do like the piano. The overall song is nice and relaxing (not what DnB is supposed to do to you)
Suggestions...
1. Grab some gritty bass and throw it in there... just make sure it blends well with piano.
2. Crank the speed/tempo up to at least 155bpm.. then you can at least call this ambient DnB.
3. Guitar is really muted... bring it's levels up a bit.

HowardWimshurst responds:

Hey thanks very much for the feedback! I will definitely keep those in mind for my next track

[RAWSTYLE]

can't say i liked it. Reasons:
1. posted as a song, clearly not a song, but a loop.
2. no sign of leveling out the sounds, makes everything distorted and hard to hear.
3. obvious curse words present, no warning label.

Options to fix:
1. drop the levels on all sounds, keep anything already predominant at 0.0db. if you need to bring up the subtle sounds, don't go over 2.0db.
2. post a warning like "Explicit" in the title, children more than likely listen to these audio files as well as adults.
3. you have the base for a nice gabber song, maybe you should make it a full length song.

TheBetterAudioPortal responds:

1. It's a full track if you listen to it long enough.
2. That's the entire point.
3. Don't be a bitch.

/

1. NO
2. Fuck you fuck you fuck you fuck you...
3. IT'S NOT GABBER. IT'S HARDSTYLE OMG.

/

http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/607831
^ This is Gabber, can't you tell the difference?????

[Four Zero Five]

Really not bad.. kept my attention all the way through the song. You could almost put this song under dubstep... almost... and thats an awesome thing for a DnB song.
BAD...
Played on 3 speaker types (Earbuds, Computer speakers, and Surround Sound) but couldn't hear all the same elements of the songs on each.
POSSIBLE FIX..
Bringing the bass levels up a smidgen so they can be heard clearly on the earbuds.
High tone elements are harder to hear on surround sound, possibly doing the same as the bass there.

Stapless responds:

yeah it wouldn't sound as good on those type of speakers. But thanks for the references.

[Opaix - Steam Powered]

It's a nice song and all, but definitely NOT dubstep. This should have been categorized under electro. Now for some input:
GOOD...
Decent overall sounds, played on 3 separate speakers (earbuds, computer speakers, and surround sound) and could hear all elements of the song clearly.
BAD...
There was no variation in the song, meaning it was very droning. Unless this was how it was meant to sound, I would suggest adding in a main synth lead, guitar lead, something to give it a bit of OOMPH!!

ElectroLord99 responds:

I never realized these things :o
thanks for your input digger :D

[XS - Event Horizon]

very nice track, tho to call it a dubstep song kinda puts it out there. the comments say ambient/breakbeat... seems legit... i'd stick to it. listened to this track on 3 sets of speakers to see if i could hear everything i'm supposed to. with larger speakers you don't hear the softer strings. other than that, good job.

Jimmypig responds:

Yeah definitely breakbeat, I was toying with putting it as DnB but DnB is typically 170-180 and this is 140, so I went safe :p

Which strings? The start ones or the spiccatos?? I'll run through the mixing again once more before the album version so thank you for the input!

[Bafana - Sunrise In Paradise]

Though it's a moderately well put together song, it sounds like it was almost completely made from acid loops. my suggestion would be to change up the piano section a bit as well as make more variation in the beat. thats the bread and butter of the song, and it's what sounds like it came from a can.

Bafana responds:

Not a single loop here.

Just where my mastering abilities where at when I first released the track about 5 years ago.

Thanks for checkin it out!

[The Forgotten (Full)]

Not bad. I think you should fix the "vocals" a bit to make them cleaner, yet still keeping the distorted feel. you might try putting some distorted beats or bass behind them, this tends to help in certain cases. possibly fix the grungy bass lines at certain points, it sounds like the bass skips a beat at certain points. in the opening build, i think you should get rid of the beat all together and let that build be the star.... or... incorporate the beat so it sounds like it belongs there.

if you decide to take my suggestions and do some tweaking, feel free to send me the link to the new version.

Gryztecx responds:

hey man i really appriciate the feed back but i can not open the file again for some reason so this is all i can do.