AvizuraNG's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Spirit of the Lilies]

Beautiful track you've got here! I wasn't very impressed by the intro to be honest, it was a little cliché with the 1/8th house-synth stabs. But to each their own. The beautiful piano melody made up for it though.

Then the drop came and wow, I was amazed. It has a bit of that oriental Japanese feel, if you understand what I mean. I like that kind of vibe in my own tracks too, so that's always good imo!

I'm just wondering, how do you get your stuff so loud? I guess it's making sure the sub doesn't stick out of the mix too much? But I'm always a bit reluctant to push it that much because it crushes the dynamics a lot. But I think it works really well with this type of music.

You've earned yourself a follower + Faved/5'd !

Lockyn responds:

I'm glad you enjoyed overall! Loudness is part of mixing and mastering, just gotta make sure your sub and perc is the focus and that should give your mix the room later to boost the overall presence of the track. giving your track room to breathe by smartly using your frequency range is super important as well, use EQ liberally and give each instrument its own frequency space if possible, because then when you boost the overall volume your track still has room to breathe dynamic wise.

EDIT: also wanted to say, didn't recognize your username but i've heard tracks from you before a long while back! thanks for the review! :D

[Waterflame - Jumper (SkuttenGamerGD Remix)]

Bouncy track! It has that ska-offbeat rhythm to it that really lifts you up and gives it that driving energy.

I think the offbeat synth and main melody might be clashing a little bit, I'd lower the volume of the offbeat synth when the main melody is playing in the same register. Or maybe I'd make it so that the two don't overlap eachother by shifting one of them an octave.

But you did pretty good for something that is made in 2 hours. And lol, I recognised the T-Force Alpha Plus sound right away! Hahaha.. I used it in one of my tracks from 2013, called "Avizura - You and Me Against The World".

Nice work!

SpeedoRH responds:

Hi! Thanks for supporting by giving a review! The track was intended to be bouncy, even because the genre of this remix is Happy Hardcore. I might update it to fix some stuff on the remix.
Thank you so much again for the review.

[Xoanide (Original Mix)]

Balanced mix, punchy drums and basslines. You're really good at this, you know?
I like the pads you've used, it gives the track a sort of "dangerous" or "ominous" edge.
Then when the bassline kicks in, it just goes crazy. The bassline is fairly melodic for the genre, but I think it helps in making the track recognisable and interesting.

Keep it up!

KaixoMusic responds:

Thanks again :D

[Mystery Plan - Discovery]

It really sounds like wandering on another planet. It has the right groove and atmosphere for that concept.
I'm kind of curious how you built this track. The picture on your bandcamp page shows a cassette tape, did you record it on cassette? It has a bit of that type of compression, it sounds like the big fat kick is eating away everything else in the track, which makes for a pretty cool effect.
I was kind of hoping for more of a climax at the end, maybe something a bit different from the first section, but it doesn't ruin the track. It's just something that I think would have been better.

CrossCanadian responds:

Dude thanks for the great feedback! Actually the whole concept for the EP and the cassette tape is while I was working on this EP I had made some mp3 clips as teasers, but I lost all my actual editable files when I reset my computer (dumb mistake really). So I sat on these for over a year, and decided to release them as I have on Bandcamp. As far as the creation goes it was just a layering of synths in FL Studio. But going forward I am definitely going to have better production sound and get really fun with this project! I am going to be posting more on Newgrounds soon!

[Quixotic (Original Mix)]

Very interesting combination of genres and they all work quite well together.
Good production, very professional-sounding.

Great track all-around.

KaixoMusic responds:

Thanks!!

[Dream robbery]

I think the mix is a bit messy, sometimes it sounds as if the snare just lacks it's transient. I think it's because you're compressing the entire track heavily. Is that true?
I think it would be better if you used techniques like soft-clipping instead, or maybe in combination with light compression.
Always make sure that the drums don't get lost, because they are essentially one of the most important elements in the mix.

I'm not all that familiar with Future Bass, but I assume it's 'slow-paced beats with pulsating pad sounds and heavy basslines, from what I hear on the portal.
I liked the intensity of your track. I think you did pretty good for a track that was made in just a single day. Keep it up!

Noidel responds:

Thank you for your review, I had some presets which are compressed and it can't be changed I was trying to mix it and the sound got less compressed, but not so clear, thank you for responding I gonna fix everything in newer songs, I hope you understanding my respond, I'm not very well with english

[Robots]

Sounds a bit like Propellerheads, Chemical Brothers or Fatboy Slim.

I think the whole track could benefit from an overall tension curve to keep the listener engaged. So more buildups and maybe a breakdown somewhere.

Cool track, though!

DogeGamer16 responds:

Thankyou! I used to listen to a lot of Chemical Brothers and Fatboy Slim

(this is an old track though, probably one of my first)

[Cybernetic Corruption]

I think there's too many elements fighting with each other in the track. It doesn't really sound like every element has it's own place in the mix. It feels as if every element is grabbing your attention at once. I would give every element it's own place in the mix, frequency-wise.

In terms of composition and arrangement, I liked it. This would indeed work very well for a GD level, so you really succeeded on that! It has the right buildups and payoffs. Nothing too weird like sudden time-signature shifts, which really helps with the gameplay (I think a player wouldn't want to be thrown off-guard by very sudden shifts in rhythm or anything)

OnlineGraphics responds:

Yeah, that was my biggest criticism from most of my older work but I'm slowly trying to improve my mixing over time. Thanks for the review :).

[Once]

I like the first part, it's halftime but it feels like a proper drop and not just an intro.
Nice vibe overall. It has that moody, but melancholic edge to it.
Proper liquid dnb, keep it up

-Avizura

5TanLey responds:

woooo, many thanks :)

[Corkscrew - Bellatrix (Orion EP)]

You have an interesting style mate.
I like the chord progression a lot, it's not very common in DnB to hear progression like that.
Good job,

-Avizura

ItzCorkscrew responds:

Really glad you like that :) Thank you a lot!