AvizuraNG's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Iron Doom (unmastered)]

Has a bit of that early Metallica vibe to it in the beginning.
It sounds like the guitars a bit too much in the background. I'd put that more in the foreground compared to the drums and bass. Did you put reverb over the guitar?

I enjoyed it though! The part at 1:14 was unexpected, but very cool! I'd love to hear more from that last part and hear what it turns into. The drums are nice and trashy, which is what I like in my Heavy Metal.

tansuma1 responds:

Thank you! I'll be sure to expand on this at some point in the future. I will work on making the guitar sound like it is more in the foreground too. I did put a reverb on it, only a slight one though. That's possibly why it sounds like it is in the background. :)

[Smoking Man]

Great mix-down and track all around. You're mixing some really interesting beat-work with that characteristic dark-edge. You should be recognised for your characteristic sound!

Adjeye responds:

Thanks man, never feel like changing the little dark mood I do. I feel like makkng music that way is the only true me.

[Dejavu (Piano piece)]

Wow, nice bit of polyrhythm here. We had to spend about a month learning about polyrhythm at school. Interesting to see you progressing so quickly musically.

Keep at it!

Adjeye responds:

Thanks! Still exploring ways to make my music more intresting!

[Warry Dreamscape]

Glad to see that you're still making music. You've improved significantly since the last time, but are still staying true to what represents your sound (which imo is that dark moody edge).

A shame that I'm the first reviewer ... I hope your track gets more attention.

-Avizura

Adjeye responds:

I don’t care all too much for exposure anymore, I do music for me nowadays. I still find joy in seeing others enjoy it aswel tho, so thanks!

[Replace Capacitors]

I like the ... 5/4 (?) signature you've used. I usually don't divide my 5/4 beats like you do. It's wonderful in how many ways you can divide that signature.
The sudden changes were welcome too! Makes it really sound like something is going wrong.

I wonder if this is actually possible on a real SID-chip, it has quite a lot of depth in terms of stuff going on at the same time. But if you tried to imitate the SID-chip, I assume you know about it's limitations. So if you did keep the limitations in mind, it's pretty mind-blowing what you did. Creating a whole world of sound with just those 3 tracks.

I'll have to show this to Jeroen Tel sometime.

Good job!

benja14xd responds:

Thank you for listening my track.
I love using non-4/4 time signatures (like 3/4, or in this case 5/4)
Things like 3 channel polyphony, only pulse, saw, triangle and noise, Ring mod, cutoff, resonance (and the possibility to change "instrument" during playback) makes the SID something more capable than a 2A03, even using the same tricks like the "Follin brothers 1 channel echo"
The song was made in FL Studio, and I tried to have all the limitations in mind, so... if someone try to make a C64 play this, i will be possible (in some way).

There is a video in my youtube channel showing what is going with the three channel in the whole song, if you're interesed.

[Drunken Sailor]

Pretty damn catchy. The mixdown needs a lot of work though. There's a lot of stuff fighting for your attention, I'd give the vocals more space I can hardly hear them. I'd bring the stuff that is just there to add detail to the track more to the background and the important elements to the front.

But other than that, I enjoyed it a lot. Interesting mix of genres. Usually this type of song is not accompanied by electronic instruments, I liked that about it. Keep it up!

zanaelf responds:

Thanks for the feedback on the song :-)

[circular shift left]

Most certainly okay for a track that you wrote in a couple of hours! I like the dreamy vibe.
DL+Faved, good work.

bryce responds:

appreciated

[Mastered Love (Demo extended version Album more than Soon)]

Modern UK Hardcore/Happy Hardcore is one of my favourite genres. The mixdown is pretty damn good. I feel like the chord progression might be a bit too cliché, I'd change the inversions so it sounds less cliché.

The drop gave me exactly what I craved for in the intro. You did a really good job in having that contrast between the two sections. Nice work!

LumpyDumpyBuuu responds:

thank you very much.

[Solarwind]

I feel like this could be a 70s punk anthem or something, it really has that kind of vibe to it. But then mixed with Drum N Bass elements. Really interesting!

I would work a bit on the mixdown, it sounds like there's a lot of overlapping elements. Try to build your tracks by fitting every element in it's own frequency range (giving every element it's own place).

In terms of uniqueness, you have a lot to offer. I mean, how often do you hear high shivering strings in a slamming DnB track? Keep it up!

Skybrid responds:

Got it. I'll take your advices, thank you! I really glad you enjoined that, I am doing my best ;)