XTriNovaX's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[-Stayin Awake-]

lol reupload

does this entitle me to say the same thing i said on the other one? Although I forgot what I said. Anyways I learned from this song that staying up late turns you into an awesome dnb rapper bored guy.

SteakJohnson responds:

haha thanks, its true! I woke up in the morning and then couldnt rap for shit! just gotta try the same tonight hehe...

[Rig - VOT FIVE]

yay

better than most of the stuff in the audio portal

Rig responds:

iknorite

[Not a song.]

hm..

DBlue glitch?

Rig responds:

I think that was one of the many effects, yeah

[Rig - Am I Cool Yet?]

Cool

I was gonna say you used the amen loop to much until I read the comments :P. And wow, you gotta love electro acoustics :). Great song, but I mean, your rig, how could it not be great? :D.

Rig responds:

Well, I'm not great at ping pong.

:C

[Harder Hotter Louder]

wow...

Sounds just like classic trance. The mastering is perfect, the melody fits, and it has a feeling of dissonance. Great #$%^ing job!

djlonewolf17 responds:

Now thanks for that :D

[DJ Frosted - Tranquility]

Nice job on the mastering!

A few gropes though.
The mastering felt a little to compressed, like it needed some space.
I'd also give the drums a tiny bit more prominence. They feel kinda in the background. The beginning synth (honestly not sure if that's a bass or an backing synth) sounds too dry, I'd add a touch of reverb or delay.

But hey, as far as newgrounds techno goes this is pretty good. Just work the kinks out of the mastering and you've got a (hopefully) front page worthy song :D.

One last thing, this sound more dance than trance to me, but whatever.

Good luck!
-TriNova

DJ-Frosted responds:

XD thanks man and yeah i'll be sure to fix the little things when i release the final song :D

[8-bit - Conflict]

Huh :D

I felt like i was playing a game on the NES. Good job! I would say that if you want to be hardcore 8-bit you shouldn't use any FX, don't master (except for volume) and don't use arpeggiators. But all in all this is a good 8-bit piece. Keep it up!

EliteFerrex responds:

Well, I don't use any Arpeggiators, first of all, and secondly, any FX (other than a very tiny bit of reverb to save peoples ears from hurting on sharp notes) are made through adjusting the 8-bit plugins themselves, doing things that could be done if I actually had an 8-bit synthesizer in front of me. For example, the "echo" on the notes that begin at 0:22 (and other notes that echo like that) is accomplished through a seperate track of the same synth, but with release applied to the note, to "hold it out" which is something that the original composers of 8-bit did quite often, if you listen carefully. If you have any questions about how I make any other notes, feel free to ask!

Anyway, thanks for the review, and I'm glad you liked it.

[The Nintendo Concerto (Part 7)]

hm...

I smell a midi rip, if it is, you fail at audio and life. (-4/10)
But if this is magically not, GREAT F**KIN JOB!!!!! All you need know is some eq reverb and this is great! 7/10!

darphfluffy responds:

well thanks then for the GREAT F**KIN JOB!!!!!, and yeah, i suck at mastering a recording. i submit my shit raw!

[Wanning Sun]

interesting

I think it would be cool if at 44, it broke out into a dnb/breakbeat drum slice, that would add a lot to it. Then it would be a genre i made up called breakbeat trance! :D
But anyways the synths are nice, the drums arnt overpowering, and it has a nice feel through out the song. Great job!

Psy-nigma responds:

I might decide to do a remix to this song soon. I love doing intricate drum work. during this project I was going into the DnB realm and then decided to make it 2 projects.

The other track ended up sounding like this songs alter ego. no dance steps and the synths don't play a huge role its all drum work for the most part.

Check it out "Moon Casting rays"

Yeah my idea is to recombine both of the tracks for the remix.

[Warcraft]

Wow...

I'm like the 10000000 person to say this, but boy does this bring back memories. Thank you :D

SkyMarshall responds:

It sure as hell brought them back as I was making this, so I get you, man :)
Thanks for the 9 and review!