Noisysundae's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[The Computer]

Lovely binary msg, mer n****r.

[Revolution]

Dude, were you pumping up your bass 'n' kick over the zero? You let the compressor did too much work. Listen to around 3:50 to see what I mean. Most of the time, lowering everything else and gaining them later is great.

The loudness between the louder and the quieter parts is too different that I have no idea which way I should turn my knob. (I listen to music at a quieter level than most people) Perhaps it's because of the first thing I've mentioned. The ride cymbal like in 1:36 is way too loud. This might be the reverb causing this problem.

Lastly, overusing of resonance, especially when you use the filter on the master channel. Use it only a bit unless you're going to do that with other effects on top of it.

Was going to give this 2.5 but +0.5 because the melodies themselves have a potential to be decent. When you're better at mastering, consider making a remade version of this. Need much much more impact on the climax, from what I imagine. Keep at it. Practice makes perfect.

LaserVision responds:

The mastering is certainly the hardest part in music composing. This was also made in GB for iOS and its much more limited than FL Ive discovered. I will for sure take your tips into consideration in the future. I do also have plans to remake this in the future, Im currently learning FL.

Greatly appreciate the detailed review!

[Learn To Fly]

Major problem is your kick! It's too much and it makes the limiter mute anything else to make room for it. If you were making this on a bassy headphones, I recommend comparing to other EDM songs you like to check if you're doing it right until your ears are precise enough to do the mastering by your own. For example, in 0:50, the guitar sounds weird because some notes there are obscured by your op'd kicks. Just decrease its pre-gain alone make the whole piece better, trust me.

Other things are the drum pattern sounds too repetitive, either adding some SFXs, additional drums or decorating the pattern with lower velocity notes. I don't know much about composition so I'll pass.

littlelamp100 responds:

thank you for the review. i actually turned the limiter off, but i manually used volume envelopes to make the kick stand out... i probably shouldn't have. :p i'm new to fl studio, so i know pretty much nothing about mastering.

also yeah the drums are pretty repetitive; one of the reasons this is so short is that i was sorta running out of inspiration. sorry you didn't really like it, but thanks for the feedback :)

[Floydian]

Some parts on the lead synth are a bit off, like around 1:00 and 5:00. The latter is more noticeable since it was played with drums. I think the biggest problem is about recording/mastering. Too much reverb on drums too, especially the toms. If you've used some sort of stereo separator, you've overdone it. Anyway, I like the use of noise, reverse effects in this piece.

Astrolope responds:

Thanks for the review!
I don't know what you mean by the synth being "off", you mean in terms of the rhythm? I kinda wanted the melody to have a feeling of looseness to it, if that makes sense :)
And actually there is no reverb on the drums, it just sounds that way because I only had 1 microphone at the time unfortunately, so I wasn't really able to get a dry punchy sound (unless i were to multi-track the whole kit, of course.)

[New Years Boomfest!]

Woah. You went far from that NGDIC2 mock-up, really. Anyway, the kick on 2:50 is off beat and there's a bit too much reverb on the instruments. It's the same mistake I noticed after I listened to my remix for TheBetterAudioPortal again. Other than those, this song is pretty lovely. Thanks for the mention, following you now. (My bad, I just've seen it. ;w;)

demon1000 responds:

Thank you Man! and its alright if you havent followed me. you helped me alot in the past so i dont know if i could have made some of my tracks if it werent for you! XD

[brokendick]

I bet you spent a lot of effort on the lyrics. I wish everyone could make a funny offense like this. XD

[[Dubstep] Dubstep]

I would like to introduce...0Hz bass!

[Liftoff]

Followed you because of 'Hide & Seek', then saw this from NG e-mail. No regret!
In the middle of the song is really uplifting, indeed. Messing around note velocity or adding a reverb can make those piano bits more interesting. I think you shouldn't end it like that but it could be just my thought anyway. One thing I really like is composition. (Not only on this, All of yours!) That's a ton of melodies in one song and it fulfills the vibe despite lacking of instruments and effects. Do a little more on mixing and it'll be flawless. :)

Schtiffles responds:

Great! Thanks for the feedback! Mixing is still my weakest point and I've been putting a lot of effort into improving there, so I appreciate the advice :)

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