Marks-a-lot's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[-'+ Darkside +'- (Final)]

Sweet...

It says "on the darkside" but this sounds like a happy song. I guess I would be happy too if I made a song this kick ass. You've made a very very powerful song here and I don't know if I will ever get enough of this. Great progressions and coll FX on your vocal tracks and such. Nothing negetive to say about the track though. Great job! keep up the work.

gotta support a fellow FL user, Do you master and everything in FL? if you do then I really tip the hat to you.
5/5
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Krussi responds:

Yeah, I'm aware of that it says "on the darkside", but I thought Darkside fitted more as a title :P Glad you liked it :P and I'm flattered by those kind words ^^

Yes I master everything in FL, I mix some of it by hand and I use compressors to make the sound a little clearer :P

Thanks alot for the review, the awesome score and your support :D

[bass_head_]

hahhahahahha

Sometimes I like industrial...I guess this was one of those times. I liked it a lot. And it looks like this is one of those times where my review blows, sorry. Nice job though keep up the god work.

5/5
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[{MSX} Blue Piano]

Hmmm...

Well this isn't really my genre but I can tell that there needs to be some work done on your hats, kicks, snares, etc. Like DjLyc0sa said try using some more filters on your drums. maybe some drive/distortion on your claps and snares can bring them out more. try using some compressors too. The song itself though is arranged nicely and the riffs and progressions are epic. sounds kind like VG progressions love it though. Thanks for the submission.

5/5
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MSXOmega responds:

Okay, I'll work on my effects and instruments. Thanks for the review!

[Melodies of the Whales]

Nice...

Sounds deep, I just hope you don't attract any whales. That is something that you probably don't want in you computer room. what Vst/Vsti's did you use? Do I smell Absynth? nice song though, 0 bombers suck, but as long as you like the song that's all that matters.

5/5
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SyntheticProsthetic responds:

Hey, thanks!

I actually made this quite a while ago, before I really used advanced VSTIs. I just used a bunch of samples. I had a choir sample, some little sonar beeps, and I used 3xOsc for a lot of the droning. A lot of delay, reverb, and flanging/phasing is what really made the piece, I think. I'm glad you liked the song.

SyntheticProsthetic

[Sandman FX]

Not bad...

Aww man! I was going to start putting some orchestra in DnB. Well, diggin those spiccato things at the end. What is it with you and spooky tracks? you must be some kind of serial killer or something you dark person you. Okay, enough with the chit chat umm...sounds good maybe a little more mids in the track can balance it out a little more and maybe a little more length? nice submission though as usual.

5/5
Marks-a-lot

*Cough* this guys trying to take over the world *Cough*

[Kazmo - Hard Trance [WIP]]

Sigh...

I didn't like you at first because you seemed fake, and posing as a girl was kind of weird. But now that the joke is over and your starting to show your colors. I can say that I have been a fan from the start and you got some crazy shit going on here. that lead is so SICK! its ridiculous! love this think your other stuff is prime as well. keep on submitting these awesome tracks.

oh I almost forgot to say something useful...uhh, maybe some more hat work? w/e sounds good man keep it up.

5/5
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Kazmo responds:

Well, I'm not fake, just so you know. You obviously don't read many posts in the audio forums...or else you'd know why I was "posing as a girl".

Yes, the joke is over!! :D My true colours were always showing... :[

YAY FAN!

Will look into that hatwork. :]

Thanks for the review and support!!!!

[-API- Meltdown (Heavy DnB)]

Good stuff...

Those drums sound real good, I think that there could have been a little more distinction in the bass though. Don't get me wrong I think the song is perfect as is but we are supposed to give something that can give you something to improve upon. Although I haven't seen you post any songs on NG for a long time. Let me know if I can find your stuff anywhere else because I miss waiting for API songs to drop! well that was my nickel, quarter, and dime.

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[Edge of Faith]

Great Job!

Really blew me away with this one. I mean really, good job. The vocal track is what really surprised me because I don't think I have ever heard vocals like this in any of your songs. I hear you brought that guitar back to, it sounds good, and please tell me that isn't slayer (I guess it isn't bad if it is because it actually does sound good) This song really reflected your style though, and I am glad to hear another song like this by you. There are so many good things about this song and so few bad things. The only advice I can give you is to keep on making good songs.

5/5
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NemesisTheory responds:

Nope you're right, haha
I've only recently started trying out vocals in tracks and it seems it really helps lift everything up more... i guess i can't sing but I can do simple vocal notes pretty well at least!

and dont worry, it's not slayer. it's a VST guitar that I sampled through another bunch of VST's to make it sound more real. i suppose it's pretty decent :)

I'll take your advice by heart by the way :)

thanks for the scores and review, mark!

[-TD- Concupsience]

Nice...

I really did like everything that I heard in this song. Progressions sounded good and the riffs agreed and complimented each other nicely. The only thing that stuck out a little to much to me was the bass, or at least at parts it did. I don't know if you changed the levels or it is just because of thew frequency the wave is oscillating at when that note is struck. either way though it is something that can easily be fixed in whatever program it is you use to master.

keep on getting better, keep on submitting and I;ll keep on listening. thank you for the submission and keep it up.

5/5
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Triented responds:

Mastering the bass in a song is such a pain in the neck! I always try my hardest to keep that sound fulfilling, yet under 0 Decibles.
Thanks for the review! :]

[Rave of Insomnia]

Uhh...

This isn't even close to drum and bass...

The song isn't to bad though, I rally liked the hard-style types of progressions and leads, that and the wav files used here. The title seems to fit the song to.

On the constructive side...This song still requires a lot of work. If you did want to make this a drum and bass song the first thing that you are going to have to do is throw out that dance kick (One of the main things that pulls this away from the DnB genre) You are also going to have to master this differently. with drum and bass songs you generally want to have the drums as the dominant part of your song. while there are sub-genres of drum and bass that do focus on other elements, examples: Trancestep-leads, darkstep-synths and rhythms... The all have drums at a level where they can be distinguished. So don't be afraid to turn up those drums.

you definitely need to turn down some of your tracks as well because you are getting clippings all over the place, maybe its my good system that is picking that up, but try and up the quality or getting a better sound card maybe if you can't find another way to fix that.

the rhythm to this song definitely has a dance feels to it. the closest thing that I could relate this to would be gabber, hardstyle, maybe, and I mean maybe IDM. But little to none on the idm part because that is actually starting to get into drum and bass territory.

On the whole I see this as an average to sub-par song. But don't let that discourage you because I know that you can do better. So, lets so some good work and good luck.

PS: you might want to put this into another genre because people will down vote on this.

3/5
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Tx-Maniac-xT responds:

Thanks for the help bro. Lol, after studying up on Drum and Bass I realized the only thing in here that fit that was the bass synth. I'm gunna switch it. Again, thanks for the help.