Ditchy's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Tecxnedo]

Bit short. Composition is a little sporadic, however; it is a good techno synth song that I can picture in something to do with Cyberpunk/futuristic level on a game.

BlueTuxedo responds:

Thanks for feedback, i'm still working in improving my musical skills.

[Wingding Refn]

Your vocals? Really nice either way :)

Well done.

Micahman5000 responds:

Yeah! :D I used kind of a crappy mic for most of it unfortunately, so it was a bit of a nightmare fitting it in the mix. Got a new mic on the last day I was making it and decided to leave it as is. Thank you very much!

[Amazona NGUAC 2020]

Mate, excellent work - love trance. You hit the nail on the head with this. We know its not massively popular on Newgrounds and that 'trance' is put under a pretty large varied umbrella nowadays (again, especially on here)..but you have stuck to what it actually is, progressive, melodic, euphoric and uplifting...and there are still many people who love this sort of stuff.

Well done.

TerraNation responds:

Thank you for that comment, yes i hope i can reach out to them.

[Safri Duo - Play a Live TN Remix]

One of my favorite Trance tracks (Lange Ft The Morrighan - Follow Me being my all time). Glad to see some really good Trance producers and aficionados on here. Inspires me to go back and make/develop some more Trance :)

+1 Follow mate!

TerraNation responds:

Thank you i hope ican keep up with trance nowdays its not very popular style of tracks at newgrounds atm :)

[S1LENT GHO5T - Mechanically Alive]

Great song. Love the vocals, are they yours? Fits the uplifting progression really well :)

Good luck in NGUAC!

LJTLegendaryL responds:

Thanks, and I made the vocals with Vocaloid5. I decided to add some extra detail and an opportunity to use it again.

[Dream Voyager]

This sounds really good. You definitely know how to Synthwave!

Now I feel like a basically told you how to suck eggs in my reply lol

The use of low filters were great (normally I wouldnt use them so much on drums, but you kind of made it work well throughout) and added to the futuristic Cityscape sounds, especially when the arpeggios came in. The pace was great as well.

Well done!

LordAndiso responds:

Thank you :D Well i guess it all comes down on how much you listen to something you want to make... my dad used to take me to school in his VW Golf 3.. he had a playlist with mainly 80s pop and i got to listen to it almost everyday xD..

Well you did give me something i can check out in your reply :O this is my first time hearing YMDX7 and Megadrives chipset YM2612.. so yeah thank you about that :D

I did use Flex for like one or two channels... (mainly for plucks) cuz i was lazy to make my own on serum xD

but yeah thanks for the review :3 have a nice day :D

[Psy-trance Synth]

This wasn't bad - the composition itself was a little all over (from 1.26, it sounded like the bars/loops were just not fitting properly).

When it hit 1.57ish the drum loops escalated rapidly after 2 bars per introduction...usually in Trancy/Dance songs, you introduce new hats, claps, loops after around 4 bars (with a slight fill/build followed by something like a Crash) to emphasize a clear song progression to the listener.

Soon after (2.09) you had what I thought was a kick build, as they got faster, but the drop never really came...it just went back into the regular drum loop and felt unnecessary... I felt like when you introduced additional melodies, they kind of just jumped in like you were just finding new sounds you liked and put them in wherever....there was no clear build to them.

As soon as it 3.06ish I thought the rest of the track was redundant as for a last verse/finale, it really didnt give a climactic type ending and was still introducing new sounds. I did like the slightly harder, tin like bass sound though.

Maybe introduce some automation (like fade/filters) when introducing new verses etc....it brings in a sense of progression. As mentioned above, work on the composition - To start, try it in 3 main parts (or stages): 1st being the introduction/build (like most trance/dance songs), followed by a melodic breakdown which introduces the main synth that builds into an epic drop. 2nd Obviously the Chorus after the drop - can last as long as it need to, but make sure you progress it enough so the listener doesnt get bored. 3rd the Outro, which is usually similar to the melodies of the intro but will often gradually minimize to end the song.

Obviously, this is all just my opinion and is harder to articulate over text - I am by no means a massive expert. I can tell you had fun with it though, which is great - i'm sure you will bring out some epic tracks the further you stick to this :)

cargodrift34612 responds:

well, i had very limited tools to make it with and no fancy DJ stuff so id understand why. Thx for the feedback! (im 8 dont ask why a 8 yr old is on newgrounds)

[Leh Praxias (Unmastered)]

Well done, very cyberpunky :D Other than feeling a bit too long with that slow build (for me anyway), I cant fault it.

etK responds:

Thanks a lot!! I'm really glad you liked it overall :D

[Agua]

Be water my friend indeed. I immediately imagined this on like a tropical vlog video with amazing beaches etc.

Well done :)

Mel responds:

thanks a bunch!

[Subzen - Red Eyes]

Not a bad song at all. At 4.32 there wasn't a lot of variation to the main Chorus..even after the multiple Breakdowns and builds - which could have been used to introduce some new elements after the drop. At 2.39 I can tell you were doing a sort of interlude, which slowly built up into a final drop - but honestly, once it kicked in, it just felt anticlimactic as it ended up sounding the same as the previous verses.

I can hear some high EQ on the claps that felt a bit too high in my own opinion..could possibly be tweaked a bit lower with a tiny bit of wider reverb, or add a second lower clap to accompany it. Kick drum was punchy enough and the drum loop had its own space which was good.

Overall, It was a good song and I'm sure you will make some more great tracks :)

zSubzen responds:

Lol I thought that nobody was going to take the time to make such a detailed review xD thanks for the recommendations, I was aware that in some places the song became repetitive, but I do not know how to fix it, I do not know how to mix things well because literally I am using FL STUDIO 20 a few weeks ago, without seeing almost any tutorial or something like that, it's just me with some plugins and my curiosity. Thanks again!