BlueAlpha14's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[EDM364's NGAPMD #14]

I prefer these podcasts more than your news posts, parts of this were extremely hilarious (not the sad parts, of course).

On a side note, while Google Translate does exist for the users who do not speak English, GT is not a very reliable resource. After learning a bit about Spanish this year, there's a lot of conjugation that Google servers ignore (I'm only using Spanish as an example because most of the GD users on here are Spanish).

ADR3-N responds:

Yeah, I will admit GT is terrible as a Spanish speaker myself, but it's rudimentary enough you can figure out what's on the page for more obscure languages like Belarusian that people in the US are not likely to speak.

[Serum - ZobMusic [Dubstep]]

Alright, so the melody was great and all. The arps and supersaws sounded nice. Drums were nice, yeah. The only hang up I have though is that drop. If you're going to use Virtual Riot loops, especially from a sample pack a lot of people are familiar with, try and make them different. You used that same loop, over and over, without any variation. I've used VR samples, but I at least fuse them with other sounds. The title was misleading, overall. When I saw "Serum" I was expecting a sick track. Ripping a loop and inserting it into a track is kinda... noob-ish.

Awze responds:

i was trying to find some serum presets and stumbled upon this, i honestly love virtual riot but ehh ill admit this took no creativity. I honestly thought i was downloading massive and serum presets. I have a better project otw

[Super Heavy Bass Thing (0:12)]

The instruments didn't have any shape or form of rhythm at all. Not to mention much isn't being presented here in the first place.

AnthonyRiley responds:

some of my other things are better.

[BlaZter - Acid]

Damn dude, this is just amazing. The wubs could maybe a little heavier, but other than that this is perfect.

BlaZterOfficial responds:

Thanks!

[Xentillium - The Broken Hero]

The drum pattern is actually thrown together really nice, but this feels like just a bass drop. The thing lacks any intro or melody, and as cool as those bass sounds were that's all you used (and that high-pitched pluck). It didn't seem to mix very well either, almost as if 4 different drops were thrown into one. If you were to structure this a little bit better, there could be intro, build-up, then 1:04 - 1:24 as the first half of the drop and then 0:27 - 0:50 as the second half of the drop and this would've been perfect. Even if this wouldn't fit with a melody very well, you could always try Neurofunk, which isn't very melody heavy.

Keep working at it, you're mixing and sounds are great, but composition is key.

Xentillum responds:

Thank you for your very detailed review! I'll try to make remake of this mix in the future! :)

[DCGD - Signs Of Madness]

It wasn't bad as far as production or the sounds themselves. Really this is quite better than a lot of songs here. However, I feel like it's missing that "bang" dubstep has. It's a little soft core with the mixing. The wubs on the drop should definitely be slightly louder, and maybe you could add a slight bit of distortion. Other than that, this wasn't bad.

DragonclawGD responds:

Thanks, I will keep that in mind for my next songs :)

[all things will be made new]

This was really melodic, great job. I liked the vocal cuts and the drums were amazing. The mixing may have been a bit quiet until 1:00 and the end, but other than that I find this to be a really great track (especially since I'm one that doesn't like trap all that much).

midimachine responds:

oh, i think i might have left the master limiter off haha - would explain why the kick and snareclap are so much louder than everything else :v

e: fixed it now i think

[Monster]

As cool as that wobble was, would it have killed you to add more than just that during the drop? I do like the song, although dubstep/trap is usually kick and a snare. I only heard hi-hats and snare rolls (technically doesn't count as a "snare" because you wouldn't use them during a bass drop).

K-oztron responds:

Thanks for the feedback! Will take it into account next time.

[Spiders]

That drop was just purely amazing. The melody sounds morbidly familiar, but it's still pretty good..

RyoKyo responds:

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[[MDK] Fingerbang - Geometry Dash]

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