BlueAlpha14's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Abandoned Mine]

Wow, I didn't know you made music as well.
This one is pretty good, however the little pause at 0:24 was odd. The track in particular also isn't in the right genre, the percussion is way too slow for it to be drum and bass especially if it's under 165 BPM.

[On Tonight]

I agree with @SwaggyPig007, I will always love your older tracks. However, as far as your newer tracks this is one of the best. The vocals weren't bad and the transition after the vocals actually reminded me of your older songs. Keep doing what you're doing, my opinions don't stand against anything.

[Shadow of the Core]

HECK YEAH I LOVE SMASH BROTHERS STYLED TRACKS!
There's no critiquing. It's just win.

[-Cosmic Tempest-]

The drop was very eh but the mix was pretty nice.

Xaniros responds:

thanks dude
and yeah i think so too, but this is one of my older tracks. check out the newer ones

[NK - Sine Wavs (Pianore remix)]

Ayyy we meet again. Figured I would review this since it's popular.
So first thing is the build-up. The drums didn't match with the build up. It just stopped randomly instead of doing a normal build up of every 3rd step, every other step, and every step. But as you said, your weak point is percussion. The drop was actually pretty good. Seemed more like melodic dubstep than typical. It didn't have too much nod towards Sine Wavs, so it's more of an original track than a remix.

Tennon responds:

0 star?

[Fight Against Your Beliefs]

The melody at the beginning seemed a bit out of tempo. Like it would go fast, slow, fast, slow. That climax was just beautiful though. I really need to start listening to Cinematic more.
The transition from 2:59-3:00 seemed a bit odd, and it ended on an odd note. Other than that, this is really good.

MysteriousPresence responds:

Hey thanks for the review friend ! =)
Honestly I don't think it sounds too weird ! X) Well that's how the melody is made after all !
Yeah, the strings come way too abruptly! X)
Thanks again and glad you liked it ! :)

[OceanSide Sword Fight Drum Version]

The piano had a really good melody. How did you compose it? I haven't found a good piano yet for my audio. If you don't use FL Studio then nevermind.
Was there supposed to be a silence at 0:25? It sounds really glitchy. Also, the drums started to get really off-pattern after 0:40. One of the things I suggest also is to use different drums instead of the 4 basic ones. There's different variations of kicks, claps, drums, and snares that would be perfect for this track. I'd be a hypocrite though if I said I didn't do the same however.

EiGiBeast responds:

I usually try humming different things and then when I have something I like I either record myself humming it or right away punch it into FL studio. I try to focus on a strong melody in these type of things so I can build it up when assigning it to different instruments so I start with just plain fl keys and default drums.

You are right about the drums sounding a little glitchy. The brakes are a little too long and my attempts to create a triplet type thingy did not go very well. I will take the different drums into more consideration when creating the final piece.

Thank you very much for your review. It was super helpful and it is always good to have a second pair of ears on this types of things.

[Insider out]

I got a headache with that first part, tone down the notes a bit. The piano was pretty amazing, but the 4th part of the drum on your pattern was off place. The silence was a bit random, and almost too extended. Other than that I think the song is pretty well put together. It gives me more vibes of Trance than Video Game though.

BlastBeats responds:

Everything you said was something I didn't expect to hear. Very interesting, it gave me a whole other look on my song. I just don’t know everything one should pay attention to when making music, and this is new for me. It actually is video game music, since I compose for Lost Cosmonauts, which is a space game (that’s also the reason for that whistle).
Thanks for this review, you really learned me some useful stuff :D

[Endless Route]

Obviously it's a good song if it has like 14x more listens than all the other featured stuff lol. I also love how you communicate with all your reviewers, not something every artist on here does.
I also agree it is a pretty happy track, the claps were pretty well placed. May I asked what you used to make the main synth?

SpeTheof responds:

Thanks for the kind words, the main synth is basically a lead from nexus' dance leads and another layer of a saw synth with LFO made in harmless

[Explore The Core]

Oh that's right I never did review this one. The repetition doesn't bother me in this one. Tbh as long as it's a good repetition, it's not bad to add it. I long for that part at 1:22 where the tempo picks up. I always like it hard and fast-
Anyways, the song was pretty good and this was the DJVI I came to know, I love all your older tracks. I never listened to Sound Blast, but I'm pretty sure this track killed it.