BlueAlpha14's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Alien Robot (Original Mix)]

I don't usually leave descriptive reviews like this, so it definitely goes to show I want to help. First off, your main problem with dubstep is your build-ups are really good but the drops aren't as great. The first drop didn't show much of a percussion until 1:22. Just a couple steps scattered around. Not that I'm saying every drop has a percussion but it is something to experiment with. The wobble noise was weird, and while dubstep does contain weird noises it could be revolutionized a bit more. Lastly the noise at 4:08 seemed unfit. Not knowing how new you are to audio making, it's okay to not be perfect on your first tries. The dubstep artists I listen to have years of practice and experience, even their first songs weren't the best compared to now. So don't give up, because if you continue to study and play around you can really go places. Everyone gets better each new thing they create. This was better than Jungle War. It captured a theme, and the later drops were better. For the next one you make it wouldn't hurt to play around with filters a little, since I didn't notice any in either track. There's also some drum and synth samples for dubstep as well. Send me a pm and maybe I can help. Overall, I do think you have potential. Also, was I supposed to hear 'sh*t' at 1:08? lol

KaixoMusic responds:

Thanks for your review, This is my 2nd Dubstep song ever, so yeah, I need to learn a lot more. And yes there's a 'sh*t' at 1:08 :D Just some change... In the third drop you can hear that part how it was before I changed it to this.

[Jungle War (Original Mix)]

Jungle War is too much of a misleading title, this doesn't remind me anything about a jungle. I recommend using bongo drums or maracas. If you have FL Studio 12 you can locate it in Ogun. The drop seemed to pan to the left a lot more than the right, and it made me a bit uncomfortable. I wasn't a big fan of the drop, I kept hearing an airhorn. However the build-up wasn't bad, and you deserve a good score for trying. Listen to my stuff and you'll know how much worse I am lol.

KaixoMusic responds:

Thanks for your review, I have another dubstep song (Alien Robot), if you mind checking that one out, and giving a review. It would really help :D

I'll check out your music some time when I have the time :D

[Settle it IN SMASH]

This gives me vibes of Brawl, and that's nostalgic feels. It's way too repetitive however. I do love the drums, violin, and fanfare though.

[NK - Nine Circles (Xtrullor Remix)]

I don't know what everyone expects of this song. It's not like there's a way to know how the original song was made. Unless Rukkus himself gave you the MIDI file you can't change the track much. Even if it is a "bootleg remix" it's still good in my opinion. It really captures the unsettling vibes.
By the way when is your sample pack going to be released?

[Angels]

I'll be brutally honest, I don't really like your House tracks. I miss your old style of Techno. Your experiment with vocals was pretty nice, the drop just seemed a bit annoying and the whole song was bland in general.

[The Calling (Instrumental)]

Your songs need to be in a movie trailer.

[Curtains Closed]

I'm sorry, but, where was the drop? Maybe my expectations are a but high when it comes to dubstep, but I didn't feel it. The biggest problem about this is how long it is. A 6 and a half minute song isn't what comes to mind when I think EDM. And I hear a lot of "dubstep" tracks that are like 8 minutes long and there's literally no drop. It's like people lose sense of it. And what was 1:49 - 3:43 about? It was really long and could've been cut out. The beats in that time frame changed way too quickly and was too slow.
If you've never listened to these artists I recommend listening to Rukkus and Xtrullor. They both specialize in dubstep really well. And if you look at Rukkus' older songs you can see their quite simple as well.
I hope I didn't hurt your feelings or anything, trust me, my songs are probably worse.

[The Calling (feat. Laura Brehm)]

It's getting to the point where I can almost rate 5 before listening to your songs. I loved the vocals in this one as well, probably the best so far.

[~BH~ Hell's Maw]

Came here from Geometric Pixel Dash, this is really nice. Loved the track at the beginning.

[My Old Lady Voice]

I'm not sure how to judge voice acting because I'm never here. It was pretty good except for the beginning, that and I could hear background noise.
Also, what does this have to do with RobTop teaming up with NG? @Andymon

Jmagnum responds:

:P it's just a fun little thing I did. The background noise would be my loud as fuck computer fan. Thank you though :)

I was confused about what that was as well. Apparently there's a game which allows people to make their own levels and use music from Newgrounds for the game. "music" in my case as this was used by someone for a level lol