BlueAlpha14's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[∀malgamation - Mouse]

I guess the sound is cool the first 2 times but it's not entirely satisfying for 2 minutes. It needs a lot more variation. Not much is being presented.

Skiddle responds:

Ok. Thanks for telling me.

[SpinBow - Game Over]

Well, considering you haven't practiced much on dubstep I hope my feedback will be helpful.

First, you should probably get some drum samples. There are eons of free drum samples out there, and most of them are royalty-free to use on Newgrounds. Just a warning, I got my audio portal scout revoked because I used default drum samples and presets. There's no shame in using drum samples that were made by others (as long as they're royalty-free), just about every artist in the world uses them. Stock samples just don't have good quality, because FL Studio cares more about creating the DAW than a bunch of .wav samples.

Second, the melody is extremely boring. It's just ding-ding-ding, over and over. Maybe it would be pretty catchy for a ringtone, but not so much a song. The saw sounds like it was made in 3X OSC, which would be okay except for it doesn't sound very satisfying. You can make pretty decent saws in Harmor, since there's a lot more sound settings than "choose a waveform and *ding* it's done".

Third, the drop is just... well, I don't know how to put it. The saw isn't very powerful, and it's very quiet. It also didn't feel like dubstep. The only based you use was a 'yoy', and it appeared very randomly. I would suggest maybe adding a wobble (and if you have Harmor you can actually make a decent one) and making the saw chords a bit more harmonic.

I do have to give you props because you actually nailed the beat. Way better than my first try at dubstep.

Hopefully you don't take any offense to this review. I'm only trying to give you suggestions and tips that might help improve your production in the future especially if you want dubstep to be one of your main genres. 2 stars for effort.

~Alpha

SpinBowNonOfficial responds:

Thx it was very helpful I tried hard but I know I failed. Thx for the tips. I'll try hard and make it more powerful. Also thx for your honesty, I didn't like the rating but I respect honest ones. Thx again
~SpinBow

[Marianz - Day End]

Those basses were SICK! They're so slimy and just.. really cool sounding :D
Unfortunately, I'm not too much a fan of the intro and the chords you used. The violin, I'm going to be honest, was not a good idea. I get you're trying to capture the idea of orchestral dubstep, but they're should've been more than just a violin in that case. As I said, I don't like the notes on the strings or piano, they're harsh and very unsatisfying. It doesn't match very well with the bass drop. I do have to give you props on such an amazing drop though, so 3 stars 4 u.

ElMarianz responds:

Thanks for the review and in truth you're right I'm not good with the melodies or chords I started 1 year ago to produce that is enough but I do not have much time to learn things about composition by the school. I appreciate your review and I will be improving for the next ;)

[Growl Kat - Dry]

So this is why you named yourself Growl Kat... I am not disappointed <3

DJCat12 responds:

Yes, its one of the reasons to name me Growl Kat, I usually use much heavy growls, but I cannot make this souns actually until I buy a new procesor. Thanks Man/Girl!

[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.

[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!