Alakazamm's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[All Strings attatched DNB mix]

Wow! It's true...

It really does remind me of nubbin.

nubbinowns is a music artist on Newgrounds. He does similar Dnb with strings and stuff. He fucking owns! Check him out sometime...

deadmetal420 responds:

Wow! glad to hear that! lol. thanks guys.

[*Aurora's Wave* [IZK]]

Whoa!

That was great. I like that knocking sound that you use. They aren't quite hats but they fit so well. I love the beat as a whole.

I like the ambient sounds you use. If you listen to it in headphones, I makes the song sound wider and more spacious if you get what I mean. I'm not quite sure how to explain it.

Really enjoyed listening to this!

Jenni-Harry4eva3 responds:

Ello Alakazamm! :D That they aren't lol. Thank you. Actually, it sounds better in headphones. I composed this using my headphones, but using speakers should be just as fine! Thanks! I'm glad you enjoyed it!~

~[IZK]

[Doops]

Smooth...

I think the main beat is a little too high. Turn down the high freqs a little, they're a bit harsh in my opinion. I think that's what 'YouriX' meant aswell.

Great though, nice atmosphere and smooth pad. I think that synth that comes in before the end, that arp type sound, kinda ruins it. It's too abrupt, turn down the volume a little, make it subtle.

This is my opinion anyway. Wicked job!

shizeet responds:

Yeah, I know what you mean about the end. I actually had made a dupe of the track which is routed to an effects bus (reverb), but I forgot to turn down the original track when I faded in the wet version. But whatever, this is just a teaser anyway - the full version probably won't even have that bit at all. Thanks for the review though!

[External conflict loop WIP]

Another great beat!

This also has a great beat, I love your chopped up beats but once again the bass and melody don't really do it any justice.

Almost everything I said in my other review can apply to this track aswell.

The notes are alright but it's just the actual synths which are a bit cheesy, try different instruments.. Also, you should try using reeverb and delay to give the synths more depth. I think the bass should be a little deeper and lower.

Anyways, you're getting better at FL Studio.

I really think you should just make a whole track and spend a lot of time on it. Instead of spending time on making loads of small loops, you should just slowly, and gradually build a longer track. As you learn more things about FL, you'll be able to update your song, exchange sounds for new ones etc, until you make it perfect.

I made loads of tracks but I didn't spend any time on them and rushed them only to get them finished. I've never uploaded these to anyone mainly because they aren't worth uploading.

If you want, I can give you some of my really old projects. I don't know why, I don't even think they'll be helpful but you can see how I sort of progressed to where I am now. Let me know if you want them and I'll send you download links.

I kinda went on a bit there...

Anyway, keep this up!

Akshay

Nurren responds:

TL;DR lol
I'll work something out, and I am a bit interested in those old projects you are offering me. I think one thing, if anything, we need to do a fucking collab song. <3

[Breakcore attempt loop]

OOOOHH NIICE!

That beat is wicked! I can't make breakbeat as good as this, I just stick to DnB.

This is a huge improvement since your last upload, you should make it longer.

I really like that beat. My suggestion is to make the beat louder and a bit distorted and give the kick and snare a little more thump. I think that's just personal preference though. One thing I try to do is give the beat some depth. So when I make DnB, I make the main beat in the mid's and low's then I add some high end hats so give the beat more flow. I think you should try that here.

The bass is a little bland, not much going on there. This is one of the main things that puts me off when I hear this track. If you make the bass more exciting, like using automation clips to automate the cutoff or using filters and stuff, you can keep the listener interested for longer.

So overall this is a great start. The beat could do with some EQ'ing and filtering, but that's just my taste. However, the bass needs improving.

7/10 [4/5]

Nurren responds:

Um... k. You need to log onto msn and talk me through this. .-.
[e-mail]

[FUNSHIT!]

Wow...

This is even worse that your last submissions. At least you didn't rate your own work this time though.

Seriously, this is stupid. Do you upload this stuff just to spam?

CrispyRaccoon responds:

I haven't rated my own work at all. secondly, this was sorta spam, yeah. I was bored, I put it together in like 30 seconds, then I posted it.

[Raising the Dead at Midnight]

Don't rate your own work.

This isn't very good. All of the low frequencies are distorting a little and they just sounds like random noise.

I can tell what type of atmosphere you're going for but I think you need add effects like panning and reeverb on some of the sounds.

Also, what's with that very long silence after around 2:20?

Oh, and don't rate your own work! It only makes other people vote it lower.

CrispyRaccoon responds:

I don't know what's up with the long silence. I know it needs work, I'm still working on this. Primarily this is just experimental and I only submitted to get a feel of what people think.

OH, and I didn't rate my own work! Don't make assumptions, it only makes people think you're a bigger douchebag!

[NN - Born Slippy [Preview]]

...

I hope this is a joke...

Nynety-Nyne responds:

NO U!

[(NUB)The Wizard's Finale]

Whoaa....

Great track, so calming at the start and as the song progresses it gets more tense and then the end crazyy!!

Oh man, I need to catch my breath back....

Oh and I'm a little late reading about your crisis without a place to stay but I'm truly astonished by how upbeat you kept yourself and how you didn't let it get to you. You kept your heart in your music and still produced in your car! You're amazing!

I'm not old enough to have experienced living on my own so I don't really know what it feels like to get into situations like that but when I read about it I was like WTF?! And then you still kept uploading stuff and I was like WTF?!

Anyway, I thought that was good how you handled it.

nubbinownz responds:

Yeah, let's hope you never have to go through it, though to be honest. It's not as bad as everyone thinks. I had a car and a laptop, so I was definitely not as terribly set as I could have been. Thank you so much man :D

[The Silver Monster]

Truly Amazing...

I really felt the emotions in this track....

LLAAPPSSEE responds:

Awesome man - I'm glad you get something out of it!