alertG's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Swang]

Not often do I find a great dubstep song combined with classical(strings) AND retro videogame style mixed in, especially from newgrounds!

barely anything to critique here. amazing job

aaronmusslewhite responds:

lol I have ADD i suppose haha and a lot of influences. Glad you enjoyed it :D

[DJB - The Swag Machine]

swag.

no really its good. maybe the way the way the hi hats are might be a little boring at parts though. melody and breakdowns are solid though. great work

[Spaze - Invalid]

amazing work. great balance of melody and very nice effects. consistent tone and very nice transitions. damn well would be a song I'd hear on ukf or something.

[Floating Space]

Great spacy and then relaxing track. good work

Joinken responds:

Thanks man!

[.:Septerra:.]

So good. Balanced, interesting, melody flows well,... not much to complain about.

Intro was interesting too cause it had a retro/midi feel to it but worked really well!

[Purest_Form [Box♣ki]

really fluid. the ending is a little slow in my opinion.

[Highover]

has a retro style to it mixed in with dnb. interesting.

djhoohaa responds:

lol, yea something like that. Thanks for the listen xD

[Detious - S.I.Y.R (Remix)]

To be completely honest, this is sounds awful.... EXCEPT for the part from 1:42-2:09 (minus the too bass-y wobble). HOLY SHIT that part is awesome. D: D: D: And nice intro and outro.

The rest of it honestly sounds like shit lol!

I strongly recommend you redo this song keeping that in mind along with other's advice.

DetiousMusic responds:

Haha thanks.
Well no one has been giving reliable feedback.
If someone would take the time and tell me what's wrong I could, instead of people saying it sounds like shit. you say my bass is too wobbly, but what else don't you like?
the only way I can improve is if I got some pointers on what to change and what to keep.
d:

[Overdrive]

Has an obvious Skrillex influence on this song. But props to you because it doesnt sound as annoying as skrillex's songs. Though i think this song has too much variance because it actually starts to get boring lol. The guitar is awesome though.

I'd say work on structure a little, and the percussion wasn't that great for most parts. More on the dubstep percussion than the "rock" percussion. The hats seemed pretty random. Song is decent overall. :D

aaronmusslewhite responds:

lol ya know, I swear I'm actually not too into skrillex. I think the aggressive sound comes more from my listening to knife party, kill the noise, bare noize (which I think the more "rock" drums also comes from in particular) But glad it wasn't skrillex-y enough to drive you away haha. Also, it's interesting to me that too much variance is boring to you lol. For me the more different stuff going on the less boring it is. That's just an interesting take on it. Also the hats have a pretty definite 4 bar pattern, I wonder if maybe all the elements arent as clear as they could be, it is an unmastered track. Anyway thanks for listening I'm glad you enjoyed it, and I'll be sure to try implementing your suggestions :D

[Reach (Original Track)]

i felt it was a little anti-climatic. pretty good sounding, except for the grungy instrument being a little OP when there isnt other stuff to blend with it.

good track