apimusic's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[TheComet-Eviction:Hellfire RMX]

pretty good :)

I thinnk it could be a little bit clearer, but over all it was a pretty good listen. clean up the synths maybe, a little. add geier103 to AIM, I think my list is screwed up.

TheComet responds:

You're already on my list no worries, I'll add it again just in case

[Zion-Drug Overdose]

Interesting.

I liked this, but what it lacked was strong percussion. I only felt the drums in the upper-mid range. There was a lack of punch... so to speak. Imagine this playing in a club, would anybody be feeling a powerful kickdrum? Nope. How about a thick snare? Nope. Both of those components are extremely important to drum 'n bass, without them, it's basically just "bass".

Now, onto the synths. These were a bunch better. I really liked the detuned synth, and how it skipped along the snares on those third notes. I liked it. You have potential for a killer reece bass. (A reece is 2 sawtooths tuned against each other, then distorted/phasered/vocoded, however you like it). Your bass seemed a tad weak, I think it needed a little bit more rounding and distortion, like low-end, a boost at about 30 - 60. A phaser would have sounded uber neat on here ;-) The acid portion sounded really sexy, I liked how you automated the resonance on it. So as a result, this sounded very Paragon-esque, and also with a sprinkle of ZENON in there ;-).

The FX were nice, they complimented everything properly. The volume fading sounds a tad awkward, I don't think that was necessarily the best time to have used it... but it's impressive nonetheless.

Well, Mr. _IV_, I enjoyed it. You've got some killer ideas that could use a little more elaboration and technical improvement. You're a talent-bomb waiting to explode :)

Peace.

The-XI responds:

Thank you for the review, but if you wanna hear some better DnB elments, listen to the track I just uploaded... 'Vengeance'.

[Hills And Wolves]

Freakin' great.

I love this man, it really is one of your best works. You should totally keep this up.

I love you

synteza responds:

Denny's tonight, honey?

-Extracy-

[_-=Tech Beat-=_]

Where do I begin.

I'm afraid nearly everyone who's had fruityloops has made a song similar to this. dnc_kick, dnc_hat, dnc_clap... we've all used them before. So that gives you a low originality rating.

Now, don't get me wrong, this isn't AS terrible as some of the things I've heard, but you still have a very long way to go before you make something danceable ;).

Your beat was constructed in a fashion that confused me. The synth was also kinda grating on the ears, i think you turned the volume of the synths up way too high.

It's a pretty good start though. I better turn off my comp, it's lightning outside.

[Switch Vs Evil-Dog -> Round 2]

This i enjoy.

Lots of energy, it's a blast to listen to. I could replace the shitty stuff on Tony Hawk with it... :)

awesome job men.

Evil-Dog responds:

haha nice man :) thanks, talk to you later dude

[NeuFunk - Back Again]

Wow.

Hot shit! You weren't kidding when you said you'd bring a funky revolution. I like how it sounds a little bit like beck, but at the same time it's not afraid to be original. I'm really impressed, guys. You need to reveal yourselves soon.

NeuFunk responds:

Prehaps, prehaps prehaps. I wanna see a few more tracks out of ours first though, get the hype up...

[Infection]

Nice job.

You're falling in love with that Pendulum Kit already, eh... The melodies in this were pretty good, I can smell some Pack of Wolves and some other tracks' basslines. They all fit together pretty nice. Pretty good production, you're coming a ways with the organization and layout of your tracks.

Nice going.

Karbon responds:

Yup, I sure am. :D

I got a little inspiration from that song to do this. I had to lower the bitrate for this one cause it was originaly 4.3MB. Thanks for the comment.

[AznPB - Tuesday Night]

I loike it!

Like I said, the synthy chord things sound a tad bit murky, but i guess some different kind of compression or passing could tidy them up. Good work, you're keeping your touch :D

AznPB responds:

Yeah, I just wanted the song to be over with already so I was like, meh. Keeping my touch, huh? *runs over to AIM*

[-=LJC=- Genre Invasion]

Why do I not review your stuff?

God knows why. I haven't really looked much into how much you pwn, but by golly I will further.

I love the kalimba/koto stuff, mallets... It's all great sounding. Tons of ambience. I could see this in a movie. In the first Kill Bill, y'know how she's in the Japanese(or was it chinese? or korean?) temple thing with ths shiney floors and stuff... this would totally fit in there somewhere.

Whatever. I don't know what i'm talking about.

This track is getting downloaded by me, for leisurely listening. I love you.

Also, thanks for the 5-by, i'll be giving you one shortly.

LJCoffee responds:

Thanks a ton, I really appreciate the review - you flatter me far too much - I really don't deserve it. no really... stop already!! STOP!!!

:)