apimusic's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[ParagonX9 - Polar 240]

Awesome job JD!

Haha, I'm so glad you submitted this one, it's really a classic. The guitars in the background were perfect and everything was awesome! I remember you sending me this one back and it seems to be that you cleared up some of the compression ussues. Awesome job! I love the stuff you added too.

-API-

ParagonX9 responds:

Hahahah Yeahh. Glad I finished this song before XMas! If I didn't I'd probably wait a whole year again for this XD

Thanks API!

[Pyramids]

My God Milosz.

You sure know how to set ambience. The bassline that was fading in made me get so pumped. It was awesome. The drums and bongos in the beginning were awesome as they led through the build up. You really really outdid yourself this time. The way the kick reverberated in my headphones was amazing. If you added a little bit sharper percussion to this, it'd be a freaking masterpiece.

You are one of my favorite artists.

-API-

synteza responds:

After a childhood of ATB and Astral Projection, ambience trance runs through me... except this is more DNB.

Lots of good commentary to reflect upon. I'll be sure to keep in mind the sharpness of the percussion. Keep in mind the shitty bitrate this thing has. I'm not very good at mastering, either, so this tune probably makes the ears bleed at a much lower volume then most songs :)

Great to be ranked so high in your artistic preference hierarchy!

-Extracy-

[Desire's Vibes]

<3 this one Milosz.

Seriously. I could listen to this one for hours. And I actually did, when we had that huge chat with everyone. Haha, everyone was listening to it simultaneously, remember? Well, on to the review.

The bells in the intro were beautiful. The harmony of the arps really set an intruiging atmosphere. The Hammond house bass was excellent as well. It could have stood being a little bit more loud though, this needed a tad bit more low end. That high end sizzle that changed bars sounded alright, it may have been a little bit too sharp on the ears.

The acid segement was awesome, light, chirpy, and just about the right length. I loved it.

Now, I just can't get over those bells, they are too perfect. Did you cheat? Haha. I can't wait to get my hands on Reason 3.0 so I can do some awesome stuff like this. You really outdid yourself on this one, Milosz. I love it.

Keep up the amazing work, you are really underrated on these parts. I don't think getting rid of SonicEclipse was a good idea... Whatever. You must have had some good reasoning behind it.

<3 this track man. Awesome job.

-API-

synteza responds:

That was a cool chat. Then I brought my friend Kaz in and it turned into a conversation about the dance and who's bringing the liquid substances.

Thanks a mil' on the bells, it's a simple Ring Mod on waveform 12, which has harmonics that are louder than the note itself :) Of course I put some mad delay on there, too.

It took me a while to figure out what you meant by "change bars", in reference to the high-end sizzle. It's the type of sound that's annoying half the time and spectacular the other.

The acid segment took a really long time to perfect, I ended up creating my own synthesizer using the Combinator tool. But it's perfect now and Milosz happy.

Thanks again man, a good review to kick this song off :) I'll be sure to leave you one, too.

-Extracy-

P.S.: I didn't have any reasoning at all behind deleting SonicEclipse. It just wasn't perfect enough.

[Api-Mix]

Haha,

I thought this was a remix of one of my songs or something, but it's just a name coincidence :(

Apiman responds:

Oh, sorry to hear that :p.
Api is my initials... :p
-Adrian

[DJ Karbon - Star]

I like I like

This sounds very B0UNC3y. Good job on the threestep, although it didn't quite fit in along with the rest of the track. It also needed some sort of mega lead. but anyway, awesome job, you outdid yourself on this one ;)

-API-

Karbon responds:

Thanks Apey, lol. O.o

I like doing B0UNC3 type trance. Seems more exciting.

[DJ Karbon - Acid Bath]

Haha, awesome.

You did a damn good job on this, Karbon. I loved the kickdrum leading into the vocal clip in the intro, it sounded really good. Not quite to sure about how that collaboration is going, there's too little to work off of... We need to give it a lot more thought.

anyways, sexcellent track, awesome job.

-API-

Karbon responds:

I see your in the christmas spirit. ;)

And i'm probably too late, but you turned 18! Congrats, your an adult. :P

Adopt meeeee.....

[Karbon - Hollow]

Sounds alot like Jermain's old stuff.

I liked this a lot, man. The percussion was nice and crisp. They needed much more variation though, in my opinion. I liked that melody. Sounds really neat. I love arps.

-API-

p.s. WHY DIDN'T YOU KEEP MY LOOP :' (

Karbon responds:

That really makes me happy it sounds like J's old stuff.....:)

And i still have your loop, i'm using it in Blinding Ashes....remember?

Btw Blinding Ashes is my next song. But you already know that ;)

Thanks buddeh

[KFNX - S.D.D (S-5 RMX)]

Awesome!

I loved the percussion in this one. Fast and furious. The synthwork was awesome as well, each string or saw complimented the other just about perfectly. ; ) Awesome job on this, KFNX (hehe).

-API-

KFNX responds:

Hello api.. thanks for reviewing this one! I cant even stop listening to this myself XD

~`KFNX`~

[Khuskan: Outside (Absolut Fin)]

MARK!

Holy shit dude, this was fucking amazing. Awesome lyrics. They are a million times better because you did them. The synth work is perfect. There are a handful of times that the synths get a hint too loud. This is good enough to play on the radio or be on a best selling album. You should really go for it. AWESOME job again.

-API-

Khuskan responds:

I spent so long trying to balance the synths, i just gave up on the end. With about 30 instruments playing, the mastering was hell, as well as keeping it balenced.

Anyway, I need to go work on getting signed, thanks for the review :)

[v-m_-_the_v_outbreak_final]

I liked the FX.

That beginning FX noise was really cool. That bass synth kicked ass! Would you mind telling me what they are? You seem to have a good set of them. I liked that little break that was just the drums, it sounded really neat.

The structure of the song needs just a little bit of work. You also need to tone down the high end of the EQ... it squelches a little bit and scratches at your ears.

Stay V, lol.

-API-

Viewtiful-Masta responds:

One of the bass synth is called bassted
The other is called the SuBase. Well if you want I can give you that certain synth if you want it! Just
e-mail me at [e-mail]!
Thats if you want them! I really want you to finish your Viewtiful -API- virus that kicks ass! I REALLY want to listen to the final! hey you used my term V! Thats V! (he he)

V-M