Aydin-Jewelz123's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[~Sugar Rush~]

Much more melodic than your other piece, very nice dude, a lot of potential here. Such a nice sound in the build up dude.

Some feedback for your drop section:
- Add a snare on every 3rd beat if you want drumstep, 2nd beat if you want dnb.
- Extend your drop, add some hihats, slower ones, that come in with your extended section, perhaps bring the snare in with it too. These hi hats need to have longer tails, so they aren't sharp ones but smooth ones.
- Add a cymbal when it drops in.

Then again, like the other track, watch the volume on your bits.

When you make your next track, gimme a shout and I'll feedback more on your volumes, so that you can tweak it accordingly. Might be useful :)

Stardust-Nation responds:

Great, man, thanks a lot! That tip on the drumstep vs dnb beats is particularly useful as I'm currently working on a drumstep piece right now.

[Thunderclap]

Right-o dude! Having a listen now.

First thing off the bat, it comes in a bit quiet compared to the rest of your bits. Trying hard to not look at the waveform and actually listen to the piece.

Your synth at 41 seconds is too loud. Turn it down some.

The lows are a bit much on the kick, like you could EQ away some of the low frequency on your kick and replace it with a bass.

1:16 goes too quiet and the bits after it too compared to the earlier sections. Very nice meldoy on that bell like instrument / muted piano at 1:32 ish.

The volumes are the main things to tweak first of all, try to get both sections of the song around the same level. Swap back and forth between the two until you get it right.

Would go about it in this order:
- Turn down the synth at 45 seconds
- Cut away low frequencies on anything that's not a bass. So 200hz and below. If you're using FL Studio, put a Parametric EQ 2 on there, go onto the presets then choose 20hz & 18khz cut, then adjust the know on the low end (left side) so that you cut everything up to around 200hz, across all your synths except bass and perhaps kick. This will clean the bottom end.
- Similarly, if you add a sine bass or another soft bass type, like you have at 2:15, do the same but instead of cutting from left to right, cut the higher frequencies to about the middle. The buttons you're looking for are Purple for the 20hz / band 1 section and Blue for the 18khz / band 7 it's called in parametric EQ. Like the you'll see circles on the EQ itself saying those numbers.
- Next, up the volume before 10 seconds. Even if you do fade it in, do it a bit quicker, because by the time it reaches 5 seconds or so, the listener is kind of expecting that to be the volume. Well I did anyway then had to turn down my speakers.
- Next, up the volume at 1:14, so it never goes that quiet.

Things you can look at doing:
- Add a cymbal on the drop. Exactly as it drops. A crash cymbal should do it. Advanced tip: Add a slight microdelay to it too so it doesn't clash with your other stuff by slightly moving it to the right on your playlist or wherever you put it. Can also do this through the mixer channel.
- Send everything to FX channels if you haven't already then play around with panning slightly. Send some things like percussion to the left or right, and see how it sounds. Also your background sounds, one could go left, the other right. Never go more than 30% one way or the other unless you got something balancing the other side too.
- Look into Risers & Fallers, Snare / Clap / Kick build ups, Gross Beat Side Chain.
- And especially, look into Side Chain Kicks. It's confusing as hell at first but basically what it does is makes everything else go quieter momentarily when your kick drum plays thus creating space in your mix and making your kicks stand out. You can apply this to your snares too. Very useful.

Finally dude, look into structuring a piece.

Try to do like
16 bar intro, 16 bar build, 16 bar drop, 16 bar bridge, 8 bar down, 8 bar build, 16 bar drop, or something similar. A quick google will pull up a structure you could work with too, or find a techno song you like and look at its structure. Techno for me is difficult to make, because it requires extreme patience with the build up, drop, etc. They have like 3 minute build ups, then like 3 minute drops, and like 2 minute outros, stuff like that, which is nuts! My attention span only ever seems to work for a max 32 bar intro section.

So having sections is key in a piece. Then after once you are able to do that, you can do whatever the heck you want with the sections, cut and mix them as you please. Do whatever takes your fancy. Just know that the more you play with the standard sections, or expected structures, the easier it becomes to throw off your audience in a bad way, unless you've glued it all together well.

So many times I've had tracks and the sections just didn't fit properly, so I end up gutting it or having to move things around. You make one section and it sounds great, then make another section and it sounds great, then play the two side by side and it just doesn't work :'(

Always a good pointer is to go about 2 bars before your current section you're working on and preview it from there. That way you don't get carried away / make the follow up section inconsistent with the previous.

Currently got a Riddim / Drumstep track infront of me and I've messed up the sections big time. Not sure wtf to do with it tbh so trying to get some vocals in there to bridge the sections and glue them together.

If you made it to the end of this feedback dude, awesome! If you skipped here, then basically volume + clean the tops and bottoms + add a bass + structure

Stardust-Nation responds:

This is immensely helpful, thank you so much! I'm gonna use all this info as a reference for my stuff in the foreseeable future.

[Horizon]

Strong start, strong mid and an emphatic track overall.

Great job!

KayozKun responds:

Thank you so much!

[All the Clouds Are Gone]

Quite a moving piece. A lot of emotion in the first section especially. You lose it a bit with that synth at 30 seconds though. Stick to your early theme as it's very strong. 50 seconds synth is also powerful as is the followup one at 1 min.

Needs some work on the mixing side of things though dude. Namely your kick and snare are too quiet compared to your hats. Your highs are a tad high, like the high note synths are louder than your lower ones which dont have much prescence.

2:08 is splendid but you end on it dude. That bit has a lot of deep feel behind it. Use it to elongate the track next time! Very nice!

A lot of potential dude, keep at it and I hope this is a somewhat useful review.

Would gladly feedback your electro works if you link me.

Stardust-Nation responds:

Thanks for your review! I agree with your assessment about where some of the problems lie. Greatly appreciate the input and advice. And if you're willing, I'd totally appreciate your thoughts on my other stuff.

For instance, I made this dubstep style composition a while back: https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/745584

And this one, which was my first foray into more intensive production mastering: https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/833662

For me, it's like, I can tell when a piece I made feels like it's missing something, but not always what it is that needs to be done instead. So I really appreciate your input, man.

[9877 (2038 sequel)]

Now the kittens have gone to sleep, out come the night cat ravers.

First off, your stab synth is nice. The one that comes with the intro.

Some feedback would be:
- turn down that sine wave
- add a kick drum when it drops, like extend the track and do a quick switchup like a grossbeat slow down then smash back in with your 0:01 stab synth thing and some heavy bass with drums.

Careful too, your highs are a bit harsh on the ears. Some eq needed there.

Add a drop dude, you got fun elements and melodies. Just need something powerful to round it off.

Itsyaboi3456 responds:

In Rytmik Ultimate (The software i use to make music) i can only use 4 samples so uh... Yeah.

And two, my sound is broken so i need to put it loud so i can hear it.

And yeah the sine wave IS too loud (According to the soundwave) and it doesn't fit well now that i think about it.

[Excited Rainbow Kitty]

Sparkles... sparkles and kitties with mittens everywhere!

Very upbeat dude.

Any plans to extend it?

Your first half is my favourite section.

Would love to hear a 3 min or so version with that bit fleshed out into a full track.

Could fit so nicely into a film, game or animation!

Itsyaboi3456 responds:

I can't make songs that are longer than 2:30 minutes...

But i'll try!

I'll delete the part at 0:26 cuz it doesn't fit well. I think that's what caused the 4 stars.

[Night Life In Neo Tokyo ...]

Tribal house vibes with groove thrown into the mix too.. good job!

Some minor feedback would be the quieter bits being a bit too quiet. Another thing would be to figure out ways to re-infuse energy as the track goes on. But then I guess it becomes progressive style. Hmm.

I liked it most when you funked it like 1:56, it sounds like it's about to go fully funky, maybe some elements there you could explore further?

[Nickel and Dime]

Absolutely solid! Great job gents!

All you dudes need is a vocalist ontop! Would be perfect.

[Fields Beyond (Work in progress)]

Very nice melodies dude. Especially the bits at 1 minute. That synth whatever it is, it's beautiful dude.

Great use of space, the whole track feels quite airy and distant which actually suits the drums your gone for.

Strongest melody is that 1 min one that repeats at 2 min. Very pleasant!

What genre is this?

Awesome genre