Or4nges's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[-Clouds-]

You know...

This made my day. Never stop making happy music, God knows we need more of it :D

[Norato - Up *preview*]

Hmm. Needs work.

Good chord progression, but everything else could use a little love.

First and most noticably, your chords eat everything else up in the mix. And they're clipping like crazy it sounds like. Definitely EQ that *more*. Also throwing a limiter or a soft clipper on its mixer channel would help with clipping. As is, it's drowning out the percussion. Now that I think about it, it feels like the percussion in general could really use some more compression.

Next I think you might want to add some stereo seperation to the synth, maybe some reverb too, to widen the sound a bit. Or you could simply just pan different notes in the chord. Anything would help, it's very 'mono' at the moment.

And lastly, some ambient sounds or melodies laid over the mix couldn't hurt. House songs are generally repetitive, so you'll need something to keep the listener's attention, besides simply having the basic chord progression of the song and a four on the floor drum beat. Just switch it up and keep introducing new elements to make it that much more interesting.

Keep it up
-Orange

Norato responds:

1) this is preview = 10% of full song, I remade it a lot since I release that preview
2) full song will be soon on youtube on

www.youtube.com/djnoratos

3) the final song have 3 pads, 2 leads ( off and main ), beats (perc,kick, etc...) and it sound really nice.
4) I agree with that House songs are really repetitive but with gendre isnt?

[RAGE! - short]

... <3

You're easily one of my top 5 NG Artists. Most of your stuff may be pretty short, but you've got so much diversity! And all of it kicks ass!

Cheers!

[Sidechain Your Heart {dur]

You know,

Newgrounds should add a Nu Disco section. I've been trying it, you've been trying it, i'm sure it would blow up lol, it's getting pretty big :D

Anyway, awesome work. Destroyed my attempt by a longshot. I'da thrown this in Dance though, as this is rather dancey :D

durn responds:

Duuuuuude, I totally agree. If NG added a Nu-Disco genre I could finally be crowned king of something. ;) Hahah, ah, I'm full of myself. :p lol

Thanks for the top regards, Or4nges. I'm actually almost done a new track that will top this in regards of Disco quality as I just bought the Reason Disco School refill and it is fuckinG AWESOME! Oh man. Already done a track, I just need to write and record lyrics for it. Pretty stoked about it actually as it feels to me a culmination of my learning and progression in composition/production.

[Lost In A World Of Colour]

Story of my life.

I'll set out to write some filthy dubstep and it turns into ambient piano.

... Or filthy dubstep. Regardless, interesting song. Nearly haunting melodies.

I think it could use a touch more mastering. A lot of the instruments sounded pretty raw, EQ em a bit *more*.

Also, percussion generally isn't that prominent in ambient music, but i'd recommend beefing up the kick just a tad, it's sounding pretty non-existant at the moment. And it doesn't match the intensity of the clap.

Other than that I enjoyed it. Cool atmosphere, interesting use of panning, well versed reverse effects; in short well done. Just work on making your sounds 'fit' together better.

Terrorwolfe responds:

Thank you. I will deffinately take your tips and master the song a bit more. Your input is greatly appreciated

[W.H.Y.G.]

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This is seven notes, my friend. Note entirely sure what kind of feedback you could possibly be looking for with that :/

Atlas responds:

I'm sorry but I'm restricted to Fl Studio 9 & 10.

[Rainwave - Dream of Refuge]

Unce Unce Unce Un.. Oh it's over?

I very rarely give tens :)

Normally I write a huge paragraph with critique and suggestions, but there's just nothing to say this time. You've pretty much made the ideal dance track :D

Well, maybe there is one thing. Transitions. Your melodies and your mixing is absolutely stunning, I just feel like every new segment kind of just... happens; No buildups (except in your interludes). You need a bit more anticipation in the last measures before new segments. Up-slides, Siren noises, reverse crashes, drum rolls, glitches, gate-ing, pitch bending, there's a million things you could do :D It would make this track just that much more perfect.

I guess I ate my own words, managed to get a wall of text anyway :P

Cheers for producing audible joy! <3 No homo.

Indigorain responds:

"I very rarely give tens :)"
Put a big freakin' smile on mah face :D
Well, now you put it that way, you're right, there's not much building to something, I did give it crashes and downsweeps, but nothing to build úp.
I really focussed on happy, but I guess that's one thing that worked out! :D
Thanks a lot for the review and the love man! No homo xD

[[Grayz] Shredding techno(Isuck]

Holy crap

This track is clipping like an insane barber. That kick is RIDICULOUS. Throw some soft clippers and limiters in there man! During your filter sweeps, the low frequencies ate everything.

Also the leads could be a bit louder. You've got some crazy melodies, but they're being devoured by that monstrous percussion

But i'd be lying if I said I wasn't jamming the hell out :D If you get the mastering/mixing right, keep that kick as loud as it is, and manage to boost the rest of the sounds without it clipping, this track could be amazing. Well done, my good man.

GrayZ responds:

A review from you means alot. You have being making music since like xmas and you're on professional level already, it's insane haha

I'll work on this to make it not clip and stoof,

IF you promise to keep on making amazing free music ;)

Thanks alot man :)

[[GrayZ] Some more shit.]

mmm.

There's just something about that chord progression isn't there? :)

I must say, awesome melodies. I'm a sucker for high pitched saw leads. They always feel nostalgic.

Also, I have to say that the filtering at :55 was a bit ...'full on'. Maybe tone it down a bit lol. I usually route my drums and my instruments through different 'pre-master' channels. That way I can filter sweep on just the drums or just the instruments seperately.

Anyway, you better tell me if you finish this, I love what you've got so far. :D