Or4nges's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[iNfliktioN - Battlefront]

WTF JUST HAPPENED

Jesus, that drop was brutal.

You sir have tigerblood, and are indeed winning.

[Mary Jane.]

Hmm.

Kick needs more compression, and you need to add some delay and/or reverd to the lead. It feels kinda of empty as is. Or you could add like random little arpeggios in the background. Definitely could use some hihats as well. Either way, it needs more nuances and whatnot. You've got a good framework, now just add the icing on the cake.

P.S. Sounds Flux Pavillion-ey.

[My First AND Last Dubstep]

LOL.

I just realized this is 8 seconds long after listening to it 20 times.

[NGHH'11 - glitchs2d vs MadFLeX]

Madflex.

Madflex destroyed with the last verse. His arguments were intelligent and creative, where glitch's were generic.

[Norato - Plucked]

Pompus?

If you don't care what we think why post it on newgrounds? And furthermore, why the insults? These people could be great help to you; take their advice, and use it to improve, because frankly, you're far from perfect.

Norato responds:

xD I upload song to newground to more people hear it, my officialy chanel is on youtube. AND ! IF YOU LISTEN TO OTHERS ADVICE YOU´LL LOST !YOUR! STLYE and become just some idiot which do only that what people want > slave

[Dubstep Bass Trial]

Hmm

The separation of the highs on the left and the lows on the right kind of bugged me, but this is still rather snazzy. Can I ask how you did it?

Also, you should use better drum samples, those were god awful :P

ConsciousAutomation responds:

Yeaah. I need to find some better drum samples. Unfortunately, FLS is got rid of some of the better loops it had (Like DL_Breaks. Awesome to slice up and rearrange).

Basically, how its done is by creating your own sound wave on the OSC option on Op 1, then utilize the 3 filters to modulate the cutoff of the LFO (I use the standard triangle pattern, take off global setting, then increase the speed). Utilize the wave shaper to create distortion. Add in some other wave files (like sine, square, saw), tweak it, and you're done.

Thanks for the review!

[Curb Servers (Original Mix)]

Hey man

Wow, way better than my house stuff. I should go back to trance haha.

I think the formant lead at :20-1:00ish could really benefit from stereo seperation rather than panning. I'm not sure how it works Logic though, so I can't help you out with how to do it :/ In FL Studio we've just got a plugin for it.

Also, I think the main reason you're not getting the "clean" sound you're looking for is that sounds don't have enough attack, and they have too much reverb/decay. Try compressing em a bit to get that punch/bite you're looking for, and then cutting out the decay time of the sound itself.

Also, try sidechaining just about everything except the snare; Doesn't have to be extreme though, just enough to be noticeable. Or extreme if that's what you're looking for. Either way, it allows the kick some room to breathe, gives the track a bit of pulsation, and a bit of character :P

Lastly, try EQing your chords, melodies, and drums so that they stay in their own frequency range. Definately cut out the low basses from everything except a sub bass if you have one. Nothing should usually go below 100hz. That alone will make it less muddy. Also, boosting the higher frequencies a few dB will make a sound a bit more crisp. It's all contextual though, do what sounds best :)
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Just work on some of those things and you'll be on your way to a more crisp, professional sounding track.

Don't get me wrong though, what you have already is great, I just feel like constructive criticism is better than "it was good"

Keep it up man!

TheTriangle responds:

Great tips! I'll have a few more songs on here soon and I hope you'll notice the consideration i took from your word of wisdom. much appreciated & i'll be sure to keep up with your tracks as well!

[Cozmoz]

Oooh.

Hmm. I like the chord progression, however the chords are kind of overpowering. I think some sidechaining could really help bring out your kick. Look up some tutorials on using the Peak Controller for that, and also try looking into Kick compression. Dubstep's all about the punch :P

Also, to make it more interesting, try some Low Pass filter automation on the strings every now and then. Could make your intro awesome and can also be used for some sweet transitions :P

I mentioned this on your other track, but always try to have at least some sort of transition when introducing new sounds into the mix. Something that prepares the listener; tells them that something else is coming.

Anyway, this song is very simple so far so I can't really go in depth, but keep working on it, this guy could end up awesome if you added the right stuff.

-Or4nges

[Lost (WIP)]

Hola.

Liking the piano, nice and powerful. Can I ask what soundfonts/vsts you're using for that? i'm on the never-ending quest for the perfect digital piano. Lol.

I feel like the hi-hats were kind of distracting. The panning effect is cool, I even do it alot, but 100% is a bit extreme. Maybe go for 60-70%. it'd stick out less.

Also I think your drums need some variation. It's a cool pattern, but after 3
minutes of relatively the same thing, it gets kind of boring :P The segment at 2:00 is a great opportunity to try something new.

1:22 was kind of unexpected. Actually i'm noticing this alot. You don't really have any transitions, so much as all your elements of the song just 'happening'. Try having at least a small build up before each section. A drum fill, reverse high-hat, a pause in the drums for like a measure.-(example in my song Argue Semantics)
There's a million ways to make transitions flow more smoothly.

Getting picky here- the pad with the phaser at :36ish feels like should be a little bit more stero. Try panning individual notes in the chord, lowest to highest across the speakers. Does wonders to fill out you song and also makes the overall sound more interesting.

Last thing, the bass was kind of quiet in comparison to the rest of the song. I know mixing for dubstep is kind of hard, because you don't want the bass to be overpowering, but give it just a little bit more :)

Anyway, don't get me wrong, I really like the material here, I just try to give constructive criticism. Always more helpful than the "I liked it"s. Just ... try to take the advice with a grain of salt; after all it IS your song. This is just what i'd do :P. Keep it up, I like where you're headed.

-Or4nges

[Ravel]

Someone voted unfairly.

This song deserves a better score. I have songs with a 4.00+ score that really don't deserve it, and here you are with a 3.68 :/ I don't get it. This puts alot of my stuff to shame. Newgrounds can be unfair I suppose.

Great track man. My only suggestion could be slightly more variation as it does get repetitive. You can repeat the melody as much as you want if you switch up the synth voice here and there. Or just add harmonies. Do some cool things with effects. Something to break the monotony.

Either way, I listened to it 5 times at least. Which is more than I can say for about 95% of the songs I listen to on NG :)