Aydin-Jewelz123's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Ásum - Enigmatic [Dubstep]]

Yo... after reading that description, I need to see this wobbler in action!

Track is starting off nicely, ambient with good energy. Nice panning and use of the sound space.

A little guitar intro just kicked in, has some nice melodies going on.

Now the breakdown, yeah I like that shuffling thing, ohhh and it keeps going which is damn sexy. You properly took that all the way.

Ok now the build, got some nice left right business, some distorter in the background too, very matured and self appreciating build up. Doesn't skip, takes its time to build. Nice.

Then the drop, we got a nice ambient bit but it's still building. What's around the corner? Waiting to see. Very nice use of ambience dude. You've fit in so many sounds into the space and they all have their own bit. My headphones sound like I have 8 ears on or something. Nuts! How did you do that!

Overall pretty decent dude, constantly feels like it's building to something, like the energy is sustained pretty much all the way and the effects are very elongated which is damn interesting to see!

It's like your drops are part of the build up and the energy floats between the sections. Makes the track smoooooth.

Good stuff :D

Would love to hear what you do with a heavy drop at the end of an extended build up! Your atmospheric skills are on point and some fantastic sound space.

DarkInRed responds:

Very thanks!

[Emergence (Radio Edit)]

Starts nice and loud, a lot of energy right off the bat. Kicks in quite hard too. Nice energy throughout. Having a listen to the full track now on Soundcloud. Is it just my headphones or is it distorted a bit in the drops?

[Junky - selling my kidneys for hard drugs]

+ I like the intro -you could chuck some more volume into it if you wanted
+ The melodies in the intro are decent
- That sweeping noise around 23 seconds is a bit harsh on the ears
+ The drop has a nice background bit, the ragga style instrument, a pluck of sorts, chuck more volume into that for sure
+ The dirty bass around 1:03 could for sure have more of its own sections, it's pretty gangster
+ That build up around 1:34 is very nice, the strings chuck a whole new ambience into it
+ Vocal was a nice touch around 1:50

My suggestion would be to focus a bit more on your volume levels. Try and get each synth into their own space, so they are clearly audible and boost parts that are quieter, just increase the volume on them firstly, and use a compressor if you need.

Cool melodies dude, keep it up!

[Park]

For sure, I'm liking these vibes!

Has a retro feel to it for sure but also sounds quite future like.

The melody at :56 is nice and those arps man, very nice. So easy on the ears too which is tricky with arps, especially in the high range, so kudos!

The drop is smooth as heck. Such control and clean sounds. The arp at 1:35 is awesome, and the switch up in melody a few moments later is good too, exploring different vibes along the way. The breakdown is sweet around 2:10 or so, with a decent build up following.

Overall dude, very unique style. Like chill mixed with chip mixed with retro mixed with future mixed with dance.

Awesome!

[KOTDARI - Gold]

Starts off very soft and melodic, damn, it would go so nicely with vocals!! Some in the background, with a soothing one in the foreground, perhaps a lady :D

The pan flute is a nice touch too! The swoosh is cool, leads into the next section nicely. Could dash a bit more reverb on it.

Damn, the drop is tasty, I love that snare, the one that comes on the final beat? The one that has a high EQ pop sound behind it, very nice. The main lead in the drop is cool. The breakdown at 1:43 is nice too, you could even chuck a drum pattern after it, perhaps 2 bars of quiet then drums, as it's still in the energy section of the song, you can keep the groove going.

I like the bells that come in around 2:00, a nice touch and makes it feel different. For sure, some vocals would go nicely with this.

Yeah, it's cool dude :)

Just saw the tag "tropical"! That describes this song very well! :D

[The Brightest Star]

Awesome description dude. Lets see where this goes!

Nice ambient as heck intro, getting some Interstellar vibes, while they're still on earth, with some stormy clouds in the distance, bleak but hopeful. Then the piano kicks in nicely around 0:28. Damn!!! The techno vibe off the synth at 0:38 is definitely fitting the theme nicely.

It feels very atmospheric for sure. Heavily emotional business. I like the build up, very ambient.

The switchup at 1:13 is decent. Going into a happy land now, like some 8bit gameboy business. The drop is juicy as heck too! Dang. Nice. Very funky.

Yeah, decent, I like it. The drop is good, my favourite was the build up, the drop is very happy in comparison but that's all good too. Some next LSD trip business then we're back into sad territory around 2:40. Your build ups and ambient sections are killer dude! Very sweet on the ears.

The drop is decent too actually. Could throw some arps in there, change up the wobble & beat patterns some, the gated effect is tiring on the ears a bit.

Wow, see your 3:58 breakdown, those ambient bits are AMAZING. Nice use of bitcrusher too at the end.

Good stuff dude, well done!

SPECTORMUSIC responds:

Thank so much!!!!!!

[Virtual Riot 101]

I have a picture of some sort of nice garden, right off the bat, some nice scenery, awesome.

The build up is nice, you switch the sound with some bitcrusher which is tasty, and the sneaky beat & bass build up is cool. Wondering where it'll go from there. Everythings coming in filtered.

ThEN BOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOM

Drop time. Sounds cool. You've opened up the highs a bit too much though buddy, it's a tad harsh on head phones. The drop itself is nice though. The rhythm is certainly there!

Where's the rest of the track at?

TrickshotMusic responds:

Im excited about how you described it, melodic dubstep is about catching different emotions and thats what i wanted. and for you to explain it perfectly made it pretty simple. Though i do agree that the highs in the drop were too high but that also brings me to a point that its not finished and im still gonna try and find a vocalist. I hope youll find the full song better.

[Takeover]

Has a grimey video game start, some cool 8 bitish business going on there. You're short selling yourself in the description dude! It certainly sounds cool / different.

The drop itself is quite odd feeling, gives it a Halloween style vibe. Where's the snare at though? It kicks in around 1:12 but needs a bit more presence, maybe up the volume or add some more separation or layer it with another snare or chuck a reverse snare before it?

Oh, the wobble effect around 1:44 is very nice indeed.

2:17 is sexyaf!! Let that instrument kick in a bit harder dude, it sits in the background a bit.

The flow of the track is good dude. Composition wise it's good. Just need to brushen up the levels here and mixdown. It sounds like it was produced on a mobile phone, by a dude who has some solid music knowledge and composition skills, but isn't quite adding umph to the instruments.

DAMN!!!! 3:45!!! YOU SAVED THAT TILL THE END? WHYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY!! IT'S SO TASTY

Overall dude, worst dubstep song ever produced.

I jest. The composition is very nice and it sounds quite unique. Just need to focus on the technical bits of the production namely volume levels and general mixing. Some elements that could have had more presence were in the background, where they should have been more in the front of the mix, you can do this by EQing the low levels, for example boosting your bass on the bassline & kick, and cutting the bass on everything else, similarly for the snare, boosting the upper mid range. Figuring out where each instrument sits in the mix, will let you push through the sounds more on each one and bring everything much louder. Particularly important I'd say for your drums, hats and snares, as they seem to be under-powered especially in the earlier part of the song, up till like 1:12, then your snare & hat is audible but your kick is quiet and that messy melody is perhaps too far in the background, especially as you layer a second melody with it at 1:26, they make it hectic, whereas what you could do is some channel panning, throw one instrument more to the left, the other more to the right, and perhaps pull the mid instrument up an octave and then remove the bottom end of it so your mid to bass sounds can float on their own.

Anyway dude, I'm waffling, good composition! I enjoyed it :)

DustifiedGD responds:

This is one of the greatest notifications for a review I have ever received. I considered this track complete garbage but clearly that’s not what people think, based on the ratings and this review. I really need to use the EQ more.... and there were snares and reverse snares in the first part of the drops, then the second part I decided to remove them because it was too hectic. Yeah I should have made them louder but I was too worried about the track being too quiet :/. I will take your feedback into consideration when I inevitably make a second dubstep track :)
P.S. it was not produced on a phone IT WAS PRODUCED ON A TABLET NO ONE WHO IS SANE WOULD EVEN TRY TO PRODUCE A GOOD TRACK ON A PHONE

[Re-Dream EP (Minimix)]

Interesting sounds dude! Like the other dude, would have been nice to hear a bit more from each track. But yeah, sounds good.

[Spaze - Raw Picture]

Very ambient start to the track, the b ells are nice and that owly slight vibe is cool. The space-launch style vocals are cool too. Damn, then that instrument kicks in quite jolly.

The drop is powerful as heck dude. Very nice.

My feedback would be to somehow bring more reverb into the second part of the build up section & boost the levels a bit on the earlier sections, as the rest of the song is quite loud. Also, widen some more elements in the drop, use those left / right channels.

Like it dude. The drop itself remains interesting and you've weaved the instruments thoroughly. Any plans to extend the track? Sounds like it's ripe for a second drop!

Good stuff, enjoyed it :)