NiCK-NiCK-NiCK-NiCK's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Amazon - LoggieBear]

This is cool! Quite a unique style lots of cool sounds to catch your ear. I think it needs a big old kick drum though to tie it together, that'll get the folks dancing :)

Huckton responds:

thanks man!

[Tr_002]

It's a nice progression, i think it would be greatly improved with a lead melody.

[Sauri Tengu]

a beautiful start but it needs work. something else needs to happen after 42 seconds, the tune gets very repetitive. on the plus it has a strong overall atmosphere!

Sheodon responds:

Thank you for the comment. I agree with you, and if I will have an idea how can I improve it, believe me, I'll make an other version. My current idea is that I'll delete the main instrument in the middle of the song and I'll substitute it with the same flute I used in the beginning and the ending.

[One small step]

Great piece of music. I liked the backing synths they made it really interesting. Never heard the apollo 11 recording either so that was cool as well :D

[Stand Aside]

Got some cool ideas in here but the mix is pretty messy. If you're going for standard dubstep you need to make the bass and drums the main emphasis of the track, atm there are all sorts of other sounds fighting for space in the mix while the bass is panned somewhere off to the right. Bring the bass into the centre, turn it up and turn down the volume on some of the other sounds (or EQ them to free up some space for the bass). Also i think you should bring the kick out more to get the track really moving; distorting it a little, EQing it, and sidechain compressing the bass with it will give you what you need.
A good first step into dubstep but keep plugging away!

UltimaTricksta responds:

This was the kind of feedback I was looking for! i'll be sure to take on board your mixing advice should try to make something like this again! Thanks!

[Angry beats]

Everything about this sounds huge. Nice production style. in my opinion you should tone down the sidechain on the lead synth, it's one of the most interesting elements of the track don't hide it behind the kick ;D Also i noticed that when the synth goes quiet near the end the kick gets way louder. if that's the compression in the master channel maybe tone that down a little as well.
Really enjoyed the track nice work :)

[Valley of Thoughts]

Totally caught me off guard at 0:31. Cool style has some weird synths in there i wouldn't usually associate with trance but it gels together quite well. The sound at times though is quite muddy though maybe you've got got too much delay on some of the synths. Keep it up!

StaticLF responds:

Yes I was expecting something like this, seeing as this is my first time using multi-band compressing.
Maybe I had the gain on some of my sounds a little to high. Thanks for your feed back my friend, glad you liked it.

[Lone X - Inari]

Great job writing this very emotive piece of music; it feels lonely and contemplative. I think it would work really well as a soundtrack. To make it better perhaps give the piano a little more variation.
Nice one :)

Lone-X responds:

Thanks man! I appreciate the critique!

Peace and love,
Lone X

[Raindrops]

Sounds like Four Tet :) it'd be awesome if you developed some of the little melodies the sounds make.

[You Stepped Out Of A Dream]

Soooothing

You really captured the dream-like quality in the music. Reminds me a bit of one of aphex twin's short pieces. nice one!

DJEPITOME responds:

Thanks A Lot
I Appreciate You Listening