durn's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Rampage of the Ages]

Rush for the 2000s?!?

Seriously, :D sounds like Rush man!

Until you breakdown at 0:40 anyhow. lol. :) Then it takes a life of its own.

I like it, man. Simple rock groove with a solid beat.

Wasn't a big fan of the slow solo 1:20-1:30 or so. seemed off-key at times, but the flourish you do at the end of that part is sick.

And then I eat my words later when they all tie together 2:40 or so in and it just gets sick. I -love- harmonized soloing and you pull it off fantastically here. :D

Excellent job, man. I would love to hear this with a singer and fully produced!

uten responds:

wow great review, I don't normally respond to these but you deserve this

everyone who bothers to read comments give this guy a '+' cause THAT is how you review!!

[PHL - Storm]

Duuude :)

Nice stuff here, I've made some Half-Life related tunes thrown on newgrounds as well. :)

Only thing is the snare drum sounds a little too processed in it's timing. If you threw in a couple triplets or flourishes at 16T or 32T timing you'd notice a much more human touch to your rolls. :)

Project-Half-Life responds:

I simply wanted to time the snare drum like it was in the original, but I see what you mean.

Thanks for the review!

[Far Away - Loop (demo) [BBB]]

Good start

Sounds very much like something from a video game or an 80s sci-fi movie. :D The drums (kick especially) get a little muddled once you throw the snare and clap in but it kinda provides a nice soft backing to the melody. That being said, it would be nice if the synth was automated a bit so that it would fluctuate as the song went on to provide some more interest. :)

[Pass the sugar, Charles]

I love the choppiness of the drum loop

However, the distortion on the piano or guitar, whatever it is gets a little too wet on the resonance.

and I -love- the vocal sample, hilarious and fitting. :)

Splatzone responds:

Thanks for the feedback! :)

[-=Nostalgia=-]

I love the way it all begins

Seems to open like a flower on the ocean but once you added the gated pad it gets cheesy, was really enjoying how it was unfolding until that.

Find something to use besides that and this would be a really great tune. :)

billyx responds:

Thanks for you input, I really love doing intros, If you listen to my other songs you get the feel of how i originate my intro to end

[Opium Trance ~Hanorotu]

Takes a while to drop but

I like the way it starts to sound around 1:30 in. Sounds like old early 2000s chicane. And I looooooved Chicane back in the day. You should give him a listen if you're not already familiar. :)

hanorotu responds:

I will definitely give him a listen!
I listened and I liked!

[Space-Paced]

Video game music, it is :)

It seems a little high on the resonance, my ears feel like they're bleeding a little.

No need to have everything so loud, samples/synths will stand out better if they're all at different dB/volume levels.

I like the way it picks up at the end. Almost sounds like one of my old tunes. :)

cybervegeto22 responds:

Yah I figured it would be too quiet so I enhanced the volume, but apparently a little too much.
Thanks for the great review, I'll be experimenting with the volume leveling and whatnot tomorrow.

[Favorite Shit]

Offtime

It's hard to match long samples like that to a beat, I know from experience. But yeah, it's fairly off beat until about 1 minute in then it seems to align better. I like it though :)

Aeris responds:

yea, unfortunately for this piece, the original was sung live by The Supremes, so the singer didn't sing along side a steady tempo, but her own inner tempo, which isn't as constant as much as emotional.

I could create a clip changing the tempo, but that would ruin the trance like sound i was aimed for.

So i was kinda stuck with this, ah well. Gain some lose some, right? ^^

[JBI - I'm on my way]

I'm on -my- way...

Over to your place to beat you up for trying to make me happy!

Honestly, stop it! It's actually working. :)

Seriously though, I love it. :) Very upbeat and full of love and adventure.

[DJ Deimos-Illusion]

Excellent melodies and progression

Muddy on the mixing though. Clear at some points but then headache inducing at others, no headroom left.

I really liked the way everything progresses it just seems a little raw at times.