durn's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[The Wide World of Trance]

Very nice :D

I like the change up at about 2 minutes in but it rushes up a bit quickly with the filter cutoff. Maybe lead in a bit the 4 bars previous (with some echo/delay of the following melody) so it doesn't sound so rushed? Other than that it sounded great. :) Excellent job, dude.

MrPikkis responds:

Yeah, it doesn't kinda fit on some points, but...Yah :P. Thanks :).

[Aztec-KillBill Is All Cookie]

lolol

Hahaha, awesome flame rap. Not a big fan of dirty south styles but it made me laugh. :) Good job, man.

aztec1448 responds:

lol thankx

[Epoica]

Good start, mom

Melodies were kinda disharmonic at times and the rhythm section gets very repetitive. But if you're having fun making it, who cares? :D

Sunshaft responds:

Yea I agree with all

[.:~| V3: Maeror MAC8 July |~:.]

Great song

but it doesn't make me feel sad at all. too epic and moving to evoke sadness.

Draqo responds:

All I know is epicness. :(

Thanks for the review. :D

[Unreal Shift]

nice start

the bassline seems a little over-filtered. it sounds cool when it's by itself but gets kind of muddy when mixed with the other elements. maybe start bringing the filter cutoff/res down a bit when the strings come back in?

rhythm section needs some work as it's very repetitive (however, I do like the samples used). play around with adding some cymbal action.

great effort, dude. :)

RemusHellfire responds:

Thanks alot i'll remember your advice ... again :P

[meet your DOOM]

I liked the rhythm section

though that bell/square sound got really annoying. did you do the background rhythm on your own (chimes, drips, etc?) or use a loop sample?

Zickar responds:

Yeah i agree, it might have been taken a bit too far cause i found out that beats are the backbone of any good composition but i agree i might have taken it a bit too far .. it became redundant

as for the background rhythm, the original sounds where already by default part of the fl studio but they didn't have any rhythm in them, so i moved them around and to create some rhyth in them .. like i said i'm still new at this so i'm really just working with what i got ... not a lot of creativity involved yet

thanks for the comments though, hope to impprove and my next comp will be better

[Misplaced Reality]

Great start!

A little overzealous with the rhythm loops. Change them up a bit and maybe work on creating your own rhythm section from scratch (as it sounded like it was mostly from drrex samples). good structuring of your melodies through most of it though some get a little repetitive. Look into playing around with synth settings (like res, cutoff, ADSR, etc.) to get the most out of each sound. :)

Reason rocks!

RemusHellfire responds:

Thanks alot mate i will use the advice :) have a nice day

[Daylight Rain]

Good cutscene music

During level-load would be a great spot for this tune.

Psychopath responds:

Thanks for the compliment.

[Solus- Rain in Venice]

Sounds like...

A symphonic version of James' Blunt's Beautiful Dawn.

SolusLunes responds:

Never heard it. PM me a link to the song? Always wanting to hear new stuff.