Numi's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Devils Dance]

For a first song.. eh.

This is your first song ever, eh? It's not awful. It's better than mine, it shows you probably have some basic grasp of how to actually use FL, but it really doesn't show you understand how to make something that sounds.. listenable. Believe me when I say this, I know where this piece came from. If you listen to my first like.. three tracks up on NG it shows I had no idea what the fuck I was doing - but since it was a full "song" that I made all on my own, I was high on my own fumes for a few minutes there on each of them. A lot of artists I know are like that. In a week, maybe two, you'll see this piece isn't... listenable. Keep working, and choose a genre easier to produce than dubstep (believe me, once you actually figure out how to make real dubstep you'll see how hard it is) for your first few songs, and you'll be good. I'll hit you up in a PM and see if I can point you in the right direction for any questions you may have.

seguraf11 responds:

Thank you Numi!:)

[[OL Remix] |\||_| In Your Arms]

!!!

Shit kid! Nice! I'm amazed! You did a fantastic job with this! I love everything about it! the sounds, the composition, the crazy solo in the middle, it was all just boss. It was quite a treat being able to hear this. I love what you did with it.

*Also - as far as our remix trade goes, I'm about halfway done with my side of the deal. Hopefully it'll get done today, if not, then sometime this week. I promise.

OpenLight responds:

Hahaha don't rush, it's no big deal.

I'm psyched that you like it! It was fun to do for sure, and this has always been my favorite song by you.

[KKS - 8-bit test]

Pretty sweet!

Everthing sounds pretty nice except the bass. It sounds too gritty. It sounds like it's being played much lower than it should, which is making it rough. I'd suggest fooling around with other 8bit sounds for the bass. Everything else sounds pretty sick! I love it!

KKSlider60 responds:

Hm, maybe it's the wave form that I should change. It's a saw wave, instead of say- sine or triangle as a bass. Oh well, thanks for your time, glad you liked it ;D
KKS

[Project Genesis-Commencement]

You're getting there...

It has potential. It's not that great IMO, there's plenty of room for improvement, but it's not terrible either. One of the biggest things holding your music down (yes, I've listened to your other hardstyle efforts as well) is the instruments and the samples you use. They're utterly terrible. Replace those, and you'll be a large step ahead of where you are now. Whatever you're using for a lead is dance-ish, but it's too "creepy" sounding, for lack of a better word. It's too distorted and unclear. The kick is by far the biggest problem here. You were using a kick for hardcore or speedcore, while you should've used something more for hardstyle. You can download hardstyle kick samples, but you're better off making your own. I suggest getting a hefty undistorted kick, and getting a bass that fits the kick, then gate the bass and copy the paterns for the kick to the bass. Your kick should sound like when the kick first comes in on this track..
http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/liste n/376078
I also suggest throwing some ambient pads in there.

I disagree with everything the below reviewer said. His points about the song being bad were all characteristics of hardstyle now. He/she clearly doesn't understand the genre. But he also said the kick was good, this is NOT an appropriate kick for this song.
-I know it sounds like I'm shitting on your track, I'm totally not. It's just suggestions for imoprovements. This isn't too bad.

IJamLegend responds:

Creepy is what is was going for and I think thats more to do with the melody than the actual leed itself :P I'll keep the other things in mind though :)

[Shoop]

Samples...

The samples are what killed this song. I liked the lazor quote. A lot. I LOVED the wobbles in the intro and later in the song. But the drum samples absolutely KILLED this song. The kick was bad. It wasn't low enough, it didn't ring. The snare used in most of the song as well as the hat just made me wanna puke. Re-do this with more dubstep appropriate drum samples, and you'll have a pretty good track on your hands.

MormoMaker responds:

I didn't have a chance to listen to the actual song, so I will fix this.
If there are any other problems, please let me know.
Thanks, I will probably re-upload this tomorrow.
:D

[Entry Wound WIP]

I'm in love with this!

Title says it all. I love this. i seriously can't wait to hear the full version of this song, it sounds simply amazing! I liked every riff, every lick, everything that was written. The only thing I didn't like is the quality of the recording, but I understand how recording can be difficult D=

Fantastic job with this !

zac11114 responds:

thanks! yeah, we did everything pretty much in one take, and as i said, its not mastered or mixed very well. on the final we'll take more care with recording everything lol. we're gonna record the FINAL FINAL version in the studio. thanks alot for the support!

[{dj-N} Ambientronica]

Nice!

Though none of the melodies were particularly complex, it all sounded simple, I appreciate the complexity of the track. It really sounds great. Sounds from all sorts of styles meshed into this track, distinct dubstep wobble, but without the distortion so instead of filthiness it's relaxing. The somewhat obscure lead synth sounded amazing as well. Everything down to the airy pad sounded fantastic. Good job with this one!

dj-Nate responds:

Why, thank you

[SN | Music is an Expression]

Uhm..

It's a bit odd. A little more obscure than I'd expected.

0:00-0:55 - It took quite a while for the track to really get interesting. That whole part of the song just didn't really seem to flow, everything seemed random. Also, the lead synth was piercingly loud. It really hurt my ears, highly displeasing =(

0:56-1:52 - More randomness. The hardstyle kick was a bit weird in this song, it seemed out of place. I didn't see the song going anywhere, it didn't get me pumped up for the rest of the song.

1:53-2:24 - The abrupt end in the music for a quiet quote is alright, but it's a 30 second quote. As meaningful or relevant to the song as it may be, having it be that dull for so long eliminate any sort of anticipation the audience would get from a quote. It was so calm that at first I thought this track would get real epic real fast, but it just dragged on and on and on...

2:25-3:17 - A familiar style, familiar sounds. I liked it, but there was still no relevance to anything in the beginning. It all still seemed so random and out of place, it was confusing. Well, except for the hardstyle kick, but still. If you started the song from 2:25 or so, you would've been better off.

3:18-4:22 - Nice. Hardstyle. Gotta love this. It sounded great at this point, except after a minute straight of that melody (as nice as it was, it wasn't as energetic as the kick commanded it to be), it got a bit old. I got pumped there'd be a release of some energy. It felt like there'd be a drop or a breakdown or something intense. But it was the same melody, it remained unchanged, it was the same aside from the kick pattern, which was relatively monotonous.. A bit of a let down.

4:23-end - As soon as I heard the guy's voice again, I wanted to stop listening, out of fear. But the quote ended, and I pushed through to the end. The outro was just relevant to the intro, which had nothing to do with the body. It didn't fit, it sounded random, and the lead was still piercing and painful to listen to.

SessileNomad responds:

lol random, i pray to god i pass this round so i can show you what random really means

[[dj-Jo] Amatsumi]

LOVE IT!

Had a very asian feel to it, which is freaking awesome in Drum and bass tracks IMO. Idk why, but it almost always turns out epic. I expected it to be a dance/trance like track from the intro synths used from 0:00 to 0:15. The transition from that to the lyrical sample into an ethnic drum an bass track swas buttery smooth and done to perfection. The sounds you used here are great - they mix together well, and on top of that they aren't overused sounds I hear in every other drum and bass track out there. I wanna hear this at a club. Shit would be so cash.

[Timbre On The Walls]

Meh.

It was alright. It definitely wasn't what i expected, though I'm not quite sure what I expected.

The intense flanging drums with all their effects would've fit a hell of a lot better on a high-speed DnB track. The chords were interesting, and loaded with tension and sour notes, which kept it interesting, but it didn't fit this song at all. Everything contrasted, nothing really flowed. i liked everything about the song, but only in parts. When put together as a whole, it got kind of messy.