bdog705's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Piano instrumental 13]

some of your songs could be longer, when i write midi for my own music and i use a piano i start with a combination of 2 notes and go from there, i try to make it as long as possible

this song doesn't sound that bad though, it could use better arpeggiation and longer notes in some spots

[Piano Cartoon Ending Theme]

the notes mixed together didnt exactly fit the right key
you should look up music theory, it basically teaches about piano notes and what notes work with what
however most idiots just make a video saying ''these notes with these work and that all you need, put notes together till it sounds good and thats all''
if you want i can send you a midi or some piano notes and you can try and learn from it

[Kaffemugg]

well for DnB
the drum beat is more it for an into not the entire thing
the bassline does not fit at all in my opinion mostly because its too quiet and not heavy enough in the mid section
also the FX........don't use them trust me
transitions are a little weird though
the bells are not that great, as in they don't mix well
this seems more like an experimental kind of song
also the ending was really sudden, you should have either ended it on a stretched note or faded it all out or looped it
not to be the asshole who calls shit out but are you using MMM?
i you are then message me your email im going to hook you up with something if you like
when i was your age i used MMM then i stopped and went for FL studio
much better system to work with, that or reason by propellerhead

Spurta responds:

It was a bit of an experiment, yeah.
Either way, thank you for the feedback, man.
Keep rockin'!

[Midnight (original mix)]

well thing is with big room house
its all idiots using nexus which is a preset based plugin
they use it then call it there own style and they say its all there own creation
its not, its someone elses sounds but just changed with basic filters
this sounds more like trance not big room house
mostly because a lot of the leads sound like trance leads, the drums are more dubstep/trance then house or big room house
the transition at 2:00, yea thats trance right there just with a really loud lead
you should really change some of the volume levels in this and always make sure none of the sounds are going way too loud
i always assign a synth to a specific spot on my mixer then add a compressor on every channel that has something there regardless of what it is
also a few drum hits in this don't exactly fit that well
at 3:45 that main lead really needs a compressor on it
also with vocals always compress them, transition from 3:45 to 4:24..... it was decent in my opinion, i would have reversed a crash drum and added reverb and set the decay to like 1.5 seconds
i feel like i know the drums your using and i dont know why, what one shot samples for drums did you use?
well as far as the song goes i just gave it my opinion on it
it wasn't bad actually
just needed some compression in some spots and maybe a tune up on some of the transitions
keep it up m8 ^_^

Razorrekker responds:

Lol... Big room house starter kit: comes with 78 copies of nexus, more nexus, and yet more nexus!
Trance? what kind of trance would this be, 'cause most of the trance listen to is the progressive trance, or the nice and calm stuff. The dubstep style drums were intended, because I wanted this to be on the more unique side of big room. I don't use compressors a lot because the song for some reason sounds over compressed and weird... Yes, the drop lead was too loud. I've noticed that... to late to fix it now. the drums i'm using I made myself by layering snares and stuff...
Alright. I think I covered all the stuff you talked about. If you need anything else, message me, because I don't think that this can be replied to again..

[Do You Have To]

elegant bell lead!
pretty awesome synth stabs
piano melody is nice and jazzy in some parts
OHHH THERE'S VOCALS HOLY FUGGG YUSSS
that bell synth is awesome
i love that chip synth its so just ergasmic
that low heavy synth could have been a bit more noticeable
the vocals could have used a bit less vocoder on them and a bit more of a boost in volume, also remember to always compress vocals
sounds like a weird phaser with a lot of wetness on the vocals, maybe a bit less of that, some slight fallbacks on this song but overall i still love it!
4.5 stars
keep it up :D

[Take and Break (demo)]

well first off what's the tempo? i can make a bassline if you need one
anyway
the intro was awesome
that boop synth was rather cool
i love that bell its really bright and happy sounding
drums are pretty good
i could never make a good drum beat using drums like that :P
percussion was pretty good, could use a compressor on them and turn the gain down to about 4.00
love that chip melody its damn good lol
overall this song just needs the percussion instruments to be a little compressed and thats it
i cant wait to hear the demo for this, its pretty awesome as is but still
keep it up ^_^

[Sleek]

hmm the intro was a bit scatterbrained but fit well
that sweep synth is awesome sounding
drop into the drums was decent, could have used some sub drops and a bigger build
drum beat itself wasn't so much acid, it was more...... electro house
the main synth would fit better in a more uplifting song to be honest
that sweep went from an intro sweep to your pad, pretty nice actually, i do that sometimes
crash drum into more sounds was pretty nice
drums could have used more hihats
mmm dat acid
mmm that crash drum but the pitch for the melody afterwords was a little distracting
the ending was pretty good
honestly for a first attempt it wasn't that bad, the drum beat reminded me of celldwellers small drum beat in his song ''goodbye'' he made a drum beat similar to yours but it lasted for like 5 seconds
this was a pretty good attempt at DnB or your first time, i really hope to actually hear more DnB from you in the future
as always keep it up because every song of yours has at least a bunch of things i like, i'm literally ready to add you to the list of my favorite producers because your music is making it hard for me to listen to anyone else
alright i'm done fangirling XD
hope to hear more awesome music soon ^_^

[Say Hello]

got a nice feel to it, rather dark and depressing actually
i like it, FX are nice, again the melodies are PERFECT for vocals especially yours ;)
mmmm i fucking love blip synths and you made a perfect one,
the piano lead was great, really powerful actually, i dont even think i can do better then that
you really know how to transition in a guitar
and make a great fitting melody with it
this is definitely going on my favorites list and i'm downloading this
i love this song so much just everyhting is amazing
keep it up ^_^ now if you''ll excuse me im going to review ''Sleek''
ps: you should really add some vocals to this :D

SynthGoddess responds:

Wowieeeee! Thanks so much, your reviews really mean so much to me~! They're so detailed and it makes me smile so much when you say good things about my song, although I'm sure you're just flattering me. XD

Thanks again, B!

[Only in a Dream]

you made my favorite song with my favorite elements, DnB drums, Chip synths and awesome ambient pads, this song is more along the lines of electro house with some slight ambient parts

the gated synth was pretty good if it's your first attempt on one, you got a knack for music like this especially if you just went by the flow of it too
this song is pretty damn awesome and i love it, i dont usually favorite or download a song but this song deserves it
listening to those bells i have like hundreds of melody ideas for them
the bass was pretty awesome too, more plucky dark acid kinda vibe
drums are pretty cool too, you should try layering drum hits, like take some regular snare and then throw a louder hard hitting snare right over it and have the 2 work together, i've done that a lot and you can really make some cool stuff like that,
lol i never really master my songs either ;p theres like 7 that i tried to master but i don't think i did well,
anyway
this song was pretty awesome to listen too its 3AM for me and i was outside listening to this and it echoed right through my neighborhood lol fit well with nighttime too

i really enjoyed this song and i really hope there will be an extended version one day
seriously keep it up ^_^

[Digital Magnitude]

i fucking loved that intro
that heavy synth is awesome
unexpected flute O_O
that synth is still fucking amazing
i love the things you're doing with that synth, all that wobbling and weird stuff
that transition into 1:09 was awesome
still hear that synth ^ _ ^
Alot of cool FX in this too
for reviewing this i listened to the song while i reviewed it so i can name stuff
anyway
i really hope you finish this i fucking loved it
keep it up SynthGoddess :D