Flash-MX's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Disk Jockey]

pretty good

But its missing some lower balance, it all sounds a bit high and not low; if bass isn't your preference on a scratch track, you could try filtering the drums a little bit alternating

Overall the scratching was pretty q-bert
so
8/4

AfroShine responds:

thanks for the advice, appreciate it.

[Baile]

nicely put together

The sounds went very well together, it sounded well thought out, the only problems I personally felt were

1. The bass sounds like its a key above the key parts, and it sounds like it wants to come down :D
2. Some parts could use a little trimming, unless you use this track as a bg for a brass arrangement/solo, then it wont be as rep. but if the keys are the main part of the song, trim some parts that sound repetitive.
3. At 3:40--41 theres some drum sync. probs. but not too bad

Love the theme though, and the upbeat rythym

9/5

AfroShine responds:

glad you enjoyed it ^^

[Lyrical Expertise Pt. 2]

beautifully done

Incredible stuff, is the guitar track a sample? Regardless, great mic work with the vocals (very clear), the strings are incredibly done with the guitar part, just overall excellent, just wish it were longer..., though this is the kind of stuff rap needs nowadays, excellent job again

10-5

war-spawn responds:

It's a combination between a Rurouni Kenshin sample and some of my own work. The strings are the same thing. I added extra notes in, as well as filtered to give a sorta lo-fi feel to it. I'm glad you enjoyed it. ^.^

[Manipulated and Mutilated(Old)]

very enjoyable

The panning was a bit much at parts, not in overusing but in overdoing, but it added to the overall athmosphere, so not bad, but can really only be comfortably heard once. Loved the song in total, very noir riffs throughout the song, really excellent squeels, makes for a fantastic ambient song. Although I was asking for a drum track halfway through the song, yet you delivered! Very nicely put again, not much real suggestions, great track!

10/5

[Electro Eclipse Bomb]

good drums

This is one of those few NG submissions that have well processed drums for... well any genre, true it lacked a melody overall, but this song could survive without one, ive heard plenty of electro come out from the Twin, Dust Brothers, Basement Jaxx without a REAL noticable melody (take in point "finding the bomb") my suggestions: heh nothing, its a good track all around

9/5

[Song 02, 08]

reverb makes for good new age

But the reverb's nothing to worry about here, good chord progression, could'ave used a stronger lead, some beautiful chords here, not much else to say, my suggestion: bring out the lead a little stronger, it sounds oh so shy!

9-5 for lenght, good chords

Reeez responds:

thank you ... beautiful chords^^ ...

[Canon Rock (Short)]

great remake of classic

for the lenght I wont take out, to make a good arrangement like that, any time is precious enough, loved the grace note riffs there with the guitar, very smooth-- no real big speaker distortion, like all the others, would love to hear it expanded, or at least a harmony with another guitar, give us anything a 4th a 6th a 7th! lol

great job!

10-5

charlieunicornrocks2 responds:

Yes i quieted down the guitar so it wouldnt create so much static because of the distortion. I would rather have less distortion and better quality then heavy distortion and not be able to hear it. Thanks for the great review :D

[NOKE CITY!!!]

good stuff goin...

First of all, the choir chord progression is done very nicely, very warmly, epic really.
Excellent background and lead vocals (very clear, good mic work), lyrics I don't usually rate but I heard some pretty thick F-bombs, well done. My suggestion, you've got a good beat, good background progression, could use some more variation on the pitch with the rapping though, it sounds odd I know, but the background track defenitly allows for this to be possible, and the best rappers can pull off rap-singing (Nate Dogg, Warren G to name a few)

But regardless, this is a 10-5 no doubt,

Excellent job!

[Supermarket Beat]

lets break it down

So, this was very nicely done for being an FL studio, excellent actually, just a few words of advice (btw this is what the Hip-Hop needs in these days, a mix of old and new) The bass felt just a little bit too powerful when heard in relation to the organ and the voice (although, nothing to worry about with the voice, it defenitely adds its ingredient just well enough), the organ is very nicely placed, the bass and beat argue with each other for just a bit (in other words fighting for being the loudest) again a quick volume change in either will fix the balance here, the song is well thought out and long enough, not too short. Good use of vocals and Rythym Organ. So my suggestions again, mix around with the volume of both the bassline and the drum-track to find a good balance
Overall, very nicely thought out piece,

9-5 on this one

phosphorusprocedure responds:

Thanks, man! I'll work on those volume levels. Peace, bro!

[Dirty!!]

needs more

If this is a beginner track, then a lot of things can be forgiven, however here are some good things and bad things of the song, first the bad

1. the sounds (although this point is forgivable using FL studio seeing as how ALL of their sounds are pretty MIDI-sounding)

2. the beat is ok, needs more variation, or at least more ingridients to it, maybe a triangle?

3. needs a bass-line, or anything low to balance out the high stuff, you tried with the bass drum but... it ended up overpowering the synth

the good stuff

Sounds though out, not a random piece in other words, it sounds like something

suggestions: vary out the synth a bit, don't let it be so atonal, course unless thats what your shooting for, add either a hi-hat or triangle to the beat, a lot of white space needing to be filled out, balance out the sounds, bass drum too loud and yet not enough bass freq.

all in all, good for a beginner, below average for an FL veteran

7/3 for the effort and lenght

JuzZ1Lucifer responds:

Thnx! I'm gonna take your advice to heart. I'll see what I can do. I actually just got fruity loops just a little while ago. So I'm still gettin' used to it.