Dylnmatrix's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Raging Out]

Pretty good. The mixing is good and I like how the beat just keeps going till the end.

There were a couple things that I had an issue with though.
- It's a bit too repetitive. I found myself wanting to skip ahead in certain points of the song so I could hear the next part. Add a little variety to it by changing up the melody or adding in more different elements.
- At about the 1:00 mark, you start adding an element that sounds like another song in the background that's in a different key than the foreground music.
- 1:45 mark. The melody here is out of key at certain parts, most notably the arpeggios at the end of each phrase. It makes the song sound weird and it makes me cringe a little, being a little OCD when it comes to keys and music.
- When the piano comes in, some of the chords are out of key as well. Same as the above remarks.

It's good other than those out of key parts. Maybe fix those and make them actually be in key, and I'd be a lot happier. If they were out of key intentionally...you can keep it the way it is, but maybe fix a couple parts.

2.5/5 stars, giving you 3 for the rating ;). It was good mixing, and the song had some good structure, just that those bits that are out of key make it a bit harder for me to enjoy it. I can see/hear the potential in this though, so keep it up.

Dylnmatrix

AeronMusic responds:

Hey there, DylnMatrix,
Very thanks for the big review and the good constructive criticism. Some points you are right, but at some points I think you are not.... I disagree with the off-key beats, I checked it again and there is nothing off-key (Still not sure by the way). You may think it's off-key, but I've used semitones. Thanks again!

[SmK - Let Go]

...damn. Dat bass, man. How'd you get it to do all that sliding and stuff? I wish I could do that, but I'm a complete noob at FL Studio to figure it out haha

Anyways, I love this. Great melody, awesome mastering from what I can tell, the production is great. I loved the piano at the end and the breaks too. It is typical dance music, but these kinds of dance songs, with uplifting melodies and not being too repetitive, are the ones that help me feel like I can overcome just about anything.

So, yeah, I think I rambled enough for a review, if you'd call it that lol.

I love the song. Great job and keep it up!

[Gold (preview)]

Sounds great, can't wait to hear the full thing :)

Some feedback on how it is so far:
-Great melody, yet again. Simple yet pleasing to the ear.
-Oomph, that bass...I love it, though I'm a sucker for gritty/dirty basses, so there's a bit of bias there haha. Tip though: You might want to turn it dow a bit, as is causing the limiter to come in when you have the kick, melody and bass going.
-Speaking of the kick, maybe make it a little stronger? You may not have to when you turn down your bass, but I'm going to throw that out there.

Other than those two things, great job so far. Keep it up c:
Dylnmatrix

Nervousnoob responds:

Il keep that in mind! Thank you!

[SmK - Evolve]

Definitely my new favorite SmK song. This is amazing. The melody is uplifting and beautiful, I love the bassline, and I love the song. I wish I could sidechain like that. Hell, I wish I could make amazing melodies like you do in all your tracks.

The song does get a little repetitive in the middle, but the melody is good enough to make it unnoticeable unless you start nitpicking.

Great job :)

SKILLZmakeKILLZ responds:

my goal is always to make a song better than the last, so thank you in confirming that I did this time (:
im glad you enjoyed it ^^

[The Simple Things]

Very relaxing and calming, and a nice change from all the trance I've been listening to all day. Simply put, this is beautiful. Everyone needs a bit of simplicity to calm them down every now and then.

Thanks for this.

stunkel responds:

Thanks! :D Glad that you liked it! I'll be making more soon!

[Silver Paradise]

Damn, that's a big project.

But the song clearly shows that it was worth the size. This is very uplifting, and I love to hear trance like this. It has a beautiful melody, flows smoothly, and has a good bassline. I really liked the effects you used, along with the voice samples.

My only critiques, would be that in some parts the kick and bass are a little too much, making it hard to hear the melody behind them. Maybe turn those down a bit, or turn down the boost you added to them.

Amazing song regardless, though. Great job.
Dylnmatrix

SoulofT responds:

"Damn, that's a big project."
yeah, I must say, I'm glad to be done with it :p

"This is very uplifting, and I love to hear trance like this. It has a beautiful melody, flows smoothly, and has a good bassline. I really liked the effects you used, along with the voice samples."

Hey thanks a lot! I wasn't really confident with my bassline, but now I feel better about it :p
Oh and most of the voice samples were me :] (all of them except the weather forecast part)

"My only critiques, would be that in some parts the kick and bass are a little too much, making it hard to hear the melody behind them. Maybe turn those down a bit, or turn down the boost you added to them."

That's true, I agree the kick sounds messed up in some parts... I actually had like 8 different patterns of kicks in this, because I just never felt it was good enough.

Thanks a lot for the review!!

SoulofT

[Crude]

Awesome. Everything I was looking forward to in the finished version.

The melody is the selling point in this piece, it just compliments everything in the song so nicely. And it's a great progression to listen to as well. The bass is very good, driving the song along, and has it's own little melodies to keep the song fresh. The drums are good and I like the FX you used.

If I had anything to critique it would maybe be the interlude/transition close to the end, starting around 3:45, could have been a little more different than the beginning, maybe adding more than just the bass fills. Like maybe have little swells of the melody or something along with the bass. It doesn't necessarily make the song bad with the way it is now, it's just I think it add some great emotional aspects to the piece.

That's just me though, as that's the way I try to write music, so don't worry too much about this. It's an amazing piece as is, I enjoy it, and I'm sure others will/do too.

Great work!
Dylnmatrix

Nervousnoob responds:

Thank you! These coments really helps me to make even better music! and im really happy that you take your time to write something like this!

[Dreams]

This is nice. It's a bit repetitive though, and starts to become too repetitive before the piano comes in at the end. You had a nice melody and bassline, but if you went farther with the melody, by either adding an arp or tweaking the melody, it would make this song really nice. Maybe adding some white noise filter sweeps and more FX would be nice as well.

The mix/master was good, I could hear mostly everything nicely, except the synth is a little too quiet at the beginning from 0:30 to about 1:00, which lets the bass overpower it.

So if you go and work on this track again, being that it's four months old, see if you can work on getting that beginning synth a little louder so that the bass won't overpower it and work on adding the FX in as well.

Nicely done though
Dylnmatrix

EuphoriaSound responds:

Ill take a look at it and make it even better :)

I know its low on FX.. I always forget FX :p Too lazy to add it.

EDIT: oh boy, I cant change it since i Purchased reFX nexus 2 and installed it. I made this song with a Pirated version of Nexus 2 so i cant open it with the ne nexus :(

[Crude (preview)]

This is nice. Can't wait to hear the full version. When you do, you should see how far you can go with that melody you had at the beginning, as that was an awesome melody and I want to hear more of it. I also like the clash of the melody and the bass at 0:30.

I can't think of much to improve, except to see how much you can do with that melody at the beginning.

Nice job, keep it up!
Dylnmatrix

Nervousnoob responds:

thank you! this really helps allot, and il keep all of this in mind! There isn't many people who take their time to give thees advises, so thank you!

[Enlightenment]

I'm loving that intro. Smooth, calm and relaxed. Very fitting of the "Enlightenment" title.

My only gripe is the transition at 1:49-ish, the way it cuts off of the intro, takes away from the song a little before getting back into it. Maybe if you had it transition like you had the music do at 3:50 it would flow more like a trance song.

The middle-the end is good, the transition to the end happens at a good time before the song gets too repetitive, and I like how it's constantly building until the end. The finish could have been a little better, with a little bit more resolution instead of just cutting off with the crash.

Anyways, this was really good. Keep it up!
Dylnmatrix

ForeverBound responds:

wow thanks man ;) I aprreciate your review ;)