MadHamish's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Mary Had a Little Lamb-JimmyB]

s'alright

It sounds like it might be a low-quality live recording of BB King or something. I mean that in the best possible way, as this is very good. It could definitely improve with better production though

johnnyq1233 responds:

Thanks for the review!
Yes, all we had were a couple of cassette decks and a 12 channel mixer....lol
I just spent about 3 hours on fruityloops cleaning up the sound.
The original tape sounds sooo bad but thanks to parametric eq and some noise filtering...tadaaa!
Thanks again.....JQ

[DragonForce Parody]

yes!

youve captured the essence of dragonforce exactly. "as long as my dragon's heart is pure" lol

despite being a parody, its kinda catchy :) i like it

[Epic Fruit]

I figured it out lol

You're a reason user, I can tell. That one epic kick that you use periodically is in one of the refills i just got :) I used it in one of my songs too. It makes a good intro, really grabs the attention. btw, song was great I'll give it a 9 and 5.

Groovebot responds:

Reason and FL make an awesome team :-) I use rewire and use them both at the same time. You're right about that kick, btw. Isn't it great? Happy you liked the tune, bro!

[Wild Jungle]

quite good

This is really good. I feel like it would go well in a movie, like one of those scenes where the camera pans over and above a huge army or something

[Out of life]

my thoughts

I love the melody, it makes me happy. The synths are all pretty cool and work well together. One very glaring problem though is that there is a significant amount of clipping, especially sometime around the middle of the song. Some levels need to be adjusted. Also, I had a hard time hearing the bass drum. I don't know if thats what you were going for or what but I kept expecting it to kick in and not hearing it.

DJ-BM responds:

I'm not sure if the clipping is due to the quality of the upload song because I had to down the quality to make it under 8mb or the song it self. It may be a bit of both. And yes I do need to bring up the levle of the kick. Thanks for taking the time to give me a review.

DJ-BM

[DJ Babokon - Rising Waves]

wheres the kick?

I can tell its hiding down there somewhere but its getting muffled/ compressed out of existence. Song is amazing, but any good techno song needs a strong kick!

DJ-Babokon responds:

Hmm, I couldn't do anything about the compression so sorry. :(

[Divinity (Nermio)]

drum too soft

The main complaint I have is that drums, especially the snare, sound too soft. The snare should be a little punchier and pierce through the fog.

Nermio responds:

Ok, advice taken! Thanks a lot! Also the chord pad makes the speakers sound bad so I'll probably change that.

[FF | Listen]

very chill

I like the vibe you have going on. I could easily see this being played in some kind of lounge setting. Vocals would really make this song perfect (other than the cool sounding background ones you have now)

freddyfinger responds:

thanks :)

[Printer Song]

haha

I think you've captured well the emotions of the printer. I'm never going to feel the same printing things again

DrudgeSkeleton responds:

Haha, thanx m8 :D

[Sum Thin]

nice arpeggios

very cool interacting lead lines. The main one kinda sounds like its played from the buttons of a phone lol

Problems:

1. Repetitive. Theres very little variety and my brain kinda gets tired of the beeps after a while. Try switching it up; add some new sections to the song aka verse chorus intro etc

2. No low end. As far as I can tell, theres no bassline. This makes the track sound incomplete and a dry

Dont get me wrong, I think this is great for a second submission. It takes countless hours of fucking up and getting accustomed to writing songs before really good stuff starts coming out. Keep at it!

gabredi responds:

Thanks man!
I know it's a bit repetitive, but at the time I just wanted to get something better in here. I didn't use my computer, just my iPod, so I'm not sure I can find that sort of thing. I'll keep trying though. In the meantime think of this as a long loop.
PS Anyone else who's reading this should know that he made the review after I edited the description.