ZachPayne's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Mirrors Edge REMIX]

Just typing thoughts as the song goes.
Starting off, there's a closed high hat left panned that sounds really distracting. The rest is really nice. GAH that high hat again! It's probably sound okay if it was center panned or something. The bassline is really groovin, I liked it. I didn't really feel like there was a "climax" anywhere, it remained pretty consistent throughout the song. Anyway, other than that it was very nice. It had a good classic trance feel to it. Keep it up!

djahmusic responds:

because it is one of my old classic tracks!
still.. thank you for the feed back ^_^

[Crystallize DEMO]

Not bad! One thing that caught my attention was that the melody part and the chord progression didn't sound like they complimented each other. Really good use of effects and synths.

Darkfire96 responds:

I had that feeling too, but I thought it was just me. I might just scrap that melody altogether, since it didn't really click with me. We'll see in all due time.
Thanks for the review!

-Ikarus Hakurei

[Rainwave - Solar Vision 2]

Great song

I don't got the time to write the thoughtful review you gave me, I'm doing homework right now. But I thought I should at least check out one of your songs in return. This is definitely awesome. The only thing I did not enjoy was every once in a while I heard an "off" note or a note that didn't appear to be in the key signature used. But it seems like it was just used as a style rather than a lack of musical talent (obviously lol). Amazing song, keep up the great work.

10/10
5/5

~ZachPayne

Indigorain responds:

Haha, thanks a lot for taking the time then :D
There's no offnotes, it's just the bluesy chromatics, it's quite normal actually :]
Anyway, thanks a lot for the review man! :D

[/-Back To Earth-\ (BETA)]

Balance!!!!

Hey I gotta say I was really impressed I liked it mostly towards the middle. Really cool feel to it! And good melody! One thing I would suggest concentrating on more though is instrument balance. Right from the beginning I could tell the bassdrum wasn't in balance with the rest of the song. Make sure one synth or instrument isn't overpowering anything else, gotta have that balance! But good job, keep it up. :)

Gonna give this
9/10
5/5
Cuz I just loves that melody stuffz in teh middle

Darkfire96 responds:

Im still mastering the song :3
I loved the middle too. It was actually my favorite part of the song to make. It was my first try with changing the bass from the chord notes. So i think I used a key. I dont know. I cant wait to finish it :)
Thanks for the review!

/-Ikarus-\

[East Clubbers Drop (SakuraMix)]

Grats

Gratz on being #3 of the week!!!! ^^

SKILLZmakeKILLZ responds:

thanks (:

[Welcome To My Fantasy - SG]

Welcome to my favorites list ^^

This is just freaking awesome! :D

SKILLZmakeKILLZ responds:

:D my goal was acomplished LOL

[Drifting On Cloud Nine -SG]

Have to agree xD

They need to add dream trance to the genre list! Hahaha I'd love it if they did ^^ . Really nice dream trance dude, definitely right up my alley of music. The piano was really nice and everything seemed very balanced mixing-wise. When the climax hit I just had a giant happy eargasm with the melody, so very well done with that. Though personally I dislike the crowd noises in the background, but that's simply personal taste. I'm definitely going to be listening to more of your stuff after I'm done with this. Keep it up!

SKILLZmakeKILLZ responds:

holy shit its zachpayne lol. thanks for your input :3 and yeah i agree about the crowd thing. thanks for the review!

[/-Icarus-\]

This is a review :D

Hey I also agree with most of what the guy below said. Volume adjustment is needed in here. The melody and musicality of the song was nice, but lots of the synths tune each other out most of the time. I know it may be hard because you want people to hear certain parts of the song, but sometimes it causes clatter. It's always better to take away rather than add. I guess that was pretty much the main thing I hear. Good luck in the next song!

Darkfire96 responds:

Ill remaster as soon as Im done this next song, I swear!
Thanks for the review Zach!

/-Icarus-\

[TI:.Surrender]

I love you

<3
<3
<3

TIMarbury responds:

LMAOOOO <3

[TI:.Alternate Attention]

Awesome man

Loved it all the way through :D

TIMarbury responds:

:) thank you. i love you xD