ZachPayne's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[i9incher - something dark 2.0]

!!!

Nice job yet again bro on top 30!

i9incher responds:

thanks. this song has been up here twice now.

[Don't Take Me Away - Preview]

Critique

Now I know you might think I'm hating on your track, but I'm just trying to help/critique. Sounded way to simple in my mind. There was nothing unique about it. There was usually only 1 or two instruments playing one note at a time, which made it sound really flat. Try adding chords or more percussion to it and make it more interesting. Simple can be good, but you need to make it interesting. My suggestion would be to study some of your favorite trance songs and attempt to recreate them. Try youtubing some tutorials as well for the program you're using. The song seemed to be lacking in bass too, so maybe add a louder synth bass or something. Now I'm assuming you're just starting or have started not too long ago, so I salute you in your efforts. It's really not that bad for not being extremely experienced as others. Keep up the efforts man, if you have any questions feel free to PM me.

5/5 (so others can critique :] )
6/10

carl565 responds:

Man, thank you so much for the review, i really appreciate it. this will help me finish it. i liked every thing i read about it except the last part, haha, i have actually been making music for 4 years now. well anyways, thanks again.

[Solitude <WIP>2]

Alright, but...

I fail to see how this fits under dance. The piano is nice though. Pretty atmospheric.

Diavalos responds:

Well if there was an electronica genre, I'd've put it there. It fits here better than pretty much anywhere else as I believe misc. is for stuff like ringtones and sound effects. I'm glad that you like the piano, I was going for an atmospheric effect with it.

[Wasn't Me [Trance]]

Holy...

Damn man, this is really good! Best I've heard from you yet. Again, like the others said it's very well mastered. Do you use an eq and maximus on every separate channel? I usually just eq each channel and also include reverbs, delays, soundgoodizers (as needed) and maximus on the master. But this is definitely better than my mastering xD .

Or4nges responds:

haha, Thanks! On this one I used a parametric EQ on every channel and then maximus on the master. I got lazy :P. I do think I used ANOTHER maximus on some of the leads though. Other than that just effects here and there. Even used 3xOsc for the intro pad lol! That little guy can sound good if you work it right.

Thanks again man! Good to hear from you :P

[Falkor]

Odd lol

Falkor??? lol A bit repetetive but it was interesting to say the least.

NAPAX44 responds:

Yeah its quite repetitive at the moment, but I do plan on adding more new and different stuff to it later. Thanks for the review.

P.S. Don't get too close to Falkor

[-Winter Solstice-]

Agree about the 0 bombers :/

It's so heartbreaking to see tracks that deserve well over 4's but get 0 votes constantly. WHY DO PEOPLE RESORT TO THIS IT DOESN'T MAKE YOU COOL! I upload a song and it gets a 2.32 instantly within 5 votes v.v . Anyway, really calming track, wouldn't call it "trance" necessarily, but I've made pieces similar to this so I can greatly appreciate it. I absolutely loved it. To be honest though, the grasp of winter wasn't as strong as I thought it could be.

9/10
5/5

ChronoNomad responds:

I have another Winter-inspired piece that I'm considering uploading on here, but I guess that the "Winterness" would be fairly subjective to each person. I personally think it would make an awesome background track for a snow and ice level of a game.

Anyway, I'm glad that you liked it and exist as a kindred spirit on this side of the Zero Bomber fence. It's a shame that they exist to slam good submissions for kicks or to feel better about their miserable little lives. Sucks to be them, I guess.

[/-Heavens Melody-\(Beta)]

Cool

Not really into DnB but I thoroughly enjoyed this piece. The melody was really cool and the song overall was energetic. I felt like it was all based on high frequencies though, I didn't hear much bass to it. I was kind of expecting more drums to be honest. But it is still a wip, can't wait to hear the rest it sounds really cool :) .

9/10
5/5

Darkfire96 responds:

Im still learning to make DnB as I want to expand my genre. It kinda is based on high frequencies, but I didnt have any bass because My computer couldn't handl it for some reason. So this will probably be done around christmas time(When I can get some new parts). Or less if I somehow fix things. Im working on something and I need some help with the melodies. You stand out in that area, so can I mail you the flp?

/-DJ Chaos-\

[Soulero n Contacreast - Revibe]

TEH EPICNESSS

Gave it 9 cuz it isn't perfect. But it is really well produced dude. Great job guys.

Soulero responds:

Fair enough

[I zero bombed your mom]

haha

I remember you saying you were going to make a song like this and you did finally hahaha xD . Zero bombers beware!

i9incher responds:

damn straight, fuck those fucking fuckers.