Dreamcastle's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Ganjaman WiP]

Ill beats.

I envy your skill with making the kit sound so natural. Beautiful kick and snare for my tastes. Your snare loses a bit of its punch halfway through, though. Be sure to fix your EQ so that nothing gets in the snare's way at around 180-200 Hz.

la-yinn responds:

Aha, thanks for the compliment! Especially one concerning the drums since I consider that one of my weaker points.

The mix comes from having some serious boxes (no monitors though) over at my friends' place when this was made. When I came home the snary and kick didn't sound punchy enough (or even loud enough for that matter) but it did give it a more mellow, laid back vibe. Got myself a louder kick and 'harder' snare in there now that compliments that feel now. :-)

Thanks for reviewing!

[KKB - Sanity]

Good start

It started out sounding really good. Nice intro. It didn't last long, though. After 0:18 everything started going down quickly. The mixing was actually really good, but the composition was horrible.

KingKilo responds:

Mixing, Mastering, Composing. As far as I know, I've never done any of these.
I just put in what sounds right to my own likings.
Thanks though!

- KKB

[Let the Games Begin [ADM]]

Nice!

This is some awesome material! I'd definitely put it in the industrial section. It has some incredible distortion and well crafted beats. It's simply a great blend of sounds.

djInTheDark responds:

Hmm thats weird, I thought I updated it a while ago to put in that genre, must have slipped my mind.

Thx for the reminder! (and review of course ;))

[Portal - Still Alive Remix]

I've never played Portal...

and I don't know the context of this song in the game, but THIS- this is pure genius. It's just so exquisite. I applaud you.

fishfood2021 responds:

Thanks homie :D

[SufferAge]

Not bad, not great.

My main fuss about this song is that the key of the kick didn't match the instruments. I understand, though, that using a tonal kick isn't too easy. Everything else sounded pretty good, but no outstanding.

SouthtownJR responds:

Thanks, I did think that the kick sounded a little.. out there. But I get 'cha.

[Little loop v1]

So much energy!

That's a nice loop. I approve.

OPQC responds:

i don't think it's so energy, but thanks for the comment though :D

[Darkbeat]

Keep up the good work,

It's great to see a song that I've been supporting making it to the top-scoring list. This song is so rad.

Varnik responds:

Thanks for supporting us! We are happy to see that Darkbeat has gone up on the top-scoring list once again. This time even higher then before :D

[Dark Screamer]

Groovin'

Wow. This song is very good, however I think it sounds more like a house song than a techno song. You might want to move it over to the house section.

Respect.

Demeanor-Ice-Creamer responds:

Oh, I see where you are coming from.

I will do so.

Thanks for the 10. friend.

DIC

[[Darkside]]

Something Fresh

Thanks for bringin something fresh to the audio portal just when I thought every techno artist on here was a clone of one another. I'll have to check out your other tracks.

Varnik responds:

Haha exactly what we where thinking. So we decided to make some dark tracks. Glad that you like it and thanks for the review!

[\Psychedelic Remix/]

Nice remix

Rad! I like how you used that light lead synth on a hardstyle song. It worked really well and it causes this track to stand out among hardstyle songs. I also really liked your use of the piano, yet I think the piano could use some FX. Give it a little more decay maybe.

I just wish I could shuffle. I'd have this jam playing all the time if I could.

Adamaja456 responds:

thanks for the review man! yea i was actually going to go back and make the second melody have another 8 or 16 bars, just because its the climax, but for some reason, my file is corrupted and tweaks out when i try to convert it. but i could def spice up the middle piano lead. glad you liked it!