AlexanderZero's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Oceans Of Oil - Sonic Remix (Oil Ocean Zone)]

Needs to be more exciting

Sonic is all about speed and excitement, but this mix is gonna put me to sleep!

BallinFatty responds:

have a good nap then!!

[Ken's Theme RMX]

O.K.

It's kind of like an ocean of static with that synth, but the drum and bass instruments were good.

DJ-HappyFace responds:

Ok....?

I still don't see what you guys are talking about...

the lead is a mixture between a Gold Saw and A Square Wave. The rhythm instrument is also a saw, so yes there is going to be lots of resonance... That's the point... Can you still make out the different parts of the song? Yes, you can, so I have no idea what you are complaining about...

[Those Chosen By The Planet '09]

Cool

It has a really medieval quality. I agree with the first guy that higher quality samples could give your song a more realistic sound.

Shiverwar responds:

Yeah, I agree with him too, but if you think back to my previous take on this, you can hear the improvements. Thank you for your review, Alexander!

[Dead in minutes(wip progress2)]

Awesome

This song is kick ass, but I think if you had some higher quality samples it would be way better.

sonicxtreme responds:

thnks...ill see wut i can do....its still a wip

[Are You Trippin'?]

Sweet

A times its a little slow, but its still a great composition with a neat image.

jUMPYm4X responds:

thank you.

[Solus- Elevated]

Sweet

It took a while to build up but it turned out great!

SolusLunes responds:

Agreed. Personally, I think the best part was the breakdown at 1:40 :D

[White Chocolate Truffle]

Great!

This is really amazing. Keep it up!

Smidly responds:

Look down

[Milk{Deep Blue}]

You need to turn down the master volume.

You can tell the song is too loud because the sound quality takes a hit with every single kick. The volume meter is maxed out! You can very clearly hear the kick drum forcing the rest of the song down every beat. You could fix this a number of ways:

Turn down the master volume (not preferred).
Use an equalizer or filter to get every instrument into it's own frequency range where it won't interfere with the others (preferred).

Aside from that I liked the intro.

Mrmilkcarton responds:

Your not seeing the technical part of the song. Yes the kick is a tad over powering but its not affecting anything that I didn't try. Theres this thing called side chaining. Now I have been playing with side chains for a while now and wanted to see the power it would have on a lead. Every time you hear a kick the volume will slide on my lead making it seem like its part of the beat to have full effect it would be turned down fast and then brought up fast.

If my kick were truly over powering things you would hear would be distortion and clipping. None of these occur. Download this Mp3 put it in a sequencer and look at the wave lengths all you want. Yes the DB meter is hitting the top of the meter but if you don't turn the volume up after mix and master no one will hear it.

Yes the quality has taken a hit in the song but it's not as bad as you make it seem. If my kick were forcing everything else down you would notice, it only forces the lead down.

[Path to the Heart of the One 2]

Good

This composition is very good. I would work now on improving the quality of the instruments and the mixing. The mid-range background instruments are very loud and overwhelm the melodies. Some fine-tuning of the different volumes could give the song a lot more dimension and emotion.

Mattimeeleo responds:

Ahh... Thank you for the tips. I would get on it right away!

[}AnDrOiD Attack{]

Used samples

If you are going to make a song using the samples from fruity loops I would at least pick better ones than simsynth. The song was kind of cool though.

KhaosSniper responds:

I didn't know wut to make and these sounded cool so I just made somethin short w/ em'. but the hats, drums and guitar are all me.