Demonic-Overmind's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[These Eyes]

Everything looks great, especially the piano had some feels to it~!
The start looked flawless imo
Gritty bass has its own place but according to drum n bass arrangement there should be just pure melodic part with just synths and lead running at the bridge after the drop which I think was missing here.
You should also try putting in different FM basses at different parts. just one FM bass(well that's what I think) makes the song kinda repetitive.
The sub bass was good and heavy. Great use of fx.

Nothing much to complain about, It's great track overall!
Keep it up!

5TanLey responds:

kk, thx for the tips :)

[The Best Ever [Techno]]

Holy Crap! Maybe I'm too obsessed with the genre, but the start was amazing and so were the riffs!

Get your fuckin' hands up!

DJStriden responds:

Glad you like this one :) Again, everything was by design. I'll definitely be making more like this :)

[Heart's Melody II [Techno Dream Trance]]

The theme seemed cool here, just one minor problem here was the lead was too overpowering at the drop for me to hear and enjoy all other elements. You might try ducking the lead into the mix with other elements running as you did in your older songs. Great work as expected! Keep it up.

DJStriden responds:

Well, what can I say. I did it on purpose. I have other songs with greater dynamic range, if that's your cup o' tea.

[Sound of Magic [Orchestral EDM]]

hahah, I know where's the inspiration coming from, 'monody' from fatrat right?

Everything seemed alright except the drums around 1 minute mark, they were just too fast or maybe badly mixed, but they just didn't fit well into the mood. This song seemed all over the place.

DJStriden responds:

It was a total accident.

The mood changed man. It completely changed, and I made it fast on purpose. I'm sorry you didn't like it :( I'll try something consistently paced next time.

[Jack O' Hearts]

Pretty much good song, but it's a lot repetitive. Instrumentation is kinda good, but for it to be a dance genre, it should have a solid beat. It looks like you just changed the instruments keeping the melody same throughout the song which makes it too much repetitive and boring as we progress.

The melody is good, you just need to do some work with riffs. Give it some movement, it lacked pads and synths as well. Try adding those and fill all frequency spaces. As this being your third song, your progress is great! Keep it up.

Cheers.

AWildCard responds:

Okay, thanks for the feedback man !
Very helpful !

[Iudex Gundyr (DS3 Collab)]

Pure Beast!
the start was a bit I would say 'normalish'/'not my style', but the drop!!
Damn! Loved it.

Daydream-Anatomy responds:

Yeah, I always hope people will stick with it for the first minute to get to that part.

Glad you liked it, thanks.

[Details]

Holy Shit!
It's perfect, I dunno the significance of the conversation you added at the last.
But it's really great, I can't even point out the mistakes, it's just ready to be used in a movie/animation.

umm, talking about image, for me it was like night forest time with ghosts around someone looking for a path with a big suspense on what's ahead.

Keep it up!

Pandasticality responds:

You paint an image with your words sir, thank you for the review!
- Pandasticality

[DJ Striden & Kestutis K - Refraction [Electro-House]]

Heck yeah! Time to go pro~ Love you!

DJStriden responds:

We're glad you like it!

[Music Is My Thing [Electro]]

Amazing sounds as always, and also the same mistake as always, 'Too much of Reverb'...

DJStriden responds:

The reverb just got 10 db louder in my next track.

[Eurodancing]

I'm listening to this song while writing this.

Intro: The start seems great, a bit repetitive but not much of an issue. Pads and chord progression sound great, the intro piano goes well with the mood of the song and follows the progression very well.
The fade in of synth around 0:16 is bit long for the buildup to be at 0:37 (If you're planning that synth to be a part of buildup)

Not a bad mix, the snare seems too loud, the volume of snare you used when it starts at 0:37-0:40 is decent enough. (pro tip: Never automate volumes of instruments in song, if you want them to fade in/out in the song, use a low pass/band pass filter instead).

Drop: The drop wasn't bad again, but this overall piece lacked some 'awesome' fx like sweeps, risers, reverse crashes, crashes,etc. Once again the snare felt overpowering as well as I guess it didn't fit well into the song, probably because it's not in the key of the song (maybe its just me).
The addition of intro piano again at 1:00 mark is what I usually used to do when i first started with dance genre, nothing's wrong with it, just saying :p

Post Drop: the fx you used at 1:14 is 'horrible' (I'm not good with harsh sounds, but still...) i would suggest you to replace it with a fade out white noise and a long kick and crash. The buildup at 1:27 has nice variation compared to first. The addition of some synths with bassline around 1:44 is good.

Second Part: I loved the breakdown part after 2:00, the cutting of leads and stuff. You should've added some variations to the piano pattern there because the listener gets bored because you overused the same exact pattern in the first part, always keep listener hooked up at the second part with variations. i saw a minor hook at 2:30 though, so you're doing good. Try minimizing repetitiveness in the second part as much as you can.

Breakdown: Again that 'weird' fx at 3:34, you need to replace that mate, it just cuts off the flow of the song leaving listener in shock. If the piano melodies would've been varied in the second part, and then the come back with older melodies from the start at the breakdown would've been more satisfying.

Good track overall, keep it up!

Coolasp1e responds:

The whole point of the repetitiveness of the melody is because it is a remix. The song mixes two melodies, the piano, and the synth. Although I could've used everything else you told me (The harsh effects are supposed to do that, first one trying to cut off everything but the piano and slowly bringing it back) everything else here is pretty much getting that Eurodancer-esque vibe. Thanks anyways for the nice review!