Qshunt's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Snapdragon]

Good track, although i'm not sure on the bpm, i think for this style of progressive track, 138 would have been better than 142. I'm not keen on the drum samples either. i think a more hissy hihat, instead of the typical tr909 open hat would have been nicer, and a more punchy kick (something from Vengeance Essential Clubsounds 3 pack would be great). The strings sound like they're slightly off key sometimes. This could be an artifact due to the overall frequency spread of the track at that particular point. The latin guitar parts sound good, and fit in nicely. decent effort though! 4.5/5 / 5. Check out some of mine if you get the chance! thanks

[Nothing to lose (album )]

Great track, most of my inspiration for music came from the New Wave movement in the 80's. Authentic sounding, great vocals (although i think they could be a bit louder, and possibly a bit more low cut) all in all 5/5. I have voted accordingly! XD

[Nechura - The Descent]

Great stuff man, LOVE the vibe. Melodies are interesting, and I love the chord progressions. Drums are minimal, and unobtrusive on the awesome Bassline that compliments those melodies.

I love that atmospheric eerie sort of vibe, gave me shivers! its nice to see some quality producers on NG. Check my stuff, would be much appreciated if you could return the favour!

[Premoeffect - Stroma]

very nice track. professional sounding. Nice job on the mixdown and mastering efforts. its nice to find someone on newgrounds who can grasp the concept of sidechaining (assuming you didnt achieve the ducking effect by using volume automation?) regardless of how you did it, the net result is the same. great track. I'll have to go listen to it on my studio pc, as i only listened through my laptop speakers (which are actually very good) check some of my stuff if you have the time or inclination. I think we could teach each other a few things on production techniques :P

[Guetta - Titanium (Remix)]

nicely done! vocals sit nicely in the mix. djgabe is a fucking twat...using the words "steal" and "remix" in the same sentence proves this. Stealing it would mean something like calling it "PrEmoEffect - wickedshit (my very own mix)" and claiming it as your own,...which you didn't do. Wheras "Remixing" someone elses work is making your interpretation of someone elses track (which you have clearly done) but stencils is right. Using vocals or any other copyrighted stuff is frowned upon by the newgrounds admins and they CAN remove your account because of it..if they notice it.

PrEmoEffect responds:

Haha, no worries, but thanks for standing up. I just wanted to share some inspiration with my fellow newgrounders since I really love these vocals.

[Repair]

Hey there, decent track. i like the chord progressions and the synth are quite nice. i think that the hats and cymbals kind of overpower the drums a bit. maybe group the percussion tracks and give them a touch of sidechained compression. using the kick as the sidechain source. you could probably get away with doing it to the melodies and pads too. give it a bit of a pump and bring out the drums more. maybe have some motion and filtery type stuff on the baseline too. maybe even some distortion. check my tunes and tell me weather or not you think i'm qualified to comment on yours or not! :-) 4/5

Alloud responds:

Thank you for the feedback :D

I never really found the hats 'n cymbals overpowering... They've been stereo separated a bit so they'd be "out of the way". As the track currently sits, the bassline is sidechained to the kick, which is what I'd hope would give it that extra motion. I don't really want to distort it anymore than it already is since I wanted a fairly clean sound.
Bringing the drums out more seems to be a common request though.

I'll take what you said in to account though when I do the final mix, thanks again.

[SH - Groove]

Really feeling this bro

Simple, yet so effective! nice chopping of that loop too. Awesome groove.

[Dreamweaver]

needs moar kowbell dawg

Yo matt, not bad. There are a few technical issues with the sequencing,but I'll put that down to you being a noob and all ;-). Did you sequence this using the launchpad? the bass line's kinda syncopated at the beginning and doesn't fit the melody. More percussion would definitely help it along. Keep it up br0 :-p

[Ja10 - Dubaudio]

nice work !

sick tune mang!

darthduba responds:

Cheers ! Didn't see it was you who responded first.

[Ice Cream Man!]

absolutely classic!

awesome song. nicely done, great energy, and light hearted.. made my day!! there are a couple of editing glitches though, where it sounds like its been chopped slightly short (noticable in the intro @ ab out 5 seconds in...and near the end somewhere) even so...minor technical issue, and didnt detract from my score :)