Qshunt's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Tennobyte - Warcry]

This is excellent!
excellent mixdown / mastering.
Everything sits in the mix perfectly.
The chops are sick and your mid-bass and reeses and their modulation are on point.
This is one of the best Neurofunk tracks I've ever heard on NG.
Kudos man.
Has such a Spor or Joe Ford vibe.
5/5

If you wouldn't mind checking out some of my tunes and possibly leaving your opinion it would be greatly appreciated.

Again, Nice work.
Following, 5/5

[Unbound x NiTi - Loneliness [Future Bass]]

Very nice!
Technically speaking, the composition is excellent.
from 0:50 to 1:30 the snare seems to get squished out of the mix. A minor gripe, it doesn't detract from the overall track.
Vocal work is excellent!
Nice work, 5/5

If you wouldn't mind checking out my new track and leaving me some feedback, it would be greatly appreciated!

TodukenMusic responds:

Thanks for your feedback :')

[#1 - Jazzy Drum & Bass]

Another decent effort!
composition-wise, it's interesting.
Unfortunately the kick doesn't have enough punch.
I like the quirky Rhodes, with an unusual chord progression.
The synth arpeggio doesn't quite fit the rest of the loop in my opinion, but all up, this is a pretty good idea, as Skutten stated below.

[[Ambient Techno] Misery]

Nice work! Has a cool quirky vibe.
Mixdown is great, but it's a bit on the quiet side!
Maybe push that master compressor / maximiser a bit harder? ;)

[#8 - Jungle]

Nice work! This is decent! It sounds authentic and the levels are all pretty good!
It's hard to find many good drum and bass producers around here, and you're heading in a great direction.
Please check out my new track if you get a chance! It's Dnb in the same vein as ShockOne and Sub-Focus.
I'm going to go check out some of your other stuff in the meantime!

[LuukMans & BLOKBUSTR - Inversion]

2:15 onwards should be the theme of the entire track imo.
This section is good. Levels are quite nice. Drums could be a bit punchier, but that's just my personal taste.
Nice stabs and chops in this part, too.
Chord progression is on point and there are no odd harmonics
interfering with the flow.
The first half seems very disjointed with lots of bad harmonics/ chords.
The idea is pretty good, but it needs more refinement.
Overall, the mixdown is quite good, but the drums could do with a bit more punch in my opinion. Maybe add a bit of sidechain compression to the sub (use your kick as sidechain source) to allow the drums to cut through the mix a bit more.

If you would like any clarification or details on anything here, please don't hesitate to drop me a message. I like to help where I can.

Please check out some of my stuff, if you have the time.

I'll listen to the rest of your EP now.
Peace.

[Dark Descent Ft Sorteberg]

Pretty decent effort. I'm not sure about the constant velocity on all of the drum parts. The running hi-hat sound is too overbearing. try adding velocity changes in the on and off beats.
The snare sample doesn't suit the overall vibe of the track. something more like a pendulum-ish snare would probably suit far better.
Add some shuffle/swing to the whole track, and the "tick ticky" hihats will sound far less imposing.
The melodies are good, if not a teeny bit generic. That's just my personal taste, so no harsh criticism there.
a touch more sub would be good too.
Otherwise, for a first attempt, that's a noteworthy effort.
4/5
Please check my tunes, you'll see whether I'm qualified to to offer production advice, or not ;)
Again, good effort!

[Within a Century]

Nice track! Clean production! drums are quite good, but I think there is a touch too much low end on the kick. do you use a compressor on your drum buss? It doesn't sound like you do, but I might be mistaken.
Melodies are nice and clean, and interesting. A breakdown with some bandpass filtering on the bassline, and some distortion would be nice. ...add some of that "waaaap waaap" sound.

Generally speaking, with some minor refinements, this could go from being a good track, to being a truly great track!

Keep it up!

Check some of my tunes and leave me some critique!

Cheers,
Matt

[PE - Level Up]

I'm not really a big fan of most dubstep. I'm more of a drum and bass/drumstep fan. That aside, this track is fucking excellent.
Quality production, excellent mixdown. i think a touch more high end on the snares, for a bit more of a snap...but this is just a minor nitpick. awesome work!
Check out some of my stuff if you have the time!

MessanyRecordings responds:

Thanks for the great feedback.
Will check you out :)

[Back To Skool]

Reminds me of doc Scott/old school omni trio. This, of course, is a good thing. You've pulled off "that sound" exactly! Kudos! 5's all round!

AeroMusic responds:

woooooo! just the type of sound I was going for, thanks alot for the 5 mate - means alot from you