Qshunt's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Crystalis]

Very nice track!
I have no constructive criticism to offer you :P

Alyxandr responds:

Thank you very much!! <3

[Paper Skies & Aaron Shirk & Ehallz - Please Say Goodbye (Ft. Brooklyn Barry)]

I have no constructive criticism to offer.

Production is on point. Sounds professional as hell.

5/5 Following,

PaperSkies responds:

Thanks a lot QShunt <3

[my trash collection (2018-2020)]

Nice assortment of ideas there!They're all good.

I just downloaded this, and will see if i can master it for you. Your mixdowns are all generally pretty good so there isn't really much to do imo, 13:38 is fucking excellent.

I'll send you the mp3 via dropbox in a couple of hours.

If you wouldn't mind checking out some of my other tracks and possibly leaving some feedback, it would be very much appreciated.
I'm going to go through your catalogue in a little while.

Nice work.

feandesign responds:

Thank you a lot dude!! I'll be sure to check out your other creations as well as the remaster.

[Patron Saint of Heists]

Funky as f**k.
Production is on point, composition is great.
I don't have any constructive criticism to offer.
5/5

sleepFacingWest responds:

thank you for listening

[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 :')

[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

[House of Party]

This is called "happy hardcore". Not bad, and if you were aiming for maximum cheese, congratulations! the kick drum is far too tame. needs to be a bit deeper. Overall production quality is quite good, if not a bit flat. It doesn't sound like you have used any EQ at all, and all levels are dead flat. You could maybe use a limiter on your master, and force everything to bounce of it slightly? That would give the track a bit more movement! but considering you threw it together in thirty minutes, decent effort! please check out my tunes!

Sequenced responds:

i used flanger on a lot of things to make it sound like a new guy making techno, haha. because that is what I use to do three years ago.

thanks for the review!

[Kaleidoscope]

This has great potential. The drums bother me though. This would sound much better with more of a futurefunk styled drum sequence. Danny byrd styled glitched vox are nicely done. I'll download your track, and show you what i think the drums should sound like! 4/5 I've followed you on soundcloud. check my stuff and review, please. could do some collab. You have some nice tracks!

Morphixx responds:

Its ok not to like the drums :D None of my songs are perfect. I just liked them because they have an old school jungle feel to them. However, I could see it being done differently. I'll check out more of your tracks too later today. Ty for the honest review!

[RW - Garden of Seborhin]

This is quite interesting. overall production quality is pretty good. levels are nice, melodies are great. Nice arps too.
Drum and Bass music is my forte, so I might be being overly critical on certain aspects. Please feel free to contact me for a more detailed explanation of any concepts that you may not understand, or any of my descriptions that aren't clear enough.

Anyway, as I mentioned before, the overall production quality is quite good. I'm finding it a bit flat though. It doesn't sound like you use much in the way of compression or limiting? These are STAPLE devices in a drum and bass track. Usually I sidechain the kick track to the percussive elements, in varying degrees....the overall amount that i use compression in a track depends on the style of DnB i'm producing. eg. Liquid, i'd be using a light-ish overall track compression, plus the aforementioned Sidechained compressors.
If i were producing some neurofunk, i'd be using much heavier overall compression, and more "ducking" on the percussion.
Try just lowering the threshold on your master limiter to start with...you should get a noticeably better "sound" overall from that minor adjustment.

next, I was missing a sub. I couldn't hear a nice driving sub-bass holding it all together. again, that should be an easy change for you to make too. A simple sine, with a longish decay/sustain will do.

The eq on the kick (if you are using one) should be adjusted so that the kick has a touch more punch, at slightly lower frequencies (around 75-100hz..this is dependant on the sample you are using too)

Same for the snare. Give it a bit of a peak around 170-210 hz. adjust to taste.

Please check out my stuff, in case you don't feel me to be qualified to pass judgment on your music!
I hope I have been of assistance. Any questions, just inbox me, i'll reply pretty promptly

Keep it up, bro...you have some nice tunes..that with some minor tweaks, could be fucking awesome tunes! Would love to collab some time. Peace!

Indigorain responds:

Haha, of course I feel you to be qualified for this kind of judgement, I was really missing some good criticism like this, it's extremely helpful!
You're absolutely right on the compression, I do use limiters, and some simple forms of compression, but the main reason I don't really compress that much is because I suck at it.
About the sub, I actually did that intentionally, I wanted to make a really light track with not much subbass. Next time I get to a project like this, I'll be sure to give it a firm sub!
And thanks for the EQ tips of course, I'll boost that up next time, now you mention it, the kick could indeed use a bit more punch.
And I'll send you an inbox with some questions, if you wouldn't mind, I'd love to learn more! :D
And thanks a lot, of course, this has been extremely helpful! :D