UltraMX's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Stratosphere]

I love the intro. The beginning gives a cave-like feeling, which is relaxing. The drop is good overall, but you might want to have a trance gate on the synth. The bass is all right, a little gritty to my ears, but all right. I don't think the drop should go on for the whole song though. Try at least to have two drops, a pad and rhythm in between the two drops. Overall nice song! Keep it up!

5TanLey responds:

f u I can have as many drops as I want

thx for the review :)

[Bed Time]

Lower the volume of that noise. It hurts ears. I like the bass, it gives off a sega genesis vibe. That lead is good, but at around 01:52-01:53 it is very weird sounding, It also sounds like fruity DX10, but i don't think that exists in nano loop 2. I like those hats at around 00:41, they sound fitting. This song sounds perfect for a dream song in a video game. Overall nice job! You just have to lower the volume of the noise snare and this might as well be the best synthwave song i ever heard. BTW please tell me what you use for the sega genesis sound.

polarpoole responds:

Yeah, didn't really master this properly (or at all), some of the sounds could be a little bit softer. There actually isn't a bassline in this song so I'm not sure what you're talking about with the genesis sound but I think you're talking about the chords. That was just acheived with nanoloop itself, probably has a low pass envelope on it, I can't remember. As far as I know there aren't any plug-ins for nanoloop so you gotta program it all yourself. Look into it tho if you're interested, as far as synths go it's very versatile for the amount of money you spend (assuming you already have a gameboy or DS.) Cheers for the review, brother.

[Random dubstep i'm working on...]

I like how it's going on. One thing you need to work on in the upcoming track is not make the drop so close to the beginning. Also experiment with sytrus, if tweaked correctly that gives good growls(i'll send you a patch if you want one, if you have fl and i find out how to save FSTs)

GGMiXsiMusic responds:

i have fl, i know about FSTs and how to save\load them, but never actually worked in sytrus, so, i would love to try that patch!

[Genocide]

This is dubstep? It sounds more like a guitar. I know your description says you don't have dubstep synths, but a guitar? Anyways, moving on to the melody. It's great! Keep it up! Next, some sounds are drowned out, particularly at 02:40, there is also massive distortion at that part. The drums are nice, pretty good dubstep drums. All in all the drop was just a massive guitar riff (are you doing guitarstep?) but everything else was nice. Try to remove the distortion and do subtractive eq on 02:40(does garageband even have an equalizer? remind me if it doesn't.)

MysteriousPresence responds:

Hey thanks for the review ! ^^
Yes Guitarstep, that was the genre I was aiming for ! Thanks for reminding me the name ! X)
Yeah 2:40 was a bit too much ! I gotta work on this. :3
GarageBand has an equalizer, but it doesn't work that much. :/
Thanks again ! =D

[Starry Night]

Good job on the song itself. However there is one thing to work on. Your snares don't hit very hard. I'm sorry if i say that for basically every song i review but it seems there is no snare at all. If this is big room, ignore this, but all i can hear that is the snare is the click and noise tail, not the impact. I suggest you add an impactful snare to make it sound better. VERY VERY nice kicks, it is cool. I also liked the leads, it gives off a more trance feel. And you stuck with the mood for pretty much the whole song. So nice job. You should make more songs like this.

5TanLey responds:

about snare - that's on purpose my dude.. if you listen to any professional trance track, you can notice that snare/clap is really low in the mix, everything is driven by the kick :)

thx for review anyway

[-Hexagon Force-]

Good song. However i believe this belongs in Synthwave.

[The Battle of Aragon]

Nice battle like stuff. However there is one thing that need improvement.
1. I can barely hear the dance thing because the lead is a bit too loud. Try doing subtractive eq to make it a little less loud.
I liked the lead, makes it feel like it's a battle song. It also fits well with the mood, which is a battle kind of mood if i'm not mistaken. Overall nice job!

Zip-Zap-Official responds:

Thank you so much!
What do you mean by "dance thing"? o:

[Aztech + Lockyn: Soulwind]

This is good. I cannot believe this was made in 2014, it sounds like it was recent(to me 2 years is a long time)

Lockyn responds:

thanks mate :)

[Launch Window]

You need PROPER drums for dubstep, the drums sound weird. I liked the drop, it is wobbly and glitchy, like a proper dubstep drop. I would have liked it better if you added female glitchy vocals, but not for this track lol. I liked the dance thing before and after the drops. I also liked that you used the countdown before the drop, as it gains more hype for the drop. One thing i would suggest is also adding another instrument and running it through a bit crusher. Overall, great track, i don't normally give 4 stars but this song is pretty good.

Voltus responds:

Why didn't you like my pringles can as snare :'(

[On The Run]

This song is pretty cool, but there are a few things that need to be improved.. At the 0:57, i can hear some distortion. Remove it, or if it was intended, disregard that part. Next, the 2nd minute. Nothing to complain here, i felt like dancing to the song. At 0:54-1:10 it sounded a bit like big room. I liked the buildup towards the breakdown at 2:00. I liked your drums, the snare was very hard hitting, which i enjoy. At 02:18-02:26 it sounded a bit happy which didn't fit with the sorrow aspect. Overall great song, i felt like dancing to it, and i feel this needs 4 stars.

cadence1 responds:

Very nice review. Thanks for taking the time to write. I really appreciate. The only thing is that I don't know what you mean by that "sounded bit like big room". Is Big Room some kind of band? Or does the sound was just weird? :)