SimonVonck's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Lending Easel]

Hi there,

wow, I like the idea of the first 2 seconds but it sounds wayy too random. Are you going for a Noisia style?
there's no intro? random noises everywhere, I can't see where the song is going. It sounds like it's repetitive but it isn't. The kick doesn't really fit, low dynamic range.
Keep working on this, it has some potential :)

~Simon

horizon-hugger responds:

Thx for the critique. The mix / master is pretty weak yeah & could use a less explosive intro.

I wasn't going for any style in particular at first but it moved towards IDM / Acid stuff.

[Author Wind - Blossom]

Basic, every-edm-song-chords. The is too loud and please download some sample packs.
Drop:
- To much white noise
- Use a limiter like gross beat (sidechain preset) or kickstart by NickyRomero to cut off the low freq off the bass, chords and leads so the kick sounds more clear. The melody is nice and everything is in scale :D

~ Simon Vonck

Authorwind responds:

Thank you for advises ;)

[Drown]

Download nexus2 or Sylenth1 (plugins) and some sample packs, because the melody sounds awesome but it doesn't sound professional :/ Very cool with only fl plugins :D

unidentified0110 responds:

Thank you very much! (*´∀｀)

[Technology]

Dude! Do something with the mixdown and mastering! It sounds chaotic :/ It could be an awesome song if you would do that, i think :) btw, where is the acapella from?

ChemicalPerfection responds:

The two singers are actually samples. I know, that's lame, but this wasn't meant to be TOO serious of a project. I plan to have actual vocal from friends, associates, and myself in the future. I do realize it's chaotic, but it's meant to be. I will consider, however, that it may be a bit more chaotic than it should be.

[Tiger (Original Mix)]

I don't like the lead sound :/ In my opinion it sounds terrible (0:46) and why is there a kick at 1:07? It sounds to high, and if you put a kick in there, you should also put a sub bass in there, or maybe change it with a clap :) and the drop sounds empty, but the melody is great! Take a look at the mixdown and mastering, then you should be fine :)

Wick3dRabbit responds:

Haha i know xD I tried really hard to make the lead sound better but guess i failed horribly :(
Well i DID put a sub bass there at 1:07...Maybe Masterlizer did something to it haha xD
Yeah i know i'll have to take a deeper look at the mixdown and mastering in my future songs,but thanks for 3.5 stars anyway!!!

[Wasps]

What did you do? xD This is the worst song I ever heard... Just watch some tutorials on Youtube or something like that

[Fury]

I like the melody, the cutoff you did in the beginning was good :) But it sounds kinda mastering, maybe you didn't take the time for the mixdown? You should put a good uplifting sound between 1:24 and 1:30. So people get excited for the drop, for me the drop came kinda unexpected :/

RomanM responds:

In response to the last sentence: I WILL TAKE YOU BY SURPRISE!

I'm just gonna say that this was in the works before I even thought of remixing LRAD. So, it was more of a beginner-level project. I'd mainly tried to keep it as close as possible to what I already had when I got back to it. So it was already understood that the track wasn't going to be all that good.

[Zombies]

Dubstep! <3 Great job! RomanM, just like always :)

RomanM responds:

Thank you! An old project just got finished so I'm about to release it, check that out as well!

[Falling]

WoW, this is very very very good :D I like it! The mastering is very good, the drums are with good quality and the melody is not repetitive, and that drop <3 very cool, I like the vocal chops (or what you did there) btw, where can i download this?

RomanM responds:

You can find the song on my SoundCloud account, but it's also now downloadable through Newgrounds.

[Fungeon (demo)]

Should this be video game music? Sorry, but in my opinion it sounds terrible :/ random melody pluck with to much delay and a random 8-bit sound at 0:55 :o I just don't like random sounds mixed together (only when you're Dr. Dre. but i don't think you are him)

Lanmola responds:

I said video game inspired. It's not a random melody pluck since I played the actual melody. There are no random sounds as they are all in key together. Thanks for reviewing anyway! ;^P ~~*