Stargenx's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Midnight Rush (Kuyrayami Mix)]

Hmmm

The beginning piano had nothing to back it up and sounded a little off-beat because of that. The opening drum loop sounded a bit naked in my opinion. Like that song you made "Candlelight" somethingerother this song would benefit from better guitar. I liked the twangy sound that you added but I think it should have faded out more slowly instead of so abruptly the first time.

The song sounds random in general. I've never heard the song you remixed so I wouldn't how consistent it is to the actual song. Overall this is a pretty solid song. The main problem is the FL slayer.

~Stargenx

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Hikigane responds:

haha thanks, the intro piano was supposed to be kinda that way, but i'm not sure why, and the opening drum loop was intentionally naked, but again, i don't remember why. The the most consistent between this and the original is the slayer that comes in at around 2:16 and the ending piano, so to varying degrees it can't really be considered a remix.

[Wishes (Candlelight Fight)]

Errr

Very repetitive. The FL slayer was INCREDIBLY obvious and while it had nostalgia in it, it's still not very good. If you got some real guitar or a better guitar sound this would get at least 2 more stars in my opinion. The melody sounds pretty good and the harmonies blend well. I couldn't really hear much bass throughout the song. The drums are maybe a bit too loud, I don't know if that was what you were going for.

This song could have lots of potential if you just had some better instruments. You should also add those vocals you talked about. I think it would be interesting. :) You could also add a wickedly fast guitar solo to "spice things up". It has a nice structure, however. Some of the parts sounded random, however. By improving the mix and removing unnecessary notes you could greatly improve the overall structure and listenability of the song.

~Stargenx

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Hikigane responds:

Well don't have much to say in response except that I agree with FL slayer stuff every time you mention it; i've just not been aware of any other programs and i only play acoustic at the moment, which i've been thinking about putting into my stuff eventually. When i put in acoustic though, i'll probably be adding vocals - but i'm not entirely sure i want to haha

As for the solo, I actually tried to put it in during the "verse" sections. Also, the repetitive is partly because it's a more vocal song than it is music.

[Get Ready To Dance {durn}]

Very nice.

This song seems more like a spaced-out chill song rather than a dance song. I liked how you changed it up pretty quickly after it started to drag at about 1:50. The new sounds you added were nice. I would add more bass to this as most of the sounds are "Thin" sounding.

The part starting at 3:20 was nice but I'd like to have seen a bigger ending than that. It's just not really a song that I could dance to. That said, I still like it. It's pretty relaxing. XD It also loops very well. I hope you can tolerate my sort of rambling review! Chill song.
~Stargenx

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durn responds:

Ya, well, maybe it's enough to make some video game characters dance then. ;) :D Thanks for the review, Stargenx.

[Electrohunter {Dj-Abbic}]

Slidey

This song attempts to have that "professional" sound by making it sound very slippery and smooth. It feels like rubstone that's not on the coffee but still has that sharp spike of the java in the glass essence of walls of crystal.

Yeah. That's what I "got" out of this song. Very smooth. Like glass. Nice atmospheric effects. Yes. I like those. Anyway, I feel like saying that you might want some more melody in there or at least more variety. The same drums with the same bass for most of the song really wear a little and degrade the sort of "professional" feel. The bass is nice. I like this one.

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DjAbbic responds:

Thanks Stargenx, I always like how you always have something to criticise, it makes me improve more and more :) Also, I'm glad you like this one. It's a real honour for me having you say those words :P

[-RG- In a Teardrop]

Insaneraeno.

Epic song. The beginning sounded sort of like the theme from that one movie requiem for a dream, yet it was great. I liked it a lot. Sorry I don't have much else to say as I'm strapped for time.

Raven-Guard responds:

Hm yeah, people tell us that it sound a lot like Requiem for a Dream. I don't think it was intentional anyway.

No worries if you're stressed for time. Thanks for taking the time to review!
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Supersteph54

[[SxHx] Prfkt.Tempo (REFIX)]

Eh.

It's probably good for the genre it's in but to me it literally made my headache pulse in waves to the music. ^_^ The vocals had some good effects on them. The synths started to get boring after a while. I agree that the kick needs to be more ...Kicking. You could have added some more stuff like maybe a solo. Like I said, I don't listen to hardstyle so I don't really know the music. I'm just going by what I thought about it.

shesmackshard responds:

Well Im at least interested in the production crits, but as you dont like hardstyle doesnt value too much lol.

I do however appreciate the review, absolutely. thanks

[Syd's Resonance (redone)]

Mellow

Some of the synths sounded confined to one speaker and muted. The main instrument didn't sound much like a guitar.
The broken chords from the twangy guitar sounded nice. The drums were nothing special.

SydRic responds:

I see what you mean. I'll work on more variance with the music moving around a bit. I've never really done that. and ya drums are just plain. Im not to good at making them work well with the songs flow, but ill definitely try to improve the quality of this. Ya the main guitar sounds a bit unreal, there's lots of customization with the sound you can make, so I was just playing around with them.

Thanks for the review, will definitely implement what your saying into this song.

-SydRic

[HW - Organic (Sample)]

Nice.

The one thing I didn't like was the fact that it wasn't long enough but I read your comment on it so I only took off one point for that. The song sounded lucid and clear. It reminded me of crystals.
The drums perhaps needed a little more variety to them but that's not really an issue because of the length of the song. The little piano bits were nice. They were like little pieces of a bacon on a slice of pizza. You start taking bites and every so often you get a tangy flavour. Great song.

haywirehaywire responds:

haha why would you take a point off for that if you read that this was just a sample of the full version. the only reason why i did that was to prevent everyone from downloading the full version of the song for free. thanks for the review though.

[Trapped In Space]

Well...

The song starts off with some weird noise which sounds like you're recording this from somewhere. The whole thing sounded kind of muted. The weird cutoff at 38 was not good. The next part just wobbled all over the place and sounded way too muddled and garbled. It didn't sound like space. Just mud. When the drums were alone they were too loud. There wasn't enough variation in the drums. The parts seemed random and in no particular order. The part at 1:38 should have been a song in itself but with more variation and less repetitive elements. In general this song needs a ton of work. You should NEVER have random cutoffs like that. If you can't think of a good transition then just don't release the song until you have. I don't know why you call this a song. This may just be a bunch of stuff you found online.

Darklinkfighter responds:

Its not stuff I found online 1st of all and the random cuttoff was kinda something I expected to be cool but it was kinda too abrupt so yeah I guess your right