R3LL1K4's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[~EnV~ Forever]

10 out of 10, 5 out of 5.

Alright. First I need to point out that I am, among thousands of others, a huge fan of yours. Almost every one of your pieces inspires me to try as hard as I can to put out quality dance music, even if your pieces also demotivate me by how amazing they are.

Now for the actual review:
Good things: The intro turned out good as you said, and the actual melody of the song is very driving (happy hardcore!). You have amazing transitions as usual and I never found myself bored with the song. You find so many amazing ways to mix sounds that it drives me nuts.

Bad things: Near 1:53 or so, I almost swear there is a clap and hi-hat there (which there is), but it is hard to make them out. It is almost like they aren't there. I feel they could have been made louder in some way or just removed because they give nothing to the song. Another thing I did not like is that I felt the first melody was too mushy sounding. It is kind of hard to explain this without sounding like an idiot, but it felt like the notes had too much behind them to make out the actual tones of the melody.

Other than this stuff, I found the piece enjoyable. Thanks for this piece. :]

Envy responds:

heeeeeeeeeeeey thanks for the long review ^^
There is a clap at 1:53. I was trying to get rid of alot of highs in this song (cause there was an overabundance of them as you can imagine with the lead) and I ended up turning the hats waaaaaaaay down.

thanks again for the review!

[Kriz: ReMotion]

10 out of 10, 5 out of 5.

The only thing I don't like about you is the large amount of envy I feel while listening to your music. This piece is marvelous in every and any crazy category I could hope to come up with, and is one of the few pieces to inspire me to go the extra mile to hopefully one day create music as beautiful as this. Thank you.

[~Zeldas Lullaby Piano~]

2 out of 10, 1 out of 5.

The only reason I am giving you a 2 is because of the sound quality. Otherwise this isn't anything special, and definitely doesn't belong on the top 30. It is simple and provides no real inspiration. The transition was terrible and the tempo off.

asiangamer1029 responds:

fuck you

[[Shooting Star] -Zero-]

6 out of 10, 4 out of 5.

Although I usually like happy songs, I didn't find myself enjoying this one too much. For one thing, it is horrendously loud and was somewhat of a "ear rape" for me on my headphones. Even though the melody side was really well done and the bass line better than most of what is on NG, I didn't find any real adventure behind this piece, and if I were to find an adventure behind this intended happy piece it was really short and abruptly ended.

[D2D - 4-2-1]

10 out of 10, 5 out of 5.

It was beautiful. The instruments were all high quality and I swore I was listening to real people playing. What plugins and tools did you use to make this?

EvilHatX responds:

Hey,

Thanks a lot! :)

The drums are from Tonehammer.com (Epic Tom Ensemble 1 & 2) - amazing wet samples.
The rest is from Vienna Symphonic Library (quite expensive, but also high quality). I use the Epic Horns, Special Edition Strings and Special Edition Percussion.

VSL: www.vsl.co.at
Tonehammer: www.tonehammer.com

Cheers.

[DJ Derrick--Trancey Hip Hop]

10 out of 10, 5 out of 5.

It starts out with a simple melody, and I think the low strings come in pretty well, though they gave kind of a conflicting theme with the more happier melody. Other than that, it really relaxed me and I enjoyed listening to it. The balance and quality was good, and I listened to it a few times before writing this. Good job for just an hour.

Yodamanjaro responds:

Thanks man, and my specialty is trance, oddly enough. lol

Thanks for your review!

[Day10 - Paradise valley]

10 out of 10, 5 out of 5.

The intro doesn't overstay its welcome and gives a good build-up to a peaceful and well-written melody. All I can say is that I wish I had a full version of this.