PolarTrance's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Uplifter]

Makes me want to barf happiness, and that is not a bad thing.

The kick sounded very familiar, did you use just one sample or did you use multiple?

LunacyEcho responds:

=> barf happiness =>

Thanks! Surprisingly, I get that a lot :P

=> kick sample =>

Ahaha, all of my drum samples are those really generic dubstep drum samples that I downloaded a while ago. You can hear them all over the place! For example, my crash is the same as dj-Nate's :P

[Domyeah - Dream World]

There is one major thing that is ruining the song. There is a constant thud sound. And no, I'm not talking about the kick!

Hard to tell what the instrument is, but it sounds like the saw instrument which is chord playing constantly, and I think that might be the cause.

It makes the song really hard to listen to. :c

Domyeah responds:

Oh I know what you're talking about. For me that only happens for a bit when the low pass is changing

[The Night]

Those drums at the start are awesome! Like how did you even?!

Rest of the song is on the okay to good scale and is a fun listen.

Athanatos responds:

Thanks ! :)

[Aurore]

I'm not too badly in to chillstep, but what you did with that piano in the background is amazing.
That sax part is amazing as well.

adieuwinter responds:

Thank you!

[Panic Attack [NGAUC]]

The guitars and bass are awesome, but the drums lack power, even though it sounds like the drummer is playing like his life depends on it :D

TSRBand responds:

Thank you :) still figuring out how to get those drums sounding their best! Glad you liked it.

[_Clouds]

Love it. The 1:20 lead, after the cutoff goes away, just awesome.

trunotfals responds:

Thank you! I worked hard on the lead, trying to get taht nice kind of airy sound that sounds nice with a floating/soaring melody! Thank you for appreciating that!

[Ravages of War]

I wasn't aware that I like this sort of music, but now that I know I do, I want to listen to this on my phone.
Then I can't find the download button. That is the true sorrow here.

Kinda brings me a age of empires feel. Not really feeling the viking village, more like ancient Chinese?

DSykMusic responds:

Thanks for your review!

Re:Download Option I'll be using this a future game engine/audio implementation demo, so I'm keeping it exclusive.

[I was never really here]

Mix and master this song correctly and you'd be getting 4.5-5 score from me. Since though it's repetitive, I like that kind of music, techno house styled

I like overdrive and distortion, and I see what you're trying to do. The thing is that digital clipping doesn't sound good usually and your song is no exception. I can't pin point the exact thing that is clipping, so sorry about that.

Here is a few tips:
Listen to your songs with more than just one device (like headphones from different price ranges, or stereos).
Listen to the song with different settings (when it is exported) like bass boost or with flat eq.
Remember all songs are their own beasts, and require unique changes to make them sound good. Simply using a setting that has worked in the past, will quite quickly stop working. I tried this and thus I have the most crappiest sounding album I've ever heard.

And live recording is no excuse for bad mixing/mastering.

Also this "i wow see what i should of known that the competition was going to be main stream stuff" is bad for you and you should figure out why. It made me laugh though.

SlaughterClub responds:

i quote
"Mix and master this song correctly and you'd be getting 4.5-5 score from me"
un quote.
Then try & remix/master it for your self if you feel good enough ..i on the other hand feel fine about this track it was so much fun to make really enjoyed every moment ;-)
& yes i do test music on many other settings & speaker set up /headphones ..
i try to avoid the main stream sounding stuff coz its kinda boring & predictable but i guess that's what a lot of people like ..."you" (& Others ) like ... so fine ? ..so do i sometimes too ...
but most the time
i do not
so why aim to make that ..?

[Kite (Original Overhaul Mix)]

Sounds really awesome, but I can't listen to it really, since the hi-hat that plays through out the song is really rough on the ears. It's okay if I lower the volume a lot, but I love blasting songs on full, and this song does loose some awesomeness when on quiet.

Though if you fix it, I'm definitely going to listen more to this

D-Chain responds:

you should listen more to this anyway lolz.
But ill fix it soon, just for you.

[Ravers Fantasyv2(757irish Rmx)]

=/ =)

i like the remix very good
but the snare hurts my ears
but isnt all stuff posted to ng original content and remix isnt rly original

757irish responds:

What snare? and no Ng has like a gillion remix's. They even say to give credit if your building off someone elses song. Thanks for the review though