lemon42's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Mrs. Dash]

Alright, let's listen to this track and... ahhh! What's this?!

Mastering is quite terrible and I'm sorry to say it but it is. You really need to work on that point: improve your mastering, and that'll really upgrade the listening experience tons. This was probably the biggest issue with the track: the sound is just too overpowered and goes over the 0db mark everytime there is a kick and distorts the kick sound. An easy way to fix this is by adding a limiter over your master mixer track, however I suggest you don't, it makes it sound very amateurish. Master your tracks yourself, find tutorials online... anything helps, really!

Composition wise, seems fine. I'm not a complextro expert, but this definitely fits the house genre. Don't know what kind of house, but it surely is. Though, whenever I listen to house I tend to expect smooth songs. Don't know, it's just personal taste.

Everything else looks fine. Maybe the high pitched sweeps are a bit too high pitched.

Good work, you're getting there. Liking it, but keep practicing! As the proverb says, practice makes perfect! You can never have enough of it! :)

ljkDICKJUSTICE responds:

thank you for your input very much, mastering has definitely been my weak point, and that sound in the beginning was from something totally random, that's what i get for not listening to it before i upload it i suppose...
i'd say this is the best EQ'd song i've made, the other ones i boosted the crap out of everything too much, but i had a lot of trouble with the kick fitting, so hopefully i might just go back and remaster it!

[~EnV~Untitled(WIP)]

Nice.
I really like that build up. I find it lacks a bit of energy though, kinda dissapointing.
I was hoping for a more energetic dancy beat, but hell.
As usual, a great start you have there. Really liked it :)

[~NK~ "Fear Me" (NGADm Entry)]

Clever.

I like the way you put piano into the middle, that's just great. The melody has been very nicely accomplished and everything fits.
I enjoyed this song throughout it, the vox samples are good too, and nice tempo blending at the end.

Cheers!

[Imanasshole]

To say the least, song fits the title....
Now, GET HEAVEN RD. 4 OUT!!! THIS IS EPIC >_<
Pwease :'(

[DjDarkterry - Crossover]

I like this, but I find the dubstep is too simply arranged. It also missed some drops!
The drums don't add much, they're very monotone.
I actually liked the end more than the start. The wooshes were also too high in volume.
In general, mastering could improve a bit, and there's room for improvement in the variety of the drum patterns, and the dubstep part too. Apart from that, continue! Good stuff! :)

DjDarkterry responds:

Thanks for the review. I try to improve this song i don´t know why i released it so early. There is always a second chance :)

[{dj-N} Beginning of Time {RmX}]

This is great :)
I kinda disagree with 3GreyLeaves and Alpha522, this remix is really nicely done in my opinion!

Anyway back to the *constructive* review.
This didn't surprise me but it wasn't bad either.
I love this remix. Mastering could've been a bit better. There are a lot of parts where it really gets annoying to listen to because of some small yet noticeable mastering issues.
The lead goes well with the bassline. A disapointment I have are the drums, they seem generic and boring.

Other than that, awesome song. Keep it up! :)

[[dj-N} Sinusoidal Orchestra DM]

Woah

I just love drum and bass.
This song is really epic. Powerful drums accompagnied with some really sweet orchestral piece, all of what a lemon could ask for.
This song is really nice, some mastering needed maybe, too many high frequencies in my opinion, and some bass needed also.
That's my opinion. This is really awesome, maybe expand it into a full song like Theory of Everything? :)

8.5 (8) / 10 - 4.25 (4) / 5
Speechless on the melodies.

- lemon42

[Once More - F-777]

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Speechless. That's what I am. Now. Listening.
Seriously, epic stuff.
Great melody, awesome transitions, epic drops. What's more to add?
Some mastering. I felt the main melody (first occurence 0:41) kicks in very nicely but the problem is that there is a lot of background noise and it makes it hard to recognize each sound, whcih makes it a bit harder to listen to, even tough it's really awesome.
The fact is that the epic factor is so high that those imperfections are easily covered by the awesomeness of the melody and synths, all mixed together, and again the drops. They're the best.

Overall: great song. Just some mastering needed.

9 / 10, 4.5 (4) / 5
- lemon42

[/-Legend-\ (Remastered)]

Woah

It's actually pretty good. The only problem is the... mastering :/
Sure, it sounds much better than the first, you gotta admit that. The problem is that when everything comes in everything overlaps and it becomes a mess of sounds mashed into each other, and makes it hard to listen to.
Whenever there is a kick it goes over the sounds aswell, and the main melody overlaps with the bassline. Which makes it quite unconfortable to listen to on a good sound system. The bassline just goes over the background pads and that's kinda annoying aswell.
You should probably try to equalize each instrument so they don't overlap if you know what I mean. That'll be a great step.

Another reason why I'm giving you a 7 is because your melody is really repetitive. It is a simple melody and that is not a problem since sometimes the simplest melodies are the best. The thing is it's just the same, moved into different octaves and with different instruments, it's always the same notes all over again (even tough they're not nessesarly into the same order).

Overall, it's good, but boring to listen to after a while. You gotta improve your mastering and add another melody. Other than that, everything is really good. There's something really awesome in this song, I just don't know what.

6.5 (7) / 10, 3.25 (3) / 5
Good job, now take it to the next level :)

- lemon42

Darkfire96 responds:

Oh geez am I late XD
I actually plan on remastering this. Again :3
But I dont want to change much in this song because it was meant to be repetitive.
And although the same melody stays in the song throughout I think it added to the uniqueness of the song. The feeling of something simple and good to dance too. But if I were to actually be serious on this Ill definitely put another melody in. Try checking out some of my other songs :3

/-Ikarus-\