Beno3000's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Crank that Spongebob]

Nice use of the sample...

I really like that use of the sample. You gotta eq the song tho. When you mute the track mute the delay on your vocals, use a little reverb on it. Trust me it'll sound better. I'm sure someone'll find this and throw it in a flash.

[Walking in Shadows Part 2]

Dark...

Very airy, reminds me of a movie sound track. You are one dark bastard. That synth violin is super nice is that Korg? Good job. Is that sound that bounces around in the track phased or panned?

popraz responds:

Thank you. No it's not Korg, it was some generic violin synth, but it worked well in short rounds. Now that you asked I can't rememer if I panned that sound or just enhanced the stereo. The mixer settings were from the older Walking in Shadows track.

[ecology for the underground]

Keep it up

Tokolos I like your style man. Keep it up. Nice verb on the drums and drum mix. Thanks for setting the mark; now I'm going back and tweaking all mine. Nice use of the sound stage.

Tokolos responds:

Hey Beno, Thanks for the review!

[A new Hope]

Compression

The piano sounds way over compressed. For some reason people around here have a lot of that. Use an eq and uncompress it you did. It sounds like the FL Keys or Md(?) piano plug in which has a compressed sound. I liked the melody after about the 1 minute mark. You hit it good at that mark. Keep it up. There's a lot of dissonance in the main part of the piano melody, and it takes me away out of the track when I hear it. Unless that's what you wanted, I'd change the chords or some keys in the chords or lower the sound level on the bottom end octave notes to mess it better. You might want to throw some more reverb and chorus in there and use stereo seperation. It would sound kick ass.

dondrummer responds:

alright. thanx man. the piano melodies i used from 0:00 to about 0:59 was pretty crap. tahnx for the feedback.

[Ravicus Maximus]

Ouchy!

Dude my ears hurt. You have to work on the levels. The hats are way too high. Unless you are deaf... Your style seems like your new to this so just work on it some more. Keep creating.

madnessassault responds:

sorry bout that my computer bass is on max... treble can change it. and im only really new to the less trancy sort of stuff.

[Drum 'n Orchestra]

Cool but...

I don't usually listen to D'n'B but I liked this. You layered the strings really good, a lot better than many others on here. It was very orchestral. Maybe you did it on purpose but aren't the drums in DNB supposed to be a lot louder? I figure you did it for the mix. I really don't listen to DNB very much. I liked your use of phasing on the drums. good levels on the mix overall. Don't think it's strange. Keep it up.

Trottimus responds:

Thanks Beno3000, your comment is much appreciated.

Yea I didn't want the drums to drown out the strings, as I'm an avid fan of strings :)
I'll bear that in mind if I do any DnB stuff (which I'm sure i will!)

Thanks again dude.

[Deuce19 - Drum Exercise]

Cool...

I don't like telling anyone how to make a song/beat but this would sound kick ass if you panned more, especially the toms. My ears wanted the drums to be all around me. Everything sounds close together like it's a set of drums mic'ed from 30 ft. away. The kicks are cool cuz they are usually at a balanced pan. Separate the snares and hats by panning and play around with using chorus and stereo separation for a kick ass effect. If you use FL Studio see if you like the Flangus effect. If you sent everything to one channel or the Master separate them and add effects individually as you like and then send them all back to one channel or a SEND FX channel and add a little compression if you like.

deuce19 responds:

Hey thanks, I'll take all that into consideration. Thanks for the review!