Solkrieg's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Preyfour - Dirty Dawg]

No bass.

Good concept, but there was zero bass, bad samples, and some bad notes.

[Garoad - The Path To Victory]

Hitting some really bad chords.

Overall just seems very poorly put together.

Garoad responds:

I can definetly see this. The track is primarily composed of jazz crunch chords, so there's going to be dissonance and a bit of an unusual sound. Lots of people are really into where I was going with the track, and others aren't. Just a difference in tastes, but I appreciate your feedback.

[And Deeper Still [Cmdtrigun]]

Sounds like a great soothing song now!

Glad I could be of assistance! Armed with this new knowledge you shall go further!

Cmdtrigun responds:

KNOWLEDGE IS POWER

[Fountain of Dreams [Ocarina]]

Missing some crucial notes.

In the intro mostly. Other than that it's all there.

Ocarina-Kid responds:

My middle name is oblivious, thanks for letting me know man.

[Morrowind [Ocarina]]

This shouldn't be here.

Because I too can download a midi of this song and replace is with a flute synth (Or make my own) and add a reverb.

Even if you did make this yourself, it's nice and all, but too simplistic to get the top area.

Ocarina-Kid responds:

I think we know by now this shouldn't be in the top 5, hell it shouldn't even get a 6. Maybe a 1 for at least using capitals in the title.

[Sift - Fiji + Alias Pharow]

Finally... It's been a long time since

A song of this caliber was on number 1. I don't usually download music from newgrounds because it's not EQ'd properly or certain parts don't flow, but this is an acception, this is very good. This will sit next to "Cold World".

MrFijiWiji responds:

OMG. mr. milkcarton's it's a cold world? that song is legendary

[level up {DU}]

5'd.

Need some drum work, good drum work, you just need better samples of a higher quality. Everything sounds pretty good, pretty crazy lead. Volume jump was a tad excessive, it needs some mastering.

All of the melodies blend together awesomely, very well done! I think this servers more of a model than skill with FL. You still need to figure out the fine tuning, however this defiantly shows you know how to make the music! Very good!

decoyultimatum responds:

thanks it really means a lot coming from someone like you

for a while now ive figured that my biggest problem is lack of experience with these music programs

my younger brother told me that because of the lead he was half expecting the computer to explode at the end of the song part of me wants to get a sample of a nuclear bomb and put it at the end of it

lol the more i think about it the more i think it would work

[TI:.Hook Up Them Wubs [Preview]

Alright. Was decent.

You need what's called a "compressor" your audio is distorting. Your bassline is normal, nothing crazy, your dubstep is good, your sample's are (sorry) horrible. They're too boring and they're too often. You should only really use a sample twice throughout a whole song. More if you really think you can get away with it.

The dubstep was only good because of the bassline. The bassline was decent, so the dubstep follows it's drift. However the skill I detect in the dubstep is impressive but you repeat it too often.

TIMarbury responds:

Thanks for the informative review. When you say compressor, how can i use it to get rid of distortion. Usually when i use compressors( maybe i don't know what im doing with them), they flatten the sound and it becomes boring, doesn't really help stop distortion. LOL samples were complete jokes, my friends sent me clips. The distortion is part of what makes the bass sound good but i guess you are saying in general the mastering could be better. It is a little repetitive but there is a lot of variety in the patterns. My mastering in general is done in a certain "style" that is pre gained on the low and high which causes natural distortion which is just how i became accustom to producing dubstep tracks, but maybe if i knew how to use a compressor better i could limit the disto and benefit from it.

[Wubbin' This]

Ahh, I remember when I first started :P

Time for some brutal honesty because that's how artists get better! This is what you call "D'n'B" there are no "wub's, wob's, yoi's" etc. You over use (to what sounds like) a glockenspiel sound effect. The bassline needs some working too. Because all you have is (exactly the title) drums and basses. The bass is a basic sine, so again no dubstep.

Try spicing it up a little more next time.

[Well you see, son..]

Not bad, however.

Your voxers (large yoi's) were not heavy enough, you should turn them up. You need more going on, it's too light.

joshlul responds:

Haha this is too old, I've lost the project file since then.

Actually maybe I haven't.