AED-4's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[My world (''captain tsubasa 2 half time'') arrange]

Nice calm song you got here ^^

It is very repetitive. but seeing that the original piece is only a minute long, it would be very hard to make a 5 minute song without it being repetitive. Also the piano break comes too suddenly.

I'm not very familiar with rap or anything similar, so I cant give very genre-specific review unfortunately.

Mastering's good, nothing bad to say about that. That bass for example is very smooth.

This would be very good for a menu theme for example.

R4R

enders1 responds:

Yeah, actually the original is only like 30 seconds long, it only a minute on youtube cause its intended to loop .
it's indeed repetitive, the thing is im working on finding a rapper for this song so having that in mind I wanted to keep it simple so the rap gets the spot light and the piano break, it does comes sudenly huh, I was having in mind that is like a end solo but you're right, I might work it out for when I have a singer ready.
thank you.

[NGs DnB]

Top-notch mastering and structure, and amazing melody and beat! Very energetic and even nostalgic-sounding composition indeed ^^

Really nothing negative to say about this :D You certainly deserve more attention!

[Futuristic]

I'm not sure what to think about the intro. Sure it was original and sci-fi feeling, But it sounded pretty weird and even out of place to me. That's mostly an opinion though. (Btw, are those 26 seconds of silence intentional?) The ending was a bit basic, but good nevertheless.

Composition side, while the base was repetitive (what I guess is typical to this type of music) it had enough of subtle changes to keep it from being boring or dull. The automation was also very good!

I must say, I really like that base melody. It makes me think of a vast, hollow metropolis with tall skyscrapers and stuff. And the square lead completes it well.

In summary this is very decent track with very futuristic feeling. (as it says on the tin!) The best section for me is from 1:05 to the end.

(PS. A good way to get traffic is to use the review for review thread :)

Xenpai responds:

recorded w/ DJ Table, sry if it sounds weird :/

but thanks for the review <3

[Dream Realm]

Listened to it a couple of times. I found out that it loops pretty nicely :P

But to the review: Two major spots that I think needs improvement are the drops and melody.

Not that the melody wasn't bad, just a bit repetitive. The difference after the first drop was almost nonexistent to me at first. Using different melodies at drops wouldn't be a bad thing.

And the drops, well i found them seriously lacking energy. I know that this is meant to be chilly, so I didn't expect to hear any aggressive wubwub synths. But I'm not sure if i heard -any- bass. The buildups were also a bit bland. They really didn't get me excited for the upcoming. The drums are fine, but they need more variation. A couple more breaks would do the trick. The hi-hats also could use more 'weight'.

One last nitpick from me is that the piano notes should be longer.

But just to not be a simply negative; I absolutely love the pad during drop :) (in my opinion it should've been higher on volume). The singing birds was also a nice touch, and the plucky synth is nearing perfection for me.

I don't personally think that this song should be drum and bass. In my opinion it should have been something more close to ambient. But those are just opinions :)

So overall, as a song it's not that bad, but for being drum and bass it needs more energy. I listened to your song TimeFlow, and that was beautiful. You clearly know what you are doing ^^

R4R

5TanLey responds:

Well yeah, basic melody is the same during whole song, I was just adding or deleting few notes in some parts, so this is not most entertaining piece for sure :)

There should be -some- bass, at least I can hear it with my headphones..

I´m not sure about the genre, guess I should´ve chosen some miscellaneous thingy

Anyway, thx for detailed review!