Erectronik's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Duet no. 1 - I. Allegro]

Nice work in terms of composition, but..

The composition itself (the arrangement of notes: melody and harmony), is great and I can feel the emotion brought through it. However the quality of the sound isn't. I'm not sure of what software you are using to make the song, but sounds need effects such as reverb, or chorus to help the sound shine. It sounds very MIDI like to my ear, and I think that the software maybe just some soundcard based MIDI sequencer, if not, just try adding orchestral strings to layer it with some ambience.

I do however, like where the notes go quicker, it sounds nice :)

MusicalRocky responds:

First of all: I appreciate you taking the time to review.

I. The only sounds available to me are MIDI sounds, provided by my MIDI soundcard. You must understand this.

II. I don't know how to use any of those fancy effects like reverb, chorus, or anything, but that is only because I've never had the need to. Without any VST's, these things are pretty worthless to me.

III. I understand that you realized the quality of the composition, but I feel that it was a bit harsh to base the majority of your vote on the actual sonic quality. I'd much rather listen to a great song with MIDI sounds than a crappy song performed by real musicians (a.k.a. an orchestra) any day.

Again, thanks, but I enjoy reviews because I like to help work upon my composition skills. I don't need anyone's help to see that MIDI sounds aren't great (no offense).

Best regards,

Rocky

[JAG~DownGrade]

Decent song

Honestly, I think the horn like synths detract from the whole great housey beat, but the ambient synth fx are great. What I think could have helped is the scratching parts, maybe add some extra scrathes and whips in between. It gets a bit repetive (you are using that same 2 note melody and the other 4 note melody, but the breaks and dropping and adding of the bass keeps the interest.

A personal opinion on the bass: I think you could have added a compressor on to the bass to give it more "punch" that would have been awesome.

However, I like the drum programming you have done, the drum samples chosen were good, especially the snares :)

beatmasterJAG responds:

Thanks for your review!

In all terms this iconic for my style, I guess.

The leading snare is a simple, tweaked 909 sample accompinied by a hint of some other snares to add punch and flavor.

:)

[Infernoplex]

Very intense song!

I've never heard anything like this on NG, or maybe thats because I've just returned to NG recently. I can tell it's made with FL Studio, but it is certainly a lot different and a lot better than many other submissions. I like the distorted square synth and its quick movement and pitch shifts/portamento. I recommend, on the bass, to add a parametric EQ, dont change its parameters except the overall volume and then add a compressor below it to boost the "pumping" feel in the bass. :)

Someone also reviewed one of my new songs, and said maybe we should do a collab. I actually use Reason 3.0, which can be reWired to FL Studio, so technically you can write the FL parts, and I can write the Reason parts :)

I love this song, just pump up the bass with my tips :)

[Happy Hardcore - GloStix]

Nice euro sound

the intro and ambience effects are great, but otherwise, u could add in the synths earlier, or throw some pads in. I love the distorted synth btw. next time add some thicker bass with the compressor, if you did this in FL its harder to use the compressor compared to Reason,but with reason, just add a MClass Maximizer :P

[Dodge Left Dodge Right]

hehe

HAHAHA nice lyrics if people can consider it lyrics, but it made me laugh, and your beats are pretty good, chaotic drum patterns that sound good! but the overused snares need to be EQ'd a little or use a compressor

TVs-Slayer responds:

Eh, it was supposed to be harsh, but I don't know my limits.

[Holy Anillihation]

ok, but not very captivating

deadmaus and the other unsequenced/sliced beats are too overused, and gets very repetitave, but i do like the explosive part where the vocals come in, you should make that a main part of the song.

[Switch Vs Evil-Dog -> Round 1]

This is like the best shit ive seen!

This stuff rocks! I love you man, i donwloaded this. if you make more i will sure download! you should get signed or something, this is like commercial quality!

[Tri-State Area]

I love you man

This is awesome, i really like this song! the bass is so good, and the drums fills.. and that synth! is so good, i could kiss that hats on your drumset. Everything is so clean and nice!

Southwest-Statistic responds:

Thank you very much. Thank everybody really, for the super-positive reviews. Kind of made me feel like a rockstar today. It's pretty smooth.

[Dark Side Dreaming]

Nice dark FX

WOW Nice sound effects in there, i like it! do you use reason? oops, i guess not haha u must use fruity, i just heard a the wav sample thats in fruity (the yaahh voice) lol

[No Inhibitationn]

Excellent remake of a classic

Nice to hear a remake of a CLASSIC!! man your synths are soooo good!! i thought the original's tempo is supposed to be a little faster though, sounds too slow or something.. anyway this deserves to stay high in the charts

noxious890 responds:

thanks man...as for to responce under me...sry for any misconseptions....but rather i discovered the tune and remeberd hearing it before