SkyRiderX's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[!-Blizzard Dreams-!]

Nice flow!

The song's flow and mood are very well done and the harmony of the melodies sounds great too. My only suggestion is to maybe add another pad in the background for some more atmosphere and to maybe add another instrument to layer on top of the lead melody to help make it stand out a bit more. Nice Job!
--- SkyRiderX

Atundra responds:

Agreed definitely neeeds to be filled out a bit more haha, I was feeling pretty empty at the time I made this so I guess it shows haha. Thanks!

[Fusion (WIP)]

Nice start

The piano is a nice start and the bass comes in pretty well but I don't think the drum kit you're using fits the mood you're going for. The phaser on the synth is kinda nice but it spikesa bit on its high pitches so you might want to watch that and maybe EQ it or cut its high pass somehow. An idea on how to progress would be start to shorten the notes, put for the synth and raise it REL for build up effect. Then try having your drums build up more with some added kicks and maybe a reverbed snare. As for what happens after the build up that's up to you but you could turn the synth into the lead maybe. Good luck!
--- SkyRiderX

[TF - Oceanic]

Nice Flow!

The song had a nice flow to it but it gets kinda repetitive after a while. The synths sounded nice but I suggest cutting the High freq. on some of them cause sometimes they seem to spike a bit and the high pitch pounds your ear a bit. You also might want to try to vary your drums a bit more to help add some more variety. Great stuff! Keep it up!
--- SkyRiderX

[Dream Signal]

It does need improvement..

It's got a nice flow and the instrument choice was nice but it feels like you dragged it out a bit especially the opening and the ending a bit. The guitar makes a nice lead but not all your accompaniment fit well with it. Keep at it!
--- SkyRiderX

[Stalking the Stars]

Nice Flow

The song has a decent flow to it but that background synth is way too loud and really overpowers the other instruments playing. I suggest turning it down a bit and maybe making some variations for it since it really blasts in your ears the whole time. The bass was pretty nice and other sounds fit in well but the ending was kind of sudden so it doesn't loop very well. Keep trying!
--- SkyRiderX

Kribzon responds:

Thanks for the review!

Yeah, i'm new to making music, and haven't mastered the use of FL yet. But i'm slowly getting there :/

And I have had a lot of people tell me that the endings to my songs are sudden, and I fully agree. But I just can't seem to get them to end well. No matter what I try, it still sounds like an abrupt ending. I recently downloaded Audacity though, and I plan on using that to help my songs fade out rather than just stopping.

And I do agree that the synth is a bit loud. Thanks for the advice!

Oh, and I also really suck at making variations in my music (lol)! I'm a guy who really likes repetitive music, and that shows up in my songs!

Anyways, thanks again for the review!

[Darkest Step]

Nice!

This was well done and has a nice beat to it. While it might not be that "dark" it still has its own unique kind of fell to it which I like. The drums at 2:30 sounded great but the synth with them I think kinda spiked a bit so you might wanna try cutting the Low Frequency a bit for it. Besides that this sounded great! Keep up the great work!
--- SkyRiderX

ZuneInc responds:

Upgraded my system and therefore the old cubase doesnt work anymore...and the new one doesnt understand the old files. So this is gonna be the final mix, pretty much...and yeah, it might not be that dark (my fault :D) and its in the wrong genre alltogether but...no spikes detected, not far though. Cleanin the low end on that bass might be a good thing but we'll have to settle to its current status cause the situation is what it is :) thanks a lot for the review!

[Free-Run]

It's pretty nice

It's not bad but I think you should cut some of the high Frequency of that background synth because it seems to spike a bit throughout the song. Other than that the flow of the song seems pretty solid just fix some of the high pitched synths that seem to be spiking a bit. Keep going at it!
--- SkyRiderX

[Dawn of Soul]

Awesome

This had a great beat and flow to it like a good techno song should. The break that comes in at 1:51 was well transitioned and the build up that followed was also quite nice. The only thing I can suggest is maybe throwing some other synths in there for variety or maybe some distortion with the ones already there. I think maybe having a bass synth take over the main melody at some point might add some nice variety to it. All in all this is a great song. Keep this stuff up!
--- SkyRiderX

Kreiack responds:

thxs for the review!, and the suggest, i will try it on the next song :D!

[Embrace The Nightfall]

Not Bad

This was quite well made, it held that "Night time" kind of mood. The background rain helped add some atmosphere to it and the bass was pretty nice. I think however that it could have had a bigger build up into something. The intro was nice but it doesn't quite explode into something epic as the song suggests it's going to. Keep up the nice work!
--- SkyRiderX

[It's Tha Return]

It's not bad but..

While I agree with AudioVision that the simplicity is quite nice I also think that you could have expanded alot more on the song especially the ending, This could have a killer beat to it if you put the right drums and accompaniment behind it, It's a good place to start. Keep going for it!
(Also I'm glad to see that I'm not the only who got a PM out of the blue fir this. What's the reason for the PM's to everyone?)
--- SkyRiderX

xxxZigZagxxx responds:

Thanks bro! I'll try to lengthen out the songs and put some BA drums n there, some strings etc. Thanks for your awesome feedback!

Benjamin (ZigZag)