SASKID's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Hoggle Waves]

Sounds fantastic. I just don't understand why the whole master is filtered. It would sound better crisp and clean, but it's your track man.

As far as dubstep goes, it's fantastic. It has vocal clips which involves brownie points.

HoggleRhymes responds:

thanks my guy! this is actually my first song ever. im pretty new and dont know much of anything. but Im really trying and words like yours help me so much so thank you so much for your input.

[Evolution of Man]

Intro and outro blew me away. Great psy-trance beat. Like PERFECT psy-trance beat. I can really dig it. hi-hats in these areas are a bit loud though. My only issue.

Middle with the offbeat bass sounds really great. However it doesn't fit the intro of the song imo. I expected something different. It sounds like you've taken two separate pieces of music and merged them together.

3:12 is a great drop. However your main melody trance lead is drowning the rest of the track, try and lower the levels or EQ it better.

You get 5/5 for the psy-trance vibes though. Have a go at a psy-trance song and PM me!

PhatBoiJ responds:

Thank you so much!!!

[[The Grimoire of Marisa]]

What carbonlad said. It's really good. Well mastered, pleasing on the ear.

Not my genre of choice for listening, but it's got a great vibe:

Edit: Mastering is half the battle. But 100% worth it and necessary. You have the right idea though.

MeisterMach5 responds:

I'm so glad to hear that it's well mastered. Of all the things I've struggled with over the last 4-5 years, it has been properly mastering the volume of each instrument and the song as a whole so that it isn't obnoxiously loud!

[Affinity]

4.5 Might just be my lack of knowledge on this DnB genre. But it sounded abit muddy during the main drop.

Choice of sounds are great, bass is fantastic imo. Opening was simple and pleasing on the ear.

Delerium responds:

Must be the vocodex i put on the bass. I did it to add texture to the sound, and it did mud up the bass but I didn't know how to fix it so I took a loss there.

I'm glad you enjoyed it man, stick around for more work like this. :)

[Cabbage Patch]

Great piece of music. 5/5 Can definitely see this in a flash game of some sort here on NG.

Iosun responds:

Thanks, also yeah I'll let people use it free for any demonitized flash games

[Crying in the Rain - Juice WRLD Type Beat]

5/5 This is dope. Really chill track, good vibes. Not too long and repetitive.

Issues: Could have been mastered a bit better, drums stick out like a sore thumb. The main bell/pluck is a little loud in places, could have done with some leveling and EQ.

Excellent piece of music though!

iNiNEPT responds:

Thanks that's actually really helpful. I'm definitely going to try and polish the levels. I didn't even notice until you mentioned it. I guess that just happens when you hear something too many times.

[PlayKncino - Last Dance]

5/5 This is solid man, kicks are good. Fills are good and keeping things interesting, normal break in the middle.

Only issue I would say It doesn't stick in my head like some lyrics from a rock song, or a melody from a trance song.

Great effort mate!

PlayKncino responds:

Thanks :D this track I made more than 3 months ago, it was my first Hardstyle and the last, I have not produced the genre anymore. I'll see if I make another one in the future...
Postscript: I'm sorry if I've written something wrong, I'm not very good at speaking English.

[Rise of The Pharoh]

Great idea and great song, just a bit too muddy.

1:18 the melody is great but the bass lead behind it ruins the buildup. You could have used an offbeat rubber bass here after 16 bars of the melody to really create an awesome buildup and atmosphere if you combined it with a pad.

Effects here, namely the sweep at around 3:12 is amazing. Really seals the end of the piece and is better than your average boring reverse crash. Good addition!

Maybe get rid of more instruments towards the end instead, maybe you could have squeezed it out to over 4 more minutes doing this.

PhatBoiJ responds:

Thanks! Love your reviews as always! Improvement usually comes from them.

[Welcome To Euphoria]

Much better. Intro has a lot of energy. Uses effects and reverse crashes well to introduce new elements. Build up is a lot longer and actually gets to a point where you're WANTING the track to drop, rather than it just happening. The snare build up is good and well mastered. I love the 1 bar gap before the drop. Big plus!

Finally I love the way the track finishes as it started with that bridge at 2:22.

But I'm afraid there is always flaws...

This one as a whole isn't mastered quite as well, I think you're using a bit too much delay/reverb in places. Especially with the main lead, when it comes in at 1:19 it has far too much reverb and it just sounds muddy. You also could have changed the lead up a lot more between 1:18 and 1:43 maybe having 2 seperate lead melodies to add variation. Unlike your last track there isn't a bridge that really acts seperate from the main drop so although every element of this track is short. It falls into the repetitive catagory I'm afraid.

Progress in places though, good work

PhatBoiJ responds:

Thanks!

[Distant Memories]

Intro has a lot of untapped potential. Should have added more instruments/effects to really open the track up. Same with the buildup, it's pretty underwhelming and just throws you into the rest of the track. Look at it from a listeners point of view, not a producers.

On the plus side, the melody and instruments you've used is catchy and fits together well. Mastering is really good. Nothing is out of place or over pronounced. Your bridge at 2:10 is really good and gives us a break from what we've already heard. Getting rid of the repetitive style we hear with these genres.

Good job overall. Just take in my feedback for your intro and buildups.

PhatBoiJ responds:

Thank you!