SASKID's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[When Will It Be Quiet]

Fantastic ambient tune. Lack of drums definitely lets us focus on the progression of instruments and melodies within. Mastering has let you down here though, seems a bit muddy when everything comes together in the middle.

BeeFef responds:

Thanks, still working on my mastering and mixing. I lost my regular pair of headphones so I don't know if that had something to do with it bc I couldn't listen to it how I usually do

[Avicii - Wake Me Up (PlayKncino Remix)]

Pretty good, really well made. Just not a fan of the mastering. More time spend on mixing and mastering would have really set this alight. Nice and simple instrument use, chill vibes. Well done!

-SAS

(Mind checking out one of my recents in return?) :)

PlayKncino responds:

Thank you, This is my first time producing Future bass, I did this in less than 1 hour, the truth is that I did not want to work more because I do not want to work so hard on something that will be copyrighted.

[Deprived]

Yeah, go to bed.

and stop eating so much cheese.

6clawdy6 responds:

I ended up actually going to bed after putting up this track

Thanks for the 5 star rating tho

[Prodigy]

This is beautiful man, really chill vibe. Intro is relaxing, I would hardly classify this as EDM. The drums aren't too in your face when they join the fray.

Seems well mastered, only problem I have is sometimes it doesn't sound like your bassline is matching your piano and other instruments a couple of times, but because it was so enjoyable it wasn't that noticable. Didn't even realise it was 4 minutes long. It went by so fast :)

Awesome work man! -Mind checking out one of my recents?-

-SAS

Stilactic responds:

OMG thank you so much. I will surely check your songs out

[Jimmy Jam Bam]

Sounds great, just seems like there is too much going on at one time for me to enjoy individual elements. Seems well mastered, not too lengthy and the choice of sounds are great and nothing get's boring.

Towards the end your drums do get a little drowned out, which are what is going to drive your hip-hop music mainly, look out for this in future.

larrylarrybb responds:

Thanks for the advice and for listening!

[A Day In The NetherLands]

Not enough to it. Although simple, it's too simple. There isn't enough progression or instrument use. It's just this part, then this part with some extra claps.

It's not mastered terribly, but it's not great either. Try to spend a bit longer on your pieces and add more stuff to them.

kingjax responds:

Don’t worry :) something big is coming soon

[Wataflash - Chronos]

Not digging it. Drops are too muddy, too much going on, and it's all high EQ. Although I can hear the bass, it doesn't stand out, and the lack of mids is really unpleasing.

Onto the good points, beat is solid and what you'd expect from a future house sort of track. Your intro and breakdown aren't too long. They don't get boring. I think your first drop comes a little unexpected. I would like to see more build up, and a few more elements coming in before the main drop. Instrument choice is nice. But like I said, better mastering is needed in future.

Great effort dude

wataflash responds:

Thanks for your honest feedback! It helps me alot^^

[Eerie Children Laughing Loop]

Getting ready for halloween are we? :)

NaTaS-X responds:

Only the last 344 days.

[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!