IKONiC's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Fredgy - High Sky Fever]

Good job.

Hate to say it but it was very distorted because of that sweep and your kick. I liked the EQing on your piano though.

Nice stuff man. Keep it up. Careful though, try not to overuse the sweep effects ;)

Fredgy responds:

ok thank you dude ;)
i tried edit it like you said :p
new upload will come one of these minutes :D
i tried to edit the sweep etc so it doesn't distort :-) i hope i managed to do it :p
and i tried to edit the number of sweep effects ;-)
thank you very much :p

[[LK] Summer]

Good job.

A few things could be improved on:

The bass is weak, and the lead needs to be changed up a bit. If you made them yourself and learned to EQ them, you could actually get yourself some really nice sounds instead of the factory sound.

Also, DJ Splash has much quicker, more hands-up styled music. Maybe about 140-150. This is a tad soft for DJ Splash style. By all means, it's good. But a bit too soft core. As I said, learn to master and EQ your percussion and instruments.

Other than that, really, your melodies do sound like Splash and you've even got an intro and outro. The song is smooth and flows gently. I'd simply work on adding more parts to the song; more variation.

That's my 2 cents. Enjoy.

IKONiC

LK412 responds:

Ur totally right man. This song is way empty but if i added like an arp for example it would be too crazy. I honestly need to learn how to EQ to fill out my songs.

This is 145 bpm but ur right when u say its too soft, its because the instruments dont seem to hard.

Thanks a lot for the review, i really have to improve my technical skills. Thanks a lot man i really appreciate it. I will definitely drop by and give u a review or two sometime.

Thanks again.

[The Basshunter Song Lololz!!11]

lmfao

""hmmm"
by: MuzikProd
date: 1 hour ago

I like how you made it a fast paced song. Are you new this because it sounds a little professional to me. I like it. But the kicks get very repeative. And the ending is just horrible. LOLZ"

I love how this guy doesn't know shit about what he's talking about. Firstly, a kick can't get repetitive. The beat can. The kick is driving your entire track. Although it is muddy, the rest of the song is alright. The percussion could use a bit of work.

On the synth side, of course as you said, anyone could recreate Basshunter's Dota. However, you managed to add a bit of variation and originality to it. I'm a bit disappointing about the synth sounds and the ending. Although that voice clip was well used :)

Good stuff man. Seems you've got your learning process well on your way.

SuperMechaCow responds:

No need to bash, man.

I couldn't get a good kick sound without distorting it like I always do. I'm a little lacking on samples since all my stuff got erased awhile back. Percussion is one of my weak points.

Once again, the sounds were part of the "joke" in making the song and you can read about it in the edited description.

[I'm hXc BITCH]

hi, my name is frank

I could've been first to review way back. haha

I wuv you.

Btw, if we make an electro song, you and I, we'll win at life :)

Mid-Night responds:

I already win at life! But I would sure love to let you in on the spoils my man!

[Church of the Darkside (Spaze Unofficial Remix)]

Liked it!

The bass is a little bit weak in the song. I find that if you had a heavier bass, maybe different oscillators and envelope to make it more punchy. The kick was a bit muddy but I loved the remix in general. Great glow and great use of instruments.

Keep it up!

SpazeMusic responds:

thanks for the review and the tips :)
/xN

[5SCC - Faster]

Now what you must do...

Is remake this song, and reuse this melody in a 130-150 BPM song, make it epic and have it go on the top 5. :)

Hellstick responds:

Meh, I'd love to, but my attention span is probably not good enough:P I have an odd and very anoing habbit of leaving 7/8 of the tracks i start unfinished:(
Even if i managed to finish the song it wouldn't get on top 5... My audience is simply too small:(
Anyway I apriciate your review and your score and I'll make sure to inform you if i ever make this into a full track;)

[~|| Break your chains! [new]]

meh

3 things.

-Slayer = Fail
- Get better samples
- Get variation.

T-Free responds:

Okay, here are my answeres:
1.) The most other guys like the slayer, why do you not?
2.) I never work with samples, every melody is made by me.
3.) I'll try my best to add some other sounds to it to give the track some more variation.
Thanks for your review, IKONiC.^^

[Yelltek - Last Day [WiP]]

Good stuff.

Great job. Some nice effects and techniques used in the song. Especially the build up. I enjoyed the melody that was playing. Not too hard on the ears. Great choice of instruments and percs. This is really great. Hoping that the full version will have slightly more variation but overall it was great.

Keep it up.

Yelltek responds:

thanks man! :D
yeah, it will :P
/XN

[{Daydream} z75]

Great stuff

I loved it. I was really impressed with some of it. Very different; almost oriental. Keep up the great work.

Xorberax responds:

Thank you, I had just finished v2 of this song which adds a few more things., but im going to upload it separately from this just in case anyone would prefer listening to this version instead.

Thanks for the review.

[Sting - Reflections]

Love you!

I really like the flow for this song. The melodies are very well constructed although the only problem I always have with the songs you make are the lack of professional sounding synths and samples. Your percussion for example sound weak. Your kick drum has an analog sound to it while the snare reverberates.

The song is repetitive which is good for hiphop but there should be a hook or a chorus stuck in somewhere in between. I'll give you a list of free VST's that you should download that will help you get a better sound for your tracks :)

Keep it up :)

Congrats on #1 btw :)

Blasphem-E responds:

Lol thanks man. And ya, I've got a lot more VSTs now. This was made before I even had vanguard or Z3ta lmao