DJArrow's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Rellika - Serenity]

Ba da bababa

Im lovin it :D

[Dreamscape - To The Stars]

Pssh

Z3ta+ 8 bar first contact and Nexus Whistling Sines i can identify right away, who knows how many other pre-made arps you used.

not very original at all and should certainly not be top 5.

Sorry to sound so mean in this review but its just what i think,
-Arrow

[Chimy727 -Chaoz Fantasy Remake]

come onnnnnnn

MASTERING! ITS TOO LOUD! ITS DISTORED! BAD!

Chimy727 responds:

distorted?
oh now i hear it!
thanks for the review!
i will fix it!
:D
-chimy727

[Dj Lithorph - Herrow]

Good good

You have that sort of envy flow and synth sound which is great people seem to like that. nice job

[Look At Us (757irish Remix)]

Hmmmmm

i wasnt exactly blown away either. it IS trance but also sounds very ambient and i dont think the kick fits well with the song.

[Chimy727-Better Off Alone DEMO]

TOO LOUD!

DUDE! MASTERING! USE THE MIXER!
For literally every synth or kick or HH put it though the mixer and change the volume! This is way loud!

Bad mastering but great song! :D
-Arrow

Chimy727 responds:

lol you are a mastering freak like Georgem!
thanks for the crit tho man!
:D
-chimy727

[Overload (remix)]

Nice work

Its a good tune, i dont really like kicks like that but it fits the song nicely.
Dont you just hate when a song you make gets more downloads than votes?

Ozzy93 responds:

Thanks! Most people are too lazy to write reviews and vote :P

[{dj-N} Which One?]

The first

I agree with Endeavour, the bass is kinda hiding in the second version and the kick stands out more in the first.

[Missing You - F-777]

Are you signed?

You could probably make quite a bit of money signed to some record companies. Are you signed to any yet?

[Derrick & JapeApe -- Lost]

You're almost there

For a trance song on newgrounds this is very good. For a trance song everywhere else, its just barely worth listening to. But I mean that in the nicest way.

You seem to know how to capture that very full sound and are able to master things relatively well however the song itself sounds amateur and generic in a few ways.

The whole song doesn't flow as smoothly as a trance song is meant to. I noticed that you added a pattern every 4 measures instead of every 8. I recommend, for trance especially, you add 2 patterns every 8 measures and use volume automations, philters. If you are using nexus, use EnV automations instead of philters.

The song itself could use just a bit more mastering. Nothing too fancy but the equalizer is a tad off.

The clap, kick, and HHs used in this song are very default and everyone uses them. I'm almost positive you used VEC3 clap 1 for the clap.

I didn't really find the climax of this song either or any kind of soul, heart, or emotion. It sounds like you tried to make a trance song just to make it not because you felt something. Trance songs should make people feel whatever you felt as you were making it and I just got a whole bunch of emotions from this song.

The song itself might actually sound TOO full. There are either soo many synths and effects playing at one time or not enough. Theres no real time when they balance each other out.

You sound like you have all the basic knowledge down but don't really apply yourself to use absolutely everything you know.

Keep working at it and I'm sure you'll get better.

-Arrow

PS: If you think that review was me trying to insult you, it wasn't, I'm simply giving advice on trance because that is my prominent genre and I'm good at it.

Yodamanjaro responds:

Thanks for the review