Death-9's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Day20 - Midnight affairs]

Freaking sweet track

I really like this track! You really should have made it longer. What programs did you use, what plugins, etc? I personally use the z3ta+ VST in FL, but I have nowhere near the same skill as you do >.> Also, what sample pack do you use?

I love this song!

hopeku responds:

I use Reason 4.0 with no plugins nor vsts, and no particular sample packs

Thanks buddy!

[{DjF}Castles in the Sky(v2)]

love the original, love the remix :)

Very good mix, dude! My only complaint is the bass, if you used something else I would like this even more. What software did you use to make this? And where did you get the samples?

Peace
X-i-T

Dj-Final responds:

The bass eh? well then maybe i'll have to do something about it yes? i'll check it out and see what i can do!
I used FL8.
N the vocals were so hard to come across.

[~EnV~My Name Is Envy]

\o/

Envy... because he envies everyone else's skill at life.

You are a true hero. Man tears were shed over this song.

Mcewthom responds:

ha check out my newest song iv just put on here, glad u enjoyed man ;-)

[Into the Night - [viz]]

hmmm

I'm not entirely sure how to respond to this piece. Like mmllzz said, it feels complete, but at the same time like it's missing something. Bassline got a bit monotonous for me, but transitions were smooth and the sounds were pretty nice.

8/10, but a 5/5 because it's really not lacking anything.

DJ-VIZ responds:

alright thanks

[Never Said You Loved Me -[viz]]

very neat

All over the place, but you transitioned beautifully. I can only complain that it didn't give me enough time to feel the beat before you take it away.

Very awesome synths. I can only complain, again, that it didn't give me enough time to experience them before you took them away.

It's pretty good, but you could have spent a bit more time mastering it (there's no such thing as too much mastering), and a bit more effort on the transitions and letting it reach it's full potential as a clubby remix.

9/10, 5/5

DJ-VIZ responds:

Thanks, wierd all the songs you revisited to review had vocals lol!

[Rave Heaven - (Viz Mix)]

:D rave heaven!

Love the original. You added a bit of nice flair to it, but it has a few flaws that I'm able to point out. One is the bassline- The bass doesn't match the "epic saw" you used for the lead, or the vocals. There is a part where you give the bass and the vocals a part alone- and I almost cried at the poor matching.

Then came the part at 2:24. I cried, this time in big man tears, at the poor matching. My suggestion to fix this would be to tweak with it- there's no need to have all the mids you put into it, a simple multiband filter that excludes a bit of the mids would be perfect- it should remove the obtrusiveness of the bassline. Or you could switch to a square/saw mix oscillator at a higher pitch and try to make it more 'epic'.

The lead was pretty cool, the only thing I can complain about is that it's not grand enough. I love the huge scale you take with this song, though.

In summary, I'm not voting 10 because of a couple of things:

The bassline did not blend with the leads, creating a poor aural experience (for me, at least),
it didn't seem finished- I felt like you could have done MORE,
you got the original artist's name wrong, it's Dave mcCullen, not Dan (proof-http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/D ave_McCullen)

8/10, 4/5

DJ-VIZ responds:

Nice ideas, never thought of them! -- I also thought I could do much more, I made this song within a day it was one of those just quick flowing ideas type of things, and i decided to sumbit, because i have literally 80 works in progress. I agree with your complaints, and the advice. If i revisit this mix I will def. keep what you said in mind. Ty for the rev!

[I Kissed a Girl[Viz House Mix]]

decent

Do you use Audacity, Ableton, or something else for editing your samples? I heard Ableton had good warp thing, might help you with the vocals being kinda off.

you did a pretty good job with this. I liked the simplistic synths you used, very retro-sounding. Not quite "clubby", but good headphone listening. I'd like to see you expand on this, it has potential.

DJ-VIZ responds:

I actually just use Edison, sometimes a cheap free trial program and shit like that for vocals, I really like mixing songs with vocals, but its tough work and a shit load of time ... remixing songs like this are especially a bitch, because I didn't even know what the original's tempo was... So i kind of played it by ear, which is why half the vox are pretty off. Thanks for the review again, time to check some of ur stuff.

[Now You're a Hero instrum]

You guys would never understand...

You have to burn the rope. If you don't burn the rope, you'll never get it.

Great song!

Reachground responds:

Very wise my friend. It's as easy as that...

[Milk{Sytrus!}]

Holy shit!

All Sytrus??? That's crazy, dude. Mad props! And to think I had given up on Sytrus...

Mrmilkcarton responds:

Wooo sytrus synthes for the win.

[[DJ-ViZ] Summer's End]

Effort makes good songs

You put effort into making this one NOT suck, well done. VARIATION is the key within electronic music. Also, you classified right this time, I felt a beat. Multiple leads, No annoying sounds, lead ins were good, drums weren't prominent (a good thing in electronic). Harmony was present. End needed work on an outro. Slowdown sucks. Use a fade out and you'll get a 10/10.

DJ-VIZ responds:

wow a kind review from you! and i thought this is one of my worst songs