Ahurac's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[That's it, the end!]

The drums could be more professional, the samples are a bit cheap. The arp is cool but a bit random and very loud. There's too many transition crashes imo and they are very loud. To avoid loudness war I can recommend you to sidechain your instruments to the kick/snare, the sound will be way neater. You can better drums samples at cymatics.fm. Presets are good but I don't recommend you to use stock ones, they will probably suck most of the time. The e-guitar you used in the last part as well is very loud.

Keep it up lad!

~ Ahurac

X-ManOfficial responds:

This is not samples. And with the volume, well, this is the idea. I wanted some rigidity. It turned out this way. I know, so-so. Although I liked the last half minute.

[Elegant Paradox]

The arp is so fucking cool, that reminds me some Bowser castles or something. The drums could be wat louder except the hi-hats which are already a bit too much. To achieve that you can apply a subtle sidechain, so the kick and the snare will breathe a bit. It also lacks of bass, a sub bass + a mid-sub bass that plays something related to the song to make it full, that's really important. EDIT: you did it from 3:15 and that sounds amazing, the track sounds full. Be careful with the release of your piano, it sounds like some notes are overlapping, or maybe it's reverb's fault for being too loud.
That's a great track in any way.

Keep up the good work,

~ Ahurac

[High bass]

Cool beat, how did you do it?

[Cooked]

The melody can be chaotic but it's globally okay, just sad it's that quiet and down-pitched. Maybe some sidechain would help but that's not possible on Chrome Music Lab. Btw CML is fun but I recommend you to switch to a DAW if you're interested in making music, the possibilities are way wider.
The long pause probably come from the export, it maybe trusted the song was that long and exported all this audio.

Keep it up,

~ Ahurac

CRAZEBOY101-Official responds:

Tbh I agree. I wish music lab didn't sound as "baby" as it does, if that makes sense lol. But it was okay with what I had to work with I guess.. idk. Thanks!

[M I L K]

A bit random but why not. The snare is a bit harsh. Would be fun to turn it into a full song, 20 seconds is kinda short. Also I recommend you to switch to a DAW, websites are fun but if you're interested in making music, DAWs are the best choice.

Keep it up,

~ Ahurac

MrBlistr responds:

Thanks for the feedback! I'm just throwing out some tracks to see what folks think, but there will definitely be full songs and an album or two in the future.
I've been using Ableton Live 11 to make my tracks for about 5 months now. Still learning a lot every time I open it.

[Electronic]

The chords you wrote are made up of notes that create dissonance, you should fix that. We can't really hear the drums, maybe try to sidechain the synths. The song itself is a bit repetitive, maybe try to make a full structure with intro / buildup / drop / mid-section etc...

Wish you the best,

~ Ahurac

BaNaN4Ik-STOP responds:

I understand that, I just don't know how to make songs normally, I'm just starting out and I don't even know the genres. Bye

[Untitled Test]

It lacks of sidechain. The drums are pretty cheap, I recommend you to get some more professional samples like on cymatics.fm (free) or Splice (paid). The melody loop is okay. Maybe try to evolve this into a full structured song next.
Wish you the best, and keep on producing music.

~ Ahurac

TheSager responds:

I use Ableton Live 11 and am trying to find sound libraries, can who list a few places where i can get them from? :)

[Kosmos]

The vocal is nice. The synths are damn loud, the reese is a bit too high (like it could be one octave down I think) and the whole thing needs some processing (like OTT Camel Crusher). The melodies are cool.

~ Ahurac

[Discord trap remix]

Why would even reupload this it's one of the most popular songs on NG... https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/900250

[Triize-Kamui]

The song is pretty deep, that's cool. The samples used are stock ones from LMMS, they sound really bad, I would get some free sample packs on the web like Cymatics. Your bass is fully panned to the left, which is pretty weird. Otherwise that's nice.

Keep it up,

~ Ahurac