Ahurac's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[aaa]

When I heard the first note at 04 I thought it was going to be Better of Alone by Alice Deejay XD. I recognize FL stock samples X). This audio was a bit random but it's okay lul.

[Milky]

Pretty nice loop. Some drums elements are a bit loud. A full version of it would fit perfectly as a background music or a video edit.

bensonbob responds:

Thanks! This type of stuff will help me when I make even more great pieces of music!

[Hush (GarageBand Creation)]

Be careful when you stop an audio sample like at 0:05, it's brutal. The kick is pretty weak. There's some rhythm problems when you introduce the guitar 0:21. Despite this the melody is pretty cool. The kick at 0:42 is too much distorted, it's weird. I recommend you to avoid big gaps like at 1:57.

~ Ahurac

JCJedi responds:

Thank you... but I had to turn this m4a to an mp3 after about 45 minutes... and sorry about those gaps, I’ll try to make them shorter if I can later.
And the kick is weak because....... there is no kick ☹️
And also that distorted kick isn’t a kick...

[Mifyrst]

The drums and the bass line slap XD. It lacks of a more various progression.

[pathfinder]

it seems like you forgot to disable metronome XD. Jokes aside, despite some mixing problems your track is really cool! The first problem imo is the overcompression on the master, think about removing the limiter on your master, it breaks the sound. Second problem for me is the lead, it's too stereo and not deep enough in frequencies (anyway the melody is nice). The mbox at 1:05 is a bit loud.
Wish you the best,

~ Ahurac

heyim-x responds:

First of all you're a goat for actually giving constructive feedback--especially in this detail, massive respect <33

This is one of my really REALLY old tracks, I didn't really understand mixing and mastering at the time so I just put a limiter on max gain and a 0db ceiling on everything LMAO but I'll definitely look into remastering this.

Like I said I knew jack shit about mixing lol all I knew about was muddiness and I was afraid for that in this song, so I literally chopped everything from mid-lows down out for some reason, idk lol

Now that I'm listening to this again I completely see where you're coming from with the music box bit LMAO I nearly blew my eardrums with that, I have no clue why it's so loud haha

Thank you so much for the feedback though, I really appreciate it!! <3

[Candy]

The lead is a bit dry, you should try to add reverb and delay. Also using multiple kicks at the same time is never a good idea XD. Good luck for the future,

~ Ahurac

[Dream of Galaxies]

Sick. It lacks of bass but the idea is cool, especially when the pads come in (on the other hand they are a bit loud).

[NamixGd - Evil]

Pretty experimental. That's a shame there's no other instruments than the bell and the toms, I'd love to hear a progression in the theme with other instruments added in time. But it's okay, nice job anyway.

~ Ahurac

[DoMaxVolt - A Retro Day]

Lmaooooooo this is so cool XD it lacks of drums imo

[The Morrigan Calls]

What is the name of the band?

HalKoopa responds:

Testament of Solomon. It's just myself and one other guitarist at the moment.