Ahurac's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Decadence]

Chords and melody are damn cool, well done. I love the ambiance created. When listening to the track at very low volume (a great mixing technique), I can notice you drums are way too loud, you should lower them a little bit and apply a subtle sidechain to make them stand out anyway.
Also mate I recommend not losing time mastering, a good track is a well mixed track, mastering doesn't matter.
Since you're a good musician (it's rare in the undiscovered section), you deserve scouting, welcome in the audio portal!

~ Ahurac

Mr-Bucket responds:

Thank you for the tip! I noticed a little while ago that my monitor setup makes drums quiter than they should be, so it's super nice to hear someone point it out.

I spent about 2 hours one night just creating the chord progression and it paid off!

Thank you for the scouting!

[Dreams]

The melody is damn cool, you got potential in music man. You should leave GarageBand for a better DAW on PC / Mac. The drums samples are good but the hats are a bit loud. It lacks of sidechain (impossible in GarageBand). Also it lacks of bass to fill the sub and mid sub frequencies. DM me if you want advice in music production.
Keep this up, mate,

~ Ahurac

Eggward28 responds:

Thanks so much for the feedback! I don't really have an option to change DAWs atm cos I'm broke so this is the best that I can do...

[)(heavy shadow)(]

The synth in the beginning sound a bit cheap but it creates a cool ambiance. I like the arp but it seems like it's unsynced from the kick. Btw the kick is pretty weak, it could hit harder.
Keep it up tho,

~ Ahurac

X-500 responds:

Thank you that at least someone is listening to me! Respect you

[GXGABYTE - Heater]

Nice ambiance. I love the drums and the bass design. They both sound really professional but at the same time the pattern played by the bass feels a bit random to me in contrast. Same for the melody: nice but random (less than the bass tho). For the second drop the basses are really weird and lack of power I'd say.
Nice job, keep it up and feel free to send me your future creation via DMs;

~ Ahurac

producerjason responds:

Thank you for your feedback. I will keep these things in mind and see how I can apply these tips in my future releases.

[バラROSES (friday night funkin remix)]

The remix is super well made. I have some feedback tho. I'd say the kick could be more hearable but the rest of the drums are really professional and cool. There's many stuff going on and it seems like they all fight for the same frequency range, which is not really good for the mix but that's okay imo. The audio is a bit short, a 3 min version of this would be cool!
Good luck in the future, keep it up ^^,

~ Ahurac

mizosis responds:

Thanks so much for the advice, I'll try to keep this in mind for my future remixes. I might make an extended version and patch up the kick for now.

[The Devourer ft. Alexander James Griffin of Barosa]

The recording could be better but the song is pretty well mixed so it doesn't matter. Maybe the guitars fight a little bit with the vocals tho. As a true musician, you deserve scout :).
Keep it up,

~ Ahurac

ParasiticInfection responds:

Thank you so much for your response! This track will be re-mastered in a future release I have in the works so when that's out, you'll see this track in its full glory alongside a bunch of others.

[Monolith]

The bass sound good but it's melody is pretty random. The lead also plays random melodies. It lacks of solid drums but it slaps otherwise.

~ Ahurac

DeZFoar responds:

I got it