Ahurac's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Dreamy night]

Hello again! I already gave you a feedback but here we go again :)
You bass is too loud. It lacks of sidechain. The chords at 0:29 definitely don't fit to the song, same for the arp, this is a little bit random sorry for that o_O. Anyway the drum beat is pretty nice.

~ Ahurac

unamedcreator responds:

Thanks for the feedback, yes this is definitely one of my experimental songs I should of tagged it as that,I was messing with the volume,you are probably right about the bass.

[ShotShot!]

Cool melody. You chords are damn loud o_O. It seems like there is reverb on your sub bass, it creates huge mixing problems. I think your chords lack of variation, like volume LFO or sth. Be careful your master is overcompressed.

RiliRomik19 responds:

Thanks for the criticism, I am doing several new projects, I did the next project and will post it soon (and I did it a long time ago). Reverb is on all channels, now I will not reverb bass. Thank you

[No Exit]

When I first saw the audio curve I was afraid o_O. In the end the sound is overdistorted but I guess it's the concept of this audio ¯\_(ツ)_/¯.

Gugura responds:

LOL I didn't even realize that. I guess it's somewhat abnormal to use as much amplification as I do, but yeah it is intended.

[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

[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.

[EPICALLL - Lust]

There's some mixing problems, you should try sidechain, the effect to turn down volume of your instruments when the kick and the snare hit. You synths are a little bit dry, it lacks of reverb and delay.
Wish you the best for future,

~ Ahurac

EpicalllOfficial responds:

My headphones have worse quality then a tape recorder, so it's really hard to tell how loud or quiet something is
Also, yeah i was kinda lazy with the synths and used the same 2 synths the entire song

[Screemboi JAKUB - INFERNO]

o_O I was not ready for the drop... Anyway how did you do the main bass?

Screemboi-JAKUB responds:

The main bass was made in serum then I saved it as a file and moved it to GarageBand iOS where I put the bullhorn filter on it, then I layered it and merged it. You can speed the bass up by cutting it and looping it btw.

[five days left.]

I really like this track, the piano slaps af. You hats are a bit loud. The lead at 1:09 is a little bit weird but that's nothing. Well done man. I scouted you to the audio portal, don't hesitate to send me your future creations :)!

~ Ahurac

MusicbyFlups responds:

Thanks a lot for the feedback and for scouting me. Everyone is very friendly here on newgrounds! Have a nice day :)