Zolzer's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[[LK] Apart]

nice melody

if you work on your mixing/mastering a bit, you could be an amazing producer!

LK412 responds:

:D

Yea its always been a problem of mine :(

Thanks for the review.

[[LK] Despair]

smooth

good job on this, bud.

another melodic mind, i can tell. just like prodigal :D (and not me)

mind telling me the source for that piano? (VST, etc)

4'd.

LK412 responds:

Thanks!

I made it :D

NAHHHH i used Nexus. :P

[Scorched Peaks DnB (WIP)]

surprisingly good treble

amazing high-tone coverage man. keep it! a lot of people fuck that up badly. sub placement/volume sounds fine to me.

1. put limiters on your snare and turn up the volume on it. watch the compression when you do that, please.

2. enhance the stereo on your kicks a bit and re-compress it. get the low tones on the kick to PUNCH, not bounce around with a big release. a limiter might help the kick, but watch the compression if you do that.

3. reese sounds thin, which is fine by me. it lacks any kind of hard tone, though. use a square oscillator for it. modulation is really good on this. resonance on the bass is good, just the right amount.

4. turn up those gentle plucking synths later in the song and use that to carry the song onward. that's your opportunity for a complex melody.

don't feel shocked by the '6'. i've NEVER given a song a 10 and i'm a seasoned critic. even featured music gets only a 7 from me. i like what you're doing with this though, it sounds good.

SteakJohnson responds:

hey thanks a bunch for the advice i appreciate it! I dont mind the 6 as long as its constructive which your review is.

[ph0ne vs Hopeku - Aerodynamite]

meh

imo, the snare in the intro doesn't work. resonant kicks are fine by me, i know that's a matter of taste. make sure you cover the high-tones with your synths, otherwise you'll always get a flat-sounding mix. watch the resonance/compression relation after about 1:37. melody is really enjoyable, good job on that! :D melody in the intro was especially good with the 2 dreamy notes. watch resonance again around 2:49 i think. good glitchy percussion around 3:10 onward.

i'm sorry but that buildup around 3:26 with the HP on the kicks left the bass tones sounding stupid. nice & chill beat around 4:17 + good entertaining FX around 4:21.

good transition at 4:50, works well! the rest was actually pretty enjoyable, up until around 5:55. at that point, it started to sound like you were running out of ideas. ending vocal was poorly EQ'd in my opinion.

you obviously know what you're doing, keep it up.

hopeku responds:

I dont know what you mean : "make sure you cover the high-tones with your synths"

And I'm not sure about that : "resonance/compression relation after about 1:37"

But for the rest I'll check that out for sure. Thanks for being constructive this is really appreciated!

[DjTyph - Equalization (NG)]

good job on this.

you nailed the lead.

not my taste, but still good enough....

....to download

Prodigal responds:

Hahaha, thanks. I'm trying to get the 20 review mark on this one :D

[Typh - A New Beginning (LOOP)]

alright buddy.

buckle up, i think we should do a collab. for real. you're just that little bit better than other artists on here. i can tell...

a collab would be fun. send me a PM if you're interested!

btw, the song is good. i can hear good mastering here :D

5'd

~ Zolzer

Prodigal responds:

Hey there. I would LOVE to collab on this. I'll send you that PM right away :D

Also, I didn't master yet, so yeah :D (I guess it's just good EQing)

-DjTyph

[Typh - Graceful (NG)]

good ideas.

decent work on leads/melody. bassline is spicy, sounds a bit electro to me.

kick is good, many people mess up kicks. :)

bassline again...sounds like a resonant attack bass. piano energy needs to be upped a bit to compete with it. try uncompressing the piano and just EQing. enhance the stereo on the bassline as well, and EQ that too. very interesting feel though! you did well on that. sounds unique.

message me man! we'll talk. you obviously know what you're doing xD

- Z

Prodigal responds:

Hehe, this song is about 2 months old and i'm not really going to look back on it so yeah... :P Check out my Distorted Reality remix and such xD I EQed basically EVERYTHING in this song to ensure top quality, but I guess I failed on some levels.

By the way, I obviously know what i'n doing for a 13 year old :D

[[DN] Techno Rocker {Remix}]

HOORAY FOR LIMITERS

lol having fun with limiters are we? sure helps.

but WOAH melody sounds weird??? sidechaining does not help you here man. take it off and EQ the lead.

kick sounds off. kicks should make a kicking noise. this makes a bouncy, limited punchy noise.

need some work. i think the only reason this got t5 is because of....blah.

i'm no zerobomber. but i will say i expected better. vocal needs work too.
clap is ok though, just dont draw lines with it (put 4 in a row fast). same with the kick.

if you're using fl, disable circular panning law. not helping here.

DanceNation responds:

:/

yea... um...

-also lets keep in mind, i've been making for only 5 months, kk?

give me a break..

[MH16: Maybe Tomorrow]

watch your octaves

sometimes raising an octave /eqing down can make a difference. try it with some instruments

FairSquare responds:

I will, thanks!

[Enemys]

decent job man

strings are good, intro is nice.

bit repetetive though. double up the strings and turn up those background FX a bit.

drums sound kindof intrusive, change them a bit.

veteranpie responds:

I know it gets repetitive but i like this one. i was trying to make this go with a sea type setting.