Stardust-Nation's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Cantina]

Really good, but in that part in 0:14-0:30, the silence went on way too long. I don't know why you decided to do that.

Schtiffles responds:

Actually it's not silence, I just didn't test the levels on other audio setups. The volume is slowly increasing, and it's audible on the headphones I used to mix it, but not others.

[Jomekka - Eighto [Complextro RMX]]

Hm. Ah. OH GAWWWD.

Not a bad remix. Not fantastic either. The drop was repetitive and the melody of said drop was drowned out way too much by everything else. And, of course, it truly needed a second drop as well.

[Halsey - Colors (Chael Remix)]

Great! Only problem is that the vocals get repetitive after a while, simply due to the length of the song overall. That may just be a personal preference of mine, though.

Falsesouth responds:

... It has the entirety of the vocals that I used. But I see what you are saying though. I just wanted to see what I could do with any vocals.

Thanks for the review!!!

[Xtrullor - Birth of the Sun]

Cool! Fantastic mix with this one. You brought back that marimba or whatever (bells? IDK?) from Ichor, which was good. Unlike with Event Horizon, where the drop was too early, perhaps this one was too late... the song doesn't truly start until 1:00 in. The first drop itself felt like an afterthought too :-/ ... very short, nothing special. But all that instrumentation afterward (Until 3:58) Was beyond fantastic. And I liked the way you used the sonic screwdriver from Doctor Who for that first buildup ;). The second drop was better, but you really have to stop doing all that annoying *smak-smak-smak-smak* stuff next time. Seriously, it gets old after a while. And why TF was that drop also so short??
The ending was pretty disappointing too. I saw tons of potential here. It got caught up in everything else and basically lost. I hope you can find a way to mix this cinematic stuff better with actual electro elements next time, because you could literally remove the two 20-second long drops and the song would be better for it. Sad but true. I hope your next track is some sort of short little practice production or something, similar to Ego Death, so you can work on improving your electro skills and not spend all your energy on the melody. Then, once you've done that, you should revisit this track or Event Horizon and see what you could maybe do better in your next cinematic-step song.

Overall, my advice is to work on balance. I think you found last year that a very specific drop style seems to work fairly well and now you're afraid to try to branch back out. Unfortunately, you're kinda digging your own grave right now.

[Willows]

Nice! It reminds me of the ambient music in portal 2.

[GD Legends Seg. 4]

Yeah! Love the violin drop!

[Chillin' in the Basement]

Decent! :D

[DJProto---Invasion---]

spookeh. But what's up with the sudden bursts in volume?

DJPrototype responds:

i made the start to quiet but when i relised that it was down i have to put the volume up

[Melting The Earth]

Well, it's decent. But it's way too repetitive. Also, the drop is out of place entirely. At least add some percussion there. And to cut down on the repetition of the part leading up to the drop, I would recommend changing up the last note of every third or fourth iteration of the same chord. Another point to add: Work on those transitions. They don't fit at all. You kept stopping one melody and just randomly picking up a completely different one. Consistency is very important.

[Caught in a Jetstream]

Good! Love the composition and instrumentation.

LawnReality responds:

Thanks! Glad you like it!