Burn7's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[10,000 Jiggies]

Wow.

The Audio Portal is an unforgiving bitch to good artists like yourself

Anyway, this was a pretty awesome piece overall. The part at 0:28 clips a bit, but I can live with that. It was very cool but I think there should have been more melodic singing bits. You have a badass voice, and you're fucking lucky that you can use it. It reminds me of Nick Night of Dream Evil, but a little darker.

And no, Rusty Bucket Bay was the gayest thing ever. If there was one map that I couldn't get the goddamn music notes on, it was that one. So FUCK that reference.

DruoxtheShredder responds:

I couldn't think of any other stages that rhymed with way </3

[Wild Pokemon Battle (Kanto)]

Have a 5.

And this 10.

Also, grats on the "top 30".

[ZzCrystalinezZ]

Very nice.

Honestly I don't think I have anything to add or whatever. It all sounded very awesome, and I loved how the ending was a throwback to the beginning. Honestly I would have loved to have heard a harmony in that part leading up to like a huge climax in the end, but different minds, different ideas.

And what are you talking about 'crappy Spider 3'? I have a Spider III 75 and have absolutely no problem with it. Honestly I would like to be able to record without having to mix later on, but that's something I need practice with anyway.

You could look into XLN Audio's Addictive Drums. It's pretty amazing, and you can import the samples you already have into it just for random mixing purposes.

Also, since you use Reaper you could get into that Rock Band thing where you create your own tracks to RB and sell them. You could actually make a profit off of it. I sure as hell would buy your songs. Anyway, keep the metal going man.

[The Journey Begins !]

Very nice.

Very epic, perfectly depicts the feeling of beginning something new, something epic.

Two things though: There is a tiny gap between the loop, but I think that happens because when you render something as an .mp3 it adds a very small silence at the beginning and end of the file.

Also, the wood stick/clackers or whatever kind of annoy me as time goes on but it's bearable.

Also, I completely understand the whole "I HATE NG! The Audio Portal is SHIT and they NEED to find these 0 bombers and MURDER THEM" but... honestly, I think you just have to stick with it. Eventually you get a hit and people start paying more attention to your works. At least, that's how it happened for me.

I got my Lance Battle thing on the "Top Tracks of All Time" and started gaining a small amount of attention. Not a lot, but enough to show me that the NG community is like 90% cool people, and you can't let those assholes that make up the other 10% push you down.

Plus, someone with your musical talent can't be brought down by this kind of crap. Come on, are you kidding me? With the happy little positive melodies you make? Seriously, you can't be THAT bummed about it.

[Legend of Zelda- the REMIX]

Nice. Very random.

Very interesting mix, lets do this review thing then.

The bass in the beginning is cool, but I think you kind of overdid it. I mean like it almost sounds like you got people telling you there wasn't enough bass in your songs and so you said "orly? Now I have TONS OF BASS BWAHAHAHAHAHAAA!"

Key changes are good and break up repetition but when overused kind of become repetitive themselves.

3:44... umm... okay just listen to that little bit and tell me what was happening there. Was that the "weird mess-ups" that occurred with the key changes? And again at 4:12.

Suggestions: Maybe start it off softly the way you do, and build up to the harder crazier parts. Think of your song as an upside down pyramid. Start off very minimalist, then come in with something cooler, then cooler, then eventually just blast shit to hell with a beat of awesomeness.

Using this technique is actually psychologically proven to make things cooler than they are. Because if you start off with something small that's what people get used to. Then you add something in and they're like "oooh, cool." Then add more, and more, and it will get cooler and cooler until eventually... as I stated before, you blast shit to hell with a beat of awesomeness.

I think the words I would use to describe this are as follows: Random. Quirky. Trippin. Non-sequitur.

Good job though!

Dachampster responds:

Yeah, I got lazy and copy-pasted that part at 3:44 but I accidentally used the part where the key change happened. Nobody's ever told me i need more bass except for one of my songs where itunes shotgun-blasted the f**k out of it. I think the bass isnt that heavy here to be honest. The reason why this songs weird is because I used a turkish lute for the melody instead of a synth. The climax of the song was supposed to be around 2:11, but I really just had so much trouble with the key changes and pitch that I just gave up. It might have been better if I hadnt submitted it for a while so I could fix that. You see, the problem with the key change wasnt recognizable because in Garageband, when I got those sour notes I restarted to the measure before and then it sounded fine. Then when I come across it again, I fix it, and then when I restart it, it sound over-compensated.

[Distant Lands []]

Amazing once again

You're going up there on my fav artist list dude. The metal is definitely rocking ass.

Honestly though I thought the mixing was slightly off in the drums, but you're using a VST so I can't complain THAT much. You also said it's one of your older songs, so that is understandable as well. I personally prefer XLN Audio's Addictive Drums for the snare sounds because they are pretty pimp. I've heard that some people use a combination of EZDrummer and Addictive Drums because they both have their strong points.

deathkllr84 responds:

thanks dude, awesome for the fav artist!

Yeah dude, old song. The kicks are too clicky, snare not chunky enough. I tried Addictive Drums once and didn't really like it, maybe I should give it another shot. But recently I have been using my own samples or mixing it in with ezdrummer.

\m/

[No Remorse []]

Excellent job

Sexy ass guitars, how do you get that sound? (Amp, Effects, Mixing)

It was very... heartfelt. However, I think you should get a singer to complete the badass. That's what I need in my band too, is a good singer. I have this amazing female singer but... it wouldn't work for the kind of sound I want to convey.

deathkllr84 responds:

I actually don't like my guitar tone on here besides the 1:18 area clean guitar. The distortion tone is too fuzzy IMO. I use a Digitech RP250 with custom tones.

Nah, vocals on a song this short would be ehh, and I would like re-record it before vocals ever got on this one. \m/ glad you lked it

[Druox Skype Sounds: Dial]

Holy fuck

I'm so totally downloading this dude.

It's a good loop but I wish the ending actually made it loop completely. It just kinda ends.

[Pokemon G/S Champion Lance]

Very nice :)

You have more balls than I for using the clip in your song :P

I liked the instruments used, the melody was damn good, and it was all pretty well executed EXCEPT...

The percussion. The drums are awesome when they are there, but when they're not it just kinda sounds... empty. I saw your other review where you said that you switch beats every couple measures and also how your drums don't sound too great at this tempo, so you probably didn't have very many samples/loops to work with.

A few suggestions:

1st) I would use crashes to signify the entrance and exits of beats. It helps with the flow of the song. Use reverse crashes before the 1st of the measure that changes so that the listener is readied for a change.

2nd) You could also increase the tempo to twice what it is, and lengthen the notes accordingly so your beats will work better (EX: Quarter Notes become half notes and so on). The melodies and stuff will all be in correct time and your higher BPM beats will fit in just right.

Just some suggestions :)

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Dachampster responds:

Thanks man! I think I'm going to try doing that. As for the tempo, I'll see what I can do, I probably have drums that work, but the Jampack I got for my program gave me thousands, so I probably only looked in one section for all of the 20 songs I've done with it...
As for the clip, its alright to use because Newgrounds isn't monitored for that kind of stuff as heavily as Youtube is. Thanks for sending me that clip!