la-yinn's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Substitute - [IZK] & Ackute]

Holy f*#%

I'm in love with the ambience man. Holy crap, that intro was superb.

Really looking forward to the full version, you two. This is a major tune judging on what I've heard so far. Absolutely no criticism here, just two thumbs in the air.

9.9/10 [Demo]
5/5

I demand a PM when the full version's done. :3

~ La_Yinn, --'

Jenni-Harry4eva3 responds:

Full version is already done lol. Just not posted here ;3

[Dance 1 ~P~]

Needs moar! But it's quite catchy so far!

Haha, it's always good to see you submit.

On to the review..

The piano, but of course. It's become your trademark, hasn't It's quite catchy, but I think it should be played an octave higher. The piano melodies in dance tracks are usually higher pitched.

Your transistions are a bit off. The chimes effect wasn't entirely spot on. I suggest throwing in some reverbed and/or delayed reverse crashes for transistions, or make a new synth come in by throwing in a cutoff filter envelope on it before it actually hits. You can replace the cutoff with pitch, volume, etc. Just so it flows into it nicely.

The percussion wasn't really.. there. It's just the kick. :p I think you should layer a nice bassy kick on top of the one you have now, cause it's lacking in the 60-100Hz department. For the rest of the percussion, some simple 4x4 hihats, snares and claps etc, would make this better to dance to. It's good to make a dance song build up and not just 'burst' into the main melody. Always make sure EDM tracks have a proper intro and outro, cause it'll be much easier for potential DJs to play your tracks in sets.

Also, for some extra ambiance and 'feel', you could try throwing in some chorded pads into there that go for bars on end. Just an idea.

One more thing that is seriously lacking and IS needed. A BASSLINE! You forgot the bass! Where is the gritty benni benassi bass? Or the flowing sine-wave subbass? Bass is *extremely* important in dance tracks. Make sure the full version has some!

6.4/10
4/5

It's a nice demo, but it'll require a lot of work before it's a full-fledged dance track. I'm sure you'll do a good job. :-)

~ La_Yinn, --'

[[SD] Fallen Temple {D1}]

Oooo, nice.

Well, you're going for dungeon themes and this one is very fitting to your description. Although this doesn't make me think of Zelda. You know what this makes me think about? Golden Sun. Seriously, you've totally capped the style of that soundtrack and made your own track with it. Some of the synths sound really similar, yet distinguished. Taking that, it has a nostalgic feeling for me without ruining the suspense. Very, very good job.

I personally think there are to many stretched out melodies in this track, some faster-paced melodic work would go well I think.

Percussion is tiiiiiight! That's really outstanding in this track and it's thoroughly mixed. Good job!

9.1/10
5/5

Overall, creepy. But not to creepy. Just good for a RPG game so all in all, well done.

~ La_Yinn, --'

SupraDarky responds:

Ahh Golden Sun, such a great game. :) I see why it would remind you of that game though, you're right. I'm glad you like the percussion since that took quite some work. Thanks for the review!

[Biolysis [Synthetica Demo]]

Hell. YES.

This is some sick shit man. Very professional and it's dark. I love dark. I love this demo.

9/10 (It's a demo, but I have a feeling a 10's coming up..)
5/5

Lovin' it.
~ La_Yinn, --'

[Mediahoror]

Sick as ever.

Been browsing through you guys' stuff for a while now and I'm really impressed with the overall quality that you KEEP pumping out.

I'd take mistahmoo's advice into consideration. If you ever get the chance, go pro. This stuff is golden.

5/5
9.5/10

Song made my day. (y)

Take care,
~ La_Yinn, --'

[xKore - Dubbed to Death]

xKore, my man. Respect.

Sick track.

Only complaint is that it's mastered very softly, something you seem to do with a lot of your tracks. ;o

9.4/10
5/5

2 thumbs. This one's getting downloaded.

~ La_Yinn, --'

[Rucklo - Fear t. Flight REJECT]

Ehh..

Meh, it starts out real good actually. The first few seconds were good, but then you add arps and white noise that TOTALLY sound like Sytrus presets. :-/

I think what would've worked better is some very clear drums over the synth after 8/16 bars and go from there.

Remove that arp. >.<

6/10
3/5

You've done better. :f

Rucklo responds:

well, all synths are crafted from scratch, so there's your sytrus-presets...

if this woulod have stayed in the game, i most likley would have worked it out a bit more, but meh it was rejected for a reason. :)

[GlockenSaw (Demo) ~P~]

Noo, that's a bad melody. :C

Using the standard kick and snare samples from FL. I've noticed you've done that in every track of yours so far, and I would've expected that you knew better by now. :3

Other than that, it's quite a catchy melody and it's good to see how you're improving in your synthwork. The gated sort of synth coming in midway sounds really nice. :-)

6.5/10
5/5

As i said, a nice catchy melody. But please use some original samples, or at last other stock samples. :)

~ La_Yinn, --'

Phyrnna responds:

I know I know. xDDD I started this track on a computer that only had FL Core so hence I used those for the percussion. I'll change those later on.

As for the other tracks, I've actually used a decent number of VEC stuff. o__o

Thanks for the support nonetheless!

^_^

[MH16: Over And Over]

That's pretty kewl. :3

Yeah I think it's a nicely made loop.

There's a few things I would've changed though. That's making either the flute or bass play longer notes, because they sound so flat if they both play short notes.

But other than that I think you pulled this off nicely.

7.5/10
5/5

:)
~ La_Yinn, --'

FairSquare responds:

Well, actually there are some strings in the background that play long notes. But i think you're right, it does sound flat, so thanks for pointing that out to me :-)
Thanks for the review, i really appreciate it. Expect a review on one of your tracks too, but it may take a week or so.

[ChaozFantasy-Metaljonus]

Woah.

The intro melody was slightly recognizable, but not entirely spot-on. It honestly doesn't matter cause when the riffs hit you seriously blew my fucking mind away. Talk about energy, DAMN.

9/10
5/5

Not much to say. Have a 5, LOL.

~ La_Yinn, --'

Metaljonus responds:

Yeah, it's not entirely spot on but its something like it lol.