la-yinn's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Error In Disk Drive]

Oh, this definitely is some of the better 8-bit stuff I've heard. Very pleasantly suprised! :)

The intro gave away that it'd be at least decent. I really like the ominous / mix of tranquility+sadness in the intro, it provides an excellent atmosphere. I have to say I was a little bit surprised at how 'happy' and 'upvibe' you actually made the drop, because of that. You use a lot of those high pitched perc hits, such as the one that almost sounds like mario forcing himself down a green pipe. I dunno.. it feels like it could've held on to the vibe it had earlier if you downpitched them a bit, or lowpassed them even.

Then afterwards, you bring the pads back in and it sounds like that again for a while, but only shortly. I was a little disappointed at how cross-over you went with the components of this track, to tell you the truth, but considering it all was mixed in rather nicely and the melodics themselves are produced properly, I suppose that doesn't really matter. It's just that I personally would've liked to hear you take it in another direction.

But really, this is your own music ofc and it's definitely produced alright, so good job! ;)

Keep up!

jbotsd responds:

Thank you for the review.

It originally was going to be a dark and sad halloween kinda theme but then then I had too much fun with arpeggios and everything else :(

Next time ill decide a theme and stick to it.

Thanks :D

[housecatt - Waves]

It's mixed reaaaaaally softly, wow. I had to crank open the volume to hear anything..

But it sounds good! It doesn't hold incredible punch, but the sidechained pads make it flow quite nicely. I'd say it has more of a 4am at the parking lot feel to it than an actual club vibe but hey. I don't know where you were going for and I'm digging it. :)

I think the downsweep you used in the beginning could use a little bit of toning down.. the high end of it sounds just a little bit sharp to start off the track.

Keep up! (And please write some reviews yourself, you're kind of spamming the advertisement thread..)

housecatt responds:

thanks man, yes you are right It does have the 4am vibe and Its a really good vibe track I just made It out of the blue and It came out to sound good so I said why not upload It and see the comments I would get, I appreciate you feedback thank you and yea you do have a point I have bin spamming the advertisement thread but one of the reasons I haven't bin able to do reviews on others Is because I have spent my time mostly In the ER than at my home. thanks again tho man :)

[In Agony They Dwell]

Haha, it feels like the snare is repeatedly slapping me in the face (and I like it). I presume the track is for some kickass montages or whatever and I thought it'd maybe not turn out aggressive enough (judging from the intro) but then a killer riff blasted forth and shut me up.

Props dude! HOPE MAI REVEW WASNET TOO CEREAL

Lashmush responds:

My nipples explode with delight.

[Don't We All?]

Damn, tight production man. Love the melodic work, love the lyrics, love how the kick wants to punch in my throat.

[Lights Are Out (VIP)]

Sweet track you've got here. I didn't particularly like the dry claps around 0:55 but aside from that the buildup was ace. Good mixing in general and the drop was definitely phat.

Def worth a download, big ups for this one!

gavkay21 responds:

Thanks man glad you liked it

[F7-My Little Dream]

Weeell, this really isn't dnb. The tempo is slower and your drums are not punchy enough; nor does it contain a breakbeat. bmph tss bmph tss = house/trance! fast overly processed breakbeats = dnb

I think it's a pretty ok track. Your kick sometimes interferes with your bass; you should try to boost the volume of the kick around 90-100Hz and cut off those frequencies from your bass so they don't clash but work together. Try to eq your snares so they have that ~ 220Hz 'pop', roll out some of the high end and then compress it to make it sound more aggressive.

I liked where you were going with the piece around 0:50, being a bit more calm. But then the arp synth comes back in really violently. Maybe you could have it 'ease in' a little by having it start at a real low volume and gradually upping the volume or cutoff. (A lowpass would work I think)

All in all it was enjoyable. Keep it up man. :)

[Serpentry]

Wouldn't say your sound is bad tbh. Very experimental sounding and I dig it. Maybe you could've adjusted the volume of a few piano notes so the lower end doesn't come across so monotone. Other than that, I applaud your creative mind.

[==(Subpolar, Sublime)==]

I find it impressive how well you pulled off the ambience in this piece. I have to say that I was more of a fan of the piano than the guitarwork, because everything flowed together so smoothly and I found the guitar to be slightly too agressive at times, like it was something violent in between the eerieness. That's just my opinion anyway. Big ups for this though.