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.

[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

[Kick [Citrus]]

Wow daymn, uh, hey there.

Are you mixing your stuff on headphones? Cause the synth you're using is mixed in SOOO loud, that I can hardly hear anything else. It get a bit better when the drop hits, but the peaks are so loud and out there, it's really obnoxious. And correct me if I'm wrong, but I get the feeling that you layered a synth to go with it.. that's out of tune. The drop was executed relatively well, but jesus man..

I'd really like to hear this track when you've mixed it in better. I'll give you all the props you deserve for the compositional work and write out a massive review when you do, but right now I'd really like to listen to something else.

HenryDaTerminator responds:

thx for ur review, i am pretty new in this kind of music so i appreciate ur tips :)

[-= Antifreeze =-]

Hey there,

Swell tune man, love how full it sounds throughout. Definitely when the drop hits, it just feels very vibrant and alive. My personal preferance would've been to drop the entire melody down 60 semitones... but that's just me. I think this is a neatly executed piece o' dub either way.

Downloadin', keep me posted if you post more of this stuff. :-)
~ La_Yinn, --'

TheBiocide responds:

Thanks a lot for the review! Glad you enjoyed the tune as well!

And there's pleeeenty more of this stuff on the way so keep checking back! ;)

[Happy Pills (Teaser)]

Hey there,

Massive. :3

Usually I write out solid reviews and shit, but I'm too busy going nuts.. great clip, thoroughly enjoyed it! Where's this one getting released? Is it gonna be on beatport? Keep me posted, I'm down to hear your EP for sure.

Keep up the good stuff man!
~ La_Yinn, --'

CaseyVenn responds:

Much obliged, La-Yinn. I appreciate that you take the time to offer feedback to artists. I'm not sure how we're releasing the EP yet, but chances are it won't be through BeatPort since I am an independent artist. We might release it through my personal website when it's all polished up. I'm still looking into it, but I'm really glad you dig this piece.

If you'd like to keep up to date with the EP you're more than welcome to subscribe to or friend me on Facebook (links are now in the description). Thanks again, my friend.

~CV

[Harha - Void]

Greetings, good sir.

This has got to be the most intense moment of 'Thank fuck I didn't leave NG for good' I've experienced. I don't know what has happened to this place, but it seems as if almost everybody has become a highly respectable producer these days..

That said, I really liked your track man. That bass is FUCKING HEAVY. The robot sort of bleeps you throw in are a great addition to keep the momentum flowing and it's just.. rawr. Great effectwork and nice transitional work aswell.

I suppose the only thing I can think of is that maybe it would've done the track more justice to have the bridge around 1:35 have more shit going on, to really give that 'this is dark and you know it' feel, if that makes sense. ;)

Downloading this one. It'd be awesome if you could give me a hint or two on how you made that reese.. ;p Either way, CHUNE.

~ La_Yinn, --'

Harha responds:

Thank you, great review!

About the reese, I based it on a pretty basic deep sawy bass preset I made with my Virus C, some filter modulation applied with the Virus's own filters, Virus's own distortion, EQ, etc. The external effects which I added afterwards give it that crunchy warm sound; First I divided it into 2 mixer channels, one for bass <210Hz and the other for the mid's and high's. For the first channel (bass) I just added 1 multiband distortion unit (D16 Devastor) and tweaked it 'till I liked it and after that applied one more EQ to clean it up abit. The second channel is slightly more complex, EQ (Cut <210Hz and Boost mids around 500-1000Hz), Distortion unit (D16 Redoptor), Multiband Distortion unit (D16 Devastor), Distortion/Filter/Whatever unit (Camelaudio Camelphat3) and final EQ to clean it up. The "sweeping" effect in the reese bass comes partly from the Virus's own filters but mostly from Camelphat3's Notch filter with High Q which I then modulated with an automation clip.

That's pretty much it! Thanks again for an awesome review, it's rare @ newgrounds! :)

[Daydream (V1)]

Hey there,

Swell tune you've got here. Like, really, I quite dig the mood you go with and you execute it quite well!

And considering it's chillstep (aint it just dub?) the minimal touches just make it even better, in my opinion. At some points in your track, I do wish you would do something with that arp to keep the listener intrigued. Like at the bridge / buildup around 1:15, why don't you use a high-pass + resonance modulation of some sorts? Maybe even an lfo, so it provides 'more' buildup, and thus, more satisfaction when it hits. Just a little idea. :3

Much like how you introduce the breakbeat part (oh god, that was win btw) with pitching up the arp - it provides a solid, *recognizable* buildup - you expect something to happen, and it does.

Solid tune mate, I'ma check out some more of your work. ;-)

~ La_Yinn, --'

STEPHEN4705 responds:

Wow, I really like this review. I'll definatly work towards the effects on the arp, thats something that had slipped my mind but I know for sure will work.

I was actually tempted to cut the break part, maybe I'll just work on a better build to it (something to accompany the arp/pad etc)

Cheers for such helpful advice, definatley going to take that into consideration :D