Echo's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[xKore - Distorted]

Ever since, you started submitting...

...in this competition, u've managed to make me fall in love with every single one of your submissions, and this one is no different.

Intro was instantly great, with a less powerful feel then the main melody, but with enough depth to catch the listener's attention. The transition and build up into the main melody were almost perfect,with only a slight feeling on my part that the build up could've been longer.

The punchy bass drum was what really built up this song though, aided by the magnificent use of bass and slightly glitch melodies. The rest of the drums were brilliant too, coming in in all the right moments to bring this song to the net level. The glitchy melodies were simply fantastic, climaxing, changing tempo, anti climaxing and overall doing nothing but being perfect.

What i particularly liked was the fact that you put enough attention in providing a background through some faint pads and some fantasic Sound FX. Reverb and delays were particularly thought out too, with not too much or too little being added. The originality in the vocals, which were set at perfect times around the song, was simply amazing. Outro was fantastic to, closing off the song perfectly.

In my opinion, this song is overally Amazing and there's really nothing i can find that reduces its score.

Intro/Outro = 1/1
Blend = 2/2
Mel./Transition = 3/3
Drums + Bass = 2/2
Originality = 2/2

Darklight17

P.S. Note that this is your judging review from Round 3 of the NGADM. Once again, its always nice to have new reviews no?

[Tomorrow is Coming... [ADM_R3]]

Amazing work.

Intro instantly set off the mood well with a brilliant use of a phaser on the hi-hats and a nice use of bass. The build up and transition into the main melody was awesome too.

drums were same as in every trance song however and could've used some slight originality even though they fit in well with the bass. The fading in melody after the drums cut out was brilliantly introduced but when it repeated for around 5 times, well that got a bit annoying.

However, blend and depth after that were amazing for a trance song as the music was intricately layered and mixed. The effects were well used and got the users attention brilliantly. Drums remained the same when they came in for the second time and couldve used a variation.

Bass in the secnd part was slightly repetitive too and although it played a great melody, some variations wouldve helped. The Outro was fantastic too, with an interesting fade out by the bass and a continued line by the drums, overlayered by a great Sound Effect. Nice work. Synth choice was great but couldve used something more, maybe anotehr synth playing a responding melody to the main line. Chord progressions were quite original and i couldnt hear any parts were they followed any generic pattern.

Overall, a decent piece of work, great use of both instruments and FX.

Intro/Outro = 1/1
Blend = 1.5/2
Mel./Transition = 2/3
Drums + Bass = 1.5/2
Originality = 2/2

Darklight17

P.S. Note that this is your judging review from Round 3 of the NGADM. Once again, its always nice to have new reviews no?

[Q- Shriek]

Interesting piece.

To start off, introduction seems a bit random and unorganized for my tastes, even for a genre such as this one, you should stick with some kind of structure and not introduce notes all over the place.

Still, the main melody with the guitar was pretty cool but the instrument with the whiny tone didnt exactly mix well with the rest. Melody also tended to get slightly repetitive too.

In terms of blend and background, sadly lacking and in some places even discordant. What i really liked was the originality with the voice. The words were well chosen and the pitch bending on the second one was awesome. Drums were also really cool on this, and mixed well with anything that was playing above them. However, they seemed to be slightly repetitive in some parts. They could do with alterations in some parts where the melody gets different and faster.

Bass was also lacking and even though this genre isnt particularly relient on bass, something else in the background could most definetely help. Overall, a nice and varied use of FX helped too, melodies responded well to both change in tempo and mood. Originality was pretty high but more overall variety could have been used. Outro was great too, with a nice but slightly abrupt fade out.

Intro/Outro = 0.5/1
Blend = 1/2
Mel./Transition = 2.5/3
Drums + Bass = 1.5/2
Originality = 2/2

Darklight17

P.S. Note that this is your judging review from Round 3 of the NGADM. Once again, its always nice to have new reviews no?

Quarl responds:

i just realized you said that this genre isn't reliant on bass... but it's called drum and bass... you don't know what your talking about do you?

[Critical Damage (Extended Mix)]

What else can i say but wow?

Everytime i hear any one of ur songs, i just think ur getting better :S .

Anywayz, great song on all terms basically. Intro was great and provided a brilliant and varied build up into the main melodies. Drums in the intro were as varied as anywhere else, which is particularly impressive, seeing as you somehow managed to vary ur drumbeats after every pattern or so.

Instrument choice was interesting too. The choirs at the end and in the beginning could've used more a bass (maybe a male choir?) and the same goes for most of the song as bass was sadly lacking and this in turn reduced the overall depth. Slightly repetitive in certain areas too, but i admit that it could stand as a chorus and as such is accepted. Chord progressions were fascinatingly original and the fact that they werent always played by the same instrument helped too. Melodies were fast paced and mixed well with the drums, they also changed and the fact that u managed to intermix melodies together all over the place was a amazing too. Great job.

Indeed, the outro for this is one of the best ive heard from you so far. It closed the song off nicely and even managed to include a nice ending for the drums. Great work.

Overall, this is a great piece and it fully deserves its high points. It definetely shows that u dedicated ur time and will to this as whenever you do that, you come up with masterpieces.

Intro/Outro = 1/1
Blend = 2/2
Mel./Transition = 2.5/3
Drums + Bass = 2/2
Originality = 2/2

Darklight17

P.S. Note that this is your judging review from Round 3 of the NGADM. Once again, its always nice to have new reviews no?

[-:YRX:- Deuz-armaggedon Demo]

Hm...

Well, not a bad job. Drums arent the best though, and it could've used more of a blend as right now it sounds the same as a midi file would sound. You could use more powerful drums as those always help. And a nice background melody wouldnt hurt either. Still, overall, not a bad job but could use more work.

Darklight17

P.S This is your judging review from NGADM Round 1. I posted it for ya just cos its always nice to have more reviews.

YouriX responds:

Uuh i think you should F5 your browser. There is no way that a midi can sound like that no pun intendid :P

[{AD} Mystery]

Not bad...

Well, It is slightly repetitive in the beginning. Nice work on the melodies which are introduced alter though. Those are great. Drums are the key problem here however. As our harsh friend Blackhole12 mentioned, its DRUM'n'bass. It could definetely use more work on terms of drums and some extra melodies wouldnt hurt either.

Darklight17

P.S This is your judging review from NGADM Round 1. I posted it for ya just cos its always nice to have more reviews.

[Osher - Trantastic]

Fantastic!

Impressive work. Simply superb. Kick is fantastic and drums, although slightly repetitive, are great. I have no idea how you managed to work out over 8 mins in two weeks, but u did a helluva brilliant job. This amount of variety is simply superb and the great melodies you installed put my amazed level up to the point of insanity. fantastic work!

Darklight17

P.S This is your judging review from NGADM Round 1. I posted it for ya just cos its always nice to have more reviews.

[Madness_Ultimacy [Box-Killa]]

Hm...

Well, its most definetely not your best work. Im sure you could do a helluva lot better. For a madness loop, its not bad. A good use of drums but tahts basically it. The synth is jsut pitch bended too the point of driving someone crazy. Im sure this would be good for giving someone a headache, but as music, not so much.

Darklight17

P.S This is your judging review from NGADM Round 1. I posted it for ya just cos its always nice to have more reviews.

[3 Souls Traverse the Forest]

Nice work!

Nice orchestration and use of effects. Background notes got slightly repetitive however, even though the melodies are simply great. What id suggest was some sort of build up as the song progressed, that sort of climax to anticlimax stuff is used often in classical. maybe the flute and clarinet (or is it an oboe?) could play together. Brilliant use of a violin too.

Darklight17

P.S This is your judging review from NGADM Round 1. I posted it for ya just cos its always nice to have more reviews.

[Fancy Mike - Hipster Crack]

Yeowch...

Ouch...Repetitive note hurts my ears. A lot! Only one melody i could decipher and that was overpowered by that dang annoying note. No rhythm either. I couldnt figure out any use of a regular beat here. Im sorry, but this needs a lot more work.

Darklight17

P.S This is your judging review from NGADM Round 1. I posted it for ya just cos its always nice to have more reviews.