Echo's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[I-Saved-The-World: Some Day]

Not bad...

Nice work. What i didnt like was the utter lack of humanization. Now i know its techno and its electronic music but humanization always helps in the fact that the user doesnt get bored listening to the same old note velocities and lengths. Well, it had a decent blend and background. Drums were slightly repetitive however. And the bass is also severely generic.

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.

I-Saved-The-World responds:

Thank you for taking the time to write a review :)

[SR - Sleeperhold -final-]

Nice work!

Repetitve start, but sets off to great synth work after that. Nice work on background and blend, those are simply amazing. Melodies are slightly repetitive and there were some discordant notes in some small areas. Drums too got slightly repetitve although i liked the use of small variations that you used. Nice work overall.

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.

[Fertile Grounds and Open Skies]

Decent work!

Well, its a very ambientish DnB. Amazing synth work and the drums are great. Voices are nicely recorded and coudl be heard clearly. Those are a nice touch btw. Ncie poem at the beginning too. Bass however, is sadly lacking. There's only one bass and its a bit repetitive. Its also too damn short. However, given the short amount of time you had, i wont reduce ur points too much for that.

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.

SessileNomad responds:

indeed it is, i was getting a feeling of Deja vu as i read this, but i understand now

and i agree with everything :)

[Deathmatch (Updated again)]

Not bad...

well, There's basically no semblance of a melody here, chord progressions are repetitive and the voice is barely comprehensible. Drums are the only thing which make any sense in this. Id suggest u put some more work in this, it could definetely do with some kind of melody and the voice needs to be able to be heard by the listener, and more understandable. Superb lyrics though, that got ur score up quite a bit.

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.

Pure-Metal-UTA responds:

Indeed it always is good to have more reviews.

I actually just fixed the problems at hand with this song today, I haven't uploaded it yet, though.
It was hard to hear a melody of any sorts because I had 4 sets of guitar, and 2 of them blocked out almost all the other tracks, so I got rid of those 2.
Believe it or not, just doing that simple thing improved it by alot. I'll see what further reviews come after uploading, and continue fixing the song from there.
Thanks for posting the review on here!
\m/

[Mellow Man]

Decent work...

Good work. A catchy melody and brilliant drum work. Nice synth work and fantastic melodies. An overall brilliant job. However, chord progressions tended to get slightly repetitive and the ending was slightly too abrupt. What i suggest is that u make either a fade out outro, or end it with an interrupted cadence to leave the user hanging.

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.

Skela responds:

thanks

[xKore - Moments]

Simply fantastic...

Simply brilliant. And by brilliant i mean amazingly, fantasticly and superbly mind-blowing. I wasnt exactly sure of the intro but as the song progressed those drums and those melodies just clicked around me and i realised how amazing this song is. Drumwork is brilliant and melodies are varied and excellent. Brillaint 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.

[Primordial]

Yeowch...

Ouch, thats one amazingly grating guitar riff. I did notice some melodies. You cut off the guitar abruptly twice, replacing it with some other melody, which only lasted for a second before being destroyed once again by the guitar. Yes, i could sense a song somewhere, but i couldnt hear it.

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.

[_I Promise_]

Fantastic...

There's not other way i can describe this besides simply amazing. I can scarcely find anything to criticise in this. Its simply great! What can i say? Blend is amazing, instruments are brilliant, melodies are varied and drumwork is fantastic. Some slight glitches in the intro but overall a great piece of 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.

vanguard182 responds:

well thank you very much darklight, all these reviews were really helpful and appreciated :-)

[Astral Travel]

Not bad...

Not a bad piece all round. Created a nice and creative background which was nicely overlayed by the main instruments. sadly, some notes were a bit dissonant. Drums did get a bit repetitive and background did not sound well with the melody in some parts. voices were slightly incomprehensibe.

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.

eatmeatleet responds:

echo? :D nice name lolfsdfadf hahahha

[Let the Games Begin [ADM]]

Decent effort...

Not exactly house. Would've fit more under electro or industrial. However, its a fantastic piece. Amazing buildups and transitions. the intro was slightly wierd however although it provided a nice dark build up to the main melody. backgrounds were slightly repetitive however and ending was slightly abrupt.

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.

djInTheDark responds:

That is very ture, it is always nice to have reviews, thanx a lot! I tried it under industrial (and obviously there is no electro section ;P) and they didn't think it fit there, but I personally agree with you.

Thanx for the review!