Ethalyn's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[[DF] On Thin Ice (Sonic 3)]

I like it :)

This is VERY good indeed man, a fun listen ;)

I liked the intro, nice pads, very video game ish ;) Same goes for the bass that enters just about right after the first few notes on the pad in the intro... very nice sounds!

The hihat lines, you really kept it interesting all along with interesting rythms and transitions :)

Very nice quality, although i would maybe work on tightening up the dynamics just slightly :) By that i mean maybe pump up the bassyness of the entire mix, by adding EQs (or just modify the knobs if you already added EQs) in the mixer, and make sure to pan all the instruments to make sure the mix doesnt get way to centered :)

Example:

open hihats - panned 30% to the right
Closed hihats - panned 30% to the left

Claps - 20% to the left

Bass etc etc :)

This will help you get a more dynamic essence to the song and will bring the mix out like clear day :)

10/10
5/5

Amazing mix, interesting, original, overall an incredible remix of a classic :) You did great, just work on the details i mentioned above and your really on your way to making ace vg music!

Thank you for your time.

-[ BeatSource ]-

darphfluffy responds:

thanks for taking the time to review this man. It's great to get feedback from the artists that inspired me in the first place. Thanks again for the review, bro!

[DXM - Untitled #10 (Hardware)]

Awesome!

Dude, hard, i love it...

God the bass, the beat and the pure clearness of the mix... epic!

10/10
5/5

:] Thanks for making it! =D

Thank you for your time.

-[ BeatSource ]-

tijnn responds:

Thanks alot for the kind review! (:

[Future Of Trance[DEMO]]

Awesomz

My drunk/doped/wasted/acid faced ass is totally wiggin' to this! Awesome acid/trance production!

Lol i liked the vocoded vox thingy, and the leads/sounds were cool ;)

10/10
5/5

:]

Thank you for your time.

-[ BeatSource ]-

Psycedelic responds:

Wootzorz! it suxxorz! But LEETZORZ INDEED! :D
Thanks for your reviuewws ;D

[Sláinte (St.Pattys day mi]

A W E S O M E

Lol i can totally picture hearing this in the back while im drinking my ass off at some random party, totally awesome.

I enjoyed the really irish (duh) beat, nice and simple tune, a really fun listen ;)

Cool synths, and cool melo =)

10/10
5/5

:]

Thank you for your time.

-[ BeatSource ]-

Druids-Warcry responds:

glad you liked it homes thanks for the review

[Kazmo: The Song That Never Was]

Totally love it!

The vocals are great, and i think the mixing is very clean and crisp. A song that has a lot of details, and it sounds as alot more work than 3 days, really... so creds on finishing something awesome in that short time :]

Awesome progression, and the vocoder thing... wowie, sweet!

10/10
5/5

YAY! Awesome trance track :)

Thank you for your time.

-[ BeatSource ]-

Kazmo responds:

:D Yay!

I <3 the vocals too, Imogen Heap is such a great singer.

Glad you love it!

Thanks for the support, and no, thank YOU for your time! :]

[Ill Reasons]

Nice indeed :)

Cool stuff man!

It has a really nice mystery/dark feel to it, but i think you went to nuts on the reeverb. The entire mix feels like its sinking into my speakers, i think all the reeverb (and possibly compression) is pulling all the sounds back and forth causing it to bump in sound.

A little tip is to try and keep the mix as clean as possible, and rather than spicing it up with reeverb, spice it up with EQs and LOTS of effects, like sweeps and sweep downs etc.

Has some great potential, and has alot of cool factors to it :)

8/10
4/5

Good job, wanna hear more ;) Definatly keep at it, but try next time to keep the mix more clean and make all the sounds distinct, and make it so that it sounds more crisp and clear in overall sound ;)

Thank you for your time.

-[ BeatSource ]-

*Hope this review helped man ^_^*

Adachiskindagod responds:

Thanks for all the good advice...one problem.... i accidently deleted the file containing all the data! so i cant work on this anymore haha, f*** my life

[Through The Eyes Of Love]

Nice =)

A very nice mix, catchy, simple, and very entertaining with great melodies and beats!

Very nice indeed, i like the kick, the percussions and the bass. Nice way to blend in vocals, and you really aced it with all those nice FXs ;) You build it perfectly, and the dynamics were off the hook.

The only thing that really shook me up a bit was the change at 03:00, i recognize the trick, and it often works... but in my opinion you didnt quite lead up to it enough, and it came quite disturbing, a little tip from me on that may be having a break inbetween there, to lead up to the very sudden change.

9/10
5/5

Very nice mix, only that one "complaint" :) I hope this review helped, keep on mixing man, this is awesome! ^_^

Thank you for your time.

-[ BeatSource ]-

TripleStar responds:

Thanks for the review man!

[Perfection - Mjattie]

Tek- something!

This totally reminds me of some french techno dance style! Tektonik or something like that! Someone could totally be dancing right now!!! =O

Hah, really nice bass line man, the really funny twitches made it interesting and you had some really good automations. Very nice melodies/basslines and the way you used percussions impressed me :)

10/10
5/5

Very nice house loop! =D Has a very fresh flavour to it ;)

Thank you for your time.

-[ BeatSource ]-

mjattie responds:

hey man, lol thanks for the positive feedback :)

[hands in the air and shit]

Funny, no?

Reviewing this, and being completely honest.

The mastering reminds me of the muddy tracks being squeezed out by Splash lately, and the melody is not worthy of anything to be honest. You went with a completely unoriginal bassline, and the melody is heard 100 million times before by various artists like you who think Hands Up is a genre that doesnt take any work, just because you use a pitchbass and a pathetic excuse for a kick, doesnt mean its Hands Up, or at all any good.

A little tip for the unorganized mastering is to slow down on the delay, reeverb and compression. The bass is not giving my subwoofer anything to go on, its simply in the back giving an annoying mid shelf effect for my ears to bleed from... The melody is very basic, and makes the long tag along very slowly, the beat that goes along with it is so distorted i can barely make out the hihat line, and the kick is along with the bass, "just there", no power in it whatsoever in my opinion.

I honestly thought you were a credible musician after seeing the dickhole reviews you left alot of people, now the one you left me was actually nice, you were being constructive and put it into perspective, but with DennC you completely ripped him appart so to speak, that pissed me off and made me want to check out what your all about as an artist...

Nit impressed, a 4/10 for atleast getting all the rythms correct, and for somehow being on the right track.

I would work on originality, and actually making a song, as you told my friend DennC, this is not ready to be released at all... its simply spamming the portal and you know it ;)

4/10
2/5

Normally im not this rough on newbies, but special rules apply when the artist is a complete dick himself, all they seem to understand is ass- talk...

Thank you for your time.

-[ BeatSource ]-

InvertedScrotum responds:

<3<3<3

[DXM - A Better Place]

Great =)

Wow, nice opening, this piece really shows your talent ;)

For a 4 hour work time on this track, you sure made the best of it, it progresses very well and holds a very intimate touch. Incredibly beat and all the synths just flowed so perfectly with the song.

Awesome work on mixing, mastering and the making of melodies. The vocal slices also gave it a very original touch ;)

10/10
5/5

:] Nice work!

Thank you for your time.

-[ BeatSource ]-

tijnn responds:

Thanks alot for the kind review again, hehe. (:
I spent more on mastering and mixing on this song than
on any of my other songs... so i'm glad you liked that part!

-DXM