CagedRealm's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Final showdown (man vs. alien)]

Good stuff here

The best word I can use to describe this is potential. I will give you my input form the beginning and try and make this review as helpful to you as possible. You intro was good but I think you could have come in a bit stronger with the bass at 7 sec you had a good sound but if was put a bit too far in the background. Kinda same thing happened with the piano which made it hard to hear. All the note theory and arrangments were good just the builds seemed kinda small so maybe if you had a bit longer snare rolls picking up in the filter cut might help add some more omph to it like at 1:20. The crash you had did work but just in personal taste I like to make them have a clean reeverberation a bit. Your ending was well balanced and organized. So to generalize what I said don't let your sounds drown out in the beginning, add more emphasis to your builds and keep a good balance like you had at the ending throughout the song. Other than that I see nothing wrong with this song my hats off to you on this one congrads.

Music-story responds:

Yep I suck with logic express 7. All my recent songs I use the midi keyboard. So yes I can compose real music, but I can't do worth squat when it comes to putting in some nice synths and special effects. I well always be bad with computers for the rest of my life. Now where is that soccer ball? Simple things is my way to go. Bye for now

[dj_padman - Renegade]

Great work

This is beyond me and my abilities, this song is definately complex but here is my opinion of it. I found the glitche work very unique most people use it as a intro or break into something with it, I was impressed to hear an entire song made from it; good job. I could only famin how long 10 solid sec of glitching would take me and thats what I am learning. Around 33 sec personally I would use more of a creamy bass but thats me. Hope to hear more unique stuff like this.

dj-padman1 responds:

Thanks man, check out guys like Aphex Twin and Squarepusher if you're into glitch. They make me look like an amateur!
Catch ya.

[LTM² - Keep On Jumping]

It's alright

It's alright but needs some work with the blending the lead kinda took away from the rest. You had a good string/pad going on at 54-55 sec. You had a really great chord going for you at 1:26 Even if the rest of it didn't quite work out the way you wanted I strongly suggest using the pad there and onwards you could turn it into a really good Ambient or Trance.

ListenToMyMusic responds:

Thanks, I'll check out some of yours when I can

[Bamboo dreams - M4ster]

Good job

I like the intro with the delay on the piano and strings made a nice backgrounds throughout the song. Good choice with the drums they helped the song stand out without being to powerfull. Keep up the good work.

m4ster responds:

Yeh I tried the song with a powerful hardcore kick lol... didnt quite work. Thnx for the reiviweiew whatever lol

[Orgarmy]

Good job

Listening to this I saw a really good motion and flowness. Congradulations on this one. You definately have much potential hope your able to harness even more in your next hit(not at all saying this was a bad song).Mind reviewing one of my songs I find what I do now pathetic and I am not returning for a while till I am happy with what I do some info would really help out.

bjoaierjbioaerjgoerj responds:

i'll check you stuff. thanx for the review!

-Catapult6-

[{ANT} {ND} - Battery Powe]

I like it

This had a fair bit of energy I like it. Good job on the vocoder. I give it a 5/5. Mind leaving a comment to one of my songs I am going for a bit to better myself and consider what I do now pathetic I want something to work with.

Anth0n responds:

I'll comment. Sometime. Thanks for the review!

[Phantasy Star 2 Battle]

Good job

I am just an amataur at making music but I found this fairly well done with some of the old songs flare you did a good job adding your own style. I just didn't care for the drum bit at 27 sec(and the others). It was good don't get me wrong it, it worked well for the song to just not me though.

If you could it would be awsome getting some advice from you.

Realmguys responds:

Thank you for the fair review! I like getting constructive bits like that. I really appreciate it. Yeah, I would agree my drums are always cheesey. It's something I really need to work on.
-Ty

[|Into the Night|]

For somone starting you are good

This was alright. What I would suggest is if you use a eurogate try playing it a lower volume since it will blend with the flowness of the song. You might want to start using a compressor and avoiding to much res on instruments to help avoid cliping. For dance music it seemed a little empty the beat was good, gate, arp was alright the melody too but I didn't hear a bassline maybe try a dx7 or making one in osc and lay it between the kick to fill it in that should make it sound more full. Hope what I said was somewhat useful.

vwvSTATICvwv responds:

Very. You made me realize some new problems with my song. Thanks for the review, bro!

[PWN3D]

It's ok

Well my coment on the song is first I kinda considered it to be more of a techno than a trance but thats me. You had some nice sounds but it seemed a little random to me not to run down your stuff. Try sticking to some of the instruments instead of switching so much because when I was getting into one part you changed the stuff and it seemed like I was hearing a different song. You had some nice effects try working the stuff in more would be me advice other than that good work it was fairly diverse. I already left my vote for the song.

Dj-I3lade responds:

my style is a little random but ill try to stick with a more central beat next time! and thanks for the vote!

[Monsterzzz]

Nice try

I saw what direction you were going with it but the sounds just didn't work to well for it. I can tell your new to Fl hearing this no offence. My advice for a DNB is more bass I didn't hear much. The point of DNB is to focus on bass and fast drumming. Try going at a tempo of 180-200 most DNB I have heard plays at that speed. Try some instruments like 3xOsc/DX7(try to make it square/analog dreamz/arp king. Dnc kick/vintage hihat/VT SD_3 and some stuff from FPC. I left my vote for this 4/5. If you don't mind plz review one of my songs Divine Radiation.

LordCranky responds:

That's what I call a helpful Review!!!^^