D-Chain's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Chain]

so im wondering what the contents of those 15% are lol
good song!

ForeverBound responds:

Thanks man, and he did more then 15% so whatever

[Free Your Mind]

hmm its a nice peace, its clear you have improved but mastering wise it kinda lacks the 'clearness'
the vocals are a nice addition to the song, like you said yourself it gives an extra kick, which it does perfectly!

however, im kinda missing a low bass.. i dont have subwoofers, but i have an extremely sensitive headphone, boosting ANY kind of bass and judging by that its kind of weak to the ears. which might be a compressing/mastering issue aswell.

i understand BlueOceans statement about the synths, its kinda messy (hard to hear)
but i already mentioned that it might be a mastering issue.

Shabadaman responds:

Thanks for the review! You've picked up on some issues I had with mastering this song, since I used a lot of raw sounds (particularly manipulating 3xOsc). I'm not really used to the process of Eq'ing these kind of harsh sawtooth sounds, but I'll get used to it!

With regards to the bass problem, It seemed to muffle the song slightly for some reason, I got a much clearer sound when I removed my sub, so that's why you've noticed the lack of low end :) I'll have to include it for my next one!

Thanks as always.

[Beautiful Life (Remix)]

needs waaaayyy more attention than this..
i dont get it.
SCHIET OP MET DIE REVIEWS lol

nice remix man!
2:47 lijkt misschien raar te klinken maar het is 100% on key. en dus geen fout te bekennen.
de kleine vocal chops zijn nog niet on key..

ForeverBound responds:

Thanks man, and yes I've really struggled a lot with those vocals they where pretty hard to let them sound good and on key. maybe I need to practice some more with them ;)

[Norato - Voice]

good ur this deep into creating sounds!
mastering-wise it could still use some work.
goodjob ;)

Norato responds:

Ye I must agree with you. Especialy that bass sounds is too loud :-/. IT´s becouse I made that song with my GRANDPA headphones with are really NOT even close to quality speakers. I noticed that mastering issue when I heard the song on my friend speakers.

Thanks for mentioning that ;)

[Norato - Get real]

you forgot to mention "Dimitri & Like Mike + Moguai - Mammoth" lol
good song man!

Norato responds:

Ye i know. Just I am fan of Moguai so I wanted to high-light I get inspired by mostly of his work, and not only on song Mammoth but also by other his pieces :)

[Azure Kaleidoscope]

i agree about the snare sound. not my taste in DnB lol
as for the rest, its sounding pretty pro to me!!

Shabadaman responds:

Thanks for the review, i'm glad you like it man!

[Finally Free]

5 from me!
her voice is just soo lovely :)

Shabadaman responds:

Thanks for the kind review man!

[LaunchPoint - Enjoy the Night]

hmm i can hear you have put more hours into this song, however that doesnt mean i like it all lol
im not a fan of the rap/vocal.. kinda ruines the song if you'd ask me.
anyway to the start again:
you start of really good imo!
the pluck or whatever it is sounds solid, the string/pad too only thing i would do is put sidechain on the string..

the bass at the 0.23 spot is also pretty enjoyable but still i would have done more with it.

the vocal starting at 0.50 is good, yea i just said i didnt like it, but since its not too long at this point, its more enjoyable, too bad it starts again at 1.12.
you could have filled that up with a massive bassline, or make the main synth stronger!

the build up starting at 1.44 until 1.51 feels to short and kinda soft to me. maybe you could have given it length with a really simple snare roll.. it also would have given the song a bit of variation.
and variation is what i miss aswell.

as i already mentioned to me it sounds like youve put more hours into this project then your last one.
but i still think this song could have been soo much bigger!

Shabadaman responds:

Thanks for your honesty as always man! Maybe I could have done more with it, I think that this time I was trying for a simpler approach.

Still, I agree with a lot of what you're saying.