D-Chain's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[PotencY - Immersion || HQ]

im not really good doing reviews but will try my best!
very clever idea to make a cut-version or NG-version,
this way people actually visit SoundCloud haha!

anyways, ive taken my listen to the soundcloud song and have to say im fund of the intro, i really like the subtle sounds throughout and the short/strong builds.
the breakdown was clean, but also below the level of the whole track. then again you did a great job with that build towards the klimax. the subtle guitar does the job! really nice addition!
the hats might indeed need a little boost. the clap a small 2-3% boost.

the only thing i didnt like was the choice of the kickdrum you picked.
imo it felt like it didnt fit the track at all because of its 'uplifting' setting(minor bass levels).
i prefer a more bass-y progressivehouse kickdrum thats all!

Mea-Anima responds:

Hey :D,

Thanks for listening to my track man! appreciated very much.
Yeah the hats and snares are somewhat soft :/. I could change it since it is not released yet and probably won't be for a while. Yesterday I applied for Better Than Records. If they will have me, ill take your criticism in mind and change it up a little.

Thanks again,
PotencY.

[The Other Side]

for fucks sake its not techno impulsive21 -.-" seriously just grow the fuck up and do some research.
Foreverbound: nice track! specially like the ACID sound in the song :) it fits nicely in the DnB genre.

ForeverBound responds:

Thanks ;)

[Deep Reflections]

apart from the delayed vocal chop thats offkey, it sounds perfect!
i would really 'tune' that vocal chop to the right key with any pitch knob lol

alanisnotcool responds:

thanks ill do that lol =)

[M0nst3r K11L (Preview)]

its awsome but where is the actual bass? :) i dont feel 'heavy' bass, its pretty light.

Norato responds:

Yeah, I hard that even when I released my track Monsters :-/ I dont have subwoofer at this time so I cant really say if it´s enought or the lower freq. should be boosted. Thanks for the tip.

[Well Played]

reminds me of classic 'trance' back in the day haha, very good.
the reason why i give it a rating of 3,5 is because some notes are placed offkey imo.
the balance between every beat and sound is pretty good, but i would have liked something else to it somehow.

anyway nice first track i guess :)

~dont be fooled by my review-rating, 90% of the time i vote 5 for every track.

Superdoepie responds:

Yep i know, thanks :D

[Diskovr - Flight]

very trancey start! the drop could have been much bigger, the melodies are good though :)
-my rating wont influence your voting score. i give 5's to every one because i hate zero bombers.

ksthultz15 responds:

Thank you for your review. This was my first song of this genre, so I have much to learn. Thanks again! :D

[~Witz~ Out of Breath (Loop)]

absolutely love this!
the switch between minor and major,
the balance between what is light and dark, agression and yet so peaceful.
if i could choose to explain it in one word, it would be BOSS!

aliaspharow responds:

Always love getting such great feedback from such a great artist! Love your work on Hexagon! I fantasize about you stealing that name from one of my songs lol. Fantastic work on the track btw! We gotta work together sometime!

[Sonar Propagation {Dj-Abbic}]

i like this song but due to the fact its almost bass-less it spreads an empty feeling..
if your going for a house/electroish song, ever again (like this song) with sharp leads you really need, no you HAVE to have more bass.. otherwise it feels like you put an EQ on and cut the bass..

bass isnt necessarily a 'filler' to make a track sounding fuller but in this case it is.

anwho i really like the leads in this and the simple/basic notes you used to do the melodies.
its catchy, simple and will always work.

DjAbbic responds:

Yeah I have definitely learnt from this. I know what you mean by the bass is a filler in these tracks, since the synths are dependent on being 'full' and 'huge', which means they must cover almost the full frequency spectrum, which I personally think I nailed in my track 'Antiphysics' (whoopeee).

I'm glad that this has taken a beating for the lack of bass though, because now I make sure that the bass isn't lacking :P.

Thanks for the review!

[Torch [WIP] {Dj-Abbic}]

damn i know dat pluck in the start of this WiP!
and damn fine melody.
however, you put it in dubstep which i dont get at this moment lol
this song has an amazing trancey kind of feel at the start and housy beats with dubstep/elektroish sounds at the near end.

anywho i like where its going :)

DjAbbic responds:

It was a tweaked preset, so I'm not sure how you could recognise it :P (unless I somehow made it sound exactly like something else).

Coming from you, I'm really glad that you like the melody :p. I'm not sure why this was in dubstep...probably an accident.

As for the electro at the end, it was mostly an experiment with white noise (the bass hit sounds a lot more powerful than it actually is, neat little trick I learnt). I combined it with some bits from chopped up loops to give it the complex feeling. This is my first time doing that actually, so I'm glad that turned out nicely.

Anyway, thanks a lot for the review :).