DylanGlow's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Nmbrs And Names]

Not too bad.

Nice work guys! I think you're gettin' the hang of it a little bit. The beats aren't bad at all, I feel the biggest problem are the vocals. You haven't quite nailed that hip-hop sound yet. The lyrics aren't bad, but the rapping/singing definately needs work! Keep workin' at it guys, you can only get better! ^_^

~Dylan ^_^

maddskwrl responds:

THANKS MAN ....WE TRYING LOL...PRATICE...PRATICE PRACTICE ....RIGHT

[Before glorious battle]

Wonderful!

It had a beautiful clean sound! If you don't mind, could you please let me know what you use for programs ans VST's? I just purchased East West Quantum Leap Colossus and it didn't do the job for me. T_T I'm lookin' for a real clean orchestral sound and just can't seem to find what I'm lookin' for. This sounds like it and I would really appreciate if you could tell me what it is you use. Also, the piece is wonderfully composed! It has a beautiful sound to it. It's not so much a glorious battle sound to me as much as a mystical land sort of sound. Great work!

~Dylan ^_^

leaderoffheidiots responds:

*takes 3 min to read and analize*
1. not so much a glorious battle i know, its the feelings before
2. im glad you liked it
3 its not composed, buncha sound clips staked together
4. musicmaker12, but i dont reccomend it unless you want to remix stuff, all the songs sound somewhat like this....... and many of the instraments only have one pattern

[Cinematic]

Fantastic!

This is one of the most beautiful pieces I've heard on Newgrounds. You've really got it, the sense of ambience! If you read my other review on your "Ambient est1913" song I was talking about the sense of repetition with a bit of randomness in there. This is it, this is what I was talking about! Fantastic! Beautiful! You pick a synonym and that's what I mean! This piece makes me want to play Elder Scrolls IV... and that is a great thing! Well composed, my friend!

~Dylan ^_^

est1913 responds:

Thanks.

[Ambient est1913]

None too shabby! ^_^

There are a few things that catch my ear that I think might need a little work on. It's a bit repetetive, although that's not always a bad thing. With ambience there's always a sense of repetition with a collision of randomness mingled into one. The biggest problem I think is the synth you used is a bit too strong to be by itself like that, it needs to have something backing it; like a bass or an ambient synth pad or something. The tonal progression is fine, like I said I just think the synth should be changed to something more ambient sounding, or even try some reverb or something; it's just a little direct. You can lay down a beat, your drums are done very well. I think all in all there just needs to be a bit more... fullness(?) to this piece. Keep at it!

~Dylan ^_^

est1913 responds:

Cool. I appreciate the comment and will keep that in mind. Though since I have made that track I have lost the files in which I used to make it. Which stinks cause I feel the same about it at times.

[somebody help me]

Good shot!

It was a nice shot! There's definately potential in this piece. Let's see if I can throw some pointers your way. There needs to be some more instrumentation and a bit smoother riff work. I know this is midi, so there's limitations there, but you can still score more to it. Add in a bass or something to fill it out, I see the idea of a single guitar in the beginning, just remember when working with midi files it has a very bland electric sound to it so the more sound to fill with is always good. I like when the other guitars come in, that adds a nice fullness to the song. It's a good melody, it just needs to have that 'umph' for a heavy metal song. Keep workin' at it! Also, a suggestion from me would be to try out somethin' like Fruity Loops, just so you can import the midi and see what it sounds like with different soundfonts and what-not. Keep at it!

~Dylan ^_^

musicman921 responds:

thanks for the advice but where can i get fruity loops for free?

[The Specific Hum]

Horrible.

There's nothing even close to music here, and yes, it is quite annoying. Also, don't vote yourself a five, that's annoying as well.

~Dylan ^_^

CheesyNirvosa responds:

Hahahah, YAY!

[Your my best friend teddy...]

Hmm...

I enjoyed it and I felt the idea of children playing and imagining. Well composed. But for crying out loud "your" is not the same as "you're". >.> Good piece all in all, a bit short though. ^_^

~Dylan ^_^

Sulfur-Ram responds:

The fact you can't edit text on your submittions saddens me... Short yes... But star Trek takes priority over all.

[Diablo]

Hmm...

Pretty good. Unfortunately I don't really know spanish. However, after the first time you yell "Diablo" it is calling for more of an umph. Other than that it was rather enjoyable. ^_^

~Dylan ^_^

Nashito responds:

Thx for the suggestions and review XD I'll make it better, next time!
[ By the way 8D I'm not spanish, but i know it D: ]

~Kowgan ^_^

[Clock Tower RMX]

Hmm...

It's alright. I think the biggest turn off from this remake is that the off beat synth is a bit too overpowering. It really takes away from the rhythm. It gets better at :36 and forward, the beginning just needs to have that synth quieted in my opinion. Other than that it was pretty good. Well covered.

~Dylan ^_^

DJ-HappyFace responds:

Are you talking about the synth that has one defing note every once and a while, rigth at the start?

I think that's supposed to be a bell, but all the bell presets for FL 7 suck...alot.... So I had to find a good, echoy synth for it, but too powerful? I agree, Geuss I'll go turn it down a bit lol :)

Thannks for the review

~DJ-HappyFace

[Dinians Lament]

Hmm...

I can't say it's the BEST song I've heard but I do enjoy it from a sense of nostalgia. The strings clash a bit in the beginning but I think I like that mostly because I grew up on SNES RPG's with that oh so required tower dungeon thing. XD If you're going for that old devilish creepiness sound then I think you've got it! I'd recommend throwing an organ of sorts in there though, that always amps up the creepy factor. All personal opinions mind you. ^_^ Keep workin' hard!!! ^_^

~Dylan ^_^

Dufanzy responds:

Thanks for the input. I did want it to seem very devilish and weird at first. The "clashing" is meant to be there. I wanted to let the 'thinness' of the texture make the chord kinda uncertain. The dissonance seems even creepier because it's just two notes only a half step apart, with nothing else to reference from, with only one single note before it. I would add an organ, and I may do so on another piece, but I wanted a string only piece, and, for some reason, felt this was the best. It was a decision made on the fly, but I like it. I think the organ will be used more for his failure later, to add in the anger of his own failure, on top of this and a lot else that happens in the story up to that point.

Again, thanks for the input. ^_^