Doublechindoge7's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Zyzyx - Shapes]

Man... Wish I could create an atmosphere like that in my house, then again I barely do house, so maybe it's just not my style and I should just stick to dubstep. Near perfect, just needs some more substance (I'm finding myself saying that a lot on NG recently) the piano is masterfully mastered PUN INTENDED! XD but, it spends too long as the lone focus of the song. It needs some variation in tune, or another instrument for some polyphony, or anything to make it different. The drop also needs something more, again what's there is near perfect, but there isn't much of what's there. It sounds a bit empty to me, but maybe that's just because I think the kinda music that's popular now takes minimalism too far.

DJ-Zyzyx responds:

It does need more noises, I agree XD and yeah theres just another problem you didn't find and that's clipping! (very minor tho)

[SharkBite - The Mechanical Monster (Geometry Dash Cut)]

This is very unique and effective, but it simply needs more. It sounds like your ostinato is played by a square pluck that dissipates into a violent saw, this a very clever idea, wish I thought of it. It builds quite nicely, but when it got to its peak it didn't sound finished, so I was waiting for the drop; not realising that it actually already was the drop.

Still, very effective!

TheSharkBite responds:

Thanks! You've been quite a helper with these songs reviews, so I took your advice and made a new song coming later this week called Deep-Space Pirates!

[SharkBite - On Top of the World (Geometry Dash Cut)]

Okay, This song is VERY simple but effective. It's grasped and near perfected the ideas of dance music, with simple chords played in complex tempos, controlled repetitiveness and bright, high riffs. Infinitepowersource's comment about not fitting together does have some validity, but I believe this is a bit of a nitpick. The sudden contrasts don't bring the song down all too much, the only one that bugged me was the sudden bass wobble. Such a happy uplifting song shouldn't have a low growly bass, but I don't mind so much because that is a very clean, polished bass wobble.

Now my last 2 criticisms are to do with the idea this a GD cut, as nice as this song is it doesn't fit well as a GD song because it's a little slow paced and minimalistic. It fits great for dance, but for GD something a bit more active would be more effective. However, making the most of your song while still keeping of fitting length for GD is difficult when the game is so fast with such a short attention span is hard, and this was just a cut. Not made for GD, but modified for GD, so you still get 4 stars! =)

TheSharkBite responds:

Thanks! And I totally get the GD pacing, because I used to play the game like crazy. Now, I only make music.

[SharkBite - Chance (Geometry Dash Cut)]

Really well polished, but there's not much going on, It's like getting tofu but served on a diamond platter with dressing, it's nice. But the substance itself is bland. All those attack envelopes acting as uplifters and the mastering are done really well but the tune itself is simply bland.

TheSharkBite responds:

Thanks! I love the analogy! It helped! :)

[All Day]

Looks like I got some good competition... =/ I think it needs some more substance, but the atmosphere is amazing, way better than any atmosphere I can create with my music anyway...=/

AwesomeAri responds:

thank you very much and good luck in the competition! c:
Edit: i would recommend you using fm8 and few other native instrument programs for atom they're really good

[Fallen Kingdom Demo]

Well that definitely defied my expectations, going into this I was expecting something good but generic and although beginning plucks were a little generic they were effective at creating the mood this seemed to be going for. The rest of this seems unique, the drum pattern is basic; but so basic that it is seldom heard, so the result sounds unique. The snareclap has the perfect reverb amount and time, something hard to perfect in dubstep and it sounds too high pitched for dubstep, but here it works surprisingly well!

Overall the beginning exceeded my expectations, however the drop did the opposite... I think it was more that the beginning raised them too high than it was bad, but it could still use some improvements. First of all, this starts of creating a mind image of a rolling landscape of fantasy, the style left me expecting orchestral elements to uplift the song until suddenly the drop would boom out shredding the hypnotising peace...

Sadly it came too soon with no sign and needs more substance, it sounds hollow and rushed, I doubt it was because I know how difficult dubstep can be to make; but more critical people may not be so understanding... Starting with my criticisms, the dubstep is about the same volume as the instruments from before, it's supposed to blast out loud and stick out. If you use FL Studio you can just quickly increase the master volume of it with maximus, if you don't have it you probably still have something similar in whatever DAW you're using. If this is supposed to be a minimalistic dubstep song then ignore that criticism, it'll sound fine with just another synthesiser to fill in the gaps, bringing me to my next criticism. The hollowness. This is a common problem I've seen everyone have at least once, you got your speaking bass, your hard 'n' heavy drums, and... Nothing else... As cool as your bass may sound, even if it drags some attention away from it, you need something to fill in the gaps. I recommend one of 2 things: 1. A subtle but noticeable synth 2. A constant quieter bass wobble this can be hard to integrate into your piece without clashing or one taking too much attention, especially if you go for 2, but it can make or break a dubstep track.

Now enough negativity, I gave this a 4.5, not a 1. Time to say why.

I've already discussed the amazing atmosphere, the synths are so well-made and detuned in a perfected balance of diversity and tonality, and the violin is subtle; yet effective. I didn't even notice it until the 4th time I heard this, but it still had an effect on me the 1st 2nd and 3rd times I heard it. The speaking bass, while quiet, is also noticeably more detuned, but not to the point of atonality. You seem to be very good at using your detune wisely and the bass itself is unlike any dubstep bass I've ever heard before, it's kinda... Squelchy... Is the only way I can really describe it, I think it could be better, but it's unique as it is. A small thing I like is that this loops well, I've been listening to it on loop during this whole review, and I like how it both fades out at the beginning and fades in at the end creating an effect like an inverted swell. Finally the best part! 0:41 is absolutely perfect! The ethereal mood it creates, the smoothness of it, the perfect combination of reverb, release and echo on it is just phenomenal and I'd probably have to say the best synthesiser I have ever heard!

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Squarion responds:

I must say, this is the longest review i've ever gotten lol

Thanks a lot, i read it thoroughly and i appreciate your tips and criticism. Cheers!