axeFX's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[~BH~ Crystalline Cloudsca]

tralala

Nice song man. I liked the mastering job you did. The kick was nice and clear, and it maintained its clarity without muddying up the rest of the track. The melody was considerably epic, but 4 minutes of the same thing slightly variated, seemed to take away from the song. A breakdown with some pads, or a new melody would have been nice. Definately deserving of its popularity

ErikMcClure responds:

I probably should have cut out the flute a bit earlier and made a stronger pad-breakdown in the middle with the beat completely cut out. Thanks for the review! :D

[{ANT} - Heavy Weapons]

much better

I can instantly say the sound quality has sky rocketted from your latest batch of songs. Classic bassline, hard beat, and that choir was cool too. This is the Anth0n that I remember. When your filtering the percussion or whatever, make sure you don't have the resonance too high. It can get a bit shrill. I'm gonna favourite this badboy.

Anth0n responds:

Glad to know that I'm getting better! Although it's disappointing to realize that I used to be better and then got worse for awhile (hopefully until now). But I'll try my best to continue improving.

[Chaoz Impact-[Anima Mix]-]

nice effort

It seems you mimicked the lead nicely, along with the melodys and basic structure of the song. What it doesn't have is a clear enough bass to drive the song. I personally think you had a bit too much clutter. I suggest start turning things down in your mix, mainly the hi hats. Balance the volume levels, perhaps sidechain if you have to... till you can clearly hear each individual instrument clearly.

I'm hearing an awful lot of mid to low range, and not much treble. Mainly because your bass is drowning your main melody out. To sum it all up, I would just suggest taking things out, compressing things, till its not so muddy.

You did a very good job on this remix. You had some nice transitions, and your bass sounded pretty tight when it had its solo. Your percussion was good, however your kick was louder then your snare, and your open hi hat was a bit loud too.
Just writing what I noticed upon listening, hope some of it was helpful, and congrats on a job well done.

Anima-Theory responds:

Yeah, I thought the snare was a little quiet, but the compressor kept making it quiet and it sounded poo when I took it off. So i thought "to hell with it" :P

Thanks for the review man,

Quite helpful indeed :D

Anima

[{425} CraZe]

intro

I gotta say that intro has gotta be one of the tightest things ive heard. I listen to it over and over, and it never gets old. The rest of the song isn't quite as good, but im extremely picky XD

Michael425 responds:

First off, I have to say I'm a huge fan of your work man.

haha it's and honor to get a review from you.

I will try to make more songs with catchy intros, and hopefully catchy tunes.

Thanks for listening man.

[{dj-N} Buddy]

nice man

I've been through the same shit man, considering my old account was "g-rave". Everyone's nagging at you for straying away from your old style, and slowly becoming more generic. I think trying new styles is healthy in the growth of someone, as a musician. Don't let people get to you, make music for yourself. Knowing you back in the old NG days, seeing you get better, you should be proud of yourself.
Currently I'm stuck and taking a break as well, so just take it easy man, and good luck with everything.

g-R

[(5SCC) - Midi Kitty]

lulz

that description blew my mind

[Fxuem's New Cellphone :D]

nice

Gotta say that melody is really tight. I'm aware electro basslines dont have that much for harmonics, however I was expecting some noticable pitch changes in the melody... and it didn't happen. Just kind of stayed the same. I think a simple saw pad would of given it a much more dynamic range.

[-Ahren- First Song]

nice

Nice drum variation... not my style tho. I think you need a bit more punch, but the ambient and melodys make a nice touch. Keep working on it.

DrumTranceBreakBeat responds:

thanks man. like i said its my first song and the only version i made of it. kind of a test project

[Night Terror]

hes gone

padman1 is long gone... just thought I'd throw that out there. He uses ableton live as far as I know.

[Deep Inside (W.I.P)]

nice

I can tell that cool sound in the background is a WAV. I would recommend against raising it up in pitch, but thats just my opinion. At least it sounds better with the reese, but for an intro I would take that out. Cool beat, definatly. The song needs alot more variation then it has right now. Put some new instruments in, and try some new melodys... maybe a sub? Right now this song is a bit empty, so keep working on it.