Imn's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Mario World March #3!]

Great!

Excellent take on the original track. I liked it very much, not much else to say. =D

Oh, and Ultimate88, who's to say he did not already get permission from the sequencer who had originally submitted the MIDI to VGMusic, huh? VGMusic is an archive, nothing more; you can't steal from VGMusic, but you can steal from the original sequencer if you haven't asked for permission. Automatically jumping to a conclusion such as that which you have done is an act of ignorance.

[Marble Zone - Sonic 1]

Ow?

You DEFINITELY need to work on those volume levels. The track was blaring, and I don't even have my volume up that high. Honestly, it hurt my ears because you decided not to master the track well enough.

Aside from that, the overall song was all right, from what I could tell. The end could have been a lot better; the arped piano was poor and not as well-executed as it could have been (plain arp notes).

Seriously, work on the volume levels, please, and use compressors. I might listen to what else you have then.

DreamEater responds:

send me tutorials and i'll think about it
you are one person with your one opinion
so im really not that concerned
so thanks...
i guess
thanks for reviewing
~saku

[Karco - Rewind]

Too slow!

The tempo you have here is very rare to find in trance, and the reason why is because it doesn't work too well. It doesn't work here, either. I think if it was sped up some more, it would be a wonderful track, I really do! There's an odd clicking noise, too, every other beat.

Good job on this track. Just a bit iffy about the tempo.

Karco responds:

I decided to try something slower with Rush, and kept the tempo when I reversed it and made this. Personally I think the tempo is fine (as I was aiming for a heavy, uplifting feel), and apparently so do the rest of the reviewers... I'll experiment with tempo, though, later today. :P

The clicking noise is part of the kick. ;)

Thanks for the review, glad you liked it. :)

[Karco - Contrast]

Overall good, kick bad.

The kick was too heavy, and slightly filtered to my disliking. That's my only real complaint.

I'm surprised very few got on you about repetitiveness. I don't think it's a bad thing at all. It's gonna happen one way or another, whether somebody likes it or not, that's just part of trance. =P

If you could, check out some of my newer submissions, and let me know what you think! Much appreciated.

Karco responds:

I can see where you're coming from about the kick, I guess I could have polished that a bit more. :P

Repetitiveness has always been tough in that I can never please everyone, either because I didn't do a good enough job, or because the listener's not used to the time it takes to progress in a trance song. At least you don't mind. :P

I'll give your stuff a look, thanks for the review, glad you liked it! :D

[[TMM43]Digital Abuse]

Not too bad.

I honestly have no problem with the repetitiveness, as almost all of my songs are repetitive, and you know what? I like it that way. Subtle changes here and there are good, but not drastic ones (which almost everyone seems to look for). To me, it feels like a solid song and not jumping around here and there. I listen to this kind of trance, so it's what I create. One guy -- Armin van Buuren; top trance artist, and his stuff is "repetitive", as in keeps true to the make of the track. (It's really hard for me to explain why repetitive is good, if you hadn't guessed already.)

What I did have a problem with, however, was the percussion. The form that you used for this song did not seem to fit at all -- I was expecting the beginning percussion to lead into a more solid form, but it never did...

By the way, the very beginning of your song sounded like trance [] control, and I like trance [] control. =) Keep it up.

["Hes a Pirate prev" Nintechno]

Bluntly speaking...

I think everything could have been a lot better. The intro was the best part, I think. Synth was poor. As everyone has been telling me, you need more unique synths -- I can easily tell you are using some default samples. The percussion was poor, as in not uplifting one bit. And the bass was poor; it was drowned so badly by the wack volume levels (and the synth hurt my ears).

It definitely needs work, but if you are willing to do that, then maybe I'll listen to what you can come up with in the future.

[FFVIII-Laguna's Battle]

Not bad at all.

Great experimentation, but the volume levels were a little wacky. The cymbal seemed louder than it should have been. Other than that which I've stated, you've got a great track here. I loved the synths; very close to those used in the original track.

[Quantum Laboratory]

Chemically.

Glitched drums and percussion -- I love it! The hoover was utilized very well, in my opinion. The piece that plays in the middle that sounds like a xylophone/bell thingy was odd, but it fits the overall feel of the track. The strings that play near the end of the track fit great with the phased synth (maybe a hat).

I might be wrong about a lot of things I've said, but I do know that this track is pretty cool. Nice job!

Suspended-3rd-Chord responds:

well-just from listening to some of your tracks i'd say you know more then me and you're correct moreso! but those strings are actually a synth flute :P

thanks for the review dude!

[Haunted in your fears]

Nice, nice.

This is pretty good for what it is. The second half was a little weird, and the four-on-the-floor kick seemed out of place, but that's just what I think. The clap was good though; I really liked that. Keep it up!

[Miles away from the sun]

It's good.

This is really good, I loved the synths. The progression was not too bad.

The only thing I didn't like was the percussion; I think it could be a lot better. Work on that. =P Great job overall.

whirlpool responds:

thanks.