DreamEater's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[2011 diss rap]

Garbage

Sorry dude, but we have a pretty strict rule against posting spam; I don't feel like reviewing the work that you shit out to annoy the masses :/

Overall this song is crap; a bunch of noise and some jackass babbling about whatever :/

Please feel free to submit some more work for reviewing, when you actually put some RRREEEAAALLL work into something that is... -.-

~Sonik

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[{BT} Crystal Cavern]

Chill and mysterious :o

This song is really nice dude! :D

The piano tone that you've chosen for this song, has a very nice "Crystal" vibe to it; I really love how you captured that cavern atmosphere within this song as well. Your mixing sounds superb, and I could really imagine this playing in a level within a video game (this really has a nice professional sound to it)

I honestly can't say that I would change much, if anything; It would be nice to hear a longer version.

Brilliant work! :D

~Sonik

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BenTibbetts responds:

Thanks Sonik!

[Chipstep]

Does have an interesting oriental feel to it...

I do however think that the drums may be a bit too IN YOUR FACE in this song though :[. I loved all of the background melodies (bass/leads), but your white noise stuff was crazy overbearing.

Things to take a second look at:
- I don't think your "wubs" sound exactly right; you're killing it with that noise wave :[
- The snare is too much here
- your build is a bit confusing

Overall nice effort, but I think this could use a bit more work :[

~Sonik

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SuperBastard responds:

Thanks for the review! I completely agree with all of your criticism, and I fully intend on putting all of that to advice to good use as soon as I get the chance. Once again, thanks for the honest review, you guys are doing me a lot of good!

[Stargenx - Eastern Lights]

Interesting :p

You're intro really had me convinced that a big trance break was coming, but what dropped instead seems to be some sort of combo between Arabic scales/ Video game patterns... Which is not bad, but not really what I think you would classify as trance.

Things to take a second look at:
- I really like what you have done with the arpeggiated instruments in the beginning of the song, but they seem oddly mixed as some of your samples sound lower quality than others.
- Your drums are practically non-existent in this track; A good trance song should have a LOT more backbone in the way of percussion

Overall, not bad... but could use some more work :p

~Sonik

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Stargenx responds:

Thanks for the review! I'm not good at categorizing things. My apologies if you were mislead!

[~Delta~ Rain Forest (Remix)]

Getting better, one song at a time :]

Dude you seriously hit the nail right on the head with this track! Your drums are enchanting, The leads are perfect, I love your use of delay/ reverb decay, the builds/ drops are amazing, and the mixing mastering is right on!

You could seriously get something this good on Anjunabeats IMO! :]]

...Need I say more?...

Amazing work my friend :]
(Can't wait to collab Simon, we're gonna smash some faces :])

~Sonik

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[What Am I Even Doing?]

Making a glitch-crush-misc loop apparently!

This thing is actually not the most "in-audible" thing I've ever heard, and I could see this being morphed into a sick "AdultSwim Bump" with a bit of adjustment.

Things to take a second look at:
- The drum track/ bassline sound a bit lost (Maybe find a way to change that)
- We have a rule against submitting spam stuff... so I hope you figure out what you're doing before you send us another request :(

Overall; weird
~Sonik

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MutantMindframe responds:

Thanks! I've been trying to improve my mixing in my newer tracks. I can't tell what you mean by spam stuff, but the song title is meant to be taken literal. :)

[SW - Strong Arm (Remix)]

not bad! :D

The mechanical arm/ drill noises were a nice touch, and the build up here was really nice...

The drop on the other hand could use some work; The high pitched bit at 1:22 killed me though

everything sounded pretty well balanced, the samples were all clean and clear, and then that noice dropped... I had to stop the song... it was bad times :L

I think that this remix has some really strong points, and some not so strong ones; I have to agree with Phobotech... great sounds here, but everything is better in moderation.

Great effort!

~Sonik

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[Exodus WIP]

Nice!

This song has a very nice-trancy flow to it, and I really love the drum sounds that you've chosen here!

The leads sound okay, but I think that they might be a bit repetitive; The delay effect that you used sounds kinda weird, and the way that your leads cut away from the mix at a couple points kinda bugged me.

I don't hate this song
I don't love this song

I'm honestly stuck on the fence here; I like your mixing and drums, bit the leads effects could use work

Not bad, not great
But a solid effort!

~Sonik

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[Unwavering Assault]

Sick as always Steph :)

The orchestral shit sounds epic right off the bat, and the guitar accompaniment really completes the overall flow of everything!

I could totally see this being used in an fighting game, for an epic stage. Maybe like, the theme for the semi-final boss (right before the boss that rips through the fabric of time and space, which will obviously require something a bit more chaotic... This however says to me; You're making your accent to (what you think is the final battle) :]

Your melodies are very original in this song, and I really have to say man... this one is different, so good I'm at a loss of words... and don't even know where to begin.

What I DO know is, this is awesome;
Incredible work Bro!

I cannot wait to hear the next one x3

~Sonik

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Step responds:

Heeeeyyy :3. Thanks for reviewing buddy.

"The orchestral shit sounds epic right off the bat, and the guitar accompaniment really completes the overall flow of everything!"

Awesome, glad you liked that stuff. This is my second ever decent orchestral/rock song (fourth if you include the crappy ones) so hearing that I got the instrumentation right is a relief!

"I could totally see this being used in an fighting game, for an epic stage. Maybe like, the theme for the semi-final boss (right before the boss that rips through the fabric of time and space, which will obviously require something a bit more chaotic... This however says to me; You're making your accent to (what you think is the final battle) :]"

Oh yeah I'm totally cool with this being for a semi-final boss stage :3. I never intended it to sound like a boss battle, but I did intend it to sound epic, since I love making music like that, so it's only natural for it to sound like a boss theme I guess.

"Your melodies are very original in this song, and I really have to say man... this one is different, so good I'm at a loss of words... and don't even know where to begin.

What I DO know is, this is awesome;
Incredible work Bro!

I cannot wait to hear the next one x3"

Wow thanks! Maths homework is the only obstacle stopping me from making more music anytime soon, sadly... Ah well, can't wait for the Christmas holidays.

Really glad you enjoyed it!

[Timelapse (WIP)]

kind of reminds me of old VG music

but god is this pitchy/ clippy Dx

Phobotech has a good point 29 seconds in killed my ears, and this is not trance; more like Video game/ Misc

I can see what you were going for here, and you're not far off from a good bonus stage tune or something like that for a videogame.

Things to take a second look at;
- Those pitchy parts need work (master/ eq away my friend)
- the melodies in this are okay, but kind of repetitive at points x.x
- The drums samples used here sound pretty fake/ midi-ish

overall not bad, but could use some fine tuning
~Sonik

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ochrence responds:

The harshness of :29 and pitchy parts can be easily fixed - I didn't really pay much mind to mixing/mastering as of yet. As can the melodies and drum samples - though it's hard to get better samples than those from a 707 and 909. Maybe I should have just equalized them better. I'm glad that you didn't think it was My Little Pony on acid.
Thanks for the review!
-ochrence

Edit: Changed the genre because I agree with you that it's more video game than trance. Especially in the first part.