DreamEater's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Loops#1-Be Careful]

Very nice. :D

This tune really reminds me of something that you would hear in a kingdom hearts level! The instruments in this are very well blended, and all sound very clear!
The melodies are cheerful, and very carefree feeling; this tune seems like a perfect loop, and flows smoothly from beginning to end.

Things I would do differently:
- It's always nice to hear something done in Edirol, but I would definitely have liked to hear contributions from other plugins as well. (If you did something this good with edirol I'm sure your capable of much more!)

Overall, nice little loop; I dig it

~Dj Sonik

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[Sweet Child O'Mine (cover)]

Decent cover!

The guitar work is very nice, and really relaxing; I enjoyed most everything I heard here instrumental wise :)
Your guitar has a pretty good tone to it in this recording as well (good work)

The vocals could have used a bit more work imo, It sounds like you did most parts in long 1-shot takes. (vocal work is frustrating, but if you put the time in it's almost always worth it)

You sound like your pushing your voice a lottt in this cover; relax dude, Axel Rose doesn't even sound like Axel Rose anymore...
Your best bet with singing, is to stay where you are comfortable

Things I would have taken a second look at:
- Your vocal recording sounds pretty cloudy, and your vocal melodies were a bit off in spots.
- Your voice IS flat/ sharp in a few spots (worth it to fix it)

Overall this isn't a bad effort at all, but it could use some work. :)

~Dj Sonik

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[The Sacrifice - Megakill]

Tribal/ Minimal huh? Different :)

This submission is very unique! The different spectrum of sounds was nice to hear, and I really enjoyed the Tool-esque composition. The ambient breaks were also very smooth on the ears.

The drums seem to have the most work put into them, and everything sounds very nice and clear. Honestly the only thing this piece needs... Is some more instruments.

What I can hear sounds good, but maybe you should think about adding something more? A lead melody to help fill the emptiness up, or even a vocal track!

Things to take a second look at:
- That little lead pluck synth sounds really generic, and fake in comparison to all of your other samples. (maybe layer it or pick something different?)
- I didn't really hear a huge dynamic rise or fall in this song, and I really would have like to hear more fx/ background stuff

Regardless of what you do, I'm more than convinced that this needs something more :)

Great effort though!
~Dj Sonik

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megakill responds:

Hey thanks for the review, I'm glad you like it!

You're the second person to say that it needs something extra added to it, which I can appreciate, but at this point in time, I have no idea how I'd alter it. Maybe I will decide to go back and mix things up a little.

Your input is much appreciated though, thanks a bunch!

[In Eb]

Chill & Upbeat! Reminds me of sonic the hedgehog..

menu music that is :)
Very chill, very retro, and very interesting sample choices!

I really loved the melodies, and chill instrumentation in this song; the instruments sound kind of fakeish, but still work somehow :D. I would really love to hear a version of this song with more professional sounding instruments for sure!

Things I would have done differently:
- The Piano/ guitar/ drums/ bass could all use better samples
- The drum patterns sounded slightly bland in certain areas of this tune

I still give this song a 9 and fave though, because i really love the melodies (So retro-sonic-ish) :)

Great Work!
~Dj Sonik

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The-iMortal responds:

Thank you very much for the review!

In response to your comments regarding the sample quality, like stated in the author's comments, this was written in Guitar Pro 6, a music writing program, designed for composition writing, rather than final sound quality :)

Also, Sonic-ish? Retro, for sure, but I didn't expect this to sound like a retro video game track. Maybe it's the lead synth, lol

[`~`~`= WINTERZ = `~`~`]

Shweeetness!

This song seriously reminds me of a "Snow/ Winter" level in a video game!
I love the driving beats, The pure sounding piano, the choices in leads, and phat bass-line sounded great!! I really give you props on those piano/ lead melodies dude; So sickkk :)

Things I would have done a little differently:
- This song gets a tad busy in some spots, between 50-60 seconds is a pretty good example.
- The High pass filtration you used seems to seep a tad too much, don't go so crazy with those automations

Other than that though...
This is phenomenal work!

~Dj Sonik

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alertG responds:

:D thanks a lot. ill definitely remember this

[DJ Dela - Elite (WIP)]

Wow!

This is actually quite good!

I loved the drop at 1:00 dude, very powerful and professional sounding!
Around 2:00 I think you are being a bit hard on yourself; this sounds really great, and it's a great dynamic fall from the energy in the previous phrase!

Overall This song is actually really great, and I would much rather hear more stuff like this than remixes of other peoples work!

Great stuff!

~Dj Sonik

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DJDela responds:

@2:00 I think it sounds like a totally different song, that's why I said I failed.
I might try with a totally different melody there.
Thanks for the review, it means a lot to me.

[I Love My Sex (DJ Dela Re]

Solid Re-make

This was actually really spot-on till about 37 seconds; I felt like you really had that "Benassi feel" nailed.

Once the lead layer comes in though, it seems to take away from the professional sound of the song (Maybe mess with this lead in eq a bit more?)

All and all though I enjoyed this remake, and I can't wait to hear some original Dela goodness.

~Dj Sonik

DJDela responds:

Well, I can't be expected to make it exactly the same. :)
The bass is relatively easy to do, but the lead synth is the problem. :P

Thanks man.

About my stuff though, I'm actually quite lazy, so I just do a one minute wip, and leave it until I get some new ideas (which usually takes a long time, hah).

[[Fiji] Complexities]

Love your ambient work dude!

The vocal manipulation in this song is very creative, and really flows well with the track. The background effects are really trippy in this piece dude, I never really noticed how different and unique all these sounds are.

Really great work dude!
~Dj Sonik

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