Qshunt's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[- [Trips to the Seaside] -]

such a skilled producer!

I wish I had the tools available to me to have started producing at your age man :) When i started it was scream tracker and a 386DX33 pc....didn't allow for a lot of flexibility!

Nice track man, love the vibe.

[Para - Smog Step Sanctuar]

I Know you!! i'm friends already on the SPAZ

still think you're one of the best up and coming dub / dnb producers on the planet..

I'm assuming you and Parathile are one and the same? ;-)

dude....how come you're not signed yet :P PM me, Would love to do some colab work.

Peace
5/5
10/10

[The Matrix DNB]

Spybreak - propellerheads!

interesting interpretation of this classic track.

did you do this by ear?

Nice work.

[ParagonX9 - Chaoz Airflow]

trance x dnb x chiptune x manga x demomuzak

Nice track,

Although its very manga'ish, sounds like demo music from the mid 90's rather than drum and bass (which in itself isn't a bad thing) Production quality is good.

The bass is far too mellow though.

Melodically its very interesting, and varies nicely as the track progresses.

Pretty good effort.

I'm more partial to the dark minor keyed distorted dnb.

check my stuff if you like. would love for some feedback.

Keep it up!

[The Grinder]

the 909 /808 drums spoil it

Its not bad mate, some of the samples sound like they're not quantised properly.

There needs to be more variation. the bassline doesnt do very much. add some slides / porta and make it more distorted. it sounds like a detuned saw, which is fine, but some imaginitive fx would liven it up somewhat.

but my major gripe is the use of the roland tr909 / 808 samples. thats what drags it right down for me!

peace bro.

[-Ricochet Love-]

excellent stuff!

Excellent work mate!

Mastering is nice! maybe a touch too much compression / ducking for my liking, but all the instruments / samples fill out nicely. Very epic track! nice use of Fx too! definitely one of the best tracks I've heard on Newgrounds thus far!

Well deserving of the 10 i gave you.

I don't very often give out 10's as i'm extremely fussy about production quality / techniques. But this track hits the mark. Its interesting and holds my interest, I didnt find myself skipping through it at all (which i tend to do when I start losing interest)

What is your weapon of choice as far as DAW's go? sounds like FL Studio to me. Correct me If I'm wrong!

Again, nice work my friend, and Epic it most certainly is :)

Check out my shiz if you get a spare few mins
10/10
5/5

[Ghostbustin' @ 140 bpm]

excellent track. Great Interpretation :P

Nicely done mate :P eq is nice, its a touch on the slow side to be classed as DnB though..more like Breaks...but firmly and squarely great sounding breaks.

Drums sit nicely in the mix. I'm not sure about the choice of 909 style kick / hats / snares though. Thats just a taste thing.

I dont like the little pause / dropout at the end of each 16 bar set. It sounds like a rendering fault...although it obviously isn't. Maybe carry some reverb off a snare through the "dead" space, so It sounds less sharp.

But my gripes aside, nicely done mate :) keep it up.

Check my stuff, leave me some comments :P
8/10
4/5

Skela responds:

Thanks for review, I'll check your stuff out.

[ellipse]

Nicely done!

Quite impressive stuff! There are a few technical aspects which makes it fall a touch short of a "10" but thats a matter of personal taste more than anything else!

For me, I wasn't very keen on the bassline reece, sounded like there was a touch too much white noise and/or resonance on the sound (as you were sweeping the cutoff up mainly). Bring the sub bass out a bit more too! As I said, minor nitpicking for me..I'm a dnb purist ;-)

Omni Trio are a drum and bass crew on moving shadow records who have some really nice piano concerto type drum and bass, they've been around for years now. If you like this sort of stuff, you'd probably like them. Fire Island is one of my personal favourites, from the Skeleton Keys album.

4/5
9/10

broove responds:

Thanks for a great review. I'm always looking forward to technical criticism. This version isn't mastered properly (mastered version will come soon).

I'm familiar with Omni Trio (Higher Ground is very good). There are some things which I can learn from them, but they're not quite an inspiration to me.