Mich's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Citrus Punch]

Very original!

I think I never listened to a 'Pop' song before on Newgrounds, but yeah.
This really has a nice feel to it, the beat is nice (did you use a reversed snare in there by the way?)
Overal nice sound to it, nice us of simple sounding synths with a bit of LFO to it, and loads of panning =)

Like wyldfyre1 said, it brings out happy :p Sounds like it could be used in a sort of commercial on tv or something, though, not the whole song.

Oh and it it interests you at all, I got here because of your sig ^^

Keep it up!

[The_Trance_Thing [Box-Killa]]

I'll be honest...

When I read your author comments, I already thought 'oh no'.
'It didn't take long', and 'i made it with mostly preset sounds from fl studio'
There's the major problem.

1) Take your time to make music, and you'll see you can create far better pieces.
2) Be original and try tweaking knobs on the FL synthesizers, so you can create your own sounds. Also, better not use those stock FL samples (the drums) but Get yourself some better samples than that, for example at vipzone-samples.com
Or you layer some FL samples, and try to make them sound original with effects.

I think you didn't use any effects at all now to be honest. You should check out the mixer in Fl studio, and play around with effects a bit, look up some tutorials on youtube or so. And yet again, don't be afraid to tweak ever knob you can find, and discover what you can do with FL studio.

Now for the song itself.
If you want to make trance, listen to a lot of professional trance, it gives you more of an idea of the strcuture of a trance song. Try making buildups, breakdowns, climaxes and all, this song rather goes on and on and has random sounding notes to me.

I hope this review is a bit helpful for you, That's the only purpose I wrote it for. My previous review I wrote was also meant to help the artist, but instead he started flaming me :p So you know, I only want to help you :)

Good luck in the future!

Box-Killa responds:

cool thanks dood that was very knowledgable

[Savanna]

Noice =O

Good to see you know it isn't that easy :p lot's of people think it's just dragging sounds on your pc... silly peoples.

I see you're revising all your old songs completely now :p
And the result is very nice to say the least.

I won't dive into the structure now, I'll just point out some things I liked or disliked ^^

I must say, I can hear the Darude and Above&Beyond aspects here and there, good job. Lots of things going on, though all mixed greatly.
Percussions are as always extremely good.

Pads =O Very nice sounding, nice buildup and all :)

Well yeah, overall it sounded really professional to me, with that nice touch of yours, making it a bit tribal trance-ish :)
Structure was all a big thumbs up, I don't know, I don't have criticism XD.
Your synths didn't sound recognizeable at all to me, which is also really good.

Myeah, keep it up and such :D And excuse me for the horribly structured review :$

-Mich (oh and thanks for the plug :p)

ZooSafari responds:

Haha np bro, thank you very much for the awesome review, I really like it ^^

[NGHardstyleRe-MixCollectionPt1]

Great!

First of all: Great idea!
There's way too little hardstyle on NG, so that's a good think already.
Nice song picks, and you really did a nice job on mixing them in, all HQ :)

Your mastering, it all sounded very nice.

I think it's a good thing that you kept using the same synths, since otherwise it'd just sound like a bunch of separate songs. But now it actually sounds like one song, with a lot of variety.

Good job! (Can you remind me when the next one comes out? :p)

Z-Tone responds:

haha all of those things you said where going through my head while i was making this:D
and sure ill let you know man

[In The Clouds V1.1 - Mjattie]

Great once again :)

Like always, you did a very nice job!
You're amazing with piano, and those pads in the background there in in the intro where nice too.
Those strings are beautiful.
In some ay you manage to let that inro kick right into a harder main part.
That bass is very nicely made, though I'd watch out a bit with letting it pan like that. It gives a nice touch, but generally bass should be centered, to get the full effect of it.

Good drumwork too, I'm mostly not that good in varying my drums.

Overall a very nice song, keep it up! And if you have the time, you might want to check out my Lethal industry remix, though I'm not that proud of it..

5/5, 10/10
-Mich

mjattie responds:

Yea, the bass is a bit random and it should be centered but I like it this way ^^

I'll check yours out, later ;)

[Is This True Love? (Piano)]

Good job!

This is actually live piano since you played it yourself. I must say you're quite talented (I envy your piano playing skill, let alone the piano composing).

I certainly feel love in the song, though not really in the way I like it. I mean, the title fits it greatly 'Is this true love?' You feel that burning question through the whole song, the person looking in the eyes of his/her beloved one isn't really sure if it's true love, so that makes it a bit sad. Actually I hope there will be a follow-up to this, also pure piano, where the subject knows it IS true love, so all happy.
Anyway, enough drifting off :p Great work, you're very good for being so young!

Keep it up, and yeah good luck with the MAC :)

-Mich

Zero123Music responds:

yeah lol :p

I don't actually think it fits the MAC9 anymore :( - cause as you said, it's that burning question.
Not really the lols after you find someone you love (valoltines :D)

Thank you very much mich :)
and sorry for the double PM on myspace xD
>>Zero

[Kazmo - Urban Train Core RMX]

Great Job!

First of all: Amazing use of those stock samples!
I'm getting aware of the power of 3xOsc myself too, since I've been playing with it a lot. Yet it's still amazing what you did with it.

I never actually used FL Keys myself, but I guess I should, just to see if I can make it sound just as high quality as you did. Probably that's possible with the right EQ, maximizer and all. Well yeah, it ias possible, you just proved it.

Aaaanyway, the mastering is as always pro, and you made a nice structure, with some great effects I would never even think of making. The overall product is a sweet sounding remix, which I'm going to download right now.

lol, I might as well try to be constructive too. Something you could have done to give your kick just a bit more punch is layer it with a snaredrum, but filter the snare that way you don't hear it is one. This just to give your kick that bit high frequency, for that extra punch... if that makes sence :p

So yeah, keep up the great work!
-MICH

Kazmo responds:

Thank you. Ya, 3xOsc is very powerful/versatile, and doesn't eat up a lot of CPU usage.

Hahha, I loved the sentence you had going there about if it's possible to make FL Keys sound like this. :P Glad you think it sounded really good.

Yay, unexpected effects! :P Yay, download! :D

LoL, with the kick, I actually got rid of the highs, I don't really know why, but I just remember sticking a gradual high cut on band 7 and moving it to about band 5... XD I like the snare idea though, I'll look into it!!!

Thanks for the awesome review and support!!! :]

[[LY] .-- Tempered Grace --']

Not bad for a start :)

Nice bass sound in the beginning, I like that. I must say your composing skills are actually good.

When the drums come in it gets quite obvious you're new at FL, since I clearly hear the standard FL drums. Try to get your hands on some new samples, you can get a nice set of free ones at vip-zone samples (google it).

I'd also like to suggest to play around with mixer channels and FX plugins.
By right clicking on parameters and then clicking 'create automation clip' you can let parameters change while the song goes on, which can create a load of nice effects. Try to experiment with that. By using automations, you can also make nicer transitions.

The song itself was actually okay, kinda catchy.
But yeah, all I can really suggest is experiment with EVERYTHING. Samplers have a load of knobs, and some tabs, take your time to play around with every knob you can find, and you'll find out what it all does. And try out the effects :p

So yeah, not much I can say actually, just keep playing, it sounds promising.

And now back to the vent :p
-Mich

la-yinn responds:

Thanks for the tips mate, perhaps I'll make a version 2 someday. ;)

[Flawless Love - Mjattie]

Good job!

I think you should make melodies with that friend of you again, it's a really nice melody :)

I like that first pad you used, it sounds a bit like strings mixed with a saw pad, or something. Interesting lead you use there over it, maybe sounds just a bit too 'screamish' to me, if you know what I mean. It's fine though, don't wrooy about it.
Mastering sounds all good on here, and thank you for the piano, it is such a great instrument in trance.

May I suggest to play with different sorts of basslines in the future? Since this one is actually the most original one you can get, simple offbeat bass notes. I'm not saying they don't sound good, but I'm just trying to stimulate creativity here.

Wel yeah, nice atmosphere, and nice sidechaining I just noticed now. Keep it up man.

P.S. I'm proud I just saw this on the new subbies list, so you didn't have to pm me about it. :) I gave you the first five :p Also I just noticed you're not on my favourite artists yet... Fixed that by this one. :)

mjattie responds:

yea, you're right about the bass, but it was supposed to be not-very-present, though it's quite boring XD.

Well, thanks a lot about the compliments :)

[Piano Collab Sample (A Minor)]

I do enjoy it :)

Quite a bit of emotion in this example of yours. The collab is definitely going to be nice.

Though I think your piano sound could use just a bit more volume on the high end. Maybe try an other piano vst, or play around with the EQ a bit :)
It's okay though. You did a very nice job, and it llops perfectly.

Keep up the good work!

Zero123Music responds:

hey, thanks MICH

btw - your piece is real nice as well xD