DSMagnum's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Red7 - Coniferous Blizzard]

TEH OMG

This is really awesome. I love the melody and it really does have a blizzardous feel to it. However, the song peaks quite a bit. I've already talked to you about this. You really ought to go back and remaster this.

5/5

~ DSM

Redse7en responds:

Hey thanks for stopping by! Yea I understand quite well what you mean about the peaking and know my songs all need mastering more. Ill be trying harder in the future. Thanks for staying on me about this issue cause you pressing the whole mastering thing has definately opened my eye about this. Glad you enjoyed the song for what it was though! :)

~RedSe7en

[Kaisun - Hold it Down]

Sweet

This is very cool. I love the synths and bases you used. Very dark sounding. However, this isn't really House. House is usually more percussive and faster. It has a great style to it, but it isn't House.

5/5

~ DSM

P.S. - You got AIM or MSN?

KaiSun responds:

Thanks DSM, I thought it was closest to house but I kinda assume anything with a 4x4 beat is house. And I hate saying I make dance music.
I dont have AIM or MSN but I'll get to reviewing on your page instead.
Cheers

[Heavens dancefloor (light mix)]

Hunh

I've never heard such quality work done with Garageband before. Was this done with VST/AU plugins, or was this all instruments that you made from the built-in ones? It would be really really good if it were properly mastered. I love the feel and everything, but there is a lot of distortion due to high volume levels and whatnot. Try to be a little more careful with that in your next pieces.

5/5

~ DSM

Music-story responds:

Woah..one minute I check where my song is on the dance list and the next min its up to 4.29/5. Well sorry about the distortion but I already warned ppl of the low quality. Playing the song on GB3, there is very little distortion because I can play the 30 mb version of the song. No surprise a 30mb file compressed to a tiny 3.5mb is going to have a huge impact on quality. Note that the composition is done by me. Even the buildup section in the middle of the song,I had to rapidly press my keyboard to get that effect. The shimmering sound is a combination of 3 drum kits!! Took me like 1 hour just to get that done right. No plugins were used, everything is done by keyboard except for the drum loop at the beginning of the song. Thanks for review and the 5.

[dj_padman - Bulk Lull]

Beautiful

Love this piece. Wonderfully sweet feel. One thing I didn't really like to well though, and the was the amount of reverb/echo on the piano. It would be great for an Ambient piece, but not here. Still lovely though.

5/5

~ DSM

dj-padman1 responds:

well, I was experimenting with a crazy new plugin I got, maybe I got carried away :)
Point taken, thanks for listening! glad you liked it.

[Kaisun - You Don't Want It]

Sweet Shit

Hey there Kaisun. I've been a big fan of yours ever since I found your song Submit about 6 months ago. I just never bothered to review you. Now here I am finally doing so.

This song is really, really cool. I love the mellow feel to it. It's got a nice smooth groove. My only suggestion would be maybe use something with a little less distortion towards the middle. It was cool, but it sounded like it was really low quality. Nice effect though.

5/5

~ DSM

KaiSun responds:

Thanks man, you've inspired me to go review all those artists I haven't gotten around to aswell. The organ lead in the middle has a lot of foldback distortion which sounds like its low quality. I thought had a nice effect but thanks for the advice.

[dj_padman - No Prisoners]

Sweet Shit

You said you use Live right? You oughta teach me how to use this program like you can. I'm still trying to learn, but it's really complex. Maybe a collab someday? You got MSN? You can PM that to me if you want.

The song: amazing. Sounds like you used a LOT of synths and FX in this. At the beginning the piece was already cool, but as it went in it grew a little more and became more enjoyable.

5/5

~DSM

[{Timebomb} Preview]

Great, a few problems though

I must say, I really loved this song. I have a few discrepencies though.

First off, the opening was hard to understand. It really worked well with the song, but it could've been a little clearer.

Next, the strings. They were fantastic sounding, and were finally a change from your usual. Though they were as delicious as they were, they melody didn't really seem to mix well with the song.

Now my last issue, you seem to be reusing sounds a lot in your songs. I don't mean to sound rude, but get some new samples. Yes they sound great, but after hearing them in near all of your songs, it's annoying.

Hopefully the final will be better. 5/5

~ DSM

[Darren Styles-Skydivin' Remix]

Sorry about before

I was ignoring peoples links. I had been working on an Ambient song. No, I didn't downvote you. Sorry about that. :\

Anyways, the song shows awesome in it. The only thing, too short and repatative. You should've made the center a little longer so it wouldn't have seem so repatative. You also could've changed up the melody a little instead of just adding more layers. I know you have a lot of skills, but you don't use all of them in one song. Try to combine everything you've done in all your songs and make something with it. I think you would be able to do a fantastic job that way.

5/5

~ DSM

DaGrahamCraka responds:

aww, thanks.

[Flashburn - The Adjudicat]

Amazing

It's been quite a while since we've heard from you. This is quite a piece to come back with, if you are gonna come back. Very nice, soothing, classical style ambient piece you got here. I love the mesh of everything. The way you set it up makes it work nicely as a loop. Love it all the way.

5/5

~ DSM

Flashburn responds:

Im not sure how big my productivity will be, but ill try and submit more frequently

[Contemplation.]

Very elegant

This was one hell of a beautiful Ambient DNB track you've made. It's got nice background effects and the drums fit perfectly. Definetely one of the best DNB tracks I have ever heard.

5/5

Come check my Tetris remix out if you get a chance.

~ DSM