DSMagnum's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Karco -- Troposphere --]

I think what EON said is right

There isn't much diversity. It's pretty much the exact same pad throughout the entire song. Not much change. As you progress, it does sound better with the bells. More atmospheric as you want. However, shortly after you bring another instrument in that causes some peaking. Some mastering couldn't have hurt. Very cool idea, but could use lots of work.

~ DSM

Karco responds:

Again, people are throwing diversity at me time and time again today. So, naturally, I don't have much to add in this response. Yeah, I know about the peaking... I'm working on that, it's annoying. >_<

Thanks again for reviewing my songs, DSMagnum, I'll be sure to keep your advice in mind. :)

[Draze - The Phaze Way]

Really cool

You're right, this does sound kind of bad with speakers. Sounds great with headphones though. I loved the bells towards the middle. The robot wasn't too clear. I've heard some of your other songs where you used vocals, and those all were much more clear than this. Cool effect though.

5/5

~ DSM

Draze responds:

Haha, yeah if you're actually talking about the chorus vox (melody), you're not supposed to understand it, its just mean't to sounds cool ;)

Thanks for the review dude,
~ Draze

[Hardcore 'Till I Die]

ROAR

Great sound, but very repetative. You ought to switch things up more in your songs and remixes. You had a few sounds that played the exact same way throughout the entire song, and it got old quickly. MOAR DIVERSITY.

5/5

~ DSM

DaGrahamCraka responds:

hmmmmmMmmMMmMmmwell son.

[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.

[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