KaiSun's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[dj_padman - Savaged]

aaiiiiye

love it, love the sounds and the energy. cool glitches as always, some were right on the money, used to get a glitchy fill instead of just thrown in randomly. That really filtered light snare or whatever it that came in halfway was was great, when the beat came in behind it, then it dropped an octave, awesome stuff. And the sort of off beat rhythym it moved to was interesting, could have listened to that for ages. I thought the bass was a little too heavy to be used as much as it was, if there was a bit of space between bass notes I think it would have had more impact, but it was no doubt cool as it was. Nice on man.
btw, what the fuck is a power puff girls beat?

dj-padman1 responds:

I'm definately trying to tone down my glitches to where they'll really do the most good. Oh, yeah, the snare, I was hoping someone would mention that. It's super resonant like you hinted at, was going for kind of a primitive tribal flavour. You're on the money again, it drops an octave and I chopped it to be 1 and a half beats so it loops outside of the main flow of the track!
Good ideas about the bass, definitely food for thought.
Power puff girls can get their own beat, this is mine!
Thanks for dropping by man.

[dj_padman - Wind over]

unique

definately a good listen, very strange mix of percussion and melody, i like the experimental feel. Its very professionally done, sounds like a lot of effort has been put into this one. the percussion is really random but always keeps pace and stays tight, really solid. Keep em coming

dj-padman1 responds:

Thanks KaiSun, I got the percussion from all manner of strange and wonderful VST's. Can't name them off hand....
Thanks for listening! I listened to your new track the other day but I got distracted and couldn't review it..Time to set things right.

[dj_padman - Acid eyesore]

Oh sweet man

that acid line is deadly, kick ass fx to follow as well man, right on. i like the hat u bring in to pick the rhythm up, i've always loved a long open hat on the off beat, maybe you could open it up for a few bars get a disco beat going (someone called it that once). really interesting interludes with the sounds and fx, good soundscape going. Ok, u got me psyched to get the beats flowing again.
Speak to u soon

dj-padman1 responds:

Thanks Kaisun, always a pleasure. I'm glad some of the fx appealed to you, big noises are cool! Disco beat? Is that with a ride cymbal over the kick or something? you'll need to tell me about that one some other time.
Yeah, man, I want to see you producing like a madman! We all know you're a breaks machine, now its time to crank it up!

[dj_padman - Atomic harvest]

good choice of sounds

i like the organic pads vs the digital bleeps. Maybe a different section would have been cool, instead of bringing sounds in and out maybe start a new line with a new chord progression and then go back. that might be too much for a chilled out ambient piece though.
the soft echoey noise pad that pans in is really nice, i could listen to that for hours.
Take it easy man, hope to see some music come out of your week off.

dj-padman1 responds:

thanks man, and I expect 2 tracks a day emanating from the underground Kaisun music labs! Or else....

[dj_padman - Madman loose]

tieeeght

tight as man, I noticed the kick has a bit of extra something done to it at times, like a distorted bass punch, that sounded wicked and added heaps of form to the drum line. some nice crazy fx too, i love hearing really overworked vocal samples in any genre of music. keep the madness ensuing

dj-padman1 responds:

Drenched that kick with overdrive dude, I think I just about kept it under control! Glad you liked it, if you watch the series Stargate, you might recognise the samples. Keep up your righteous musical quest my brother.

[Cybertronic Assassin]

right on man

dark as fuck this one is. i really like how i can hear each drum hit of each drum, thats so hard to do. its a hectic song. One thing i would have loved more of are the sounds at the very beginning, up to the 10 sec mark, the bass that comes in is cool but the sounds would make the song stand out a whole lot. I like it
Cheers

dj-padman1 responds:

Kaisun, good to hear from you again. I think I'm starting to get the hang of this whole drum and/or bass thing. I must look into your idea more closely, interesting..!
Thanks again mate.

[dj_padman - Yawning Void]

good stuff as always

hey hey your doowntempo stuff is really good man. You have a good grasp of the ambient beats and which sounds god well in a loop. I dont know how much you concern yourself with the melody, but if you threw in a few key changes this song would sound really complete. just an idea.
top notch

dj-padman1 responds:

Key changes, thats a damn good idea, guess I wanted to keep it simple.That would be nice though, no doubt about it. Hmm..here's hoping you've got some new tracks up!

[Driftwood]

driftwood is my favourite type of wood

i do like the lfo work on the pads, they givesomething to focus on in the song cause ambient stuff is usually very background sounding. I thought i heard an answering machine in there somewhere too. Actually I reckon a spoken vocal backing might work ok, like a lofi recorded message maybe, might be a bit cliche.
you could give the title a bit more impact by saying its driftwood from a devastating plane crash with several fatalities but you might need to change the genre accordingly.
and are you doing mech 4001? ive got a few cds for u that u might be into. let us know. cya

dj-padman1 responds:

hey dude, thanks for the review, and those cd's were seriously slamming!

you know the vocal backing is a great idea, I've gotta try that. I guess it usually does the business in an ambient track.

haha..i like your suggestion for the title! It would probably belong in the ABC news genre then...nobody would watch it :)

[Robotonic]

Yep

superb track man. The drums are amazing, i dont know how you getyour hats sounding so good. love the acid lines, i have a question, do you startwith the drums usually or the melody? Just curious as to how you get the two intergrated so well.
I dont know if you intended it but i think some of the pads were slightly off key once or twice. The rhythm outshone the melody though. talk to u later

dj-padman1 responds:

Thanks dude, this was a bit of a rushed effort, I was trying hard to get it in by the end of the NG day, and well, its a bit rough around the edges to say the least! Glad to hear the beats and bass were ok with you, I spent the most time on them.
I ALWAYS crank out the drums first, I don't think I'm capable of building a melody without some pretty strong beats underneath to start with.
The pads, yeah..I wouldn't be surprised...man, considering my name, I really should get them sounding proper!
Just reviewed your track by the way, killer stuff. I'm guessing the riff is from floorboarder? :)
Thanks for the review!

[Better off electric]

i agree, always better off electric

i thought the bass, sound and melody was strong in this one, and there was a lot going on, as always. All the insturments fit but I thought the percussion could have been pushed back a bit with maybe a bit of reverb and a bit quieter to give more room for the leads. youve been kickin ass lately man i gotta say, and people have been taking notice. good stuff. Keep doing what your doin

dj-padman1 responds:

If Edison and lil' ol' Volta hadn't been born, what on Earth would we be doing right now I wonder?
Glad you liked it and thanks for the useful observations, I have to agree with you about the rhythm. Thats why I love it when you drop by, you have a good ear for the mix! Catch ya later.