KaiSun's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Chaos Beast]

Crackin Breaks

Hey man, your a freakin machine,3 songs in 2 days. not that it shows. This is one of your best so far.
I want to know if your still on fruityloops cause theres still some heavy effects in use here.
The thrashy drums sound really well distorted, all the sounds are complimentry to each other.
Im struggling more and more finding advice to give. a bit of a quiet interlude would add some impact maybe, thats about all i got.
Ill get some new stuff on here soon, as im sure you will. Talk to u soon

dj-padman1 responds:

Hey, it's great to get some feedback from a real breakbeat connoisseur and technician!
I kind of felt like a soft interlude was in order but nothing I tried was working, you know how it goes sometimes. I was perhaps a bit lazy in just droppimg the bass and going for a percussive breakdown.
You're right again, this isn't Fruitloops, its Live. Not that Fruitloops can't rinse it with some filthy distortion as well mind you!
The drum samples are definately not Fruitloops standard though.
Thanks for the review, and I'm waiting eagerly for your latest creations.

[Night Terror]

Awesome

This one has that really fat sub bass that pendulum use so well, its a really clean bass and it adds so much depth and punch to the song.
Really great drum programming as usual, and the fx and echo are reall cool on this one.
One suggestion is that the main structured melody which comes from the bass isnt loud enough, so the random synths hold too much attention and means the song is a little too random.
I gave u a ten so its hard to find any other suggestions, except keep making them.

dj-padman1 responds:

Yo KaiSun.

Man, thanks for the Pendulum comparison, you've just brightened my day a great deal!
I broke out the magic of the 32nd note for this one, I couple of timestretched snares later, and we're crankin'...word...
But back to reality. I think you're on the money with your comments about the bass. Definately needed to cut through more. It seems to be particularly clouded out after the string interlude. That's probably when the track should just go back to its foundations, with an amped up bass and some fresh synth action as support.
Thanks again for your customary wisdom, and I'm holding out for your latest creations. It looks like your Superstrength Aerosol is clawing its way up to where it deserves. (anyone reading this go there now!)

Later KaiSun! Thanks again.

(I said now!!!)

[Crusher]

cool tune

it sounds a lot like that song sweet dreams, but thats a really good song so cudos to ya.
the drums are really good in this but i think with some hats or tambouriine on every 16th they might sound more iintegrated with the tune. nice one brother

The-Tasteless-Saga responds:

yup, no doubt. The melody is pretty much ripped straight off of that song. Although I did everything in this song, the melody was not written by me and this was pretty much submitted as a test for NG. Anyway, thanks for your advice & a good review.

[Self Destructor]

one of your best

yeah this is one of my favourites of yours. The high end apreggio bits sound awesome. The acid sounds wicked too. If the beat was a bit more pronounced this would be even better, but theres a lot acid at the bottom end so its hard to separate the two. keep em coming

dj-padman1 responds:

I was hoping no-one would notice!

The kick and snare definately need to be beefed up, you're absolutely right.

But if you got some second degree burns from the acid, then I'm pretty happy.

[This Time Tomorrow]

Tight

Those drums that filter their way in are water tight man. I notice if you can pick the right shaker/hats to slot in between the kick and snare it makes it, and u picked it here.
The instruments supported the drums nicely, very atmospheric, as with most of your work but the drums got my attention. Nice work

Jimbobsthebest responds:

As stupid as this sounds, I find the drums and bass in drum and bass the hardest to write. This is why I decided to try out a more ambient track to put the focus on the melodies as opposed to the drum and bass parts. I wasn't that impressed with my drum line personally as I felt it was a bit weaker than it should have been, although you obviously thought it worked pretty well. So thanks for the review, it's always nice to hear what someone with fresh ears has to say,

James

[Thermal Reflection]

cool

This has some really good beats in it. The closing beats sounds really tight. If you could tighten up the bit with the echoey guitar sounding bit it could be awesome. ill keep an eye out for some more of your stuff, it sounds like the stuff im into. check out some of my stuff n see what u think

iVisual responds:

thanks and yeah i took a look at ur stuf and i liked it =P

[Oller - Splurge]

like it

This is a really well made track. I have trouble knowing when to stop adding things to my songs but this was put together really nicely. I think this might be hip hop, sort of a slowish breakbeat. smooth

oller responds:

Cheers for the review, mate ^^

[Gameboy on weed]

stoner electro jazz

its a cool song. fits together nicely and the name suits perfectly. it should inspire a smoking game on gameboy. tap a & b to inhale. maybe not

Skabbish responds:

hehe....

Nintendo presents: Stoner's Quest

Join Cheech and Chong in this platform game on their quest for the wholy weed. Help them fight DEA's and crack dealers. Collect buds for extra points...

that would be a cool ass game!

[Some organ loop.]

love the chords

yeah awesome organ sounds the rolls and the chords are perfect. your songs sound a bit like Mr Bungle. good work

Glaiel-Gamer responds:

eh, when i made this i didn't feel like "writing" any melodies so i just mixed stuff together.