Yoshii's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[JSP- Divine Intervention]

2 cents

the beginning shared a really nice ambient/chillout sequence, had a robert miles meets wave world sorta deal.

I like it, just for the dreaminess

[JSP- one million miles away in]

2 cents

you have something going on with this one. again with the mastering, tweak it.

gotta catchy beat

[Veritas- Loco]

2 cents

reminds me of some really oldskool hardcore breaks (yeah, that really really early form of hardcore that started in the UK and blew up in Japan).

haven't heard this in awhile, actually kinda catchy.

[Veritas- Self Consciousness]

rock

I REALLY like this, you have a really good thing going with this song...

I just have to say, master this track, especially the kick. I'm not dissing the heavy bass kick, because I'm all about it being heavy. Throw a compressor effect to make it not drown out the rest of the song.

nicely done though other than that, keep it bangin

julessmokespot responds:

Thanks a lot dude! Thats some good advice !

[*I'm A Raver* // ZeRo BaSs]

happycore

happycore may not be my thing but, I'm not one to 0 bomb something because of that.

mastering was on point... almost (I'll get to this later on in this review), and the oldskool vibe was awesome, sparked nostalgia from when I went to raves back in the day.

all I want to ask is... WTF IS WITH THAT KICK?! no bass either... that way-too-punchy-for-its-own-good kick is (no offense) straight crap, make it warmer to give it more presence, more intensity.

ZeRo-BaSs responds:

Thank you!

That's the happy-hardcore oldskool bassdrum. necessary for "real" happy hardcore music.

it doesn't only exist the "Hardstyle/Generic FL Trance" heavy kicks that everyone
uses. Downloading a "ready to be used and already masterized" VipZone Kick Pack doesn't makes anyone a master in music production.
90% of the songs released on the Audio Portal are of the same genre:
"Generic Tranc-ish heavely VST based and reverbered music"..yeah that's a good definition of the genre everyone makes. (Notice that i haven't included the offensive word "crap")
Paragonx9 isn't only great for the quality of his tracks, but most of all for having created an original and personal music genre.

Quote:"Make it warmer to give it more presence, more intensity." hehe..that's exactly what i said..this isn't "Generic Tranc-ish heavely VST based and reverbered music" this is "happy hardcore"..and normally reverbering the bassdrum means filling a song empty of ideas.
Making a punchy and synthetic bassdrum in this genre is essential, trust me.

Btw i'll work on the (in my opinion perfect) bassdrum =)

http://techno.org/electronic-music-gu ide/
Hear "Happy Generation" from "Critical Mass" or "Children of the Night" by "Nakatomi" and then review that bassdrum again. ^_^

Thank you for your feedback

[Veritas- Snoeihard]

fuck yeah

I miss hearing demented gabber trax like this, nobody hardly spins it anymore cuz the records are so damn hard to find nowadays and the dj's who did spin this have retired from spinning.

hit home with the nostalgia, for that (and the fact that it's actually good), I give you a 5/5 and 10/10

(if you want to collab on some hardcore, hit me up)

julessmokespot responds:

Thanks man! Im glad you liked it

[NOIZE]

interesting

oldskool rave meets house... and then meets hardcore

interesting, I like the creative mesh of genre's

[::CHERNOBYL::]

noize

creative, even though it's just a wall of noise, it does a good job at creating a creepy atmosphere.

[SK-Dreamscape]

trance track

sounds like your mediocre filler trance track

the piano needs the gain turned down a bit though, it's piercing compared to the rest of the track.

SK256 responds:

cheers for the feedback ill tone down the gain

[<Up and Down>]

up n down

the first 50 seconds was beautiful, dunno after that though... you had something goin' for ya noneoftheless.