TorkKey's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Sweet Dreams]

Lets see if I can help you with this WIP with my opinions<------ key word there.

First thing, the 'melody' synth from 0:43-1:17 and then from 1:55-2:33 might need a serious tweak or be completely changed out for something less intrusive. It doesn't flow with the rest of the song at all and it just overpowers everything else in the song.

The bass you used from 0:43 on needs to be louder and deeper unless you were using it as a background melody/effect in which case, add some deep bass. Also, the hi hat is loud, and the pattern needs to be changed. The 1/8 note thing is good for techno but it kills in dubstep. I suggest adding 2 more hi hats to the kit (different ones) and making the hi hat line more of an effect used to aid the drums in sounding more full/complete.

Add some effects into the song (other than the female laugh and moans) You did a good job with this after 1:30 then you stopped adding tactical effects/sounds/synth fx and I think it's because of your melody synth. I know I keep coming back to that, but there's something about it that I just don't like. I think because it's too straight forward. It's all 1/8 notes for a bit then 1/4 notes and it makes it very boring. Try playing with it a bit, take some 1/8 notes out and drop in some 1/16 notes and see how it sounds (but don't get too crazy with it)

I know I'm going all out of order here, but the intro needs some help too. I think the piano needs to come down (volume wise) a bit because it clashes with your deep kick and bass line.

I know that dubstep is supposed to be filthy, but it's tactically placed filth. You've got a great start to a song and I hope you'll finish it!

Keep it up!
TorkKey - feel free to check out my new song ">TK< OMG (complete)" and give me your critiques.

Also if you're using reason, lower the sample rate down to about 2,000. That SHOULD help reduce that distortion given off by all the synths/effects taking place at one time.

ZxOOxZ responds:

thanks ill check all of that out and ya no im not using reason O.o but ill figure it out! thanks again

[Noc-Sensible Devastation]

The intro is on the longer side, but doesn't feel long which can be a very challenging thing to do. kudos on that. (but I hate that fake clap. Drives me insane. Next time add some reverb on the clap. It makes it a little bit easier to hear in my opinion) I would say the only thing I was looking for was a tiny bit more filth, to me it's on the sloppy side vs downright nasty filth. I think that comes from me wanting to hear some wobbles in the bass/synths.

I liked the sfx you used. Made me laugh a bit when the spring noise (amongst others) came up in the middle of song.

I will say that my favorite part of the song is the drum beat you got going on. I think its because of the hi-hat rif that fit so perfectly with the song.

Anyway, all that taken into account I enjoyed the song very much. Great work!

Keep it up!
TorkKey - and if you get the time please check out my song ">TK< OMG (Complete)"

NocturneLabs responds:

I'm glad to hear your opinion of that clap. As it turns out, I'm going to be tweaking and then releasing this song on an EP through beatport, and the fake clap was the first thing to go as I was revisiting the track and making changes :)

I'll definitely check out your song! Thanks for the review :D

[DJ Babokon - Revelations]

Well, congrats. This song has been stuck in my head for the last 3 days. In fact, I don't really listen to anything else. I have it looping in my truck, over, and over and over again. It's amazing.

there's only one itsy bitsy problem that I have with it, and that is that there's not really enough bass for my taste. Hell, I even tried cranking the bass with my turntables and 3k watts of bass and then it sounded right. (I know because everyone around me complained before the song finished).

But again, absolutely amazing melody and wobbles.

I wanna hear more!
>TK<

DJ-Babokon responds:

THANK YOU GOOD SIR

[Space ambiental loop]

Sounds awesome.

I love the way this sounds. It's all nice and flowy 'n stuff. The 9 is because i don't think 10's are realistic, but I did vote 5/5.

By the way, I love that synth u used for the "melody".

JeanClaudeHitler responds:

Thank you very much

[-Move On-]

Oh wow!

I'm not going to lie, this was surprisingly good. I honestly can't find one thing I don't like about this song. i mean, this is REALLY good! Everything flows, it's all smooth and peaceful, the drum beat is awesome and I didn't expect it but when it came in I totally got into this. Great work on this!!!

5/5 10/10
Awesome job!!!
>TorkKey<

Gravijar responds:

Thank you very much :)

[Freestyle brass beat]

Thats really sick man!

I love the way the snare sounds when it does it's little fill. Great work on that.

OH SHIT! 1:55 kicks man! The bass on that is AWESOME!!!!!!! Blew my mind!!!!!

Anyway, great job on it. 5/5 9/10

ps-the 9 is cause the ending is kinda, "eh". In fact, it kinda doesn't end.

Great job man!!!!
>TorkKey<

dj-protege responds:

Yeah the bass was kick-ass, and yea i didnt really finish the beat, when i make a longer version ill hit up that ending jus for u! lol no homo

~Keep It Boss~

[Blackhole FX]

Awesome!

This is really cool. It's dirty and hits hard. I like it. :)

I wish my stuff sounded like this. Lol.

Good work man!
>TorkKey<

axeFX responds:

thanks

[Encounter {trance}]

Well hello!

Finally you made something? proud of ya.

It's really good. Actually, in a way it's better than my stuff.

But if your not sure about genre, listen to some submissions by other people (usually the highest score in that genre will work)...

Good job and good luck!

>TK<

amathas responds:

Thanks for the review dude.

[The Cyberdevil]

Good

but not enough bass to make it great. If you could just crank the bass (obviously within reason) it would help it. If you could also lower some of those really high pitched synths, thatd be great... Plus, the long, dead ending is annoying. If you could work out a real ending thatd also be great.

But hey! Other than lack of bass and ending, not bad!

Peace!
>TK<

ps: the little choir effect was nice.

S3C responds:

you're right, more effort could be put into EQing, I'll do that right now although I do think the higher synths are fine ^_^ thanks for the suggestion. as for the ending, like I said I was stuck. But I had no idea there was that silence there, I thought I made it loop. should have reviewd the track before I posted it, eh?

Thanks for the good review!

[Memories Take Control[samp]]

Very nice!

Personally, I think this would be great at the end of a sad movie, or after a war scene where they show the dead bodies laying on the ground. OR during the credits.

Anyway, great song! It really does make one think about the past and such.

Peace!
>TK<

takeflight responds:

Hmm, yes, it does have a finalizing quality to it... thanks for the review!