darthduba's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[-I Don't Know-]

smooth

Very smooth track. I love the philtered synths at the start LovePhilter is such a usefull tool. (cause thats the one you used I think ). The sub stands out nicely. You succeed in created the specific housefeeling that I like. Chill but dancable.

At some points , more specific in the middle melodic part you add a lot of reeverb to your short synth. Imo it needs not that much. Love the sidechaining.

Overall this was a track very well done. You took the time to make it relaxing and spread your ideas. It keeps interest over the intire song.

5'd and Fav'd

Greetz Duba

[{Hyperion} I S**T on you]

Here we go

Loving the synths. Sounds very catchy. The bass goes well with it. Its smooth sytrus preset. Its a good preset but imo it needs a sub to enhance it. The high tones on smooth bass don't stand out as much the low ones do. The low ones growl like hell.

To know more about that bass. Check out my tutorial on that specific instrument that I posted in a newspost. I'm not sure if you will learn from it scince this is a nifty track. But its worth if you wanna make this bass growl more.

Overall a fun track. I could actually here someone rap to this.

Greetz Duba
5/5
8/10

Hyperion666 responds:

sweet love getting revies from people that know something about fl yes i definately will check it out o ps check out my other latest submissions please i wanna know if a did a good job on the bass there thanks for the knowledgable review

[(NUB)I Miss You]

<3 <3 <3

As always the percussion is orgasmic. Mastered and layed out very well. Nothing to add about percs.

In this track I think your synths aren't what they used to be. I am thinking of the Wizards Final on your myspace ( btw I hate that you removed it from the myspace, iIloved that song, omg that guitar always gets me...). In earlier tracks you are melodic very strong( these mistakes are mine alone), these are lacking a bit imo. Ofc we al know a song doesn't have to have a strong melody to be strong. ( Thinking of Venetian Snares, which I'm sure you will know ).
I feel that you should enhance the synths more to make it sound more orgasmic.

Overall this was a pretty relaxing chilling track as usual.
Greetz Duba

btw is there any chance you could send me " the wizards final " that was on your myspace :p Or are you placing it on an album ?

nubbinownz responds:

its on the album, if you go to my myspace there is a blog post with a direct link to the album haha

[teh 40 min song]

pop up a review.

To start of I like how fast this is.

The melody is fun to listen but not exceptional. Within those 40 minutes you even took the time to edit events and use automation.
Fun little chord progression.
Even panning :) I like.

This track is pretty fun to hear. Ofc I'm not sure if you want it to be taken seriously :p scince its done in 40 minutes.

Its fun, might be used in a flash someday.
Greetz Duba

InvertedScrotum responds:

take it seriously, you popsicle! wsuck my rock...

[STH2 - Emerald Hill [8-bit]]

I like oldschool and 8bit

These songs always remind me of older video games, which I still love to play.

The song
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The main thing about 8bits that its mostly based on melody scince you can't add too much effects. So its clear who knows about music and who doesn't. Clearly you do.
The melodies are layed out very nicely. It sounds happy and energetic. The panning effect keeps it from getting boring.

Greetz Duba

TehSeph responds:

Thanks for the review Duba :)

[(NUB)Sinking Weightless]

Good work

I always have been a fan of your music, again this is a good piece. Altho I think when using headphones the punchy kick that comes on at 2.24 is a tad overpowered. It kinda removes the ambience that you build up so nicely.

Greetz Duba

nubbinownz responds:

Yeah it was supposed to add a massive contrast lol. Thanks duba :D btw heard your new stuff.. fantastic.

[Age of Empires IV Theme]

I heard it is a good game.

I always have a lot of respect for these orchestral tracks. Its the only thing I can't work with.

I like the fast strings. They give it a war feeling. You did a good job on percussion. All the instruments are in harmony.

Mastering
I think the flute is a tad to loud. When I plugg in the headphone it kinda hurts. ( my headphone is way too loud, that could be it ).
Great job on panning the instruments. It sounds like you are sitting in front of the orchestra.

I wonder what software did you use for this ?

Greetz Duba

EagleGuard responds:

I think it's your headphone xD But if more people are bothered by it, i'll make the flute a bit softer.

I used Reason 4 to make this.

Thanks for the review.

[FutureShock) Open Seas]

Open sea ey ?

Same like my other review on your song. This is more ambience then trance, scince you are using again no percussion.

You create an atmosphere that fits your theme. I could imagine this in a flash with sea etc.
I really like how you absolutely swap moods at 0.40. It changes in something completely different. Still you remain in the original theme of your song.

Again I think you should add some ambient percussion. It wouldn't do bad to this.

Greetz duba

Shishizurui responds:

thanks, im not too musicly inclined
when i was making this I thought of Front Mission 3's SILENCE song.

i wasn't sure where to put the beats in and i couldn't find any i liked, most were too fast to get that awe like feeling of the moment.

[Khori) False Logic extended]

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To start of, put this in the ambient section instead of techno. This is track is almost pure ambience.

The blend of sounds make it sounds very futuristic. I can't say much about the progression or melody, because its mainly soundeffects placed in an order on the timeline. It's not a dancesong or anything like that, but is enjoyable listening. I could see this in a puzzlegame.

Mastering.
I believe the strings sometimes are a tad to loud. Depends what the purpose was. I gues they could kinda funtion to build up a tention. Altho if not I'd suggest you filtered them. I say to all that make ambience, there is a very nice stereo enhancer preset to make the strings sound better without losing the quality of sound.

I think its to bad you lost percussion after about 3 seconds. I was hoping that it would lose filter and turn into something orgasmic. I think you could make this track insane if you placed a beat on top of this.

In case you bring a beat to this, let me know in a PM when you posted it.

Greetz Duba

5/5
8/10
Fav'd

Shishizurui responds:

so i did exactly what i intended then, if this fits a puzzle game because i designed it as Khori's theme as the prosocuter in a phoenix wright game. i'm not good with percussion at all.

with a 2 week time limit on the assignment and 3 other songs that was kinda the best i could do lol.