darthduba's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Two Hundred Years (Ozone Mix)]

Pretty respectable

This surely is some of the best DnB I've heard on NG. You spread out your PADS very nicely and the drumlines are layed out very well. I love the bass, It growls badass.
The thing that I'm missing ( no worries this is sick stuff ) is a main melody. You use long stretched PADS, but those aren't very hard to use. I like DnB when it has some more melody to it. As I said, matter of taste.

Overall very nice piece of art
Greetz Duba

Qshunt responds:

Thanks for the Kudos mate :) I'm big on melodies normally too! but i'll keep that suggestion in the front of my mind for the next track I release :)

[Blue Dance V2]

Very nice

Sounds very professional.

The melody is very nice. A bit repetive after a while, altho it doesn't get boring. The percussion was mastered very well. the synth that comes in at 2.35 is pretty cool.
Tempo is good.

Nothing bad to say.
5/5 10/10 fav'd

Greetz Duba
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syphonmax responds:

Will do =]

And thank you darth duba lol nice name XD vader and duba young apprentice XD

[Towards Nova]

Teh melody is good

But all the keys are at same velocity. If you increase the volume on certain notes, You can stress the melody. A stressed melody sounds more humanlike than this. You'll see it will give your work a more professional touch.
Percussion is nice but needs to be mastered.
A fadeout is good.

Overall a good piece. It beats my first submission for sure.
8/10 5/5 3.45 / 5.00 (+ 0.36)

Greetz Duba
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z-bentinel responds:

Hey is there a way to do that in fruity loops? im guessing i should look for some tutorials on it! Yeah I'm having trouble with percussion but I have a friend who uses FL who's going to show me how to master it better. And thanks for the nice review! and Ill go check your stuff out for sure.

[Ryu Xero - Spiritual]

Well done

This piece is very relaxing

You took a long period to spread your ideas. Thats a good thing in ambient. Combined with a great percussion layed out this is topnotch work. All I can say is master the percs a bit better. I would like them to stand out more.

Title fits the theme

8/10 5/5 3.86 / 5.00 (+ 0.32)

Greetz Duba
Take a sec to listen to my latest :)

crazygamer88 responds:

Will do! XD and thank you for your time ^^

[Balaclava]

Yeah BreakCore !!!

Its been a while scince I heared a breakcore song.

Thanks :)

Triskele responds:

you're welcome :3

[Dune V2.4]

I have this on my mp3 player lolz

I like hearing an update on this. You very strong with the beats. Melody lacks a bit sometimes. I'm more into melodic DnB. I gues its a matter of taste :)

Unlike yourother song I reviewed this bass is very intense.

8/10 5/5
Greetz duba

SREvol responds:

I know what you mean, beats I can do and silly SFX lol but a melody, for life of me, I can not muster. That's why I ask ppl to do the melodies for me lol!

[Archsage Athos's theme]

Nice piece.

Very relaxing piece of art

The good
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You layered the different sytns very well. The outcome is very nice.
You did a good job on stressing the piano notes.

The melody sounds a bit like " this is halloween" from nightmare before christmass.

Other
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Some percussion could give this track some extra dimensions. Alto tis hard for video game music to create good percs.

8/10 5/5 5.00 / 5.00 (unchanged)

Greetz Duba
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12345678987654321lkj responds:

Thanx, sry, meant i'm adding you. said ditto to for guy before. the bass I WILL add...when I have enough to buy a new laptop so i can actually RUN (not crash), them. Tnx once again

PS. loved your latest song

[The Path (t0bbz0n Remix)]

here we go :)

I'm a fan of this kind of stuff :)

The good
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Nice melody, and a nice synth to craft it.
The percussion is nice. And compressed nicely.
The synth in the back fit well

Other
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The melody gets a bit repetitive after a while. You should check some tutorials on chord progression. I will help you to improve your work a lot :)

The bass should be a bit louder.
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9/10 5/5 5.00 / 5.00 (+ 5.00)
Greetz Duba

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t0bbz0n responds:

Thanks! :)

I'll check it out for sure! Thanks for your comment :)

[Ssbb Main Theme Epic Lands Mix]

BAAAM ZEROBOMBERS !!!

Very nice piece of art.

The good
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loving the fast piano melodies. The guitar is also well done. I wanna play some smash brothers again after hearing this.
The percussion is nice, its hard to create a percussion over a MIDI.

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Overall not too bad. I like the start the most.

8/10 5/5 2.80 / 5.00 (+ 1.32)
Greetz Duba

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DainBramageStudios responds:

thanks. yeah you're right about the midi percussion thing. i've just downloaded a software update for garageband and this was my first time using all the new instrument sounds that came with it.

[Snarks [demo] 2 {intro}]

Nice start

I'm really into house lately. I really like it

The good
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You spread ideas over a long time, which is good to create an entrancing atmosphere.
I'm liking the melody so far. Sounds a bit minimal.

Other
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I wouldn't layer claps together with the snares if I was you. Or maybe just for the intro.

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I decent piece of work. Throw me a PM when the next version is up.

10/10 5/5 3.64 / 5.00 (+ 0.51)

Greetz Duba
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Gonif responds:

thanks man!

Will do!