CyroNG's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Flashburn & 50N05 - It's on 33]

You've certainly nailed the dark electro genre with a synthwave feel, I like it when people create hybrids of genres and go out of their comfort zone. There's quite a bit of contrast with instruments at the start, but I don't find the lead that fitting for this genre. Work on your transitions a bit at 0:42, maybe a little snare roll or reversed white noise. After that, the drums feel a little weird to be in the music, maybe pitch them down so it can fit the general dark style you was going for. I like 1:36-1:49, again a little nice break. The lead transition was ok, but very empty. After that, we have the very slightly unfitting lead and drums again. Maybe replace the lead with a bit of acid. At 2:28, I can hear a Love Philter preset. Nice to see that people still use Love Philter, but don't just use stock presets. 2:46-3:00 is a slightly noisy transition, which you should maybe fix. 3:01-3:38 is again slightly unfitting, but I can get behind it with a good atmosphere.

Overall, quite a bit of instruments you should adjust to dark techno standards, pretty good ambience again and mediocre transitions. 7/10
-CyroNG/Cadmiae

[Flashburn & 50N05 - Major Diamond]

Very nice ambient at the start. After around 30 seconds, I feel like you should put less reverb, also with it being a tad repetitive. After around 1:10, it's decent, with a transition to the next part what I feel is fitting for a song like this. After 2:10, we have a nice break from the drums to see more ambience, but again there's a tad too much reverb with the noise. At 3:00, we get to hear a completely new instrument added in the song, which is a nice change, but the acid shortly after isn't that fitting for this song, maybe another layer of lead. 3:47-4:20 is almost the same as 0:30-1:10, might need a bit of variation. I would say the worst part is 4:20-4:36 since almost everything drowns out with each other.

Overall, 6/10. You should fix the repetitiveness of the song, much less reverb and that last part, which again drowns out almost everything.
-CyroNG/Cadmiae

[! MDK - Press Start ( GD cut )]

0/10 needs more Soundgoodizer :^)

LexRodent responds:

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[PNLWAVE: ПΛΉΛ]

0:00-1:12 Was amazing ambience, but after that, the autotune-ish instrument and the messiness lowered the score. Improve on those 2. Apart from that, pretty good track.

etK responds:

It's Chopped & Screwed PNL! Of course there is autotune :D
Though maybe you're right about the structure of the song. Regardless, thanks for the review! :)

[Space Mirrors]

( WARNING, WARNING! AN ACTUAL CONSTRUCTIVE REVIEW OVER 10 WORDS IN 2019! )
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The start of the song (0:00-0:12) feels like it could have some improvement. The pluck doesn't really fit with the other parts of the track, so i feel like you could change it. The bass is really nice, though it could have slightly less reverb.
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(0:12-0:25) Same as the start. You also don't need the synth to be sidechained at (0:12-0:19) since there's no drums.
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(0:25-0:38) Is the worst part for me, since there could be much more added but there's none, making this part of the track sound empty. I also feel like the vocals could be pitched down for the tone of the track.
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(0:38-1:04) The drop. This part here is almost as empty as the part at (0:25-0:38). You need some sort of ambience or effects to make it sound more complete, as well as most of the track here sounds too dry. The drums may need improvement since they sound too weak for the part as a whole. I feel like you should sidechain the wubs as well to have a much more punchy quality to the track and to sound cleaner as a whole.
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(1:04-1:29) Is much better than the drop. The pluck actually fits with the other parts of the track here including drums, since it's much less aggressive than the drop.
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In my eyes, I feel like it's another one of those "brostep cash money cash money" tracks. The style has already been done countless times before, lowering the score for unoriginality. In which, it also makes the track very forgettable.
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Overall Score: 3/5. Sound quality is good and the instruments used could have potentially been great, but the generic vibe this track gives just makes me think 'you could have done something original instead of some carbon copy cookie cutter formula'.

Spline-1337 responds:

Thanks for the tips! I will surely keep in mind in future tracks!

[T.E.O.M. - Grustler (Produced By TheEyeOFMusiK)]

This is really polished and everything fits together, especially the mastering but it gets a bit repetitive at times.
The slow bpm also makes a really chill feel to it. Also, considering that this was made in 2012, it's almost timeless to me.
It could be slightly less empty, though. Aswell as having a bit too much reverb on the piano.
Don't let the industry stop you from making music though. :P
(also calm down with the hashtags a bit lul)

[DJ Ses - No Emotion (Produced By Kenshi Muzik)]

Everything sounds like it fits together, apart from the vocals. They could be a bit more quiet. The rhythm kind of sounds like it could fit every other trap song today, and the vocals can be really damn cheesy at times, with that flanger. The song is mastered perfectly though, which is good. Instead of the song fading out at the end, you could've ended it with a simple "Yeah" vocal. It's good to see that you can keep the song interesting, even with the same beat for ~50 seconds. The vocals are also really clear, which is a good note but you could've possibly put more layers of the same vocal with lower pitch. Maybe add more variety instead of doing the same drop twice, for example add more instruments or have some detune come in for a second then it comes back to normal. Just my suggestions.
~CyroNG/Cadmiae

["Messing With Synths... Again"]

The song structure is good, and the saws sound alright, but it's just too BLAND! You need some sort of chorus and automation for the synths, then it would be a 5 for me. It's just a missed opportunity. ;3;
~CyroNG/Cadmiae

Ryzmik responds:

I never tried to use chorus for the synths, and the only FX automations I make are filters, so it would be nice to try it, thanks for the advice! :D

[Rum n' Bass]

Review on 'Rum n' bass' (are you happy now)
I think the mastering for everything here is perfect, nothing drowns out.
The segments are also perfect, along with the rhythm and everything fits.
The drops are disappointing though, i feel like you could've made it more powerful with more drums.
Another thing I noticed is that the song is really repetitive throughout. Nothing seems to change.
Also, just because you can brickwall almost everything to 0db doesn't mean you should. :P
~CyroNG

[Idiosyncrasy]

The effects when it gets to the drop is reverbed to holy hell, and it doesn't sound like it fits into the main style of the ***TRACK***.
The main rhythm is really dance-able to, and it sounds really bouncy, which can be a key thing about music, the rhythms.
The transition at 1:38 could be a bit better, maybe a little pause for half a second would do, instead of REEEEEVEEEEERRRRBBBB.
Majority of the sounds feel like they fit well together, which is good. Also, you probably shouldn't brickwall your drops to 0db :P
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9/10, would've been perfect if there wasn't those reverbed FX and if it had better transitions.
Hope this helps in your future ***TRACKS***. -CyroNG