NikolaosTheDark's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Nameless [BBB]]

Composition is good...

...but the mastering and maybe even the instruments could use some work. Try using a dry sawtooth instrument with staccato notes on the lead instead of sine waves with delay on them. The sine synth brings about an annoying ringing noise. Also, an occasional scratching noise comes up in various parts of the song.

Here's something daring: Take the scores for this song and shift it more toward an electro-house style. It would really fit.

Not bad at any rate, but consider making significant changes to the project.

Bobo-boy responds:

thanks mate ;D
next time better XD

[BBB]

[Radiance (Demo Version 3)]

I know that you've probably heard this before...

...but this has a fantastic Daft Punk feel to it. I would've preferred a -little- less upper piano, but overall, it's a masterpiece.

Xayro responds:

Oh wow, I haven't heard that before. I'm a huge fan of Daft Punk (Voyager is one of my all-time favorite tracks). I'm really glad you enjoyed it. I'm working on more piano-involving stuff, and there'll probably be a preview of a new song soon.

[-Impact-]

Well-made house track.

Not club-friendly IMO, but definitely good for relaxing to.

RAVEN responds:

Hey NikolaosTheDark, thanks for the review. I can't imagine this being played at a club either, but POSSIBLY at some sort of summer dance party on the beach, like Ibiza or something. Just how I feel about it. Thanks again buddy! Real sorry for the incredibly late review.

[In The Heat Of The Night (RMX)]

Well done, my friend.

Nice to see a song that deserves to be on the House Top 50. Keep EQing the way you do. It seems to work.

[~EnV~Come Home]

Very nice.

Good to shuffle to as well.

[Monstrous Turtles!]

Why is it...

...that very few songs actually deserve to make it onto the Top 30? Well, this is one of them.

[Guitar vs Piano (8bit)]

Do you use FL Studio?

If you do, you can get hold of a fairly small but decent cache of 8-bit drums through the FPC utility. If not, you can probably get the samples from someone else.

Still, good song.

pheel responds:

I did.
Yeah I've used the videogame kits on different submissions of mine but the sound never really went well with this song. It was weird :/

But thanks for your input and thanks for reviewing :)

[Hide and Seek {Techno Mix}]

The things you can do...

...when an electronic music track is added. Well done, good sir. This deserves to be on the Top 30.

fishfood2021 responds:

Then keep voting it a 5 :)

[DJF!- About Our Music]

YES!

I can't get enough hard bass. It's nice to see it on Newgrounds.

Anyway, I'd recommend that you add on another melody with the same chord structure; I don't know if you're already in the process of doing that, but it would fit.

XXMisterFiyahXX responds:

Good to see someone else likes it as well! Yeah, I might make another melody with this, as this is still a WIP. Thanks for the input!

[Penguin Collision]

Nice to see a fellow hard bass artist...

...especially an American. You know, I'd recommend keeping the fact that this is your first time mastering a secret -- you might fool some people.

As for the song name: "Shuffling on Air" sounds good to me.

SigmaSpore responds:

YEAH HARD BASS!, although im not very stoked about being an american hardbass artist, its almost assuring me that ill never become famous

lol thanks i guess i did ok on the mastering, but i know i could have done much better, i just dont know how i would have...

i like the shuffling part of your title, but not the on air, mabye ill mix that with another title..

peace out, thx for review