DJHarlock's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[-[PK]- Piano Loop]

Nice melody

The actual recording or what have you is a bit too high in the frequencies and should be brought down a bit, other than that I'd say you should get some ideas for building a song around this. If you don't, heck I'd be willing to do something with this melody ;P

~ DJ Harlock

[TiGeR - Susurration]

Nice!

I feel like the reese needs a little more oomph to it, but other than that it's pretty slick!

TiGeR responds:

Glad you liked it! About the bass, well I decided to cut out some mid frequencies so that the bass wouldn't steal too much place in the mix. I guess I maybe took out too much :p, but I'll keep that in mind for the future!

Thanks for the review and glad you enjoyed the song :)

~TiGeR

[Hopeku - Sunwave]

Such a shame

This is like the first of 7 tracks I've checked out in the dnb section, and this is the only one I could honestly call drum n bass, or even remotely close to the style for that matter.

Then again, I do have a couple of your tracks already so I was pretty psyked seeing your name there.

[Overall Control (Dark DnB]

Awesome Mate!

I picked this track up for the Technical Lounge 9/25 show over at Dnbradio.com, there's a thread about my show in the audio forum. At any rate, I hope you catch the show sometime, the podcast is normally available the day after so be sure to snag it and hear your tune drop on one of the biggest drum n bass radio stations in the world.

[eXoSkeleTon (2nd Edit)]

Nice buildups

If anything you know how to get the attention on the breakdown, I wish you had a nice release to follow because I feel like I kinda loose all the energy you keep building up. If you worked on that and built up into a nice release chorus or verse, It'd be slamming.

[DFR- Criminal Mind]

Dammnnn sick

This is what DNB is Newgrounds, take a nice look at how a breakbeat is supposed sound.

Just so you know, I am mixing this song tonight on my live show, The Technical Lounge, on www.dnbradio.com. !0:00 PM EST to Midnight. I'll have a podcast available after the show, but I hope you get this soon enough to tune in for your track ! :)

DesoFreelanceRecords responds:

Thanks man !

Im glad You decided to include that tune for Your mix . I will check Your podcasts If I find some free time. Now I cant even drink coffee. Always in rush...

[Para - Marina]

Hey man

Great tune, snagging and spinning this live on dnbradio tonight! I DJ saturdays from 10 to midnight EST, so if you have any other awesome tracks, let me know and pm them to me (DNB only) and I might just drop them in the mix!

[Kadava - Hyperaddict]

Hmm

It's pretty interesting... I like it!

Though it could definitely use more structure, but I don't know what your plans are for the track (do you want it spinning in a club or used in a game on NG?)

My advice, try and create a more Dnb-styled break pattern and keep the one you have for change-ups or breakdowns, which could help create length for the track. Bring the bass kick up a little bit in the frequency, it blends too much with a sub-bass (rather it sounds like it's trying to do that, or you don't really have a bass drum kick besides the sub one).

Good stuff, if you could lengthen this a bit and focus on structure some more.. maybe I'd pick up this track and drop it in my DnB live mixes on dnbradio.

DJ Harlock

King-Kill-33 responds:

Thanks for the feedback. First of all, I have absolutely no plans for this track. It was basically just an experiment, I'll try to improve it based on your advice.

[Eternity(Completed)]

Thoughts

How long have you been producing for?

It seems like I can tell where you're at right now, because this track is pretty reminiscent of myself in certain ways (at least some bits of me presently, mostly in the past).

Some tips -

Transitions could use a better tie,

Try and break up the track into a song structure, and do it with a strong transition tie (use less crashes and use them sparingly at the end of a Chorus for example).

Bassline, try EQing it so you don't have so many instruments blending in the same frequencies, that way your track sounds more defined.

Repetition is always good, but try working your instruments, for example the intro melody, into a longer progression.

Drums seem pretty good, the bass kick seems a bit weak, if it were deeper it'd be pretty slick.

Keep it up mate,
~DJ Harlock

theoneinsafety responds:

I've only been seriously producing for a little over a year now, I'm working on trying to better my music. your tips should help a lot.
thanks alot.

[Nobody Loves Down And Out]

Hmmn...

Concepts ok,

but you really loose the fidelity behind your applied effects. I would love to hear this crisp and maybe just vocals effect-over.

DJ Harlock