DJ-Hectic's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Repair]

Nice job, I'm really liking the chord progression and the upbeat vibe! Great work with all of the synths, this has a very unique sound for DnB, which is very welcome! My only complaint is that the kick and snare feel a bit weak when they enter at the 'drop', maybe including some more sub bass frequencies or finding better samples would fix this, but it's honestly a personal preference thing. Stellar work overall!

Alloud responds:

Good to know. I wasn't sure with the percussion since it had sounded fine on my headphones but was a little bass heavy on my speakers. I'll try changing things up a bit in the final mix. Thanks dude.

[AuECS-Sequin]

Lots of cool sounds

Like all that you did with the arrangement, and it's pretty unique production wise, but man that side chaining is just too much sometimes. Like, you can hear nothing but the kick when it goes off. It's kind of a cool effect, and the rest of the song is REALLY solid, but the volume shifts are super jarring. It almost feels like you're automating the master volume control inverse to the kick, which is a damn shame, because the rest of the song is absolutely killer. Just my two cents, great job overall! 9/10 5/5

Auecs responds:

I wrote this song on my lapton with ear buds. ehg i know. doesnt sound so hot on speakers. going to try to work on smoothing it out a bit more. thanks for the review!

[Magic Button]

Sweet.

I love retro sounding stuff mixed with modern production and beats, this rocks dude. Great job! Loving the sidechained dance bit AND the downtempo, but I wish there was more of both in equal measure. 9/10 5/5

[Sprites [MSB]]

God damn.

Love the energy, the chord progression, the flow, the filtering, and hot damn that bass line. Great work bro, worthy of its spot on the top songs for sure!

GrantBowtie responds:

Thanks for noticing all that man!

[[e99] Ass Back Home]

Absolutely brutal.

Dig what you've done with the remix, flows incredibly well, that main bass effect that kicks in around 0:30 is mind blowing, and the rest of it is great too. Love all the build ups/break downs, stellar job overall!

e991e responds:

Thank you, kind sir!
Glad you like it and thanks for the great review!

[frank nice - our love]

I don't even

I'm laughing really hard, so I'll give it a 10. My god that ending. Funny shit.

[Rofl Monster - Lift Off]

Sweet.

The drums sound spot on, honestly. Cool use of filtering, nice sounding synths all around, ESPECIALLY dat bass. Oh man. Nothing I'd really change about it, as a DnB loop, it's pitch perfect. Great work!

[King's Quest]

Absolutely stellar job!

Love the counter melodies and orchestration you have going on here, all the different sections are quite interesting, and the transitions work well. The use of samples is very tasteful throughout, and they actually sound like real instruments, ESPECIALLY those woodwinds, it's ear candy honestly. That choir melody with strings at the beginning was probably my favorite, just because I'm a sucker for that kind of thing. "worst composer ever", seriously? Give yourself some credit, friend, you've MORE than earned it here!

Bosa responds:

Thank you, DJ-Hectic.

[Rainwave - Solar Vision 2]

A+, awesome song!

Loved the chord progressions, all the synths, the solos, the filtering, the breakdowns, really no major complaints here. Also, were those some bluesy notes on the solo parts? 10/10 for that, seriously digging the originality man. I can also tell you're fluent in musical theory, which is always a plus. Great job in general dude, keep making music!

Indigorain responds:

Haha, thanks thanks thanks man! :D
Yeah, there's indeed some bluesy notes, I thought it'd be a nice touch ^^
I've never really had any problems with musical theory, and it's always been a huge advantage!
Thanks a lot for the awesome review and the kind words man! It's much appreciated! :D

[Rip Apart (WIP)]

Damn

When it gets into it it's heavy as hell. The bass sound is especially badass. It sounds pretty sick so far man, you should finish this WIP.
9/10
5/5

Icedragon200 responds:

Review appreciated, I'll finish it of course, I've enjoyed working on it so far.