vampiricLLAMA's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[What You Do [N3MIX][+Clayface]]

Good god guys!

This song is... just so well made. I love how you've done this, the only thing that bugs me just a tiny bit is that the piano bit sounds a little plain, the e-piano stabs, you know what i mean XD but overall great job, 5/5 10/10

N3XUZ responds:

Thanks! Yeah, the piano is actually the very first thing that was ever done with the song, and towards the end once the overall feel of the composition started to change we were more concerned on making the vocals sound right and getting the drums measured out... We probably should have remastered the piano xD

[<DjT> EoY]

Mmm Trance!

Love the intro, the piano is beautiful... here comes the lead... building... building... BUILDING!!!!!!! EEEEEEP!!!! Yes there's the beat! *foot starts tapping* i hear in the back there mister sawtooth, come on out and play... HI THERE! oh yeah, arpeggiate me baby! aaaaaaaaaaand..... BREAKDOWN! woots, love the portamento! and those bells in the back are a nice touch, but wheres the kick? do i care? no i guess i dont, but still :D oo another arp!!! building again!.... here it comes! omg i think i just wet myself...

Thank you for this :D you are now one of my favorite artists on newgrounds!

DjTrancite responds:

Haha Thank You :D

For Loving It.

<DjT>

[Illusions]

Radio worthy.

Not my personal taste in trance but this sounds good enough to be on any of the XM trance stations.

Envisage123 responds:

Thank you sir!

[BeatSource - Rocking Late]

God damn!

It started off sounding like it was gonna be DnB or something but you turned it into the perfect dance track... flawlessly! Awesome job on this one, definitely your best to date! Keep it up and get on MSN lol

10s and 5s

~llama

Ethalyn responds:

Thanks! Im on MSN liek all teh time o_O You never answer me messages! :'(

Anywhos though, i to actually think this is the best ive done out of all of my tracks to date! (im not saying i think im awesome, im just saying that i think this really IS the best i have managed to squeeze out of FL!)

Thanks!

[Melancholy Suite]

It's...

Definitely interesting, and although I wasn't really feeling the song, it isn't hard to hear the obvious talent you have and the effort you put into this. Keep making songs, you owe it to nature for giving you a musician's ear. :P

Suggestions:
- Not sure if you've dabbled in velocity settings yet, or if you even use FL Studio, but changing the timing and volume of the drums beat by beat may sound time consuming but in songs like this which have what I like to call a "natural beat", that sounds like something a human drummer would (or could) play, it makes a world of difference.

-Mastering. Go through all your instruments and percussion one by one and make sure it sounds perfect, depending on your setup you need to (or should, at least) make things sound perfect, no peaking anywhere, but get that output meter as close as you can to the top. For small speakers with little bass, make sure you compensate by adding a bit of extra bass, for a large setup with many speakers, just eq it however it sounds good, no compensation needed, with headphones, you'll want to turn things up a bit, even if they sound a bit loud on the headphones. And if you have more than one of these things, try them all to see how it will sound to everyone.

Well that's all I got for tips, nothing specific, because obviously you know how to make music, just listing the most recent things I've learned and hoping they'll help you out :)

So anyway, great job man, definitely let me know when you make your next song.

Gorgorothx responds:

Thanks for this review, vampiric. Your insights are very useful! I will be msging you with a question I have.

[Death In Slo-Mo]

That was just...

wow... i dont even know, it was awesome o_O i think, it made my brain itch

Gorgorothx responds:

haha thanks. That's actually what I was going for, in a way.

[[a] Imaginary]

nice one here!

I like the intro, the only thing that bugged me a bit was the clap, maybe a cutoff fade in or something, not really sure maybe its just me XD anyway, it builds really well and you managed to get the piano in there cleanly which (IMO) is pretty hard to do, and your automations are very well timed, same with the transitions.

5/5 9/10 (+0.016)

oh one more thing, do you use the automation recording or make clips for your automations?

alertG responds:

Thanks for the review!

I do make clips for the automation. it makes it easier :P with equipment it would be better to record it, however.

also, I made a new version based off this song that many (including me) seem to enjoy called Imagination Revolution. its on my myspace at myspace.com/alerted feel free to check it out!

[BeatSource - Fit 4 Club]

Holy crap!

Dude you came a long way since the last time I listened to one of your songs some months ago... Holy crap... This is just epic dance music! XD

10/10 5/5 +0.0066

~llama

Ethalyn responds:

Thanks, im glad youlike it!!! =D

[-[Morning Of Sorrow]-]

Nice, good job!

Great track man, i liked it alot! You have a nice style, I'll be sure to check out some of your other tracks too man!

9/10
5/5 (+0.019)

japetheape responds:

Thanks man I appriaciate it, glad you liked it!

[BeatSource - Among Angels]

Awesome!

Loving those rolls! and that kick is so in-your-face it was great! the acid effects are really nice too and they fit well with the song :D nice one! this could make top 5!

Ethalyn responds:

Thanks man ^_^ haha if only =D