Shenkhar's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Karco - Beginnings]

:D good one!

Nice work on this one, i don't have too much to say - other than the bitrate quality thing (uuhhg, we all struggle with this one on NG.), and the drum sample loops are noticably "loopy". I enjoyed the breaks and chord progressions - nice work!

- Shenkhar

Karco responds:

Yeah, the song's 7 minutes long, and the mix isn't all that good to begin with. What can I say? :P

As for the loops, I made the drums back to this song in March/April, so I didn't know better at the time. I do now. ;)

Thanks for the review, glad you liked it!

[.X. Epic Memory (Full)]

Love it!

Nice work! I enjoyed the piece alot - but it would be better with cleaner samples/instruments (and mastering)

If you can do this.. DO IT - you'll be #1 next time.

(pm or aim me if you want help - shenkhar)

XenoxX responds:

yes yes I will add you on aim... And thanks for offering to help....oh and thanks for the review

[Sleeping In My Car]

Nice

... lol I don't mean to sound crass or accuse you - but are you sure you created this from scratch?

That aside, I am impressed with your work, but I really wish you would master your music a little less "loudly" as it grates the ears (it can still be hardstyle and loud, it just needs to not clip and kill everything that hears it..)

Good work, keep it up!

Pyroific responds:

I'm not sure what exactly you're asking, but thanks :)

[Your Eyes (Original Mix)]

[quake] HOOOLY SSSHIIIITT [/quake]

Great build up, awesome synths. I'd say the strong point of the song is the drums and sidechaining/gating of the instruments. Then again, the melody/chord progressions are really nice as well. PIANO SOLO, WUT.
Gaah, too many things to compliment you on >_<...

You should try sending a demo cd to a trance label, I'm sure they would love this. (that is my opinion anyway... Keep up the awesome work!)

- Shenkhar

Mrmilkcarton responds:

Thanks.

[T4DnN - Waiting Here]

Nice job

You did a good job with the instruments (really good for using 3 x osc), the build up worked well. Only things I think you could improve on are the melodies repetitive nature and "genericness". Other than that, nice work!

- Shenkhar

LoHH1989 responds:

Thx~! =]
also yeah i felt it was kinda repetitive also but i still like it xD
sticks to the head =]
Also your stuff is really good too~! =]
but yeah ill try to tone down and try to improve for the better~! =]
But thanks for the info~! more comments means i can learn from it and get better=]

[Rig - Moving On]

OMG PRESET WHORE .... (j.k)

Lol Rig, you original sunnovabitch. Its been a while since I heard the fl "preset" vocals used in a good piece of music. Nice job with the dance music too - your really getting good at it (almost scary... I thought I was the winnipeg newgrounds trance guy.. lol) Anyway, keep up the good music, hope to hear more soon.

Rig responds:

I HAVE TAKENS UR SPOT LUL

Seriously, let's get a beer this weekend. I'm free on Saturday and Sunday and Friday night I suppose - I've just been working for a while.

[Exfiltrate]

I love the bass and main arp.. seriously.

I love mah heavy trance. I was glad to listen and review this track - its just so awesome. The track is well mastered and you built/relieved tension expertly. I hope to hear more!

-Shenkhar

synteza responds:

Thanks :D

[Beat Is Coming ~ Euro Trance]

Very good

Pretty good remix of "Kingz of the music" by Tune. Keep it up :D

PrEmoEffect responds:

Kings of the music by tune?, thought it was by eastclubbers, but thanks for the review.

[Rebuild your Spirits up]

Nice song

This is a very decent piece - loops perfectly. Good job with the progression.

Keep it up :D

BinaryGuy responds:

Thanks! keep up your reviews too!

[I Gotcha]

Nice, but could use polishing.

Hmm, I read your thread complaining about your score... I can't say it deserves a low score - but its not perfect either (what is anyway..) This first thing that pops out at me is that the track is clipping, your master volume is too high (it also needs to be mastered a bit diffrently to sound good IMHO). Other than that it is fine.

Try not to base your perception of how other people view your work on your score, but on reviews/review scores. Zero blamming is a problem in the audio portal, just like the flash portal.

- Shenkhar

rdegroot responds:

Hey, cool that you responded man!
I sure know that it's not perfect, I haven't noticed any clipping though. But my soundcard is a bit messed up so I might not hear the song the way I am supposed to. You said the mastering could be done differently. I've been experimenting with mastering lately, do you have any advice for me? I take it that you also use Fruity Loops for your songs.

Thanks for your honest and good response mate :)