HybrisHybrid's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[mix of shape of my heart]

Great beat

Absolutely beautiful piece. Your music so far has not only impressed me but surprised me as it seemed to come out of no where and has very little of the attention it deserves.

I hope thats some real guitar work by you and not some sly disguise to fool my ears. Either way it sounds pretty damn amazing and gets my respect.

What killed it is your use of overuse of FL presets. Do correct me if I'm wrong but some of the sounds seem much too familiar, ie the scratch, choir, and most of the drum loops. There is nothing wrong with using these but I hear them on every ten NewGrounds submissions and they get old fast. Try searching for some new sounds and design your own beats. Splice one of the presets at least the very least, you know?

Also a little recommendation - loop it. I think I tell this to everyone, but this song seems particularly repetitive. Let me clarify, by repetitive I don't mean it gets boring, I mean the song itself is really long but for no reason. You could have easily made a small loop that goes on forever and sounds relatively the same, rather than making a short song that ends abruptly. I realize its a Hip-Hop song and perhaps the intent is to provide a beat for vocalization, but this is NewGrounds, keep in mind. People could use this in their flashes and it would sound awesome if not for the fact that they'd have to go through the trouble of looping it themselves. It's just something to keep in mind before you post your next track.

Good luck with your future tracks, I'd love to review them right now but I tend to repeat myself too much when I do that, so consider what I've said in this review. However, I am recommending you for the Underdog List on the NewGrounds forums in hopes to stir you some attention. The address is http://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic.php?id=668783.
Check it out, and I'll be sure to stop by again myself. -HybrisHybrid

mexicristos responds:

thank you very much for reviewing my song man, what can i say you read my mind, i made this to become a bit for one of my songs but i will keep in mind all the advises that you told me, i would be reaaly thankfull if you could review another one of my songs so i can improve and/or correct my mistakes. I'm glad you liked it man and thank you once again for reviewing one of my songs

[Ice Interlude]

Very soothing ice-world feel.

This is another one of those songs that should loop. If you're making "level music" then you should definitely loop it or make much longer. Also, fading out doesn't really work in that case either. Flash artists can't take something like this and loop it on their own because they lack the brain cells to do that and/or the necessary programs. I'm not sure which one it is, or if both, but a song that loops well has a much better chance of being used in a submission. And I base that solely off what I've seen and heard, but it makes sense if you think about it.

The only thing wrong with this otherwise is the mixing. As I left the song playing, my left ear began to hurt. Of course I have headphones, but still way too much stereo separation on the left synth. It makes the song very unbalanced.

The song is really good and your description is right - I definitely get that final fantasy ice-area vibe from it. However, the song is really simple and doesn't sound like it took much effort. If it looped I would give it a 5, instead I'm casting a humble little 4 for this one. Write some more like this and I'm sure I'll hear your music in a flash one day. -HybrisHybrid

Buzinkai responds:

Thank you for the advice. I'll probably redo most of the songs and re-enter them as loops. They're made to loop, really.

[Start of Power End with Trance]

Start of a good peice

First thing that struck me was the lack of punch in the kick. Try adding an EQ and compressor to the kick by itself to give it that real boost. The drums altogether are pretty boring. Some new sounds would definitely help. Maybe even some more complex rhythms.

The song only has two sounds going at once and they're mostly looping (the synth and the drums). You need to experiment with some bass and harmony and variations on the main theme. This takes a lot of practice and if you haven't done it before, it will probably sound really bad until you get the hang of it, but it would greatly improve your songs. Since you did a great job with a synth/drum combo, I'd suggest just going a small step ahead and working with just a bass, a synth and a drum line, until you can get good at that.

I'm sorry if it sounds like I'm just dissing you, I'd rather thoroughly write about what you did wrong than give you a couple lines about what you did right. With that said, the last thing I wanted to point out was the lack of effects. It seems like you aren't using a very complex program, or you don't know how to do the effects, but either way adding some reverb, echo/delay, compressors, flanger, chorus, etc. can greatly improve a song, so look into that.

What you have here is a skeleton for a great musical work. Once you learn to add some muscle, you can bust out some awesome music.

Good luck with your music - HybrisHybrid

smile14 responds:

Thanks man, I will rmember these tips when I make a new song, your comment is very apprectiated. Thanks for the tips man :)