DjAbbic's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Rain Forest (Ian Kayell's Alternative Remix)]

I remember how I felt about the original, I thought it was beautiful. Now, 5 years of experience later, I can definitely tell the difference between the original and this. The original no longer feels as great to me, but this edit makes me feel what I felt when I heard the original back then. No complaints.

Keep it up!

D-Chain responds:

thanks Abbic!

[Babokon - Dragonfly]

The calmer parts were actually really good here, there are some really nice details in there and some of the instruments you used just made me smile. The hard dub part is also decent, but I usually prefer more complexity when it comes to that (not that I can do any better though).

Good job on this, it may not be perfect but I like it :)

[Kite (Original Overhaul Mix)]

It's been a long time coming, but the effort really shows. There is just something so alluring about so many aspects of this. The snare roll, that atmospheric fade at 1:28, that fade in to the main melody at 2:14, the lead you used for the main melody. I can't really describe what it is, because normally I would have an issue with this lead, but it just seems to work so well in this.

I love it. Keep it up!

[The Wizard of Menlo Park]

I can't believe I missed this when you uploaded it. I just heard it in your 2014 compilation, and this is absolutely beautiful, I scouted through each song just to find it. I don't know if I'm able to describe how much I love this, but I hope you'll understand.

One day I'll give a shot at remixing this if you'll let me, and I find it quite ironic how I'm going through a block myself while listening to this song, created during a block. Great job finishing this.

[Kite(Original Unpolished Mix)]

I really can't point out any flaws in this. This is great. I really like the snare fill in this one. 2:14 was beautiful as well, although I think maybe having a high pass filter there would make it even cooler. I won't talk about the mix since you know what needs to be done there.

Keep it up!

[~Kite~ (Demo)]

Wow, sounding nice so far. Love that mini arp at 0:21. Maybe the percussion could use some atmosphere (reverb hats or something), but it's a wip.

Not much else to say at this point, hope you'll continue with this one :)

[Destination Sunshine(Bootleg)]

Amazing piano at the beginning. Sounds so rich and warm. A bit iffy about the voices that seem to drown out the piano and make things a bit muddy from the white noise, I feel like it detracts from the piano and the sudden disappearance of the white noise kinda throws off the atmosphere that's being set by the piano.

Everything else is fantastic though, not much else to say. Melody is nice and the transitions are good, although the snare rolls seem like they're missing something. Keep it up!

[ALLOWED]

I was definitely surprised when the drums came in, and found myself enjoying it too. It has a nice uplifting - almost cute - vibe to it that just makes it fun to listen to.

The only thing I would criticise is the lack of depth in the intro. It's probably just personal preference speaking here, but I feel like more complexity could be added to the intro to 'hook' people in, as well as give the song a sense of direction right from the start.

Either way, you've got quite a nice tune going here so, keep it up! :)

xxxZigZagxxx responds:

Thanks for the encouragement. It does sound somewhat cute, doesn't it?

Yeah, I was wondering whether the intro wasn't interesting enough. In the end I kept it in because I wanted the drop to sound surprising, but I think you're right, embellishments could be made to hook the person in more.

Thanks DjAbbic :)

ZigZag

[- MB - Vaseline]

The first half was really well done, nice spooky melody. When 1:14 hit though, it sounded a bit empty to me. Not sure how I'd change it, but I just wanted to point it out.

Some really cool melodies in here though, and I like the variation with different instruments playing the same melody. Interesting outro as well. That's new to me and I like it :D.

Keep it up :)

Breed responds:

Thanks for the review. Definitely one of those tracks that benefits from having a subwoofer, otherwise you're right that second half feels quite empty.

Cheers

[{dj-N} Nexus 2]

You're alive! So glad to see something new from you.

Beautiful intro, although I feel like the saw at 0:14 is lacking a bit on the high end, but that's just because I like my saws crisper. Not much else to say about the rest, it's quite flawless in just about everything else. It may be generic, but as if I could complain about that :D.

Good luck getting out of the writer's block.