EctiBot's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[JustnotEnough]

Wow you got talent. this piece really is beautiful. Feel like the mixing could use a bit of work as the piano gets drowned by everything else.
I pretty much agree with Aero and RF.

The part at 1:25 was way too random for my liking. There were no buildup to it and you just suddenly changed the song from having an acoustic feel, to an analog/digital feel instead which I didn't really like.

The Piece is still pretty and beautiful. I like the percussion though it could have been better mixed. The melody is pretty nice and chill :)

3.5 stars

bolisa responds:

Yeah, i have to work with the mixing, mixing is not my strongest point.

Thanks for the lovely review!

[Crime FighterZ]

Felt like the main lead needed a bass-ish synth layer to it. Other than that I loved it :D.
Fits the image well and reminds of a track that would be the theme song for a game or something :D
4.5 stars.

DuttonsaysHi responds:

Thanks! yeah I had a pretty thick lead to begin with but I changed to to the more high pitched synth since it created less clutter and gave everything a little more breath and space.

[Children of Saturn]

LOVED IT!! :D. The intro was amazing and I loved those sounds. When the Kick kicked in at around 0:40 I wanted to start rave :D. and when the buildup started at 1:10 I was only thinking "Flawless".
And 1:30. Holy cow and 1:30 O_O. Almost threw me out of the seat becuase of how awesome it was :D

Glad I participated in this contest or I never would have gotten to hear bout you :D.
Haven't gone through all the songs yet, but this is probably going to be one of my tree fan favourites :D.

Instant 5.

JoshuaHughes responds:

I'm truly humbled, good sir! Making stuff that makes other people enjoy themselves, however slight that is, feels great!

[Diskovr - Flight]

Awesome :D. Loved the synths, and the mixdown is pretty. The melody is awesome as well :).
As stated earlier by RF it is a bit too repetetive and the happy, upbeat feeling it gives, dosen't fit the image of an abonded planet, but it dose fit the image of being in space though.

A great piece :D. 4 stars and favourite

ksthultz15 responds:

Thanks for the review and the fav! :D Im getting better at my mixdowns for sure. Im glad people are noticing. As I stated earlier, this was my first attempt at such a genre, so I have much to learn. Though I do appreciate the feedback you guys are giving :D Thanks again!

[Gray...]

Loved how the instruments sounded in this one. Feel like the vocals could have been louder or mixed better though. At some points the vocals also sound a bit off like on the part around 1:10. Basically the vocals could have been better overall.
The melody is pretty calming and if it weren't for the vocals this could have been a good lullaby.

3.5

dominicocollora responds:

Oh yeah the vocals were intentionally wonky at 1:10 lol. I try to keep my experimental side in most of my songs even though I strayed away from most of the weird stuff.

[Starfalls]

Beautiful is all I can say :D. It's really calming and ambient.
The vocals are awesome and really well mixed as well as the rest of the track.
Didn't really like the piano panning though as I feel like it distracted the vocals sometimes but at the same time the panning made it sound really ambient and calming.
I also feel like this. Could have been longer. It ended before the song really got to build up.

Anyways a soothing and calming piece. Best of luck in the A.I.M :). 4.5 stars

CeeeX responds:

Thanks for the feedback. I have to say, I'm not fully satisfied with the track now, because of the exact same reason you're having.

Will definitely extend this track and add allot more variety in it to make this track even more dynamic than it is.

Also there supposed to be 4 pianos playing if people would "cover" this :P

[Riffin']

Awesome :D. A tiny bit repetetive, but still awesome and amazingly chill to listen too.
One of the most funky tracks I've heard in a while. Just loved that bass and the drums are pretty nice too.
I love the small pieces of "ear candy" you place at different areas of the track. The fact that you do that make it so it dosen't matter that the melody itself is repetetive because each bar of the song sunds new and exciting.

5 stars and scout :).

EasyEvil responds:

Thank you very much. I try to keep my tracks interesting with lots of twists and turns. The only downside is it takes ages to make just one track.

[MrO- Emperor]

Sorry to say it, but I didn't really like this that much.
The reason why I didn't like it was pretty much because there were no buildup and therefore no drop either. It seems like the song just started on the drop and for me, it was listening to a 4 minute long drop.
Also, if you are going to make such a long song, you should try varying the melody a bit more. Even professional Electro House producers does it. The melody was catchy but I got bored of the track like 2 min in. There were also no proper bass or subkick which Electro House is supposed to be known for.
Also, like RF said, it's missing some layers. Even Electro House musicians layer their leads just try to listen to some of them like Afrojack.

Sorry, but I am familliar with this kind of music and honestly I think it deserves something along the lines of 2.75, but as that dosen't exist I'll give you a 3, but I honestly think you can improve alot more. You got the basics down. Catchy melody, good progressions etc. But at least in this track, you lack some of the more basic stuff like layering and song structure.
You got alot of potential though And I really think you will be able to evolve fast if you just take my review into consideration.

Mrobeymenow responds:

Thanks for the insight! I really appreciate it. This was my first ever attempt at this sort of genre, and I plan to do more and get good in this genre. I'm still experimenting a lot with this kind of music. Thanks for recommending Afrojack to me I've heard a couple songs from him, and will listen more intently. I'll take your advice into consideration and try to apply it well. Also I think you're rating was very fair for the downsides and upsides of this song, I'm just glad I didn't get another one star. As I said before I've never done this type before, and I'm still learning. I hope you enjoy my upcoming electro house songs.