dj-padman1's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[this gravity]

Quality +

Man, that guitar is just beautiful, I could listen to that all day. You could easily make a whole track based around just that progression I reckon. Sounds like a flute too, nice, nice! Bass comes in, excellent bass. Very nice whistly pad.
Classic Ped changeup! Love that acidy bass, sounds like there's a bit of reverb or chorus on it, suits the vocals I guess, gives it a nice grimey yet slightly disconnected feeling. Good insistent quality to the vocals. Digging the phat beat. Hmmm..bit of a pop or something in the drumloop? A little distracting.
Ya know, this is your most pro track I've heard I think. definitely one of your best mate!

snoballandthmonyshot responds:

hey pad, thanks. one of my best? hmmm... wasn't sure about it, was pretty rushed.
yeh, was a pop on the recording of the beat.
flubalubaluba
;ped

[_-={The Tanks Thunder}=-_]

Hold the phone....

Maestro is in the house!
Woah, stellar comeback man, this is a great track on many levels. Excellent energy with the timpani and tribal percussion, congas? The melody takes its place beautifully in the arrangement, excellent choir parts, those really make this one stand out as pro sounding. Those low brass blasts, french horns? not too certain, I'm an amateur when it comes to the orchestra, give a delicious, intense feeling.
Hmm...I would love to hear the tribal percussion drop out a little earlier than it did, it seems to be played out a little by the end, the 'thwack' sound is quite prominent in the mix. It's minor I know, take it with a pinch of salt.
Anyway, bottom line, topclass effort, one of your best, if not the best.
Keep pushing for glory.

MaestroRage responds:

I understand fully dj_padman1, those congo drums, are so damn hard to work with. I literally created 5 different loops for it, and if you listen closely they do morph, but unfortunately that "thwak" was the one sound that didn't seem to want to go away >:(. Removing it also seemed to leave a gaping hole, so I was in a pinch! Damn those lovable and pleasant congo drums!

Still I know what you mean, and in the future i'll know what to do. This was honestly my first attempt at using congo drums, and i'm very impressed with the power and emotions they portrayed in the song, I assume I will be using them a fair deal as time goes by.

Thanks for the review dj_padman1, always a pleasure to read from a friend ^^.

[Connect V2]

sweet!

Woah, nice one mate. Full marks on the awesome drums and the variety of percussion sounds scattered throughout the track. That is one epic bass sound, I would really like to hear it cranked up more, then I'd probably give this one straight ten's, just cause it would rock so hard. The higher synth seems to overpower the track a little, thats my only gripe.
Watch the ending too, bit sharp.
Good to see the numbers in the d'n'b category go up, keep makin' em!!

AphelionX responds:

^.^ thanx i kinda rushes myself at the ending that was my mistake but i think it turned out well thanx for the comment

[Toe Jammin' (incompleted)]

funkalicious

Hey, good funky track! I'm not such a big fan of the electric guitar, sounds a bit cheap, but that bass is funky as hell! Gotta love that riff. Nice, chunky drumloop as well, nice one man. Maybe wanted to have a bit more going on if you wanted it to be a complete song, but for a groovy loop, its really effective. I can imagine some funky wah wah guitar and some brass instruments going off in this one!

DarkHelmet21 responds:

Glad you liked it. It does seem that the electric guitar is a bit stand outish. I'll see what I can do about that.

[Milla (Done by my sister)]

nice one

Wow, your sister has made an excellent tune, it kept me company for quite some time while I was browsing the net! Its got a nice amount of emotion and subtlety that make it a very enjoyable listen. Very well put together! Seemed like some of the strings have a bit too sharp of a release, thats the only thing that bothered me, but didn't take away from the quality of the composition at all. Very good piano parts.

DarkHelmet21 responds:

My sister thanks you for your comment and she hopes to make more some time.

[DJ Comet-Never]

classic

hey man, haven't heard you trance it up in a while! Good to hear your breakbeat ability shining through with the drumloop though. Man, I love that low filtered synth melody. Works really well to support the track. The synths seems a little bit loud compared to the rhythm though, I would love to hear that kick punch through a bit more.
Nice vocal sample, I liked the scratching, but it was pretty loud, I think the next part worked really well, with a short break and the low, filtered synth again.
Sweet track! Would have loved a high pad or string or something to really fill out the high end a bit.
5 fo' sho'.

[Elfen Serenity]

sounds pleasant

Nice one, the sounds themselves are really rich and alive, and the harmonies are nice and develop well. A have a bit of an issue with the clarity though, it seems to be distorting, in particular on the left, unless my speakers are broken!
I can imagine some sweeping strings really making this one complete.
Keep up the good work!

Sakano responds:

huh...doesn't do that on my compy...oh well ^^

[Castles in the Sky]

I want your babies

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Man thats an authentic remake, you even got the crossfade from the last track on the cd on there!!

You will be my god from now on!!!

Darkninja604 responds:

Thanks. Yeah.

[Three Fishies]

fish.

Cool track, shows us that helium can be our friend. This would actually be good for happy hardcore. Just crank it to 180bpm, and stick a gabba kick on it.

adamx20 responds:

thanks dj_padman1. It's just a record cut so I'm not expecting words like "hardcore" or "you rock" to be attached to this track. I can re-cut it.

[Lets Get Hazy]

nice work

Nice track man, there's some really good aspects to it. I like the synth brass sound a lot, the structure is quite effective and the fills do their job nicely. The vocoder seems a bit loud sometimes, drowns out the other parts of the track a bit. Other than that, its cool, maybe could use a more visible melody to stick in our mind.
Keep it up!

P.S What are you using to vocode?

Syntrus responds:

i didn't vocode on this track. I actually used the same bass enhancing fx as wut i used in plasma although instead of using the fx on a bass warble i used em on the speech synth!