dj-padman1's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[DjDiego - HellTracker]

Nice

Phat bass here dude! the drums were a bit lacking in the variety department, but they rocked as they were.
This one made my speakers RUMBLE!!!
Great stuff!

Could you possibly check out my drum and bass track, Charred Army?

ZehPhantom responds:

lacking, ill work on that one!
Thanks for the positive review!
i heard ur music before and i liked Roughneck the most :P

-DjDiego

[Fly With It]

More archived work please!

Hello long lost twin of Aphex Twin. I could listen to this stuff all day! Wicked beats and bass. What more could a guy ask for? This is really well done, I'm loving that explosion that rocks the track from time to time at the end of sequences. Full of variety, and beautiful fundamental tones. And a couple of budget snares, but artfully used!

The techno/house beat is almost too mundane for a track like that, but it works really well with the bass. You bring back the explosion to good effect and I love the developing stuttering chaos. It sounds unlike any of your others. But the lead coupled with the bass you bring in later before you drop the beat reminds us that it is indeed a KaiSun production!

[Zero Level]

I agree

This would be good for a menu, or maybe some instruction pages. Its nicely hypnotic. The chord progression is delicious and I love your choice of synths, nice effect on that bass, some kind of phaser is it?
My only complaint, the hi-hat sounds too familiar, it took the attention away from your delicious synth harmonies.
Anyway, great song!

Syntrus responds:

Agreed i had a sore throat when i made it so some things worked some didn't

[Dante's Eighth 2]

Nu-metal meets jazz

You have a surprisingly effective group. I like the industrial nu-metal flavour you have here and its nicely distorted. Thing is, it might be TOO distorted, because I hear plenty of digital clipping. Watch those levels!
I really enjoy the stabby goodness of this one. Nice section later on, sounds like futuristic jazz/lounge music. The stabs are starting to get a bit repetitive by this point. Nice beats around this section. Swooping in and out all over the place.
Great effort here, just watch those levels. Digital clipping isn't cool!
You've got some potential to make some righteous noise.

Gryphyn responds:

better late than never reply. Yep clipping does suck. I've worked on it alot lately even though I have not really submitted any of my new project. Thank you for the comment.

[//PreSynthesis//]

reason!

You've got some great sounds here. The mix is clear and sharp and you've got some nice dreamy melodies within this song. I can only recommend perhaps changing the hi-hat pattern to something less sharp, maybe an eighth note pattern? And some additional reverb on your instruments would make it sound smoother I reckon. I love that slide down bass you have in this one.
Lets see what else you can do with that program :)
Later!

caffeinerush responds:

Thanks man. Agree with the hihat, it was just a temp percussion that I forgot to delete.

[TheComet-Hellfire]

Unique, awesome track

This is one hell of a track! Nice intro, with the sub-surface drums and sweet crystal transforming into your main break. Wait, you have a lot of 'main breaks' here! I love the constant variety in this one, I'll definately listen to it a number of times.
My favourite has to be this techno/break flavoured part, with double kicking and rapid fire acid bass. Off-beat dirty synth keeps really good momentum.
The co-ordination between the synths is excellent, and its commendable that you re-introduce elements and the song expands over time. It builds up to something epic, I'm really enjoying this one!
That concluding riff that also features in the cool-down after the climax is definately old school by the way!
Definately a classy effort. Must have taken quite a while! I predict a large amount of success for this one on Newgrounds. Some fractured vocal samples would REALLY give me seizures though!
I'll definately be checking back soon, you seem to have several hundred songs. Hope they're as good as this one :)

TheComet responds:

thx, I checked your stuff earlier and left a link to one of your songs in the audio advertisements thread.

My old music has some gems, but the further you go bad, the older and slower a pc I was using XD

[Jungle Danger]

Tribal

This track is quite good, I like the low pads and the beat is nice. The thing is, its way too repetitive, and doesn't have enough action in it. The ethnic percussion is playing a really boring rhythm, any tribespeople would be rolling their eyes at it. I know you can do more with it!
Also, I was missing a bassline, those pads help fill out the low frequencies, but you need something more to provide a foundation.
You have the right idea, just amp it up a bit and break out some wicked sounds!

LfunkeyA responds:

Thanks man, I'll listen to your advice and I'll see what I can do. Right now I am busy with many tracks, but I'll find time for this one.

[Secret Computer Whore]

Sounds good

Nice work here. Its nicely dark and ominous, yet energetic as well. I like the lo-fi flanged beats a lot. What you have sounds great, the mix seems a little empty though. The pad you used to build the track up into the guitar section really filled it out nicely, it was a shame it didn't continue into the next section.
Ah well, just a minor complaint.
Keep up the good work. I like the transitions and the fx you used in them a lot.

margarine responds:

Thanks a lot! The 'pad' building up to the guitar bit was actually the same guitar riff played on my acoustic, then reversed and reverbed all over the place. I see what you mean about making it flow into the next section, but I think the sound might have clipped if I'd done that.
I put a lot of effort into getting the fx right, so I'm glad you liked them :D Cheers

[Countdown Beat]

Nice song

nice song, well it wasn't really long enough to be a song, so nice loop! You created some nice tension with that synth loop, but why didn't you put it over the drumloop so they're playing together? It's a nice sounding synth, but it needs the beat underneath.
When you make music, have all the elements work together! Its ok to have them play by themselves sometimes, but not all the time.
Keep going.

[The Grand Farewell]

Wow

This is mixed really well. I love all the bleeps and blips on top of those lush pads. The beat is nice and catchy. The part where you drop the beat works well to close the song off, I was thinking the song would go into overdrive at that point, that you were building up to something, but I was surprised in the end.
Cool song, keep making music!