STEPHEN4705's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[[dji] shall we start.]

Returning the favour

I thought I'd take a look at your stuff as you took a look at mine.

The progression on the synths in the start is very good, some really nice sounds in there. Nice melody in 1:05, but I think you went a little overboard with the reverb :P. Try sidechaining stuff as well (when the kick goes up the volume of the pad/bass goes down) to make the track flow better.

Nice song though!

Ste :)

DJinside responds:

thx mate;) still improving;)

[[TC] Into the Night]

I expected 4 strings lol

Really nice piano and pads in the start, Really nice lead melody, this instantly makes me feel relaxed. A faviroute from me.

I love everything about this, and the trance bass is fantastic as well!

Ste :)

[Synthetica EP Demo Track]

Great Bunch of songs here

MrMilkCarton From what I heard that sounded great, nice piano, well mixed good use of sounds 9/10

Soluslotus Nice complicated melody and some good drum sounds, sounds like a good track 8/10

Nal1200 + Lira Yin Easily my faviroute preview, so relaxed, beautiful vocals, full marks from me 10/10.

Ruqual Nice sounding DNB, but may get boring. I cant say any more as I don't have the album 7/10

Envy I love your stuff, but this just isn't up to your standards, Good sounds, but the bass and melody are far too random for my liking 4/10.

Smurfbeatz Nice piano, drumloop sounded a little random, and some sounds seemed drowned out by the bass. 6/10

beatsource Very happy sound, nice melody 9/10

Renoak Rythm Seemed a little too simplistic for my likings, but the sounds used were good 6/10

SMA Really nice female vocals, and the robot voice was good, but there wasn't much else in there.

Kriz Great trance-ish melody, loved the flute 8/10

Helix FT Eshar Nice work with The pella, looperman has good vocals 6/10

F-777 Sounded like a good track, really nice lead synth. 8.10

Danred nice bouncy melody, good mixing 8/10

Astrix Not really my sort, the synths all seemed to stand out to much and were all conflicting 4/10

Zenon Nice complicated melodies there, 7/10

Redmoon Deejay Nice fast paced melody, a really good track with a great lead 8/10

Nal1200 + Lira Yin get my vote for the best song, but my faviroute artist here is Envy, but his entry wasn't his best work.

Ste :)

[-Its a Cold World-]

Amazing.

One word sum up in the title there.

The arps sound fantastic, the kick is punchy, and the bass is at just the right volume for a trance song. The title fits your song well, it has a sort of menancholy beautifulness about it, and the chords at 1:04 sound amazing. Nice progression on the synths there. Nice sidechaining at 1:48 as well.

A beautifully composed song, really well mixed, this is why I missed newgrounds so much!

Thank you for bringing a great song onto newgrounds, its the first trance song I've looked at after a long time away from NG and this feels like the perfect welcome back song to me.

Ste :)

[~EnV~SummerSounds]

You may have been away for a while..

..but you clearly haven't forgotten how to use your DAW have you? The sounds used here sound amazing, especially the piano in the middle, and of course your traditional lead sounds amazing.

5 stars for the song, 5 stars for the 8 bit sounds!

Just kidding, 10 for the composition, sounds and for you deciding to go back to newgrounds.

Welcome back then Envy!

Ste :)

[YOU ARE - hania]

One suggestion...

I dont think that it should affect the score though, but either put *dirty* in the title (Because of the one swear in the song) Or make a clean version. Although this song is actually quite sexist, I personally dont mind it, simply because of your amazing vocal talent.

Like all of your songs this is incredibly simple, but it works, because it's just your vocals... and a piano, I actually really like the chords, and dont get me started on your harmonies, because I will be here all day... Suffice to say, they are amazing.

I like this. Keep up the good work.

[Neon Love (170bpm Trance!]

Thought you were doing better off alone at first..

..then the arps and everything came in.

[~EnV~On The Move!(NG Cut)]

Whats Wrong with the kick BOUNC3?

Feels great to be back on newgrounds listening to my favourite dance artist again. The only thing I think that should be changed is the length of the silence in the middle, I think it needs to be slightly shorter.

[Colour my FATE]

I agree with the guy below me.

Maybe the genre should be classical? Still, its a well composed song, far more complicated than I can do.

[Set You Free (Epica)]

Nice remix of an N-trance Classic,

Very, Very impressive. Extremely original. Nothing else to add.