Kajenx's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Kamui]

Kinda cool

I loved the ending after the pause. The beginning wasn't as good and kinda gimmicky (IMHO), I'd rather have a whole song like that without the beginning part. Something about the mix made my ears feel weird. Kind of like when you're in a totally silent room and it hurts your ears. Maybe it just needs something to fill out the sound.

Z-Tone responds:

"Maybe it just needs something to fill out the sound"
thats exactly the problem of this song its too empty
needs all those little things
by the way loooove the valley
was maybe the only reson i kept playing that game till end
cus i always thought how great that trac was written
anyways you should really check out my other track cus really i dont know how this got 2. place

[Orb]

Cool!

This is really fun to listen to! I love the melodies and the synths, and the bass is so smooth. It has an over-compressed sound to it though, like when the bass kicks in everything else kind of falls down for a second then warbles up and down. I noticed it in your Sonic Colors song too (I've had that in my playlist for a while now).

It's a distinct sound, and it works well in a few spots on the song, but it also seems to flatten it out a bit.

Stan-SB responds:

yeah this was very compressed :) mainly beacause it was done on reason and i'm much more comfortably with logic, to tell you the truth i am terrible at mixing, but i'm going to work on that :D
thanks for the review

[DXM - Take This Out!]

Nice

I enjoyed it, but it was kind of soft. It worked, though, because the bassline was so buttery smooth. :3

tijnn responds:

Soft?

Turn up your volume and die from audioblast man! xD

[Sungazer (OM)]

blargh

I took your advice and skipped ahead after some because I hate long intros. :3 I loved the "melody part." Those bassline shifts always get to me...

It seemed like the change/climax could have been stronger. It seems like after 3 minutes of buildup there should just be a massive release FUCK YEAH moment, you know? It was there, but I just wanted more. Like a blast of catharsis.

Kr1z responds:

Aah glad you read my description :D
And you're right about the climax part. Might work a bit on it
Thanks for the tip!!

[_-={The Landing}=-_]

Orr?

This has a David Orr flavor to it, but it's still original. Maybe it's the snare drum.

Anyway, I love it! :3

MaestroRage responds:

thank you Kajenx! I love the original as well as this little rendition. The snare drums are actually burrowed straight out of the original. I did my best to reproduce it I think it's faithful to it in that regard.

Thanks for the review, glad you liked it!

[Showdown [Drum n Bass]]

So so

I liked what you did at 0:40, the song really seems to come together at that point. Overall though, it felt a little dull. I think a stronger bass and drums (get some more low velocity hits in there) and a little more layering could go a long way. Also, watch your monitor, it seemed like the song was constantly peaking out.

Jakisdead responds:

Thanks for the review man.
Lol yeah I agree that it sounds quite weak. I'm concidering redoing it a little better.
And I shall monitor my peaking :]

[Farscape]

Noice!

The song is really well done, very spacey, and when the arpeggio kicked in at 1:00 it was a definite hell yeah moment. :D

I took off one star because I feel like I've heard some of those background synths about a million times. :/ I don't know if it's just part of the genre you're working in, but it seems like even the slightest tweaks could make them more interesting. Still gave a 5 tho.

SkyMarshall responds:

Awesome review man=) Some real opinions in there. Glad you liked it.

Yeah, the danger of the "euro-dance (whatever)" genre is that you will eventually step in someones backyard if you want to or not. Everything has pretty much been done before, the only thing that seperate it is the ways it all gets sequenced.

Anyway, I dont ever use presets - but this song actually has two (from reFX Nexus). One being the bells used for 5sec right before the vocals - and the second being the faint heavily reverbed saws backing up the main melody. But other than that I tweak, edit and make whatever I use - so that everything fits perfectly together and sounds good. 'Cause that would be the most important part to me ... that it sounds cool. Not that 15 other producers did the same thing before. But yes, I know what you're saying :)

Thanks for your thoughts man =)

[Empathy]

Hmm...

The synths were pretty good, but the drums felt a bit off (kinda weak?), and it feels like it needs a good bass line to fill it out. The synth at 2:40 did a lot to fill in the mid range though.

What's there sound great, but it feels a little empty. I think a little mastering could go a long way with this one.

WritersBlock responds:

I only had the bass in certain parts of the song, as I felt it would have drowned out other parts of the song and been well out of place. I'll admit that percussion isn't my strong point, and in the hands of a professional, it probably would have sounded better, but I've done a lot worse in the past. Thanks anyway for the criticisms, it'll be something I'll try to improve on in the future.
Thanks a bunch.

[Believe Again (Original Mix)]

Love that automation :3

The drums have such a grounded bumpy feel, but the pads feel like flying. It's a really nice contrast. It didn't feel as repetitive as a lot of trance does, too. I think you managed to really differentiate between the different areas of the song while keeping the pulse and repeating melody that is a mainstay of trance.

JohnnyFrizz responds:

Yehh thats what I am always trying to achieve, make tracks as varieted as possible to kill the repetitiveness.

Thanks for the good review pal!

[-Naive-]

Whee!

My head asplode in bubbles and gumdrops!

Waterflame responds:

many headsplodes ensured! i bet your blood tastes like strawberrys now <3