DJ-Chilvan's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[1st sawng plz listen]

Nice attempt

I must say, this is a pretty nice attempt. I see that you purposely had an offbeat kick, well, just as a criticism, it gets kinda annoying. I think this song will sound better without it. And I know this is your first song, hence the short length, but I wouldn't mind seeing more length. This song has great potential. It's helluva lot better than my first song lol.
And as for the grid, I think you're differentiating between the upper and lower grid. Well, let me tell you something, I also noticed that everyone uses the lower grid for their patterns. I use the upper grid for everything except for my beat and some automations. So using the upper grid or lower grid, your song will still sound the same. Its all about preference. I like to see what my sound clips and MIDI data look like, hence I have them on top. Once I have a perfect automation down, I don't need to look at it, so I keep it on the bottom. And the beat is like the "skeleton" of the song, and it's mainly used as a reference point, so I just keep that on the bottom too. So in the end, it's all preference, there's no right or wrong way. But according to Image-Line, the upper grid is more preferrable.
Nice Job, and Good Luck!

- Isomatic

Archealor responds:

trolled har

[-:YRX:- DaughterOfJustice]

This is excellent

I really like this song. I saw it in your post in that thread just now. It's really nice. Really epic, nice beat and harmonies too. It inspired me in a sense that I want to start making DnB soon.
This song seems to be telling a story. I love it.
10/10
5/5
DL
fav

YouriX responds:

Wow! thanks man! Funny thou it was actually Electroconducter that inspired me to make this song you should really check his website out!

www.electroconductor.com

[BloodyTears(DanceTheNightAway)]

Good use of instruments

I really liked this one. It is a really nice remix. Great use of instruments. Which VSTi did you use? Did you use the program, Musagi, or is there a VSTi that has like gameboy-like instruments? If there is, can you please let me know where to find it, because it's something I've been looking for for a while.
I really liked the beat as well. This is an all around nice track.
Good Job!

CMG-UTOPIA-2008 responds:

Actually I opened the NSF file for Castlevania 2 Simon's Quest on Winamp and recorded a playback of Bloody Tears while muting out everything except Square 1 and 2 on the "NotSoFatso" Plugin that came with "ChipAmp" for my Winamp player. :-P All the other sounds I used on my music making program. :) Glad you enjoy.

[[HG/SS] Viridian City Remix]

Really Nice

First off, the refrain at :39 with the arpeggiator was super dank, I loved it. I really love your choice of instruments. Can you please tell me which VSTi you used? You said something about HGSS MIDIs? Can you tell me where to find them?
The only bad thing about this is that it's too short, and it could have used a little more stuff, especially a more complex beat. Other than that, it was legit.
9/10, 5/5, DL, fav.

Blazaking responds:

Glad you liked it!
All instruments used in this are from FL's Sytrus Pack. Mostly Hypersaws and stuff like that. I'll PM you about the MIDIs.
I'm working on the length. I know it needs a bit more content, so I'm gonna try and figure something out. Beat is pretty simple since I only used the original one that was in the MIDI, but I'll try to improve that too.

[DJYeoh - TikTok[ElectroHouse]]

Top 5

This is a great remix. Just to let you know, this is going to be up on top 5. It always happens with songs like these. Sorry for the brief review, I'm about to go to bed.

DjYeoh responds:

Its okay man! but i gotta get votes for top 5! lol

[To Pilot A Moon...]

WTF

I saw this song, and saw that the score was like a 2.5...wtf? This song is great. I love the melodies and the guitar progressions. The whole mood is amazing. The beat is nice too. Heck, everything about this song is wonderful.
5/5
10/10
fav.
DL

Kor-Rune responds:

Thanks man! I'm glad you like it! I don't worry much about the score, it's all in the reviews.

Thanks again!

[Gates From Trance inTo Dance]

Legit

This is a very great mix! Great melodies, synths, and effects and sounds. From 3:46, your melody reminds me of my melody from Lost Entity.
This is a really great track, and you are a really great artist. I've heard some of your stuff before, and it's amazing. And that brings me to this, I havent been ignoring any of your PMs. I've been getting them and been listening to your songs, but I've been just so busy that I havent had any time to review. Sorry about that.
Well done!

DJ Chilvan

10/10, 5/5, fav, DL

DjZedL responds:

Thanks!
Thanks for all! :D
I'm very Glad!

[Russia Privjet (dj JPA) {WIP?}]

Good Start

This is a good start to the song. Good choice too, Russian Privjet is one of his really dank ones. Well, since the song is already kinda like this, you should put some extra spin on things. Like add totally new gated sequences, and pads in the background. Just go wild, that's all I can say. This song is just screaming for action, and you gotta use everything in your musical arsenal to give it!
Nice start!
BTW, I just released a new song called Initiate. Feedback would be helpful.

- DJ Chilvan

djJPA responds:

Yeah, I plan on changing the melody, the overall bassline and other crap while I'm at that. Thanks for the review man, I'll be sure to check out your stuff ASAP!

[~WoB~ Got Any]

Wow....

This is like one of the best techno song's I've ever heard. After hearing some of your songs, I realized that you have heavy talent. I really liked how you used all the sound and vocal clips really well, and the beat is fast paced and full of action. The transition to 1:09, and 1:09 on was just amazing! I'm really disappointed of the fact that you don't have the recognition here on Newgrounds that you deserve.
10/10 5/5 fav
- DJ Chilvan

wobbier responds:

thanks man! show to your friends :P