EctiBot's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[MrO- Emperor]

Sorry to say it, but I didn't really like this that much.
The reason why I didn't like it was pretty much because there were no buildup and therefore no drop either. It seems like the song just started on the drop and for me, it was listening to a 4 minute long drop.
Also, if you are going to make such a long song, you should try varying the melody a bit more. Even professional Electro House producers does it. The melody was catchy but I got bored of the track like 2 min in. There were also no proper bass or subkick which Electro House is supposed to be known for.
Also, like RF said, it's missing some layers. Even Electro House musicians layer their leads just try to listen to some of them like Afrojack.

Sorry, but I am familliar with this kind of music and honestly I think it deserves something along the lines of 2.75, but as that dosen't exist I'll give you a 3, but I honestly think you can improve alot more. You got the basics down. Catchy melody, good progressions etc. But at least in this track, you lack some of the more basic stuff like layering and song structure.
You got alot of potential though And I really think you will be able to evolve fast if you just take my review into consideration.

Mrobeymenow responds:

Thanks for the insight! I really appreciate it. This was my first ever attempt at this sort of genre, and I plan to do more and get good in this genre. I'm still experimenting a lot with this kind of music. Thanks for recommending Afrojack to me I've heard a couple songs from him, and will listen more intently. I'll take your advice into consideration and try to apply it well. Also I think you're rating was very fair for the downsides and upsides of this song, I'm just glad I didn't get another one star. As I said before I've never done this type before, and I'm still learning. I hope you enjoy my upcoming electro house songs.

[Ocean View]

Sorry not a big fan of the synths used in this. The drum samples aren't really that bad ,but the synths dosen't seem to fit the song at all. They don't seem to be very well eq'd and the sounds.
The two synths I especially disliked was the one at the very beginning and the one that comes in at about 00:30. They just sound a bit wierd.
Other than that the track is pretty chill. Could use some more variation, but the melody is good, sweet and soothing which really brings my rating up alot.
If the question was if I liked the track or not I would say that I loved, but I pretty much love every melody I've never heard before so I'm afraid I can't give you a full score only cuz I love it.
If you just tweaked this a little bit it could be absolutely amazing :).

As it is now I'll give you a 3.5. Keep making music :D, your awesome and I wish I was able to make tracks like this :).

Everratic responds:

Thank you for the review!
I love the synths I made and I think the guitar one actually sounds good, but I understand why you feel they did not fit the song. I should have used non electronic instruments.

[Glitch,Blues.Baby!]

! ! If I could have made one of those "Hot girl incoming" whistling smileys I would have put it between those 2 exclamation marks.

Anyway This was amaaaazing :D. Absolutely loved the glitch effect and the drum beat was awesome.
Melodic groove was still probably the best thing with the track. My only complaint was that it was a tiny bit too repetetive.
It's incredibly chill and groovey and this will be my first time actually calling a song "smokey".
Reflects the art really well as well :D.

4.5/5 because I didn't really like that it was so repetetive, though this is only my personal opinion.

YouriX responds:

Music is very subjective.So i understand where you are coming from.
This is also the first time someone said that my song is "smokey" hahaha pretty wicked :P
But all in all i am very happy you liked the song! :D

[Lost in Deep Space]

Beaauutiful. It got a nice and soothinng sound and the melody is so nice and relaxing.
I do, though, have one single complaint about it :/. The instrument that comes in at around 1:50 dosen't really fit with the piano and the synth that comes in at 2:25. It just sounds out of place. Hard to explain it but I think an instrument that gave off more of a steel drum-ish sound would be better. That's just my opinion though.

The rest of the song is awesome and I love how good you vary the song as it progresses. You always add something new to every part of the song. the second half of the song that started around the 3 min mark was probably my favourite thing with the song :).
I'll give you a 4.5 rating.

Chemiqals responds:

Thank you for the feedback! I'm glad you enjoyed it =)

[Random GB Stage]

This is pretty awesome :D. Really feels like a retro gameboy game. The main riff was incredibly funk at made me wanna dance which is awesome :D. Didn't even notice it looping and I listened to it loop about five or six times without getting bored of it which proves it's an awesome loop :D.

Deserves all five stars and a favourite :).

SinclairStrange responds:

Thanks! :). I guess the aim is to try and make the listener not aware it's looping as it's for a game. I'm glad ye like the tune! ^-^

[Audiophile 101]

Wow! Didn't expect finding something this awesome awesome in the unscouted artist list :D.
You got a great amount of talent. I loved the sounding of this. It was so incredibly peacefull and kinda made me think about minecraft X3.
I feel like the vocals could have been mixed a bit better though. Don't really sound that good with the rest of the track which might be fixed by doing a bit of Eq'ing but honestly I think the voice was too unclear for this track. I assume that they probably weren't recorded with a very good mic.

Anyways, great song. Though I think the vocals could have been better I still love this song and it definetly deserves a scout :).

mynameisthemaster1 responds:

Thanks mate :)
About the vocals, I recorded this a year ago, and I was most likely sick at the time of recording this. Kinda stupid to do so.
To the mic, I record my vocals with some karaoke mics I found in the attic. The mics actually don't sound like that, I just EQ'd it like that because it sounded nice, in my opinion.
Seriously though, thanks.

[Millenium]

Nice little loop you have here :). It's a really chill loop and I loved the instruments.
I found the "woap" sonund a bit annoying though and it could have been a little bit more varied as well.
I feel like what really makes a loop good is:
1. That I can't notice when the loop stops and starts. This really adds to the general flow of the loop. For me not notice that it replays itself the beginning and end should be simillar which I think you did a good job with here.

2. The loop should be varied enough so that I wont get bored. I should be able to listen through the loop at least five times without getting bored of it. If the looo is varied enough and has dynamics, I can listen to it for hours.

So overall I think it was a nice loop though a little bit boring. The drums were nice though and I liked the general feel of it so 3 stars.

bdog705 responds:

thanks for the review ill admit its not the best work but im still working on transitions and other things but over all thanks for the advice

[Spaceman (Hardwell) Remix]

I'll fix the chain in the R4R thread by reviewing this :).

I think what Chainsawninja is trying to say below is that you shouldn't add the bass in the buildup. at least not at it's most powerful. Try having a weaker bass and weaker kick drum play during the buildup then have the bass and kick at it's most powerful when the drop hits.

I'm not that good with Hardwell stuff though so I'm probably not the best to explain it, but I would advice to listen to some other trap or hardwell-ish tracks and see how they did the drop. At first, try to copy exactly what they did then when you understand the mechanics of it make it your own.

Anyway it's pretty nice for a trap beat it's smooth and pretty cool and chill.
It got dynamics in different part of the songs which makes it awesome to listen too even though it's repeative like a trap beat should.

Here's 4 stars for you :).

MegaMettaurX responds:

Thanks a lot. I'll have to continue studying the techniques used for this current generation of Sound. It's really fun making though. Now I see why Trap took off so well.

[A Motherfucking House Song]

The melody is cool and I the sound of it but I felt that it was a bit to tame for house music.
I know that not all music need a huge drop but I felt that could at least have a little tiny drop or changing the lead.
At 1:08 It sounded like there would be a drop but it never came which disappointed me a bit.

I guess I just like house music with huge drops, but I still do think this was too tame.
It also was pretty repeative. I know House music is supposed to be like that but it sounded like I just listened to the same pattern for 4 minutes without any change in the instrument or the beat.

Still a pretty cool beat though. If you made the beginning into a build up and then transist the song into some kind of supersaw pattern it would be awesome :D.

Chemiqals responds:

Thanks for the feedback!

[My Room]

Sounds awesome so far :).

Greenskullkid responds:

Thanx you