Ackee39's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[-Train to Nowhere-]

Love the atmosphere. Even if the style ist my cup of tea you executed it so well! congrats!

[Can't Let Go 2.0]

Good song, but my one complain is the drop snares and kicks. You can barely hear the snares and they are mastered very low into the mix and the lack of kick makes the "drop" feel more like a leadup, making the song feel unfinished. Would like to see a version of this remake with a better kick and snare as everything else in the song is really good

[Zynthesia - Firebird (Remastered)]

Nice! Really like the synths and the melody overall. My problem is the percussion. It's very repetitive and it's mastered extremely loudly. The crisp-ish but loud snares get on my nerves, as it doesn't work withing the context of the song. The kick is fine but needs to be a lot softer imo. it's also kind of repetitive, but thats not too big of an issue for me (might be for others tho). But those are small points, i still liked this song :)

DanTheMusician responds:

Thanks for the tips. :D Sorry about the percussion.

[Oh baby A TRIPLE! [Remix]]

Music at its finest

[*_- T72 The Robogod -_*]

i wouldnt call it dubstep, but its fine i guess

[Melodic Wind]

Okay, there are so many things wrong here.

First of all, mashups aren't even allowed on newgrounds. I hope you knew that, becuase there is a text box right before publishing that states the rules. You can only do that if you have original riffs, beats and unique mashup techniques (which you do not) AND have permission from the the atrist, or in this case fatrat to do so. And before you say "oh i credited him" it doesnt count. Read the fucking rules.

Second, getting your song on GD is harder than that. Getting votes or even getting scouted will not get your song in GD. Only robtop can decide that. Granted, if your song is popular on newgrounds he will allow it. But again, robtop doesn't approve mashups or lazy remakes. For it to be approved EVERY riff has to be original. Even a millisecond of a sample will get your audio removed or banned, and if not robtop wont approve it.

Now, I would give a higher score if you put effort. It would be low, sure, but i would say "at least he tried". But it literally looks like you just overlapped them in imovie or something. They dont gel well, no extra mastering, no nothing. I don't even think you used a music software to do this, it literally sounds like you edited them in windows movie maker or something like that. Now, I may be wrong, but even if so you still didn't add anything unique. So learn FL first, then publish songs.

So if your song gets a low rating, here is why. I hope you learn from your mistakes. If you want your song in gd put some effort. Don't just give me an angry reaction or cuss at me. I am simply stating why it might have a bad score and why it won't be used for GD. I'm just going to hope that you handle this maturely. Thank you

EDIT: wow, very surprised at how you handled this, a lot of GD players would just snap at me for no reason. Guess my hopes came true, couldn't imagine you handling it better. thanks!

CaliberKat responds:

I understand. I just wanted to make something people would find interest in. Obviously that failed. I agree with you.

[dark dnb]

@TabbyLuigi Check the dates. This was back in 2003. His attitude has changed a lot. Keep in mind he was 14 when he wrote this review.

[Labs]

love the vibe of this one! mixing is well done, its very nice and energetic, the vocals work and the instruments are well picked. great song!!!

[Lithium]

Interesting song.
I won't call it great, and certainly not good enough to be scouted. The drop feels very empty, the percussion is as basic as you can get, and there is literally no bassline. But melody is good enough, the instruments (apart from that dammed percussion) are well picked, and there is enough progression for it to sound acceptable.

SirHadoken responds:

That's 2016 for ya.

[Twenty-Six O-Eight]

Nice one! Love that nostalgic retro touch to it with the synth bass and the panning, jts all just so nice