Rave4Yourself's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[SJ - Saturn Reactor]

I'm telling you man

You're starting to become the only person I trust for good dnb on newgrounds now. Everything else either has weak drums, drums that dont make any sense, or you can tell the artist came from the 'newgrounds trance' background *cringes*

SteakJohnson responds:

hahaha i always cringe at that trance background dnb too lol, glad ya like it

[xKore - jpop remixu]

It seems to get annoying toward the center

but how you fill the glitched parts and stutters and silence with bass is just so... I forgive you :D

Oh snap, you should try to ruin a FF7 song like this :D DO IT THX

[Para - Blistering Eyes]

i cant stop listening to this

on the crappy sound system in my car. Sounds so much better on this laptop. How bout you make m0a-rYe?sThanSoksMuch.

[Awake - Listen]

this reminds me of

breakbeat hardcore. it actually sounds real similar to it, maybe 5 bpm slower and you could pass it as such. Nice track.

[Keepin' the DUB in Dubstep.]

love the wobble in that bass

Dubstep drops are difficult to create. If you listen to one of the professional dubstep tracks made around the time it first came out, you'll realize it builds to something your mind can anticipate, and then it builds that anticipation, and then when it drops, you just ..... because thats why bacon salads them always feathering spectacle of this I am being islands hearing their laughter cures the simply in your minds are records fantastic. that. is. what. the dro.piss like. it doesn't make sense to you do too right?

I think I actually almost got a headache reading what I just wrote to be honestly who does it never cleanse turning tables your in the mind. its cazry ins't it?

Try doing that, but with a dubstep track.

[Hills With Eyes]

This song...

reminds me of the snow theme when you're in that snow village near the crater in FF7. Beginning definitely sounds too repetitive. It may be the beat, maybe add some subtle-yet-effective variations in the beat to change it up and keep the listener subconsciously attached.

[xKore-Muff(djhoohaaRmx)]

the crispness of those drums..

gives me a bo-.... uh... they sound good. Love that beep sound. Hahhahaa bam when the beat drops in i love it. Great, i may have to DL and store this. Sickness, thank you for the sick beats, keep making them! not to mention this track actually seems like a close-to-full/full track. Love how it drops into full-on crisp chaos. Love it, ima subscribe to this, or whatever.

djhoohaa responds:

lol cheers for the support xD

[Liquid dnb wip]

dude below me is right

the drums get a bit messy, i think you need to seriously make the kick and snare stand out more in the mix, it would really help the beat to sound punchier and clear, or rather if the beat was punchy and clear itd sound more energetic, cmon take a tip from Noisia and Spor the artists you (unintentionally? :P) mimic (in a good way, trust me), their beats are a MESS, that sounds AMAZING, because its supa sharp beats, not a bunch of samples thrown together hoping it sounds good. Still good stuff man, keep it up.

SteakJohnson responds:

thanks for the tips, on the main beat i have that hat/noise layer waaay too loud and trebley thus the kick+snare hiding.
the spor/noisia imitating is pretty intentional sometimes, but i definately have preference differences from them lol i hate most of their songs but love their beats+bass

[SJ - Daybreak]

drums sound unpolished

its like a mess of sound rather than the sparkle of a good rushy beat. maybe you used some strange compression or something? all I can say is at the vol im listening at (real quiet) i cant easily make out kicks versus snares, but then again im on a laptop. just something to think about tho, but i trust your final mixdowns are much better than wip yea? good energy in this track nonetheless, tho i still feel like the drums tho they SOUND energetic seem to be more of a mess, too muddy maybe. im not sure.

SteakJohnson responds:

yeah they are quite messy lol, making crazy beats sound good is fricken hard woth ipod earbuds

[Subsection(prev)]

This sounds really sick

Lots of energy in those percussion fills and great drum variation. Keep it up man, would like to hear a completed version!