InGenius's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Horror Hop]

Good mix on the intro

That synthy first 8 is good, the hats might be a bit too high volume, compared to the kick which is too weak. The instrument choice was good, but you gotta get away from the BooBass and find some more interesting bass VSTi's. You need more texture in that bass if you're going to drop everything out and let it stand on it's own against the drums. This is good for a simple little piece, don't get me wrong. I was totally digging that first 38 seconds, but it's too empty and simple after the pads and synth drop. Keep working, it's good to have new ideas on Hip-Hop in HHNG.

Peace

[Fxuem's New Cellphone :D]

Wow

This is great stuff, that whole setup and the track itself are all excellently mixed. Very surprising to find something this good when randomly looking through forum posts and following Fav Artist or Review trails to find what other good artists find good on NG. Good job on the whole thing, I love that ringtone/chiptune style intro into the full on House kickoff. Keep it up, I'm going to be checking the rest of your tracks out now.

Peace

[Emergenct Room]

NO!

Do not ruin that bass with velocity. Hip-hop bass should always be compressed and almost velocityless to give it that undercurrent of rhythmic follow-through. I think what woulda been better was a changeup on the note during a 4 or 8 bar section of the main verse parts, maybe a jump in octave or a simple 3 note changeup every 4 bars in an 8 bar set, just enough to give it a feeling of bounce. As for the choirs, a little bit of smearing with some reverb to set them more in the middle rather than the foreground of the piece, and bring that whistle synth forward a bit with a tiny bit of compression and maybe some Send channel chorus lightly to give it more presence. It's a realy keystone to the track, which gives it character. The ambulance synth does fit the theme of the vocal sample, so that's a great idea.

Sorry for the wall of words, but this is a really good hip-hop track coming from an artist who is outside his comfort zone really by venturing into this genre. From all of the audio I've listened to from you, DnB and Classical seem to be your strong points, IMO, though the choir and strings here do fit right into that, but Hip-Hop is a rare entry in your audio. This was quite well done, if a bit underpowered for my tastes as far as the loudness of the track, but I compress and limit alot now so I'm sadly involved in the Loudness Wars...eh, whattayagonnado? Keep it up and definitely do more Hip-Hop.

Peace

S3C responds:

sweet a good review! thanks man.

its funny how you mention the dynamicless bass in styles such as this- i just picked up a book on mixing and a section on compression echoes your sentiments; the bass is the under-anchor of the track and needs to have an even sound so that no tones are lost through weaker velocities.

Well, I can't say hip hop is necessarily outside of my comfort zone, it was pretty much what I mainly tried to produce for the first year that I was messing around with producing :P but indeed, more DnB and classical oriented tracks have been the ones i've been messing around with the most for the past year.

Thanks a lot for the review man and the specific advice! this helps, and i'm really glad you think this is a decent track, means quite a bit coming from you!

and dont be sorry for the wall of words, the longer the reviews the more enjoyable they are to read :)

[Deceitful Conscience(P. Zajed)]

As always...

I loved working on this, even if it took three weeks (or more, depending on how you measure it) for me to get it mixed down. You guys got the sound, and that was an excellent beat choice. As always Zajed has perfectly mixed tracks that hold alot of nuances and emotion, which I hope I didn't kill with my mixing. Keep it pimpin'.

Peace

HeLLsGaUrDiAn responds:

It's always a pleasure working with you my n***a, you know that we always appreciate it man and we won't be ungrateful. Stay up man.

[Ws Ft Tomb Dex & IG - This Is]

Def downloaded

And might I add: FINALLY! Seriously, though, thanks to everyone, I enjoyed this one alot. Appreciate the chance to get onto this track, that beat was vicious from day one. Keep it up everyone and prepare for the teaser tracks to the M.N.S.P. premiere mixtape TBA from InGenius, Mr. What It Do and Chief Wrekka, with some guest spots by a few others.

Peace

[Wyze - Penance]

Man, harshness...

He doesn't like my instruments because they make him feel like less of a man. We all know his hatred for pianos is legendary!

Serious, good pacing on your flow, but I told you as much when you first showed it to me. And if it were recorded on a clear mic, this would be a definite huge track for you. Your style fit the beat perfectly, good layout of the vocals. Good job and keep it up. When you get a new mic, I'd be more than happy to show you how to mix your vocals and get that clean, pro sound.

Peace

Blasphem-E responds:

And Ingenius fires back! WHAT CAN HAPPEN NEXT?! STAY TUNED FOLKS!

haha. Thanks for the words man. And I don't know if I need a new mic. I figure I just need an adapter to run this through a mixer rather than straight to the laptop. But, we shall see. And I'll definitely take you up on the offer.

[xKore - Star Shower (NG Cut)]

Wow, Kore

Good job on this one. As of this review, you're #1 on the House genre and it's well deserved. Very good composition. I love Minimal for this reason, without the Wall of Sounds, you've got to keep your audience entertained by actual musicianship and perfection in the mix. You've got both.

Peace