boney-man's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Mayhem City (Preview)]

This shows a lot of promise, it has a lot of cool sounds. The basses are really cool, and so is their rhythm, but ironically I don't hear any actual bass or sub bass (and don't say I need better speakers because I assure you my system produces bass haha). The snare has a cool texture too but could be a little punchier, I think. Overall, it's good work, and that intro you have is perfect, it just needs a harder drop to follow, in my opinion.

Shibumi

YakovlevArt responds:

Yeah man, I will work on adding sub but this track is stuck at this part right now, I have to work out a good intro and breakdown.
Thanks for the tip and review, much appreciated XD

[Day By Day (instr.)]

One of my favorites from you. This is one of the best beats I've ever heard, I wish I could favorite it 100000 times.

Downloaded, and I might put a verse on this one day...

Crueltool responds:

Thanks man!! more fro me coming soon)

[Teqneek Hype Track]

I decided to finally drop a review on this since I've been listening to it so much. This is dope, your flow fits Rama's beat perfectly and I really dig it. I've actually kept coming back to this tune because it's kind of stuck in my head so good job man. I'll be watching you in the comp, good luck!

- Shibumi

Teqneek responds:

Thanks for the words homie; I will not disappoint. And trust me you've seen nothing yet, I've already got a lot of surprises up my sleeve for this.

[[Crysis] Risky Business]

Oh lol

When I just left the review on the WIP I totally didn't realize you finished it. I agree with everyone else that the tempos of your samples are clashing. This beat definitely has the right vibe, but the tempo discrepancy kinda messes up the groove and makes it sound awkward. In fact, I think that's my only concern with this. Otherwise I'm pretty sure this would be a dope beat.

- Shibumi
6/10

JackRocker responds:

Yeah..I haven't been posting anything new, not until I can get everything right. I sent the samples to Team-Dix, and we're trying to get a remix project for it underway, so maybe you'll hear this vibe over a beat that it actually works with. Thanks for the tips though dude!

[Saxophone Hip Hop(WIP)]

Good

I'd actually love to collab this if you're still up for it. It sounds really nice so far. Also I find that with hip hop basses, I usually use oneshot samples rather than synths. Occasionally I'll use a simple sine/triangle sub but if I have to add bass myself I usually head for my samples. If I were you I'd just scour the internet for samples of basses; bass guitars, upright basses, 808 basses, basically anything you can find haha.

You're definitely getting better man, keep up the good work!

JackRocker responds:

Thanks man. I've already read your review on the completed version, but I'll send you a PM about collabing on this anyway. Team-Dix might be working on a remix of it, and if you wanna give it a go, let's see what happens!

[Friday Fox - Empathy(Drumstep)]

Hmm

I like the beginning... first thing I noticed though is that you should cut the little click off of the end of that xKore snare lol :D
The piano sounds cool and the reggae vibe it gives is pretty nice. I can get into it.
The intro is actually really good, but I found the drop rather anticlimactic; it lacked any impact and kind of just happened. The bass pattern itself was not bad and had some good edits, but with the feel you were going for, the bass sounds could have been heavier. Try a little more distortion or something to get some more texture to make your basses more interesting.
The part that started at 1:24 was a nice section, I liked the introduction of the lead and I was feeling the vibes. The lead kind of overpowers everything else though.

Overall it's not bad, but the drop is definitely lacking in power and interesting-ness.

And also, "if you hate it GTFO" is never a good thing to say to your audience.

- Shibumi
7/10
4/5

gavkay21 responds:

The GTFO is for the zero bombers lol

[I am the BEAT (instrumental)]

DUDE

This is so good, I really love it. I have nothing constructive to say; this is perfect lol. Very nice sampling, nice groove too. I could definitely get down to this.

-boney_man
5/5
10/10
+DL/fav

Crueltool responds:

Glad you like)) Listen more beats)))

[[Crysis]Blood, Sweat and Beers]

Good

I love the feeling of this, it's definitely got potential. What doesn't really do it for me though is that your drums don't really fit the sample, rhythm-wise. It feels a little disjointed and kind of destroys the flow; I can't really get into it :\ I think they could use some swing, in fact - that might help the problem.

The sample is great though, just the meshing of sampled stuff and your own sounds could be a little better.

~boney_man
7/10
4/5

JackRocker responds:

Thanks a lot man..I'll definitely work harder on getting things meshed up better. Several people have mentioned this about other tracks, actually. Thanks for the review!

[Kw- Overgrown]

Nice one

I love the atmosphere of this right from the start, and man at 0:22 that bass sounds fantastic. I've never heard your drum and bass before, but for a first attempt at a liquid tune, this is beyond fantastic. The amen in this context gives it that classic liquid feel. Really subtle drop, I like it, and the sub there is great. This is really good, and the mixdown is solid too. No complaints from me. Nice job.

- Ackute / boney_man
9/10
5/5

nightsurfermusic responds:

Thanks dude! I was super proud of the bassline there. I'm no good with changing the wobbles, but hey, I didn't need to. :D

[Jazzy Drum 'n bass Jig]

oh man

this is the first review i'm writing in a looooong time. i just wanted to let you know your drums are the best. they are really well done, man. i love them. everything else is good too though, that's a nice bass. i wish you made more drum & bass :|

-boney_man

PERVOK responds:

Yeah man I really need to write more dnb. Ive been getting too far away from my drummer roots recently :(