Score: 6

"Drumfunk"

submission: Nub&Scribbler - Our Mistakes 1

date: August 7, 2008

I appreciate someone who actually does drumfunk on NG. I like hearing different versions of drum and bass. I was hoping for something other than a simple chopped Amen, but I think the piano and the guitar are very nice. It would lead more people to think this is a "drum and bass" song if you actually had a sub-bass or something.

Score: 5

"Not Exactly Drum and Bass"

submission: There's a Drum in my Bass!

date: July 13, 2008

This isn't exactly a drum and bass song. It's more of a techno type of thing. Drum and bass is usually at 160 to 180 BPM, and the bass is not like what you have at all. Try listening to more drum and bass and looking up tutorials on the Fruity Slicer (for drums) and 3x Osc (for bass) on YouTube.

When you learn enough about the Fruity Slicer, I will be more than happy to send you the drums loops I use.

Score: 4

"Needs Work"

submission: GL7 - Glitch

date: June 29, 2008

This needs some work. It definitely fits in the industrial section, but for an actual song, it's not that good. The glitching actually gets annoying. I would suggest adding drums to keep a steady beat while you change up the glitching and set it to different instruments. At least there is a guitar.

Score: 6

"Not Sad"

submission: Lucovic - Death Memorial

date: June 26, 2008

I'm not trying to ruin your streak of great reviews, but I really feel this isn't a sad song at all. It's just simply like that. You claimed that this was supposed to be sad since it is a "memorial", yet I don't see how in anyway it is. I would imagine a sad song to have a piano or something and maybe start out slower. The strong bass you used in this doesn't really fit, in my opinion.

Work on compressing your bass some more. The bass also could probably use some distortion to make it sound more interesting. Also, try to use the Parametric EQ to change the way things sound. The pad at the beginning is just in its default state, and you could do so much more to make it sound better.

Score: 10

"Better than Most of the Drum and Bass Here"

submission: Starfaller -R

date: June 25, 2008

This is better than most of the drum and bass songs here, in my opinion. I'm a huge lover of drum and bass, but it's sad how hard it is to get any attention around even for some of the songs in other genres. I can't believe how you only got two reviews for this.

I feel so lifted and energized listening to this, and I just love every single sound in it. This is some fine work.

Score: 2

"Just FL Studio Drum Loops"

submission: Oldskool

date: June 25, 2008

What is this other than a collection of FL Studio drum loops? I don't want to seem like a bad person, but this is one of the easiest things to make and you should have actually used the Fruity Slicer and made some of your own patterns with the drum sounds instead of just leaving them how they are. You could have also added some filters to make them more interesting.

I'm not even going to get to the actual drum and bass genre part of this, since it's very obvious that there is no bass at all. It's clear what you were doing here and I don't mean to seem like a jerk for giving you a low rating, but there's nothing to this even as a real song.

Score: 8

"Clean"

submission: Tetris Hip-hop

date: June 25, 2008

Clean is how I describe this, mainly because of how all these simple sounds just flow so well. I normally dislike the use of those FL Studio drum loops because they are so overused, but in this case, I feel that they fit in perfectly.

The fact that this is a Tetris remix gets my respect for you. It's hard to get all the notes right, and you actually managed to almost completely fit a song like that into a hip-hop song. I could almost picture this with vocals.

Even for a loop, I feel there should be some sort of build up in it. However, it's pretty decent how it is. I don't think you really need to work on anything, but I'd like this to be just a bit slower maybe. It's sad how the audio portal has people who don't appreciate the real value of some songs, so I voted five.

Score: 10

"No Problems"

submission: 4AM - 4808 [Preview]

date: June 25, 2008

I really wish it was possible for me to help you, but I'm sorry to say that this is spectacular. There really are no problems, in my opinion. For a preview, I'm astonished. All I can do right now is wait for the full version.

Score: 7

"Improvement"

submission: -Terror-

date: June 17, 2008

You definitely improved, but I agree with the others; this is too repetitive. It would be fine if it wasn't so long, because it was pretty much the same stuff over and over again. It's somewhat chaotic, but nice. I also suggest not using the DrillNB drum loop since it's just so old and overused. Try to find some other drum loops online.

Score: 8

"Not One of Your Best"

submission: [ turn around ]

date: June 16, 2008

This really isn't one of your best drum and bass songs, but it's alright. For some reason, the bass sounds slightly annoying to me and there doesn't seem to be too much of a variety of different things here. I understand that there are some really interesting sounds, but I don't feel like this is all that spectacular.

However, I'm giving you an eight out of ten because I can picture this fitting into a game very well.