Ascend7's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Vhana ft. Olivera- Scars (DaGrahamCraka Remix)_DEMO]

Oh my god! I almost pissed myself when this showed up in my feed! I'm so glad to see you back in action man! I hope you're doing well! I hope that your studies are going great (akhem and that you might have some more time for making music in the future, akhem ;) )

Where do I even start with this one...It's amazing. Just wow! I personally love producing trance so I feel like I just have to ask you this: How did you make the bass?? It sounds amazing!
I feel like you've mastered everything just perfectly. That bass in the beginning cuts through the mix just right, it's got just the right amount of reverb and delay on it and then those hihats coming in and everything...Damn dude! And then that wet piano, daaamn.
Love how you play around with the lead synth at around 1:22....The lyrics...I think lyrics are one of hardest things to get right in a track since they can just kill your mix; I always struggle to find a balance between the lyrics not killing my EQing and them being understandable. But you handle that just so well! Amazing! Then the lead coming in at 2:25...how did you make that fit into the mix so well?? I feel like if I add arps into my tracks that it's just soo hard to get any square like synths to cut through as well...But you do it so effortlessly. Did you add a compressor or what??? :O
And not to mention that final drop. Amazing dude! Amazing. The production quality on this track is like something you'd hear on A State of Trance. I. am. in. love!

PS: I've still got a lot of your songs on my MP3 (yes, I actually still use that). Recently I've started a PhD, meaning that I have to travel around a lot by plane. Every time I travel in the morning hours and we get high enough Above The Clouds and the turbulence stops, I put on {Aura} and stare at the sun as it rises. It's something that is really hard to explain, but it almost makes me weepy at times.
Thanks for changing how I see the world Graham! Peace.

[Elephantine]

Just heard this on Newgrounds radio. Insane man! Keep up the good work!

[Sir Drumsalot]

I like ti :) Love the effects on your voice

[fall]

No download link? :O Love the track!

QuackBarc responds:

apparently i need to be scouted to make it downloadable, so at the time being have the bandcamp link rather:
https://quackbarc.bandcamp.com/track/fall

edit: nevermind i'm dumb and just realized i've been requested like 6 or so times...

[At the Speed of Light]

This is just too much. This is just too amazing.

[RB3 - Megawatt]

Amazing! Keep it up man! You're one of my biggest inspirations!

[energy1]

Quite good! I was just on Newgrounds radio and heard this. I like the track, although I would maybe suggest a sub bass, to spyce up everything. Let's says at 0:13 I notice you've introduced the main bass and then after the drop the bass goes lower, but IDK, I'd maybe add another simple sine subbass on every odd beat.
Otherwise I really like how you handle the build up - I'll have to take one from you books when I'm producing. Also I though that the stabs were a tad weak in the main drop, but the moelody is quite good. And the lead coming in at 1:03 is really nice! I love your style. Tell me though, how did you decide upon the notes for the lead which comes in at 1:03?? I usually just take the main chords of the track and try and put something in between, but I was meaning to ask how you do it. Cheers!

CryNN responds:

Simple accords are the thing. Just try to get the notes split from the accord.
This track was made for fun. And i was just playing with a new style, that i didnt do.
I really thank you for this review!

[F-777 - Ice Cream (Preview)]

Nice! What was your inspiration for this track?

[AMB01]

Getting a real nice ambient, almost Aphex Twin like feeling from this. Really like the hihat. Keep it up!

quantumdylan responds:

Thanks so much! Richard is a huge inspiration, so that is a massive compliment. And I'm glad the hi-hat didn't get too droney/repetitive, I wanted to experiment a bit with having a constant backing track of the chimes and hi-hat, tie everything together.