Okey Dokey...
This definitely is not my typical listening style, but you specifically asked for a review so here is one for you.
The song repeats itself quite a bit. That one main melody line just plays over and over as filter effect after filter effect constantly change it's timbre. It's a really lazy writing style. Instead of really creating a lot of melody and harmony lines that intertwine you just use filter effects to make the same line sound different constantly. I know it makes the kiddies on Newgrounds swoon, but I just find it to be lazy writing.
The percussion gets rather annoying after a while. Don't get me wrong, it sounds fine for a while. But there does not seem to be any change in the percussion throughout the song. There are times the percussion drops out of the song, but never really changes it's rhythm. Once again, it's a typical form of lazy writing I see here a lot on Newgrounds. Would be nice to get more rhythms in the percussion throughout the song.
The structure of the song is fine. It follows a pretty straightforward path that flows from one section to another decent enough. But then again, nothing in this song really changes. So transitions aren't necessary, or really even present for the most part. Mainly for transitions in certain places you added even more filter effects, had the kick and/or snare just hit at a machine gun pace, and then just sort of slammed the next section onto the end of the dizzying snare/kick hits.
In terms of Newgrounds material, this is pretty decent albeit VERY stereotypical. There is not one thing about this song that stands out from the crowd. The same synths, the same percs, the same melody lines, the same gates, really nothing about this really strikes me as unique or different from 90% of what I hear on a daily basis on Newgrounds. Does that make it bad? Not really. But does sort of make it boring for me.
I will say the big positive in this is it shows you know how to work effects into your DAW decently well. Granted for the most part it's all filter effects, but you used them in ways that the kiddies here will love. Like I said, I find it to be lazy writing. But the kiddies swoon for that sort of stuff.
To summarize the main points to focus on in your next song to make it better than this would be:
-Less filter sweeps.
-More varied percussion rhythms.
-Less reliance on gates to create melody lines for you.
-Harmony lines to counter balance the melody lines, instead of just filtering the song to make it sound different in sections.
-More varied and unique melody lines, with less emphasis on repeating and more emphasis on growing the melody throughout the song.
-Use more intricate effects. What you are using right now seem to mainly be filters, which are way to easy. Challenge yourself next time bud.
-Use less stereotypical percussion samples. I'm sure you could manipulate the stuff you have to sound more original than what you used in this song.
-More varied and unique synths. What I'm hearing basically sounds like the most stereotypical synths with just filter effects on them to make them sound unique. Try mixing it up so they are more unique and memorable.
3/5 and 7/10 overall. It's a solid song for the most part, and the kiddies here on Newgrounds will swoon when they hear it. But all the same there is a ton of work you could do on it to make it a lot better.
-Gravey-