LLAAPPSSEE's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Symphony in A Minor]

Nice!

The drumming in the background is really nice (is that you?) This track is really not too bad. Sounds like backing music to some RPG. Would go well for some fantasy based flash. Should make some more classical stuff! : D
I dont have too much bad to say. The violin / cello sound i wish was real : (
thats about it. Also, I'd almost say turn up all of the drums, the snares, the crashes, etc. / make the crashes more epic!?

PearlDrummer516 responds:

Ah no, the drumming is not me, I could play it, if only I had some mics :( But yeah, this was my first ever classical song, and it turned out pretty good. My friend actually helped me make some of the violin parts, and they sound absolutely great I might add. Yeah, I wish they were real too, nothing can substitute true human expression and emotion on an instrument, although the Cello sounds quite good. Thank you for the review good sir :)

- Arron -

[Four on the Floor]

'allo

Not too bad, mate. The bass, (Which i understand is supposed to be intense) sounds a bit to intense, hah. It may just be me, but its mastering seems to drown out the sounds that are in the mix with it. If you were to turn it down just a bit or master things out a bit more i think it'd sound a bit better? Thats just my personal opinion! Otherwise everything else is pretty nice. (not generally my style of music). I did really like the bit from about 4 minutes to end. The bass was a little less in the way and made for a nice audible sound. It even got into the whole euro 'jump' sound a bit when everything kicked in. Keep it up. Good job!

D

PearlDrummer516 responds:

Hey thanks for the review man, I'm really glad you enjoyed it. I do agree with you on the bass thing now that you mention it, I'll have to go back and fix that and it will probably sound a lot more equalized. I wanted a song with an action packed feel to it, but also to have a change in it. I guess I succeeded, but it turned into "happy action", "happy jump bounce action" haha. I love the Fry effect, what can I say. Thanks for the advice mate.

- Arron -

[Title Splash Sequence -r]

Niiiiice

Awesome - the beat at the beginning just begs for more, for moreeee. I can see the synthy bad in the backing dropping to a lower note then back up again. If possible you should really extend this! : D

Such a badass title opening or splash.

[Maybe Baby Instramental]

too cluttered

This song has a bunch of nice sounds going on. Once everything kicks in though there's far too much dissonance between all the instruments. The drums dont seem to fit all to well either / are too quite. Instruments need to be separated. Its too jumbled at points. At least the sounds aren't bad, that'd be more knocks off of it. Some parts sound alright, some parts sound good, others aren't so good. Ah well. Pull it all together and it could be something really nice.

kjarnold responds:

THanks mate, trying to make it tighter, but like I said, I am not a great mixer but I appreciate the feedback.

[(WF1) Mythago 2.1]

Yay

pretty cool, nice and sadly peaceful. I really liked the battle sound effects thrown in there. I'm surprised you dont submit this in the ambient genre, its pretty ambient. The piano in the beginning didnt sit well with me - that plugin is far to recognized. Er at least to a user of fl. I'd advise looking into a different piano plugin / messed around a bit more with it. It didnt seem to fit in as well as the other bits did.

I liked it at 1:45 when the synth arpy pads came in. yay.

Not bad though. I liked the sort of ancient vibe the whole song had. It could probably even be used in a sci-fi setting too! anyhow, cool stuff.

wyldfyre1 responds:

I actually thought of it. For a while though i wasn't 100 percent sure my stuff was ambient haha. I'm more confedent that it is now though hearing some of the other ambient songs on newgrounds. I'll probably move away from that FL keys paino sound trust me.. may even re submit this with a different sounding piano. Thanks for the review!

[Mass Effect]

Loved Mass Effect so much

not so much 80's sci-fi - but its got a nice flavor to it - i could really see this being used in a sci-fi game. This is a really well put together track. Personally, the piano is the only the thing that sort of throws the whole thing off (as in, piano is not very sci-fi) but, dont get me wrong, its very beautiful composed. I just think you should perhaps make that melody more synthy? I dunno, thats just me though. Very lovely track!

Hooray for mass effect.

AvatarKami responds:

Hey thanks for the review. Yeah I'd love to get this in a game, sci-fi or otherwise. I myself was a bit skeptical about putting in the piano section myself, but I thought that with the backing of the sci-fi texture made it slightly better. Unfortunately I don't have access to some better programming. I may re-release this with more synths later. Thanks for the nice comments. Mass Effect rules.

-AvatarKami
(Kami the Avatar)

[Gypsytone]

nice man

Fucking loved it. All of it. When the 8 bits came in all by themselves, lovely, then freaked out, epic shit man.

[(NUB) I Just Can't Win]

Woo!

This song is great. That really sucks someone would throw a 1 at you like that.
Its, of course, bullshit. Scores aren't important anyhow. It does make sure people hear you, which is what should be happening with you...

Now. Onto the song, Actually. I love it. The slow keyed end. The beginning drums that keep you wanting more as they slowly build up, fall out, come back, then blast you. My only thing with this. Is maybe do something with that think sample? I do like the different pitches. I just think it stands out almost too much? Oo! Oo! or have one with a big reverb on it! :D Then again, that may be what you were wanting! Either or, not really a big deal - lovely breaks - Lovely glitches. I like that gated pad that slowly fades in and out.

Yeah!

nubbinownz responds:

It happens, no sense in getting upset over it :)

Thanks for the review my man. Yeah the think break is starting to lose it's luster eh ? I wanted this to have alot of emotion in it. which i think it does, at least for me haha

[Mach 9000]

Oh man, killer7..

Killer7 is one of my favorite games. I imported the soundtrack from japan! This has a very good feel of that game too. In fact, i could see this going along perfectly. Very awesome. Very awesome inspiration. My only problem with the song is that it ends a little abruptly. Nice tunes.

Mattopia responds:

Yay, another Killer7 fan!

Thanks! Yeah, I'm not too great when it comes to endings. I usually make songs with looping in mind.

[+*. The Real Deal .*+]

Nicely composed!

if you were to process that piano some more, add some filters and effects to it, you could really make this stand out much more than it is right now. Throw some reverb on it, a very light delay, turn the highs up a bit, maybe even add a low pass. Thats what i'd do anyhow. However, the composition is really nice. I think it'd sound better on a real piano. (also, i think you should do away with the timed hats at the beginning, the 1-2-3-4) Make that piano stand out!!

Nice playing though. I would've given a 10 if the keys had more of an interesting pretty sound to them (are you using fl it sounds like that fl keys?)

Keep it up! :D

Special-Ed responds:

Ya it is FL Studio 8 XXL...
But I'm kinda a noob when it comes to the filters and those 'VST' whatcha ma whosits. I try playing around with the nobs on the FL Keys, but I found the sound got worse... I can play about half the song off by heart already, but the second half gets kinda tricky.

I wont be working on this version anymore, I'm redoing it the way I meant to do it the first time! And this, I've just decided, I will be playing it myself. Unfortunately, real pianos and ( *o*) +*. grand pianos .*+ (*o* ) are just dreams for me. I only have a $5000 Yamaha Clavinova, which is great for recording but yucky to play. Its got the heaviest weight I've ever felt on piano keys and they make a loud clunk sound when they are pressed down fast and hard...

but I wil try pluging in to the midi input in my laptop (cause its the only computer that can reach) and recording it through wires.

well we'll see!

+*. Special Ed .*+