ProudAardvark's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Save The World!]

Nice mix, cachy theme

This and your funk song are both sort of dwelling in the space between synth funk and trip hop in a cool way. I'm loving the portamento on your leads.

If you don't know the music from the old SNES game "Axelay" look in up on line, i think you'd like it given your style.

Just moved from 8 to 9 because its been looping continuously in the background while I've been writing and I wound up liking it more. 5/5 9/10

itsameyayo responds:

Yay for extra point! Thank you for the review. I'll check out Axelay right away.

-ImperfectDisciple

[FunkMasta]

Wonderful mix!

Love the mix, everything is crystal clear. I have two suggestions:

When the melody comes in, you could break up the individual phrases between the synth lead and the blues organ, or else have the electric piano come back in to double the melody for the second half.

Also, some horn stabs with a downward bend at the end might sound rad over the melody as well. Just as little accents.

The whole thing reminds me a little of the music from the original spyhunter in a good way!

itsameyayo responds:

Thank you. I'll have to take that into account when I start doing this more often at school!

-ImperfectDisciple

[Industrial March]

Strangely good...

This was weirdly compelling. Nice work. You're choice of synths really created an atmosphere that stands on its own, independent of the original William's. I especially liked the snappy repeated notes which have a great attack to them.

I love the idea of your bass/kick but feel that the kick part could be more vicious. Maybe a hint of distortion and less reverb? Double the snare with something harsh and metallic like an anvil? Dunno.

Good Stuff!

Darkmoor responds:

added some more dist and changed the mainsynth to a more evil metalvocalizer. Better/worse?

[Crakle - Black Wolf]

Toe tapping but could improve balance / reverb

There's a great song here if you work on the mix a little more. It sounds like it has way to much reverb (especially on the accoustic piano), and the balance between the instruments is a little off to my ears. You can't hear the pads because the leads are so overpowering. The piano line also could use some velocity variation and be a little softer / more reflective. Because of the thick reverb, when *all the voices* come in at the end it sounds too muddy to make out the individual parts.

In general I am tapping my toes so keep up the good work!

Crakle responds:

Thank you for the helpful review 8D i understand the reveb part :P but i thought id add a bit of power in the leads i guess thats why u cant hear the pad

thanks for the review

~Crakle~

[Releasing (P)]

Great atmosphere!

Love the echoey distortions. Eager to hear more.

photosyntesen responds:

:) glad you liked it :D

[Bassie]

The sounds work together quite nicely

I'm digging your bass synth, especially in the early transitions it sounds kind of like a high voltage wire or something.

The chords / pad that comes in sounds a little fuzzy and distant. Maybe you could blend that in with the other textures so that it sort of grows organically out of the electrical noises you've got going on.

Cool though! Thanks for sharing this.

[Lost in Stonehenge_]

Moody & Heartfelt

Really good, thanks for sharing this. Not sure what it has to do with Stonehenge, but the intensity and moodiness was constant throughout, which is really difficult to pull off. Was this improvised?

Boux responds:

There a few chords structures but all the solos are improvised, theres two guitars, i first record the chords progressions then i record a second guitar with all the solos over it, thanks much for the nice words.

[Red 7 - Far Away (Incomplete)]

Intricate and Snappy

Definitely finish this up! You might make the build up longer because you get a bunch of complicated melodic ideas out really quickly - I'd like to hear the texture build up slower one voice at a time so that my ear can follow everything. I was rocking out after it got going though. Looking forward to hearing the full version.

Redse7en responds:

Thank you so much for the quick feedback! Your opinion might have just saved this song from my recycle bin. I'll do my best to accomplish what you had in mind with the buildup. This song right now is bare bones. It's a skeleton of a song, like how EJay works. Lots of work ahead. Still could use any feedback from everyone!

THANK YOU!
RedSe7en