T-rebel's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Chillaxed Ambient]

coO0L ambient; i like

If I were going to make any glaring suggestion it would be to pick a more subdued snare and kick drum. The pads you lined up work really well, but you need to do a bit of EQ work, I can hear some clickyness in the background, which makes me think that it might be cutting at points.

As for the obvious tempo change, I actually really liked it. It makes the second part, while still quite laid back, sound a lot more upbeat by comparison. Nice submission.

[Joker Demo]

what is this?

you get 3 stars for putting the Joker in there.

[Stress Eliminator (Acid Remix)]

This was like listening to Yoga for Windows!

Interesting and constantly changing, but I found it really hard to follow the melody; it didn't really seem to have a key or a consistent flow with the beat all the time. I'm sure you intended for it, but I guess it was a bit over-experimental for my taste. I did like the flow from 8 bit computer-ish synths into something a bit more... oriental.

Two of the more original minuts I've spent listening to any track on this site. nice job!

LastRushup responds:

Thanks for the review, this will definitely help me improve!

[[e99] Trance]

I feel guilty...

I can hear from the EQ work (like the sweep at the beginning) and the complexity of the two main themes you used that you did put a lot of work into this, but I still found that there was a bit too much fuzz on the synths you picked, and it made the song sound kinda clicky for trance music... Otherwise, although it does change at points, it only has 2 themes in 5 minutes, and the 3rd part is just playing one theme over the other. That's not a whole lot of variety for 5 minutes of air time...

So, sorry I couldn't give this one a bigger and more flattering review; it's a pretty decent track, so no hard feelings I hope.

e991e responds:

none taken.
This is my first song thats longer than 4 minutes (and decent). i hope to master the trance genre (lol) and create a few songs that are over 5 minutes and more entertaining.
Thanks for the review!

[Get Ready (Demo)]

eenh...

The soundbyte of the song going pop was sort of appropriate; the kick you used is REALLY clicky, and the song on the whole is pretty repetitive for only 2:00 long. Good instrumentation for dance though, but it definitely needs a bit more variety and some EQ adjustments...

tytee responds:

Thanks for the review. Yeah, I'm kinda new to this whole thing, so I've got to get some practice in. Like it says, this is just the demo... don't really know if it'll go anywhere.

[Thinking...thinking...OH]

Great song, but it's all sweeps!

I never thought I'd hear a track that had too many sweeps, but you managed to put more than 10 into 1:20 of music. That's got to be a record. Cool clip, but I just thought it might have been better with a few synths that weren't sweeping.

Shroomguy responds:

BUT SWEEPING IS MY FAVORITE CHORE...

Yeah I was really experimenting with sweeps in this one, but I thought it was okay.

Though you do make a valid point. Thanks for reviewing!

[[a.] This Earth]

Roll them toms boy!

I liked the tom rolls you used in the drumline; it made the whole thing seem kind of epic, BUT I'd say they got maybe a bit over-used for the first 1:30 or so... otherwise, the samples you put in were spot on and realy well balanced (in terms of EQ). Nice ending btw, with the fading voice sample; I didn't see the movie, is it a line from the movie or somewhere else?

Rawrthaas responds:

It's part of a speech from the astronomer Carl Sagan.

[Flying Heaven (Street Fighter)]

Pretty nuts beats

I liked the way you started out with the most memorable riff from the original, and kept it running for the first bit of the track; really sets the listener into the idea that this is coming from the track in SF. That way, when you really do change it up further on into the track it's clear what exactly you've done with it.

I really liked the way you transposed the same riff later on, and gave it an almost sinister twang.

Most importantly, and this is a big issue with remixes, you didn't make it the least bit repetitive, even though it only had one riff running throughout. The way you swapped it in and out of the foreground of the track was great.

Easily the best remix I've heard in the last year. Thanks for making it.

10/10

[[S_Rock] Away From Time]

Serious and emotionally charged.

Nice track -- really conjures up the image for me of someone trying their utmost at something and failing. Like watching a one legged man trying to climb a mountain or something.

The only thing I would say is that I found it a bit repetitive when the song more-or-less restarted from scratch about half way through. Wouldn't have hurt you to cut this one a bit shorter and make it that much more emphatic when the big sweep comes in. Otherwise, it easily makes the grade!

Great job.

S-Rock responds:

Thanks :D