T-rebel's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Autechre]

Awesome work

Really nice fade in at the intro. I liked the echo effect you used too. This had a great diversity of synths going for it as well as a deep echoed bass. Both those things made this track feel like it had some real depth to it. I really liked the subtlety with which you faded the beat in when you wanted it there. It was just right, considering the way your arrangement of synths made the track feel like it had a beat of its own.

Most of the time, people attempting this sort of track end up cluttering it with too many synths playing at once. But your judicious use of all of them and your great work with the EQ made it really easy to listen to.

I hope you make tops of the week.
5/5
10/10

robtl responds:

Thank you. This is possibly the most constructive review I've come across.

[(-MN-)Wild Arm Intro]

Strange progression

Very emo intro, which made me think that the rest of the track would be major to harmonic minor and instead it got super happy right out of the gate. The intro and the rest of the track are both quality, but the two just aren't right for each other IMO.

Also, I wasn't super happy about that clapping synth that was going from 0:45 to 1:08, and again from 1:27 to 1:43. Even turning it all the way down didn't make it less annoying. I think I would have used a snare or a muted hi-hat instead.

Still, the overall quality of the track was pretty high. you've got the mastering down really well on this. The way you set up the chorus and the electric guitar I thought was really creative. Especially when you took the choir-ish chorus synth and made it the pad for your ending; that really worked well.

4/5
8/10

Mental-Note responds:

well to be honest atm i'm just experimenting with midi and fruity loops...i haven't really got it down pat though...hopefully my next song will be better since i've cut the begining step short...and gone straight to the instrument tweaking right off the bat on fruity loops...my next song will be up in a couple seconds though...also that clapping is in the peercussion as a snare i think...and the song is from a western cowboy kinda game...despite it being an rpg

[Deception 2.1]

Interesting

Its a really fun track to listen to, but I wouldn't have classified this as ambient music. It's pretty short, and with the 8 bit sounding synth you used for the chorus, it really sounds more like video game music. Still, it's well produced and it changes up constantly. It's fine as it is, but my humble suggestion would be to get rid of the ending and loop it to make it fiercely video game genred.

Nice job!
5/5
9/10

corvett responds:

Thank you very much. I'll have to track down the midi file through ancient back-ups if I want a clean clip of it to edit. Where does the 'end' section you speak of start? 1:12, or the bit at 1:21?

Thank you for the glowing review, it made my day.

[CKC - In The Night]

It's not bad, but...

...Personally, I didn't feel like this qualified as hip hop for a few reasons:

1) It really made me think of something like the theme song to a police drama series or something.

2) The beat doesn't change, and there are no (ZERO) break beats.

3) The track's tempo is really slow and it has a synth-choir.

Last thing I want to say: this is CLOSE to being trip hop. With a bit more tempo and a bit more compression in the beat, I think I might change my mind. As it stands, I really wasn't so impressed that I thought this deserved 10's. It's not bad though.

4/5
8/10

CKC2009 responds:

Well I Like It :)

[Race On (WIP) [SFPL]]

Sounds like bg music in a Ford Fusion commercial!

It's kinda like elevator music meets techno at first, but it picks up well. The middle might have beenrepetitive, but it was complex enough that it wasn't boring. I liked it. Nice fade in for the chorus and i liked that little beepy synth you had echoing; it was a nice touch. Makes me wanna drive a Ford Fusion!
( "oh crap!" **T-rebel has been jizzed on by Tom Fulp for promoting an outside, unrelated website in this space** )

SFaPiL2 responds:

NGNN - NG News Network: T-Rebel banned from Newgrounds. Foreign customs have been notified. Tom: I am disappoint.

^__^

Yes, the repetitive part is just to "occupy the space" so to speak. When I'll come up with new ideas I'll simply overlap them on the existing part and perhaps remove some bits and pieces.

It still needs a lot of work (damn... I think I exagerated with the automations: 30+ !) but I have my hopes that this song might become something decent.

Thanks once again ^__^.

[Harp and Flutes [WIP]]

It is relaxing.

I did a track a lot like this a while ago called Jubei's Dream about a ninja/mercenary who after a LONG adventure finally gets to rest and let his mind wonder. My dilemma making that track was thinking of where his mind would wonder to. I think you ran into the same wall as I did; you get this relaxing flute part done and you don't know what's next.

Maybe you should try to put yourself in a very relaxed state and see where your mind wonders off to, then transition into something that reminds you of what your mind wondered off to........

I hope that made SOME sense!

SFaPiL2 responds:

Lol. I should be careful. It seems I'm inadvertently copying you (it also happened with Blood, Bullets and Tears ^__^).

What you said made alot of sense. I should give this song a listen at the right moment (when I'm in a good and peaceful mood ^__^) and try to "feel" the song somehow. Kind of like what sculptures say they do: "They're not creating a statue from the rock, but freeing the essence of the statue that was already inside of it". Similarly, the song should have an essence of its own which I should try and grasp. Ugh... I hope MY interpretation made sense ^__^.

Thank you VERY much for the tip. I'll see what I can do (once the creative block vanishes damn it).

Cheers

[It's What Must Be Done]

SWEET TRACK... but

2 things kinda jump out at me when I listen to this:

Thing 1 - you really know how to adjust levels and effects, it's pretty apparent from the strings and piano. At the same time though, you left the SAME sweep and distortion (compressor?) on the beat for the entire duration of the song.

Thing 2 - Besides the slowed down hip hop beat you used, there's very little about this track that says R&B. If I were going to do this track over myself, I'd just make it a straight classical piece. It had a really good key change and everything.

I should say though that the end result was really catchy. Maybe I should try some classical strings over r&b beat sometime soon.

[ChaozFantasy-Metaljonus]

GWAAAAAR!

I can totally see a bunch of dudes in their late 30's in acid wash jeans head-bangin' to this track. All 'round it's well done. Good variety in the beats, really good mixin' on the electric guitars; they aren't overpowering but they still more than carry the whole melody. I really liked the up-tempo drums constrasted with the slow solo lead. The intro was nice touch too. Really didn't see any acid rock coming when it fist came on.

All my 10's are belong 2 u!

5/5
10/10

[4th Leaf Clover]

Not on my favorites list...

Well you did vary the "melody" up quite a bit, which is nice to see. But, at the same time, there was very little consistency throughout the track and there was no real chord progression going on, except that you went up and down a few times in semi-tones... also used a bit too much trumpet. Interesting idea, but I really doubt this one would grow on me.

[Tension Rising Remix.]

Not bad...

I'm not familiar with the original, but as a track of its own this needed more effects to use the kind of haunting tone it's going for. It needed some fading and sweeping, especially on that noisy pad you had going. Anyways, it's not a badly put together track, on the whole. But there's clearly some room for improvement. One more thing: you need to work on the lvl's for your synths, they can't ALL be the loudest part of the loop at the same time. Give each of them their moment to shine and it'll come out a bit longer and bit less crowded.

3/5
7/10

NeoDeadlyRave responds:

Ah sweet! I agree on that. I just ran out of ideas and decided to post it up. Yeah I need to work on the volume and EQ. Thanks a lot!