T-rebel's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[The World Below Us [SFPL]]

nice track!

It's a bit long on the intro, considering the whole track's only 2:41 long, but it was a nice intro... I also liked the drum roll you used to close out the chord progression. Strange bell synth though during that break around 2:00/ I was expecting something a bit chunkier. All in all, it was a good track, but maybe a bit quieter than I'm used to from you. If I didn't know you were capable of better, I'd have given you a 9 or a 10, but you know it as well as I do.

SFaPiL2 responds:

capable of better? Thanks ^__^.

Yeah, I should be extending on this one (and modifying the part from 2:00-end).

I have absolutely no time for songs lately, so I'll see what I can do in the near future.

Thanks once more for your time ^__^.

[[RM] - Rising Sun WIP]

Nice job trying to make the flute stand alone...

Really nice use of the flute at the beginning, and I liked how you kept the strings subtle in the background. My only comment would have been to drop the echo effect after 1:20, when you started sustaining the notes. I would have liked to see it progress a little quicker, too. It felt a bit like bare bones by the 2:00 mark when the flute was still the only instrument in the foreground.

It was nice, though, when you did bring other instruments into the mix, like that timpani. Well done, and nice EQ all 'round.
4/5
9/10

Randomizor responds:

Thanks for listening. ;D

[Lost -KN]

Not quite techno, but technically great.

I really liked the way this track came on gradually, without using any really overbearing synths. I just wish you'd faded the kick in a bit, because during the intro it's overpowering even though it's at the right level during the remainder of the track. It's funny to me that you missed that, because the rest of the EQ I thought was pretty spotless (especially the way you made that gretch synth ping pong).

I really liked the gerenally relaxing and ambient feel to the song (in fact, I think I would have classified it as ambient if it hadn't been for that kick drum), but because you called it techno, I was expecting a bit more build-up. Still it was a great track. Usually something 4:00 long turns out to be longer than it should; in this case, I wanted to hear more of it.

Nice work!

5/5
9/10

JinNJuice responds:

Huh... I think the overpowering kick drum is caused by the mastering. I think it's fine.

Thanks for listening. -KN

[Village Fight]

Fewer percs next time P L Z ! ! !

A whole lot of vibraphone-ish percs... I don't know whether it's my personal taste or the objective timbre of the synths you used, but it seemed... off-putting... somehow. Don't get me wrong, this track isn't bad, but I would have liked to hear the brass section come in a lot sooner, and the percs take a small break at some point.

3/5
7/10

Xenotra2 responds:

Thanks a lot for your thoughts. I will take them into consideration as I continue to revitalize these track sets.

[Beowulf Rap]

I F*CKIN HATE AUTOTUNING

Funny lyrics, but seriously... autotuning is the bane of my existence. Also, Beowulf was a SHIT movie.

I'm not voting on this track because I'm not enough of a douche bag to give you a 1/5 just for using an autotuner But, at the same time, I can't give it a good rating because you used an autotuner.

enjoy the 2/10!

MikeTaylor responds:

If you actually listened to the lyrics, we mentioned how much we hated the movie. (It's also one of the oldest books in history.) The auto-tuning was done for comedic effect. If there was a comedy section in the audio portal, I would have much rather put it in there. Thanks for not 0 bombing, although I must disagree with the 2/10, even if you hate auto-tuning.

[1834 - Third]

Well written AND played

Assuming you wrote and played this, I'm impressed with the chord progression you went with. Also very interesting change of tempo from 3/4 to 4/4. Was maybe a bit awkward the first time I heard it but, when I listened to it again, I thought it really made the staccato piano contrast the otherwise dark chord progression.

Awesome job writing this. I hope I get to hear more.
5/5
10/10

Pandaguru responds:

Thanks a lot for the review! I am glad you enjoyed it. I am glad you came to terms with the 3/4 tempo, I thought it was the perfect mechanism to achieve the contrast I was going for.

[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 :)