kiiryu's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Twisted Eleanor]

Certainly messed up.

Haha, at the beginning I was like, "hey, this is pretty good, not weird at all."

Then the rest of the song happened...

But anyway, not much to say really, since I'm assuming with the exception of the voice the majority of it was samples. However I will say that even though it was weird and twisted at say, 00:28, the samples sounded pretty good together, but as the song progressed it just felt more random and less coherent.

But then again, it seems that was your intention...so "what am I supposed to say?", I'm sure there are plenty of people who will look for track like this to help create the feeling of complete madness.

DualityGod responds:

Yes, actually. Thanks for the review!

[need Suggestions!]

Hm..

It sounds like it's building up to something when it starts, but nothing really happens, so I think you should have a lead instrument kick in somewhere. Use something such as a violin or a piano to play a lead melody, and then pan the lead you've got now to the sides and use it more as backing rather than the focus of the song. Also, maybe some sort of bell-like instrument every now and then to compliment the long held notes of the violin/whatever you choose, and the short chopped notes of the synth you have already.

That's what I'd do, anyway. Good luck.

killerhoofd responds:

thanks allot!

[Decisions]

Good.

It's great, but it sounds like you were recording too close to the mic.

bamoh responds:

I use a rock band mic, hence the awful compression. How I wish I had a decent mic

[[Windmill V5]*]

good, but..

It's good, but the instruments are too loud sometimes, so you get distortion.

Solkrieg responds:

I tried to avoid that. My speakers never got that.

[RD2010 Robostyle]

Hm..

I like it, but it the synth voice limits it's uses. Where this could be used well in a dramatic moment in say, a game, the voices would just make it cheesy.

krssvr responds:

luckily i have an instrumental version for just that situation if it was needed

[Organic Walk]

weird.

The synth that comes in at 57 seems to have bad timing, and the clap is a bit blatant, if that makes any sense.

Djidkay responds:

Thanks you telling me what's wrong ^^
Making bad timings between melodys seems to be a bad habit I took, the next time i'll try to keep more attention on it ^^

[Drums Of Wars]

Drums were too loud

I liked it, but I found the drums to be too loud and they stood out a bit too much, I think it would have sounded better if they had blended together with everything else, rather than being the focus.

Jephz responds:

Alright, I'll keep that in mind.

[Rolan's Curse O3]

Hmm

The beat was there, the mixing was there, but the melody just felt...bland, and the choice of instrument for the lead didn't seem to work very well.

6/10 = slightly above average, not bad.

Ragestorm responds:

Hey thanks for the quality review, I'll be making some changes based on what you said.
Wassail!

[Occupied Much]

Kinda empty

Kinda empty, since there were only really two instruments, and they were playing the same melody most of the time anyway. Furthermore, they were usually just playing quick notes so there were no held notes or continuous sounds throughout the song, adding to the feeling of emptiness.

Also, the drums were all over the place, with the cymbal just sort of coming in seemingly at random, and leaving at odd times, making it hard to follow a rhythm when it came to the overall song structure.

Anyhow, practice, improve, FIGHT!

DjSquanto responds:

lol, im laughing so hard xD, ok thanks.

[Desperation Isle]

Good

Sounds pretty cool. Though I admit the vocal takes are flawed, some pops in there where it sounds like you're too close to the mic, or singing directly into it.

But to be honest I think it's less the take and more that the style of the vocals that doesn't really fit. It might have worked a bit better with some sort of effect to help them blend in with the rest of the song, since in general the song itself was fairly echo-e and dreamlike. Though this is entirely my opinion, since having clear vocals creates an entirely different atmosphere than distorted ones would.

Kor-Rune responds:

Thanks for the critique!

I did add reverbs, effects, or delays to my voice during the mixing stage, but it felt like it just didn't contrast enough, and the song had less character to it.

I wanted more of a pure voice in a dark, devoid, large atmosphere. Kind of like you're in that dark devoid atmosphere, and the singer is "speaking" to you, instead of singing into a microphone(the notes are way too low to suggest any real motivation for reverberation anyway).

Thanks again for your input!