sumguy720's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[{dj-N} Buddy]

Sweet dude!

While I think this is really cool stuff, I understand the need of a break every once in a while. Remember, music isn't a static art, if you don't change you're never going to learn anything about yourself-- even if some of the stuff you come out with along the way isn't as good as you had hoped.

I was a little uneasy at the intro to this one- I was like, what? Trance plz? But when it really opened up I was like "Wo!" "w!" so cool job. The mastering is good, the percussion is good, the transitions feel natural, and tying the piano back in with the acoustic guitar was pretty cool. I think this would be categorized on some border between trance, dance, and misc. I look forward to whatever you come up with after your break! Good luck with life!

dj-Nate responds:

Thank you so much for all of the support. It means more than you know.

[Inside Your Dreams]

Cool dude!

Hey! That's not too bad. My only complaint is that it's kind of empty. there's just a lot of unused sound space through the whole song, you definitely got some sweet drums, and your progression is catchy, I really like the super high synth in the background.
If you added more of a bassline, kind of filled out the song, varied your percussion a teensy bit more, this would definitely be ten ten!
Also, GARAGE BAND?! This is great for garage band, that's where I started-- if you check out any of my songs that aren't under 'latest submissions', those are my early garage band pieces. But seriously, I think you should consider moving up to FL studio if you can, it gives you so much more control over your synths and mastering. It takes some time to learn, but if you end up with a copy somehow let me know and I can give you some tips.

csdthegreat responds:

Completely agree. After going back and listening, I did notice a lot of emptiness... of course, I didn't want to fill it up *too* much... my dreams are sort of empty. Again, FL Studio means money and Windows. I'm just not into illegal downloads... I used the demo for a day (a year ago, when Parallels worked) and got confused, but I'd probably be able to understand it now.

[A Sinister Secret]

nice sound

This is pretty cool dude, I like the feeling you put across in the beginning. More toward the middle it seemed like the supporting synth just went too crazy and sort of made the song sound a little too harsh. More toward the end you kind of resolved that, but overall this is just WAY too-- all over the place.
Great intro though, I think you should maybe try to do something with that in the future.
6/10
5/5

csdthegreat responds:

Hey, you didn't give it a 1! :D I'm impressed! I was going towards harsh. I listen to a lot of speedcore/gabber/hardcore, so it's hard not to. Also, that swishy sound in the into wasn't an audio clip... just saying. It was a heavily modded synth. I really need Windows and FL... but that would require money... grrrrrr...

[Dr. M Fever]

Duuuude

I did NOT know this was from Doctor mario. Have you ever played brain age 2? It has a tetris-like game with pills that has this as it's theme song. Very cool, I like your choice of lead, it's very true to the original and it sort of pushes this feeling of subdued insanity.
The fade out isn't my favorite, but it works out well in this case. I guess the song was originally written to loop?
My favorite part was the dissonance of the organ at 0:41 and onward. 'tis a catchy tune, and done well.

Cosmos8942 responds:

I have played BA2. Pardon the fade-out...when I get annoyed with a piece and just want to move onto the next one I tend to get a mite bit lazy. Thus the fade out x.x.

The song was originally written to loop actually (it was in a video game :o) and I just sorta polished it up a bit :3.

In the end I am glad that you enjoyed it, but my favorite part was near the end...I wonder if you can guess it.

-AJ-

^^

[The Cliff]

Great work

This is really cool. You certainly got that intense, actiony, classical genre going for you. I like the mood you set, and the quality is great. I think the only thing I didn't quite like was the choral stuff. I see how it would fit in very well, but it sounds sort of synthed. If you got a more real sounding ensemble of vocalists and added some deeper, warmer background to hold everything together, this would be just off the charts awesome.

5/5 9/10
Please make more!

silencefreedom responds:

Symphonic Choirs made me crazy man. I am buying Kontakt 3 to replace this program.
At first I used Magnus Choirs but the pitch was to high so I changed to Symphonic Choirs for the better quality, turns out like this. I am gonna fix the choirs in Vocaloid.

Thanks man :)

[Returning]

Cool

The first thing that stuck out was the quality of your sounds. I really like the percussion, it's really quite epic, and the strings are well done. There seems to be something off about the tempo though-- I'm not sure, I can't quite put my finger on it. This piece progresses well, you tie everything together nicely, and the buildups are well put together. It's a little grabby for an ambient piece though, I'd list it under 'classical'.

Nice stuff. 5/5 9/10

silencefreedom responds:

Thanks, the cymbals sounds badly although I adjusted it already.
The tempo is still the same, it's just the strings make the song in the end sounds little faster. May be the piano parts are slower, I had little bits off the track while record it.

[-GasGuy- The bouncing smiley]

Noisy!

The lead synth is well put together, it gives sort of a... distracted... kind of hoppy feeling, so I like that. There is, however a great deal of grind to your percussion. It comes off with way too much static, and many parts of the song feel like they're missing a foundation. I hear that you have a baseline in there, but it's not strong enough to support the song by itself. If memory serves-- I think that's hydronium? It's alright to use, but I think making it the base of a song is just more than it was meant for. I would recommend doing the song over, keeping that nice lead you've got going, and composing a good bassline and solid percussion loop, then I bet you'd have a way more balanced song.
If you end up re-doing it let me know.
Some nice stuff, some bad stuff, keep at it, please.
(6/10 5/5)
-Sumguy720

gasguy responds:

yeah that is sure to be helpful, maybe i'll do it over again. thanks for the review and rating(5/5)

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Too many (at)s

This is great stuff, nice job.
The drums overpower the song a little too much in the beginning, mostly the snare, but otherwise you did fine with it. I'd also like to hear more of that plinky synth in the background move forward and build up to some sort of climax, a variation, or something else. It seems like it's about to go somewhere, but it kind of seems like you like flying the plane around on the ground. Come on! Take it away! Smash out some mad beats! Let the song explode!
Keep at it bro, you're on the right track.

tonezter responds:

hey thats actually a good review
thanks

[DjSc00p-Secret Pocket]

Good, almost everything is great!

This is really good, you've got some great things going for you as far as melody and foundation, but I think what you should focus on in your next song in your percussion. It's all there, and it would be alright, but it definitely doesn't drive the song quite as well as it should It comes off sort of muted and dampened by the leads, I'd like to hear this song with the drums re-mastered, that would be 10/10 material. You've got great music here, just try to fill out that percussion a little more.
Oh! One more thing, this is just my opinion, but try separating the repeat of the introducing melody (right after the snares build up) with some intense echoing sound effect, something to sort of pound the intro into the listener's head. Or maybe put it somewhere else, but I feel like this needs something to shift it suddenly into overdrive.
Great arrangement, keep working on it please.

DjSc00p responds:

Yeah, cant really hear percussions in this lol. Well ill try to make percussions better and more noticable in the future :) Thanks for the review!

[Dance! Eins Und Rave!]

Cool

Great great great great and awesome. You did a really good job arranging the timing, buildup, mastering, and tonal quality of this track. My only complaint is that it's a little too short for its own good, and doesn't really seem to take the listener anywhere, climax, resolve, or anything ultra interesting like that.
BUT, seeing that it was just to show someone FL studio, this is understandable. Very nice job. I'll check out some of your other stuff because this little demo betrays some kick ass skills.
8-10
5-5

Yodamanjaro responds:

lol Thanks for the review.

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