sumguy720's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[-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)

[Pokémon - Route 22/23/26/27]

It's alright

You certainly got some good things in here, but you DEFINITELY need to master your tracks better. Hear all that static? Some of the distortion is intentional, I understand, but the instruments are crowding each other out! Try quieting all your tracks and then adjusting their volumes individually to they fit just a little better.
A little more bass could be great too. I hear a timpani in the background or something, but there's not enough foundation to hold up that kick ass guitar lead. The texture of the song is just a little too harsh. Try remixing the song with some smoother instruments that cover the whole sound spectrum, get some good deep sounds in there along with some nice sharp leads, don't be afraid to experiment.
Keep at it.

[Soaring the Wind - F-777]

Breathy

I like how the instrumentation sort of pulls out a texture of breath, the melody and intensities are right on in the beginning making the song almost seem alive itself. I like where you went with the piece at about 1:00, but it seemed a little disconnected from the intro. At some points I also noticed the whole song feeling kind of... well not empty, but not full either (1:38-1:52) which resolved right after, but that one part sounded a bit suffocated.
Everything was mastered really well though, and the melody was certainly catchy, good beats, nice foundataion. I really liked the mood you set with this one, it's always interesting to be put somewhere by a piece of music. I also really like the textures you put in throughout. It's a sort of thing that you don't notice unless you're listening for them (which is great).
Good stuff, congratulations on breaking the block (Augh! I wish I could break mine). FiVd NinD

[Dream of Air - F-777]

Nice!

Episode 2 was my favorite out of the we believe megamix, it's good to hear it again! I really like the way you went with this-- the sound is definitely more solid than in the original, about as pumped as the original was uplifting. It seems like the melody gets a little skewed and distracted at certain points through the song, but the sound is great -- and I certainly can't recommend any improvements from where I'm standing except that maybe you should combine elements from both together. This seems a little like the yin of EP2's yang. That might be sweet.
OH! One more thing, the ending! My goodness, it just drops off! I sort of know how this goes, you get carried away by a song and just sort of run with it until you don't know what to do anymore and it sort of-- ends. Didn't really like that, but still a solid track overall.

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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!

[mah fist ssong]

Hehe

Alright, personally I think zero is way too low for this song-- you did an okay job. I really think what you need to do is study up- or listen a bit to how different notes sound together, the arpeggiators are great, but you have to know a little about chords and harmony.
I think you have a long way to go, but keep it up, because you'll get better with each song you make.
For the next one, try starting with a good bass line (this could even be a single, repeating note), and then build notes slowly off of that to make a melody.

[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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