spartacusxerox's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Life's Struggles]

Improvable, but still good

0:21 The changes in volume aren't very consistent. I tend to make it simple and just make the volume proportionate to the pitch of the note.
1:10 The melody is simple, yet effective. Its simplicity is quite good. But yet again it could be perceived as too simplistic.
1:50 Strings in here would be pretty good.
2:22 This high volume part comes on very large, and it's about 2x louder than the rest of your song. You don't want people consistently reaching for the volume knob.
2:50 Overall, very pretty, but I think you need to adjust the volumes better in order to make it seem less robotic.
3:16 I would like some really quick parts as well, trills, some magnificent epic trills. Oh no wait, that's what I do. They seem to like that.

Thanks for letting me listen, Gamekrazzypro! 7/10 :)

-SpXer-

GamekrazzyProduction responds:

And thanks to you for reviewing. In my perspective let me lecture you. What emotion do you get by proportionizing the volume to the pitch? What kind of tune would you have if it was always complex, and tell me, how noticable will the change in emotion be if the change in volume wasn't drastic? It's good to get a viewpoint from another, but maybe you could use a viewpoint from me. Some trills would be nice btw.

[-+-Crash and Burn-+-]

Rockin' crashin' and burnin'

0:00 The beginning is quite cool. It's very fast.
0:23 The guitar... is it real?
0:33 It does sound like I'm crashing and burning.
0:48 The riff has a nice tune and how it pans from left to right is desirable.
1:02 The pace of the song leaves much to be desired, however.
1:13 The kick at that part is great.
1:20 The guitar maybe drones on for longer than it should.
1:31 Nice riff here, this one could be more irregular, however. But it thumps along.
1:51 The silences break up the song, this could have gone on for longer and I would have liked it.
2:06 But now it's just back to same old same old.
2:20 Wow that effect was major! Sick, dude!
2:28 OK this solo is much better than the first.
2:37 And I love the drums. You're probably a drummer. Maybe.
2:48 And again, the refrain where you stop could have gone on for at least 8 beats. The silence is welcome.
3:06 That's what I don't like about some beats, even the pros do. Not enough silence and anticipation.
3:24 Ooh this solo is nice... it's different.
3:36 Nice ending. I likey.

OK, It had some sort of great guitar in there, but it wasn't recorded I don't think, but it was still pretty good. The guitar sometimes drones on longer than it should, and the silence is welcome during those stops. I want more of those in ur future songs. I like the ending as well with unco drums, the 2nd half of the song. I'll give you +1 star for your unco drum machine skills. If it is in fact that? Or is it real? Who will know. Anyway, I give you a

7/10 because you were quite good, quite professional, it's just sometimes it feels the same and lacks soul. The pauses, the stops oooze soul. It feels like I'm crashing and burning sometimes which isn't always a good thing, maybe make the theme something people generally like doing instead of dread.

3/5 2.48 / 5.00 (+ 0.13)

Thanks for letting me listen, this review was brought to you by:

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Hikigane responds:

I will start by saying I really like how you go through the song in your reviews. It's really helpful, and also very specific :D Many thanks for taking up the request!

Secondly, none of the guitar is real; it's all FL Studio Slayer (Which I plan on replacing soon enough). Guitar droning is a result of the repetitive parts actually being "chorus sections" (originally a song put to vocals, but i don't like how my voice sounds with the songs so I leave vox out of them :P), which is regular in almost all of my music. And also, the drums are also FL Studio drum pack things. I Air drum a lot, in which i cleverly fool people into thinking i am a real drummer. Apparently I can do it with FL Studio as well :D But thank you on that, as well! I'm glad my drumming "skills" got your attention.

I may end up re-doing this song without the choral parts (or adding solos to them) and with more/longer pauses. Again, this was extremely helpful and I thank you for it!

[-=Over the Edge=-]

Last 5 seconds were great.

0:08 OK this ain't that bad. I don't know why it's been 0-bombed.
0:21 OK that snare is a bit crazy.
0:30 Very scratchy bass. I bet you could do more with this.
0:43 OK I see now. It's very annoying. I don't think this has a genre. Sounds like something M.I.A would do.
1:09 I like its originality though. Very crazy though.
1:33 Wow. That's crazy.
1:48 I VERY like the end.

The end 5 seconds or so was GREAT. If the whole song was like the last 5 seconds, I'd give it a 7 or something. But the rest of the song is quite shrill. I'm sorry but I'm going to have to give it a 4. But I'll vote a 4 as well, because I don't believe it deserves 0.89. Well done.

4/10 4/5 1.73 / 5.00 (+ 0.84)

customstuff responds:

I didn't spend much time on it, and as I said, I was just experimenting. Thank you for spending time with the review though! If you like calm music, try my Sweet Shop remix or Crimson Sunset. If you like Dance music, but not this crazy, maybe try Going Insane or Rhett's Song (even though she dumped me :|)

Anyway, thank you very much for the criticism and being nice about it aswell :)

[Mark Twain]

Haha genius

It's actually quite funny. You might not be the best voice actor in the world, but it's very imaginative. You are quite funny, don't think you aren't. Good sound-effects as well. Actually Frank does Mark Twain very well. He's got good bass. Haha this is very funny. "Oh, I don't know anything about time machine"

"Well, I just got the new high score"
"I don't know what that means. But if that's what you want to do, then do it."

Genius. I'm favouriting this.

10/10 5/5 5.00 / 5.00 (- 0.0000040)

thehouse5guitarguy responds:

haha thnx fellow newgrounds artist of music, wish the same for my grade, got a 42 in english because i failed to provide enough information bout freedom, but 100 in audio class. and i know frank was a good mark twain the guy is the master of imitations his gay voice is the greatest i've ever heard, but i give credit to james, his pinball voice got my whole class to the floor laughing.

[Annie's Song (8-Bit)]

Scratchy

0:07 Wow that bass is loud. It sort of overpowers the drums.
0:23 That bass is very loud.
0:43 I'm not really connecting.
1:03 Very loud and scratchy bass. It's sounding very good melodically though.
1:29 But oh how it hurts!

OK I'm stopping. Good musicianship but it hurts how scratchy this is. Is this how all 8-bit is? Anyway, I'll give you a 7/10 B.O.D, but it's very scratchy. A revised version I would listen to the full thing. Thanks for letting me listen!

7/10 4/5 4.43 / 5.00 (- 0.18)

MissCrushed responds:

Thank you!!
I can upload another version if I can learn how to record the sounds from the tracker better.
Not all 8bit is like this!

Unless you listen to a lot of Fakebit, which is using VSTi's in composing programs such as Reason and Garageband! Then it sounds crystal clear, but it loses the meaning of 8-bit!

[TranceJump]

I like it I like it I like it

0:18 Sounding very nice and simple.
0:30 This is a bit shrill, but still bearable.
0:43 Sounding a bit plain at the moment. Anticipating though.
0:57 Nice bass. I like your little "droplets" on top. That's the only name I could think up for them. Hope you know what I mean.
1:23 Verrry nice bass.
1:38 It shouldn't work melodically, but it does.
1:53 This is a nice break.
2:20 I don't like the background bass. It could be because I have earphones though. Practically no bass.
2:46 Quite nice. But it doesn't have that filled-in sound to it.
3:05 I like the variation to your sounds.
3:28 A little bit too busy here.
3:49 Sounds fantastic at the very end.
4:05 Verrry nice ending.

I like this. A lot. I should be looking out for you in the future. I'm about to put you on my favourites list. I'll keep an eye out for you. Well done.

9/10 5/5 5.00 / 5.00 (unchanged)

MobiusIII responds:

Wow. Now that is an in-depth review! Thank you. One of the challenges I had was getting all of the sounds play nice with each other, so that might explain the 'basslessness' and the business at parts. I'll improve, and I appreciate your criticism!

[Better Woman (Demo) Durea]

Wow this is amazing

This is the best thing I've heard on this Newgrounds site. I've never heard of you before but I'll keep an eye on you. Wow this is amazing!

DJDureagon responds:

Hehe its nto the best. Check out the other artists on here they all have amazing stuff. Thansk for the comment.

[Relax Yo (It's Just a Jam)]

I really liked it

0:07 The beat is really nice here.
0:16 I really like your bass, it's really off-beat and funky.
0:33 Can't believe nobody has rated this!
0:54 The organ is nice. Perhaps a bit too "plucky"? But whaddya know...
1:14 This is a nice break.
1:24 OK that bridge was really nice.
1:56 Overall, a very nice beat. I like the variation.
2:12 Idk what genre you'd put it in. I'd say "classical rock" or something along those lines. It's sorta funk as well.

I really liked it! Well done ZixaxiZ... this beat is funky! :) Thanks for letting me listen!

ZixaxiZ responds:

thanks for the feed back glad you liked it

[Seiken Densetsu 3 - Fable]

Beginning is amazing, but guitar too loud

0:10 Sounds very cool. Very cool.
0:20 I don't care if it's been done before. It sounds amazing.
0:36 OK that electric gat is VERY loud. Consider turning it down a bit.
0:56 Yes. It's very harsh. The electric gat hurts my ears a bit. I liked it better with just the acoustic gat.
1:20 I like this bridge though. But electric still a lot loud.
1:40 Yes. Very loud. If you put the electric gat, like, in the background. Even barely audible. It would be pretty great. Just try and get the right effect. Mastering is very important in making music. Thanks for letting me listen though. 6/10.

GamekrazzyProduction responds:

Ok, Thanks for reviewing. lol, I didn't realize how loud that electric guitar was until I lowered the volume just a bit ago. I'll fix that real quick so you can actually enjoy the music rather then just listen to electric guitar. :D

[-The shire-]

Shire-y.

0:15 I like it so far... very jubilant
0:27 Oh... it's remixed shire music! Nice! :)
0:40 This seems a bit quiet
0:50 I like it... very trance-y. If that was what you were going for?
1:05 Oooooooooooooooh yeah!!!!!!
1:18 The bass doesn't feel quite right here.
1:30 Again, the arps don't seem very well integrated somehow?
1:49 Tryna find out what this is?
2:06 Still don't know? Where is this in the movie exactly? But it still sounds good.
2:24 The delays here really flesh it out.
2:37 Ok... where are we going???
2:47 Lil bit anti-climactic, but I tend to do that too? The anticlimax sort of becomes the climax, somehow. I like.
3:15 Ah yes, it filters out pretty nice. Would like to learn how to do that.

Thanks man for letting me listen. Very professional. 9/10

Nexundo responds:

Ah thanks man. Really like the lengthy review Very helpful.
I can't say that the arps are amazing, It's because I write my own arps and don't use premade ones because I think that makes my music less original and not ALL my work.
2:06 is the Uruk Hai Music, when they march. :P

Thanks again

Nexundo