Reaper93's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Introversion_by_Slunchy]

Honestly...

I think you may have overmuted the track. If you make that high... sounds kinda like a square? lead stand out more you'll have a pretty ace track on your hands. It's a bit too mundane, even for ambient. Sounds like the problem is too much wet reflection and not enough dry reflection on reverb effects or perhaps just some poor EQing, not sure. That's my opinion, anyway, maybe the song's exactly how you want it as it is :)

kjhsdgf responds:

hmm good stuff, all of the instruments are the 8-bit sounding ones, i just effected them a lot.
the one i think you're talking about is saw&sine, but i could see how you think it's quiet.
i usually mix my tracks a little bassheavy (and therefore weak in the higher freq's),
and i'm trying to fix that, but anyways,
thanks for the review!

[!~[Ironclad]~!]

Drum and Bass?

The drum and bass are A+ material man, and the breaks are pretty solid, but I think you may be experiencing some distortion (maybe from clipping?) on the lead (very audible at around 0:33). Your song might just be overcompressed on the master track, too, because it only seems to kick in when there's a kick from the bass drum. Solid production but I think it suffers a bit from the distortion as mentioned. Hope to hear a remastered version if you're up for you.

MmmCake responds:

I've got a remastered version up. the quality is low because it's at a low bitrate for the purpose of fitting the NG 8MB limit

but yeah, check out that remastered version :D

[{MSX} Artificial Awakening]

Crazy Stuff

Lots of bass definition and sweeps, not something you hear very often on a bass that thick. That takes some impressive frequency and volume control I'd bet, so props on that. The beat itself is a little repetetive and I'd like to have heard a bit more top end melody out of it (the song is distinctly lacking in high frequencies in quite a few portions which makes it sound really thick but have no real crystal note to it that catches the ear, if you know what I mean), but on the whole quite a good piece. Looks like you got 0-bombed all the way to the top 30, so congrats on that :p

MSXOmega responds:

Yeah, I know I should change up the beats a bit, they get quite repetitive. Also, my EQing was leaning towards the low side, so that's why it sounds thick at times. I'll be sure to note all of your constructive criticism! :3

[BlackVenom - White Crow]

Serious Subwoofer

This track's got a lot of extremely low frequency notes, which sound pretty good on my system, but a lot of people might have trouble with that remaining distinct and not muddled. As mentioned, be careful when treading the regions of the subwoofer ;)

BlackVen0m responds:

I know, I don't have any sort of testing gear for lower quality speakers, All I got is my 5.1 surround sound system. Each time I listen to this tune the bass sends my sub walking out the door slowly! xD

[Black Hole Earth Consumption]

Hmmm

Quite the masterpiece of mixing. I wish I could get my mixes this clear, especially some of the percussion. Cheers.

[TS3 Spaceport [Surge Mix]]

Pretty good stuff my man

I can tell you put a lot of time and effort into this mix, it is very reminiscient of the original but has a flavor all its own. I was never huge on the Spaceport level, but the first minute of this song represents some damn good introduction skills.

Do the menu music next :p

CyrusOfNaias responds:

I was thinking that might be a good project lol

thank youu

[-:YRX:- ChaozAura]

The reverb...

That guy down there was kind of right. The kick, especially, is very muddled from overapplication of reverb. The snare (e-snare I think) in the beginning half of the song sounds GREAT, very crisp, clean, and puts out a good beat. The melody is good, but again, EVERYTHING sounds reverb'd. I had a huge problem with overapplication of reverb in the beginning of my audio career because it made my song sound "big" and "open", but if you scale back the effect to only a few instruments or a less extreme level overall it'll sound a lot better. As painful as it is, the best songs are made through moderation.

Only boost and cut EQ by a few dB unless you're gonna be cutting all the way, only apply reverb lightly to most instruments, adjust all the velocities of hits slightly, stuff like that really takes time but makes a great song. This has a lot of potential but I can't hear it through all the reverb! Vote rounded up to 4 :)

YouriX responds:

Cool thanks for the input. heck i'll make sure to concentrate more on the mixing now. And i do fully agree with the agruments of milk and so on.
Thanks for the review by the away!

[[AL] Break it down]

I dig it

Something about it, though, feels a tiny bit empty to me. I think it might be a bit too slow tempo-wise for my liking, but it's well mastered and put together for sure.

ChampionAnwar responds:

Thanks for the review! ;D

[Stage 7-4]

Heya

The drums are possibly a bit too prominent (that kick is seriously getting a bit annoying by the time the guitar comes in) in my opinion, but after that point the drums are a good volume to blend with the guitar.

The guitar also has some good effects applied in terms of what sounds like reverb? Maybe it's delay. Either way it sounds good!

[[AL] Eternal Struggle]

None too bad

Love it for ambient. Don't even usually like ambient. I'm too tired for a useful review, so you'll have to settle for praise :)

ChampionAnwar responds:

Thank you, i'm glad you like it ^___^. I'll settle for praise any day =P.