SeeD419's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Dat Beeshbawl (Dubstep)]

lolwut

Not bad. It certainly sounds like beeshbawl sometimes and meatball at others. The guy sounds like he wants a beach ball and the girl wants a meatball. NO YOU BAAAAD CAT! Pretty funny overall. The intro was funny and the melody seemed to work pretty well in my opinion.

The dubstep line was a bit devoid of change for a while, but when you did change it, it sounded good. The timing on the vocals was perfect, and I like the way you had them echo and chopped them up. Sounds good.

Overall not a bad tune. I'll eat it.

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[The Fire of the Pyre]

lol

Well it's certainly a good parody of eye of the tiger. The lyrics were really thought out, and the singing was done well and timed correctly. No complaints there.

The only thing is with parodies, you're up against the song you're doing a parody of. You can't help but remember the original, and in this case, the original was far more epic and hilarious on it's own.

I still think you did a great job with the beat and the lyrics, it's just not something I'd listen to voluntarily. Keep up the great work though.

-RRC-

ForNoReason responds:

Thank you!

[Sunday Glory]

Hmm

I'd say this could still use quite a bit of work. There seemed to be some strange panning at times that I didn't really understand. Same with volume changes. The part at 1:58 didn't really seem very musical and just a bit repetitive and odd.

Some of the instruments sounded really good, and the melodies you chose were great, but as a whole the piece has zero percussion at all. Classical music needs that booming percussion for dramatic effect, in my opinion, and the song seems rather bland without it.

The final note at the end was way overdone. It just blares insanely and almost sounds low quality.

Overall it's a nice piece. The melodies are good, and most of the instruments you used sound good. Some percussion would be nice, along with some volume and panning cleanup, and I think the song would be a lot more solid. Just my two cents. Keep up the good work.

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whitesymphonia responds:

hmm, percussion eh? Yea, you're right, percussion does make a difference :D. Dunno if I'll go back and fix this, but I was thinking of replacing the instruments with some new better quality ones I got. Still working on learning percussion, so that is still yet to come.

[Eve of the War]

Decent

I've said it before and I'll say it again, you have a good voice for storytelling. Would be great for e-books or the radio. There are a few really noticeable pauses in the recording that somewhat interrupt the flow of the story. Not badly, but they are there. It's mostly obvious by the static from the mic. I guess that leaves it up to you if you feel like investing in a high quality mic to record clips and send them to Newgrounds.

The story is meh. You nailed the voice acting pretty well but the repeating lines in this story just seemed kinda cheesy, mostly because the line wasn't really all that epic enough to be repeated, in my opinion. The clip is only about two and a half minutes and I'm sure there's a lot more that you could have read from the story. Maybe a 10 minute story with some sort of buildup and a climax would be nice to hear.

Overall a good piece. I think you can do better if you really want to, but nonetheless the piece is still enjoyable.

-RRC-

Coop responds:

I'm getting there. On the audio front for 2011 is a mic stand and a pop guard. From there, I'd like to be able to record better, but I also need to learn how to edit the background noise out for balance with Audacity.

It's a work in progress, as my voice and the requirements are constantly evolving.

[-ganon95- Bit.trip Part2- CORE]

Nice

A little over 12 minutes long is plenty of time to get repetitive and I think you did a great job of avoiding that. The melodies are interesting and change often enough to manage avoiding it getting stale.

I think the transitions were incredibly smooth and pretty much unnoticeable. The whole song seemed to have a great flow and all the various instruments sounded very well tuned. I mean I even think I heard a saxophone at one point.

The percussion was interesting and kept me interested. The synths sounded good too. Not too sure what else to say. Love the mix, keep up the good work.

-RRC-

ganon95 responds:

thanks!

that was indeed a saxaphone, the actual instrument is called "alto sax"

glad u like it :)

[My Own - Endworld]

Awesome

Pretty badass, and far better than something I expected for Newgrounds. The vocals are pretty good and that guitar riff at the beginning is pretty dirty. No clue what the lyrics are, it'd be nice if you'd post them.

Everything seems well mixed, which is surprising and not easy to do with metal songs. Drums and bass sound pretty solid. I guess the only thing I really wish is that the song was longer.

Keep up the good work.

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[Why Now [WIP3] {Dj-Abbic}]

Nice

I did my old trick again when I find a good song. I let this loop for like 20 minutes while playing a game and totally forgot about it. Not once did it sound repetitive or irritating. It's a great house track with a lot of upbeat full sounding bass to keep you interested. The melody is constantly changing and doesn't really get old or stale fast.

I can't wait to hear the final product, I can't imagine it could get much better. It's a bit over 4 minutes which I really enjoyed, lots of variety. The only thing it left me wishing was that I had an album of this and that it skipped to the next track.

Keep up the amazing work.

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DjAbbic responds:

:O

Thanks a lot for the feedback! Very nice to hear that you didn't find this repetitive or irritating :D I'm not usually too good at that :P

Also, I'm also a bit stuck on the final product, thinking of what to add at the moment.

Thanks a lot again for the review and comments :) Glad you enjoyed it.

[Brothas & Sistas!]

Decent

The musical skill behind this is definitely there, I love the percussion. Throughout the entire song the percussion was well thought out and really interesting to listen to.

The vocals on the other hand honestly seemed a bit obnoxious. I honestly had to turn down the volume twice because I couldn't listen to the ear piercing yelling. It's far from melodic.

It's face paced, it's brutal, and without melody. The effects are great, and the drums are sick, but overall it's not something I'd ever listen to voluntarily. The effort and skill shine through, but I just found it a bit too extreme for my tastes.

The popping noises panned to the right channel at the end were awesome, and the idm elements throughout the song is what I liked the most. Overall though, I feel that this song would only really be appropriate when flying with a jetpack at full speed while firing a machine gun.

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Dj-GST responds:

Sweet :)

Haha the vocals aren't weren't meant to be melodic, just to back up the drums a bit :P

Yeah, this style isn't for everybody.

Thanks, those popping noises are actually heavily vocoded and sliced vocals :) I totally agree with the jetpack thing :D

Thanks for the review man, if I make an extended mix I'll work on the vocals a bit.

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