SeeD419's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[K-Mart [WIP]]

Nice

Not a bad tune at all. The intro was done really well in my opinion and the song flowed really good. All of the percussion work was to my liking - quick yet controlled. Not quite IDM style, but borderline at times, lol.

The bass line was great and went with the main synth melody well. I can see a couple points where I'm thinking you want to clean up the mixing, but it doesn't sound to bad so far.

The speed up feel that the melody had a couple times was a great idea, and I think you pulled it off well. The song is pretty long too, and I actually left it on repeat for a while whilst editing some photos and totally forgot I was going to review it ;) It's easy to listen to and doesn't get obnoxious fast at all.

Zerest is a good guy, had a few PM convos with him and I like his tunes quite a bit. His piano melody sounds great ;) It's cool to see you two helping each other with songs too. I think you both have great styles and tons of potential. Keep up the great work.

As far as constructive criticism goes, I got nothin. You guys are so much better at making music than me I'd feel like an ass to even criticize anything xD No but really, it sounds great so far and I'd love to hear the finished and polished product.

-RRC-

Dj-GST responds:

Thanks man.

Glad you like the bassline, it took me forever to make a suitable one.

Yeah, tempo build up is sweet :P

Yeah, he is a good guy. I've known him since Grade 9 lol. Alot of our individually made tracks we send over to each other whilst they're still in the making, so the other can point out the flaws that need to be fixed. Every track I have on here he's listened to before anybody else :P

Sweet man, I'll send it over to you when I'm done, it wont be for awhile though.

-GST-

[i9incher - liquid buzz]

Nice

Pretty ridiculous sounding and catchy. I had no other choice to start bouncing around mindlessly at the insanity of the beat.

One part disturbs me however. The synth at :58 sounds too distorted if you ask me. The rest of the song is great, but when everything comes together at that point it just sounds awfully distorted and almost low quality at that point. If you cleaned that up a bit I think you'd have yourself a solid 10 tune.

Overally very catchy though. Love the fast paced percussion and catchy notes on the main synth melody. Keep up the good work.

-RRC-

i9incher responds:

thanks man. yeah I might go back and edit that and then re-upload it. I'm still trying to figure out how to do that cuss I still sorta want it to be semi distorted but not so much that when you crank the volume that it just sounds muffled. I might check some tutorials on youtube to figure it out though. I'm glad you like my stuff though and I will be sure to try and make more awesome songs like this in the future as this was my first song I made with the intent of using it in clubs/ on the radio.

[.:Project World(Middle-East):.]

Not bad

Not bad seeing as how you were going for a middle-east sound. I think you pulled it off quite well, as it really has the regional sound to me. As it plays I can already imagine myself on a camel riding in the hot desert, lol.

It's not anything I'd listen to voluntarily, but the quality is there. I can tell that you put a decent amount of work into it and it does sound good, it's just that I don't usually jam out to middle-eastern tunes on my iPod, if you get what I mean, lol.

Not a bad piece though, just wish it was a bit longer. I'm interested to see what you come up with for the other regions. Keep up the good work.

-RRC-

camoshark responds:

Thanks for the review!

Not much to say here, it'll sound longer when the regions are put together, in some sort of medley or something...

Thanks again!

Cheers,
Samuel Hébert

[Rise of the Vampire Lord]

Not bad

It's not bad, and probably should have at least been given honorable mention, but to be honest with you it really isn't to my liking all that much. The intro was obviously well thought out, and done well, as well as the outro for that matter. However the actual song itself didn't really come off as catchy to me at all, and the whole song doesn't really seem to have enough of a halloween theme to it. It sounds a little daunting at times, but it just doesn't convey halloween to me.

The guitar part that starts around the middle of the song doesn't really do it for me. The melody it plays just seems kinda lame to me, and that might be just the sound it has. It just sounds like an electronically generated electric guitar to me, in other words, too generic sounding. That's basically what turned me off to it. Like I said though, the intro is fantastic, and I even liked the outro too. The buildup to the...errm...climax was good, but overall didn't really convey halloween to me, and that guitar was far too generic sounding for my liking. Keep at it.

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F4LL0UT responds:

Thanks for the extensive and honest review. Well, you are probably right - as a matter of fact you're confirming my own impressions of the track. I was aware that it doesn't really hit the Halloween theme and I was myself quite disappointed by how the electric guitar turned out.

[Epilogue Title]

Perfect

Perfect for what you described. I'm sure with that art that it was totally appropriate. You're making me curious about this game, lol. Is it flash-based? If it is make them upload it!!

The song isn't very long, and I mean it's nothing I'd listen to in the car or anything, but for a menu where you wanted it to feel post-apocalyptic and have the player have a feeling of abandonment, it's a great tune. Keep at it.

-RRC-

F4LL0UT responds:

It's a little cynical to title a review "perfect" and then give a score of 7. :P Of course I get the idea that this piece isn't very impressive taken out of the context but it's kinda paradox. ;) Anyhow, thanks for the review.

And the game is based on Unreal Engine 3 so it's rather not stuff for Newgrounds. You can find actual gameplay footage on YouTube though. Check out the channel of MrMartinFischer (but be warned: it's not very impressive stuff since they removed about half of the game's content due to lack of time and technical problems).

[For Ryan]

Not bad

You deleted one of the longest reviews I ever wrote....like the same day I wrote it >B(

The song isn't bad, I mean it's a great tribute to have to your friend. I think it might have been more interesting if you tried to write the lyrics from his point of view though. The beat is appropriate I suppose, but not all that interesting really. The lyrics are meh as well. I don't think it's one of your best works, but I'm sure a very necessary song to make seeing what happened to your friend.

Keep at it

-RRC-

Luke responds:

I apologize about removing that track with your long ass review, I should have thought about that before removing the song from the portal, but I had to upload the mixed one, shouldn't have removed it though. My bad.

This song was more meant to be a 'bonus' on my upcoming downloadable album, it's off getting mixed right now so it will sound better than it does now, re-recorded and everything because I noticed in the second verse my voice sounds a lot different.

Thanks for the review.

[Raider Cave (Epilogue)]

Nice

I love the sound this has, it fits a shooter game really well. It has a very dark and battle-appropriate sound to it...more like a sneaking around in enemy territory sound really. It's nice and lengthy as well.

The percussion is toned down and blends amazingly. It has a real professional sound to it. The mixing on this track is almost flawless. Not sure what instrument the brass noise is, but it also sounds very good. Especially the two of them playing at once.

The notes you picked are very daunting, and just create a really perfect mood for a shooter game. I can see this being played at the Modern Warfare 2 main menu no problem, although I think this sounds a bit more dark than that game.

Overall a fantastic song/loop. Keep up the great work.

-RRC-

F4LL0UT responds:

Thanks for the kind words. "Sneaking around in enemy territory" is pretty close to the idea behind this piece. I wouldn't ever use such a piece in a game based in an "authentic" scenario such as Modern Warfare 2 (and personally I despise the CoD franchise) but I'll take it as a compliment. ;)

[.:Right off the top:.]

Meh

It's okay, but overall not that moving in my opinion. The beginning sounds okay, I have no complaints about that at all really. It's when the horn comes in that it sounds almost a tad bit obnoxious. It just doesn't sound like a very pleasant kind of horn, it sounds like the kind of horn that makes me reach for the volume knob to turn it down, so in my opinion, I'd turn it down a tad. The background horn is fine to me.

It's an okay loop, it doesn't make much sense to me to loop the way it does, but I suppose it works alright. The instruments sound okay though...the poppy bass line sounds okay to me, as well as the mellow percussion, and the background horn - just the main blaring horn is a bit overkill to me. Sounds too alarming.

Overall not a bad little tune though, just nothing really special either.

-RRC-

camoshark responds:

Thanks for the review!

The piece wasn't meant to be moving anyways, it was supposed to simply be a track to listen to in the background.

As for the brass, I guess it's all a matter of percetion, as I quite enjoy them! (Also, it's two horns you're hearing, the sax and the trumpet.)

Glad you still liked it!

Cheers

[Glitch-Nerd Like Me]

Not half bad

Well, let it be known right off the bat that rap is not my thing at all. I listen to almost none, but I must admit I find this song pretty catchy.

I wanna say that most of it is because of the beat that you didn't even make, but without a good rap to it, there's no way I would have downloaded this.

The rap is pretty much flawless. I honestly can't point out any flaws in it, and the same with the beat. The beat isn't repetitive at all, it's actually more complex than I expected and you flowed to the song perfectly. The vocal echo effects you used were a really nice touch and they all seem appropriately placed.

The video game references and general theme of the song is hilarious, and adds a lot of character to the song, instead of some mindless song about you getting high or something we've all heard a million times over.

To say the least, I'm impressed, and I've recently tried to rate things on a much stricter scale than ever before, but I must honestly say this track deserves a solid 9. As far as lasting effect goes, only time will tell. I actually downloaded this which is surprising to me, so I must say, keep up the good work - this is good.

Oh, and you should post the lyrics in the author comments.

glitchs2d responds:

Haha thanks and I play a lot of games so they have to be incorperated in my lyrics somehow. There is also a transformers refence in there to. I might post up the lyrics its just I hate typing all of it out you know.

[House of Rising Sax Sample]

Wow!

What a change from the other song I just reviewed. Nice, crisp, and clear. How pleasant - I did not expect this at all to be honest.

The ending to this does sound a bit odd...was that intentional playing with the instrument? Not sure what to make of it, as this is a very short sample. It would have been much more enjoyable if the entire song was here, or even a longer sample at that.

The recording from the last submission of yours I reviewed is FAR better. It sounds 100% better in every way - except at the end....still not sure what that was, as it sounds a bit glitched...

Well, now that you've got a good recording setup I look forward to hearing some new tracks with it ;) Maybe even continue to add on to them in FL. Do the mild echo you've done before, maybe with some light background pads for extra effect, or even some percussion. The possibilities are endless. I'd just personally like to hear something much longer than a very short sample.

Keep it up.

-RRC-

AccountableMasses responds:

yeah, this sort of surprised me too.

Pretty much took the mic, put it into a gumball dispenser, filled with rags...
Edited it in FL8 to take out the noise... and got this...

Must be all the filters that screwed up the ending... anyways thanks for the review.