Squll2's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Slug]

Slugged Out.

My Headphones do not deserve to play this beast.

Well its me, not like youd listen to my critique :P

InvisibleObserver responds:

I would, you just often make silly comments like "Not like youd listen to my critique :P" ;P

Thanks for checking this out.

[<-/Prototype\->]

Hey man

Wow, this is some pretty cool stuff, I love that sound you have at the start.

Ok lets start off with the stuff I dislike about the song (reccomend needs improvement) and then I will give you some ideas on where to go next :P.

Ok first off, that kick / bass, it really doesnt fit that well, it does fit sort of when it comes in at first, but it is slightly annoying after awhile, may want to tweak it a bit EQ.

The second time it comes in - at the end, definatly need to change that, create a new kick because it really doesnt fit there, its too bassey / loud distorted (if you kind of get what I mean).

-What to do with the song.

I reccomend you countinue with your build up, mabye add some hats, and gradually add a sweep into a crash, then turn the synth you have at the end into a sustained synth (so it doesnt release when each note is hit) so it sort of turns into a pad, I guess you could say. That would sound awesome in my opinion ^^ mabye add a cool drum'n'bass percussion lick when it cuts into that sustained synth after the sweep too.

Anyway that is just what I think would be best for the song, your opinion may be completly different!

~Happy Music Making ~Squll

4/5 (I rarely give out 5's.) 10/10

UndergroundFantasy responds:

Hey thanks a lot for the review, it helped a lot!

[The World.]

Nice

I love it, very clever in my opinion, nicely done song.

--Things I liked

~It's very relaxing, and easy to listen to.

~It seems well mastered

~It has a variety of layers

~The Timbre of the instruments all work well together. (refering to point 2.)

--Things that need work

~It's slightly repetitive.

And thats about all the negatives I can think up right now, but I'm sure there are others, but repetitiveness is a big one in this.. though it doesn't really make such a big impact on the song.

Very well done indeed ^^ Hope to hear more from you often!

4/5 - 9/10 (favourited

~Happy Music Making -Squll

atomic-noodle responds:

Thankss! Full reviews like this are rare, i really appreciate it :) Its repetive because there are supposed to be verses. so the structure is verse-chorus-verse-chorus-verse. but isn't a straight loop throughout. small differences. but thanks again, :)

[--Melancholie--]

As I Listen.

Pretty relaxed piece so far man, I'm enjoying it!

The lead synth I have a small problem with, not defined enough, or overdefined I'm not really sure, probably just a personal problem.

Everything seems nicely mastered and eqed man.. credits to you there ^^.

Woah love 1:14 that was awesome just loved that transition for some reason.
My main problem so far is probably that all the instruments seem slightly repetitive and just come in and out, but that is the problem with most music at this day and age.

I love the modulation effect you have going with the main lead that comes in about 1:55? That's really cool, however you should try (if you havn't) doing a full modulation effect then a crash into the main voice of that lead again. Instead of repeating at that particular modulation for awhile.

Nice ending man, very cleverly laid out, almost a perfect piece, I personally think that the intro might also need some work, as it does not really exactly foreshadow the piece very well and seems slightly out of place, but it fixes itself as the song goes on.

Anyway keep it up, hope to hear some more of your stuff!

~Happy Music Making -Squll

8/10 4/5

Gravijar responds:

Thanks for the review dude. Yeah intro is a bit average eh. Glad you liked it overall though.

[Collab in Progress]

Your Collab is alright but needs some changes!

First of all it's "collab" (sorry mispelling just really irritates me)

That Glockenspiel Dx 10 is pretty cool! I like it

Bit too repetitive for my taste, you need to add and mabye change the notes in the first minute or so. A good idea would be to mabye make the Dx 10 slowly rise up two octaves for a climax into the drum beat.

Yea it gets really repetitive you need to play up the basic parts of that song, like seriously all I could hear was the same thing over and over again -_- not something I would like to listen too :P

However, The sounds are good but mabye the Glockenspiel sound could use reverb / slight delay and mabye some high eqing raising (by a tiny bit)

I love the start of 3:12 that was really well done! It would be nice if it came sooner though!

I like how that part that comes in around 3:12 ends as well into the new drum beat it's really cool! that was my favourite part of the whole song, I salute you for that part!

Overall, it's a pretty average, but could be made into something great quickly! Please listen to my advise and good luck to you in the future!

PS: the end was awesome too!

~Happy Music Making -Squll

3.4/5 (3) 7/10

Bitca responds:

Thank you for your constructive criticism. Will definintely heed some of your advice. We basically thew this together very quickly just to get the notes down for the COLLABORATION.

... and sorry for the MISSPELLED word, it was late and we all make mistakes. ;)

[Rough [Final]]

Groovy!

Ok Reviewing as I listen

I love the melodies but the sounds good use more eqing!

Oooh I love that high synth that comes in, but you should make it pan to the left side instead of just keeping it mainly on the right side (it sounds heavy reverb on the right side)

Its not too bad on the Repetitive front

Drum beat needs playing up and mabye a snare / clap

Overall not too bad

Main points that need improving in future songs - more Eqing for more professional sounds

- A better drum beat (Try adding a ride and a clap)

- shift / stutter the drum beat adds a professional feel to the song ^^

Good Luck in the future!

~Happy Music Making - Squll

3/5 7/10

jbarnett responds:

thanks. i tried to add a clap and snare, but none of them sounded right

[Cuwanin]

Unique

Well you can definatly tell a Jimpy song when you hear one :P
And wow! This must have taken a long to render =O

I don't have my headphones on right now but i'll just go ahead with whatever I think.

The beat is cool, but in my opinion it needs more ripping! screw newgrounds flavourrrrr make it changeee :P

Awesome panning, as usual for your song ^^ I can hear it even on my crappy speakers =O

I really love the intro =O that bassey sound and the synth just sound really nice together

The vocading in my opinion is a bit weird but hey mabye this just personal taste.

I love that reverse snare? I think it is was used in the beat at the start of the song :P

Hats & Rides (if there were any rides?) were pretty cool I liked how they sounded very, very cool in my opinion.

Panning at about 3:32 was brilliant! and the little break/drop part a little bit furthur down the track was awesome!

-Once again Jimpy you have outweirded me :P it's definatly original though, and you can see the work youve put into this, resulting in a 5/5 10/10 from me!

InvisibleObserver responds:

Technically their "Invisible Observer" songs, but I agree they do stand out.

I didn't want to wrench the beat too much with this one because it started to make the song sounds really misaligned which sounded awful.

Panning is pertyful.

Lot of reversed sounds, many duplicates of everything for the purpose of playing them backwards, including the drums / snare.

There were hat and rides mixed in with some weird samples like broken glass clicking together and little jingly bells, which primarily made up the not kick-snare bass rhythm.

Glad you enjoyed it.

[..:.:{<Eternity>}:.:..]

Cool!

Imperssive man, nice layering ^^, The melodies and sounds were awesome, I specially like the bass sound it was really nice ^^

However this piece did get on my nerves a bit, for some reason it just sounded too happy and it got a bit repetitive (I don't know mabye thats personal taste but it just didn't sound right at some parts for some reason)

Anyway it was a nicly done job, mabye work on making some of those synths sound a bit more professional, they did sound pretty good though (lots and lots of eqing and reverb for professional sounds if you didn't know :P)

Don't be afraid to experiment! If u find a good sound, save it but play with it more and you might get something even more impressive!

Keep it up man!

~Happy Music Making -Squll

8/10 4/5

Snikaz responds:

Thanks, but I make my synths using the FL Studio 7 demo so I cant save projects which makes it really hard to play around with sounds.

[PULSE in progress (JVR)]

Woah

Ok, if your using Fruity Loopz, Try compressing and Limitizing the sounds their a bit overpowering, add a soft threshold and it would be better to listen too ^^

Thats first off

Second off, is that slayer? beacuse if it is thats a really nasty guitar sound, I Advise finding another VST or something to replace it with as there are a few around that heavily dislike that sound.

Other then that the riff's are pretty cool so far, I like it (=

Keep it up, try what I said to do!

~Happy Music Making -Squll

3/5 7/10

JAnonymityVR responds:

Thank you for the advice! I messed with one of the guitars to make the sound like that. I'm a Nine-Inch Nails fan, so I love the broken sound. Um, never listened to slayer to be honest. I usually just run with something that sounds good to my ear. Unfortunately, I had the demo when I sent this and I can't edit it at all. Possibly a different one will be put up with similar theme(s).

[~:Fathom:~]

Sounds like a Beginner (=

I'm guessing your new to this stuff, I can tell by the heavy use of presets ^^ Thats what I used to do when I was a begginner.

Well first off, the melody is good, but it doesnt sound good without a good sound, and unfortunatly in my mind, these sounds are terrible, I along with many of the members here dislike The Slayer and I advise you find a good substitute ^^

Good for a first piece of work though! Try mucking around with the "Parametric EQ" or something Effect to change those rough presets into something that sounds professional and awesome!

Keep it up!

~Happy Music Making -Squll

3/5 7/10

Slayerrptl responds:

Slayer just has relivence to my highscores in god knows howmany online games. I dont get out much, Thanks for the honesty. But i had little plans of 100% composition in my music untill i have 600$ to piss on licenses and other editor programs. For the most part, im just making things so i remeber what to do later.