Squll2's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Melancholy Suite]

Groovy!

Pretty cool man, a very nice production you have.

As said below me it is quite unorthadox but very unique and nice piece! Though I would more put it under a techno beat rather then a ambient song personally.

Things to work on-
To me this song was very, very, repetitive and mainly kept the same notes & chords going on the whole time - in my opinion this is the main thing to work on in the future, and it is a very, very important thing to work on.

Things I liked-

The build up and fade out of the song was really, really good and to me those are one of the most important aspects of the piece - I really can't stand people who just go BANG and then finish.

The sounds and effects worked really well together which is a super +

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Hope to see more of your work in the future ^^ you certainly have potential as most of the young artists on this website have, so keep up the work!

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Gorgorothx responds:

Great review. Thanks for all of the points you've discussed, it will really help me in the future.

[Alchemy FX]

Awesome (=

Wow man, that was really really cool, as you said it had its ups and downs but mostly it had its ups and some of the parts in there I had to listen to over and over because they were simply just incredible! (=

Well done! don't really have any constructive criticsm - can't find any flaws, though there are probably some - I don't really know how to fix the small problems where the change just doesnt really make sense so ill just tell you that yea there are a bit of weird changes in there as you probably know ^^

[[SxE] Drown 1.2]

Pretty Cool

Those Hammering chords get a bit annoying, and the piano is a bit in your face, but overall this is quite a nice piece ^^ Although pretty repetitive I enjoyed it.

ArisingFlame responds:

Thank you! The reason for the repetition is because I have lyrics in it. Just not recorded yet. And I was enough of a space cadet to forget to post the lyrics. XD

[Broken Trance]

WoW!

Bad at percussion? what are you on about! That was Amazing, ALL of it was amazing - I'm sorry I couldn't punp up ur score more I mean esriously it deserves at least a 4!

That was simply amazing my friend, the only point of advise I have is that some of those sounds are just way too overused as I have found on newgrounds.. but really I don't have too much advise too give you on this one, it seems as good as it gets to me, and to me this is just a AMAZINGLY BEAUTIFUL piece

PS: Never, ever say negative things about your work in comments - thats probably why you have low marks, people probably voted without even getting a bit into the song, always be positive about your work no matter what, it's yours and you like it, so who cares what those really negative people think ^^

(But do take constructive criticism seriously, :P)

Shichinohoshi responds:

I love criticism. It tells me where I need to go. It's basically built off of a simple riff.

[Follow Me-Piano]

Lovely

This is just great man, its serene and just lovely.

Two things that I have trouble with.

A, it doesnt have enough passion in the playing, if it did it would be beautiful.. specially played live.

B, the background chords can get quite annoying at sometimes (constantly hammering away in the background)

Other then that I really enjoyed this piece, your hours were not wasted my friends (= look foward to some more of your work!

[DXM - Below, Envy Grows]

Awesome (=

Just amazing man, I can see all the effort put into this and it is just one of the most amazing ambient songs I have ever heard, I am astounded, giving my first 5/5 and 10/10 to this man.

I'm lost for words, theres nothing I can say to you the will help you improve - I can't find any flaws at all, though I'm sure there will be one or two that have averted my not-so-expert gaze

Once again, just incredible man you are Very, very talented and I hope to see some more of your amazing work (=

tijnn responds:

Haha wew thanks man, that really means a lot to me =3

And believe me, there áre a few flaws, but i solved them with melody chopping etc, i actually played a few chords half a second and that kind of stuff, missing the timing on pressing record or whatsoever, but with choppin' and slicing' them stuff it is pretty much solved right away.

Thanks again for the loving review!

-DXM

ps: About the effort remark... 5 hours ís very long for me to make a song. n_n

[electronica (stix)]

Its pretty cool

However the building up of this song gets REALLY REALLY bland, boring and old extremly quickly. And it never really changes, you already know whats going to happen when it happens.

I say, make it less predictible, give it some transitions into a proper new beat (eg, verse to chorus), speed up the building up process please it get's really bland at the beginning

-You do have talent & promise so please take into account what im saying and keep it in mind when you are making your next song (=

-I love the sounds (=

-Happy music making!

Drum 'N' Bass Squll-

3/5 8/10

g0nadz responds:

oh yeah i know what you mean man. but im only using ng as a file uploading client. this song is nowhere near finished and im not suprised that it got a shit score but atm i honeslty dont care lol this song took me 2 days im gonna spend months on it. thanks for your info though apreciate it.

peace your dj stix

[The Silver Stallion]

Interesting

Those transitions were pretty crazy man, still sounded pretty mint though!

-I think you should start a BIT softer, mabye add a automation clip or something there to easy the massive BANG of sound which doesnt exactly fit with the kick drum at the start.

-The sounds are pretty random and dont sound quite right together and the transition at 1:11-1:14 is just completly random like wth? but after that that's probably the best part in the song sounds mint !

-So yeah there you have it

3/5, 7/10

scartheatre responds:

Yeah, I made this song about two years ago and I've been thinking about remixing it and making it longer so that the transitions seem a little more thought-out. And the sounds probably seem pretty random because this was made using the instruments from the NES (Nintendo Entertainment System). I was thinking about putting it up as a "Video Game" song, but it does really well at dance parties :P

[Trance meets DnB]

Pretty cool

Pretty damn sweet bro!

Some Points:

-The Transition around 40-45 seconds was really like *wince*
-It gets really repetitive
-The sounds are just pure pimp.
-I love the very faded sounds in the background (I hope im not imagining things)
-The drums get a bit dry, sounds good to start with but the ones in the middle get dry, really, really fast.
-Thats some funky stuff
-You really should chop or slice up the standard line a bit to get really breakbeat and awesome, it gets really bland after awhile even with all the different synths.

So thats what missed you out on your two marks (= and thats also why u got 8! i grant you a 3/5 as well keep up the good work bro!

FuNDaMeLoN responds:

Wow, this is the first review I've gotten in, like, five years, so thanks. :D
Yeah, I was gonna go for the drums having more of an "oomph" effect, but I guess I got carried away...
It's okay. It happens.
Transition:
I tried to even it out with the rolling snare at the beginning so I wouldn't have to call it "Heart attack meets DnB Listener." It's one of those things you have to keep doing to master it - my other songs are all like chill at first, and then BOOM!
Repetitiveness:
I was going for a form that was more like trance, which gets repetitive at times. But maybe, again, I went too far and made it a pain in the butt.
Sounds:
Thanks! I tried out a new trance synth, SuperWave. I guess it sounds like pure badass when it's combined with DnB.
Dry (?!) Drums:
Aw. Man.
Gonna fix that part.
Jeez, I messed up the filter and it sounds like it's coming from a broken car radio from the '50s. Not to worry! I'll fix it up later.
And:
Gonna be two or three sequels to this song, maybe a mini-series, i dunno?
Your comments are helping a TON. As I said, no one reviews so I don't know why my songs suck sometimes.
Thanks a third time!

[Raqs or GTFO! (Arabian DnB)]

Woah O.o

That was.. Interesting.. and MEAN! bro that was a funkey as DNB beat without a doubt one of the best DNB I have seen on the site so far, but then again my memory is shit and I havn't looked much, wow its just great. I can't really put my finger on it but it's missing something, as well as being a bit repetitive, but FAR from being bland, this is great! (= A really nice mix of two sounds man keep up the good work (=