Zafrece's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

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You have some pipes on you sir, i will give you that if nothing else. One of the main things that struck me from the start was higher notes in your chord, when playing acoustic often times it aids in recording a cleaner over mix to strum down strokes only so the pick is hitting the E string most and off setting the higher e string from ringing and dominating the song. The same chord also felt like it was dragged on a bit too long and used too much through out the song, there are simply variants to chords by method of root note inversion. it keeps the same chord, but gives it a different sound.

I wish the vocals would have switched placed with the volume of the guitar. Whom ever this is singing( be it you or some one else) should make that voice a focal point of the entire song for certain.

Hope i could help in some way =)

LemonCrush responds:

Ugh, no one else was supposed to see this...I posted this and thought it was hidden except for from users I invited...

Anyway, yeah, it was a song I wrote with a side project of my old band. My singer, myself, and my drummer started playing together, and I wrote this. Unfortunatly, when we split up, they recorded the song without me.

Now I'm working on a version of it with another NG-er, and wanted them to use this as a guide...this wasn't meant for public consumption lol

[go hard or go home]

Your vocal flange seemed a tad harsh. The bass drum sounded slightly lost in the mix, if you cut off 0-80 hertz in a simple EQ of some kind, it can really aid in bringing some inaudible noise out of the over all mix. Possibly a layered kick could also fix this problem. often times adding a low sin wave bass to the song can really bring some life to empty placed. It seemed that you had amazing drums for rythm, a crystal blip of some kind for the lead, which took the higher range. You had the orchestral chords taking mid along with your vocals in mid as well. That leaves the lower end of the hertz spectrum untouched for the most part, giving it an empty sound in gaps. The drum rhythms were excellent and nothing to be tampered with. You are a talented rapper from what i can tell, and have a good since of word timing. ( which is hard to find )

Hope this helps in some way =)

mrray06 responds:

thanks for the advise i appreciate it

[Everybodies Credits]

I am unfamiliar with the program you used to create this and its limitations. However i shall try to review it the same as i would any other program.
You were missing something that aids chip tunes in carrying the theme across. That would be chords. If you look back to megaman 3 for example, most if not all of their songs had multi lead chords. Chords being formed by intertwining leads and themes. Even when they were using basic chord progressions and rhythm in said chords they were there to aid in establishing a mode. the bass is generally used for aiding in setting a key, chords with the lead are used for setting the said mode of that key. Your drums were slightly loud in sections and might want to tone them back slightly so it doesn't over power the entire mix itself.

Over all it was a pretty catchy chip tune.

Seismoz responds:

Thanks for your tips!

[ForgiveYou - B4M Grae SJD]

just wow

BeefourMusic responds:

Thanks dude, just checked out "Standing Alone"... that track has potential! As people have told you, the vocals need to be louder. Feel free to check out my tracks and send through some vocals for them which I can add and play around with a bit.

- BeefourMusic -

[Strike]

Oh ya, this is what im talking about. Catchy, nice groove to it. It has an old school video game feel. I only wish it would have gone on longer to be honest.

(-_-) l,,l

benc98 responds:

Haha thanks for the feedback, I might make an extended version.

[merry fun piano]

Whats with all the haters votes? This was catchy and i feel like it could a great intro to an epic trance song. i loved the piano, pretty mellow yet up beat.

Suggestions - Place this into a full length song plx 0-0

flashmakeit responds:

Thank you for your positive respond. I am very flattered because you are a great musician and I appreciate very word you wrote.

[One]

LOL. This kicked my early songs butts hands down. The detuned saw you are using as the chords at 50: were a tad detuned, some times putting a little reverb can make lower the harshness of them. Good white noise flare at 48.
39-40 that measure seems out of key on a note.

Try fade ins and fade outs on certain sounds when you are transitioning measures or sounds( something i need work on myself). Measure transitions can be as simple as dropping the bass drum for a single 4 count. just something to feel like a change is coming.

Hope to see more in the future, keeping tabs on you sir

benc98 responds:

Thank you for the advice, i'll take it in to consideration in future songs.

[[MS] - Rebirth]

wow 0-0

This is pretty inspiring stuff. smooth transitions, catchy tune, well blended.

Nexus312 responds:

Thanks :)

[The Anarchist (Demo)]

The weak solo ruined it at the end for me.

adilovemetal responds:

Its just a presolo, the full song will have a kickass solo

[Sunrise On Another Moon]

i have this set to my gw2 ambient music in game. Keep them coming, i need more!

MetalRenard responds:

Thanks, I'm glad you put it to good use!