shizeet's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[lakes in eutrophication]

Nice little dittie

Not much to say, but the piece sounds pretty good. A few annoying buzzing string parts, but not enough to detract from the overall piece. Good stuff.

LfunkeyA responds:

thx

[KR- S&K Sky Santuary]

Bring out the background more

This sounds like a neat piece, but the balance between the melody in the brass and the accompaniment seems to disparate (to the point where you become rather aware of the realism failings of the brass instrument). I'd really like to hear more of the background on this piece, which where the "ethereal" feel seems come from.

knuxrouge responds:

Oh, I see.
Well with the trail version at my disposal, I am sorry to say, this is what we're stuck will, normally I would do it again, but a track this difficult really brings down my effort.
But thanks for your review.

[-MrMaestro- Serenity]

Hmm

Like the person below, I really don't feel this as a very "classical" piece (especially the piano riff, which sounds a lot like something out of a metal piece). That said, you did manage to arrange the orchestral parts in such a style, and overall, there is definitely a sense of progression. The main gripes I have with the piece are is the mixing - the orchestra parts sound very muddled and aliased, and I hear a lot of what sounds like phasing during the sustained chords. Did you compress at too low a quality? If not, consider balancing and eq'ing the instruments in a multi-track editor. It's a shame to see a good piece wasted away due to production problems.

[DarkA - *Shanai*]

Slick

I'm not a big fan of most "techno" music, but I really like the more tribal take you did with yours. Though basically the entire piece is an extended section, I like the small things that you add here and there to keep it interesting. It also sounds very good in terms of production - everything is pretty crisp and clear. Very solid piece.

[Flowers for Fiola]

Nice and mellow

I really like the mellow, almost sombre mood of this piece. Did you play or sequence this (a few notes sound kinda of MIDI-ish, but other than that, it feels very natural)? Production-wise, I'd liked to have it a bit more spaced-out (ie, reverbed), and crisper (filter out the muddy sections, maybe boost the high-end a bit), but it's pretty good as it is now.

WinTang responds:

Thanks! It's not sequenced, I plugged in my guitar and recorded it to CoolEdit or something. Back then I didn't know much about mixing so I just left it like this. I'll look into your production suggestions some time, they sound like they could indeed mean improvement. Thanks a lot! Check my other stuff too, if you'd like.

[And Roll those credits...]

Moody

I'm not too familiar with the New Wave genre (probably the only piece I've heard from it is Steve Reich's Electric Counterpoint), but I found this piece to be pretty enjoyable. It certainly could work for a credits theme, given the mood is more subdued than face-paced. The only thing that kinda bothered me was the cymbal crashes - it sounds like they've been severly undersampled, or something - very lo-fi in comparison with the rest of the piece. But other than that, mixing-wise it's pretty good. Nice job.

Loosemore responds:

Thanks for the review!
You're right about the crashes. Even on the original mp3 (192 kbps) they sound a bit impotent.
I have to admit that was laziness on my part. I tend to just drag 'n' drop loops without really getting my hands dirty.

Thanks again for the comments, everything helps (I'm kind of learning as I go...)

[The Temple on the Coast]

Not what I expected as a "temple" theme

But none the less, a very interesting soundscape - I didn't really like the dull synth notes when they came in, but it turns out they constrast very well with the more off-beat notes from the vibes and piano. For me, this would work very well as a sort of "enigma" theme. Good stuff, keep it up!

[Graveyard Orchestra]

Coolness

Wow, this is a really cool piece. Very interesting timbres you've created with the synths/samples (ie, that "meowing" sound). The sudden volume jump was a bit unexpected, but I did enjoy the noisy drums. Definitely one of the more original entries I've heard so far - keep up the good work!

Robot-Lock responds:

Thank you very much. And the "meowing" sound, I made that myself. Everything was made in FL Studio.

[My 1st song ever....]

Neat Style

This probably would fit the "Misc." section better, but I'm liking what I hear for the most part (especially that middle section with the pumping bass and all kinds of stuff playing in the background - very nice texture). The more mysterious and ambient sounds seem to clash with the up in your face MIDI-ish instruments at first, but after a while I didn't mind it as much. Overall, this is a pretty good piece for a "1st song" - it's neither too random nor too derivative, and thus the end result is something unique that only you could have created. Good job.

LoneInstrumentalist responds:

thank you sincerely! it didnt turn out as i planned...but dont it happen all the time X] mainly 'cause i dont kno how to use this prog.......>.<

tytyty! and for the next reviewer, heres a question :p

Goth, Classic, Misc, Techno i hav bases for these,X] tell me watcha wanna hear.....i'll do my best...

lastly, sorry if i havn't done much on past 2 weeks or so, school just started, im waitin for things to settle down.......

again, thanks for reviewing :) keep up your awesome work too~

cheerios

[All About Us]

A nice, charming tune

I liked the mood in this piece - it really does have that nice and relaxed feel, and the piano playing is pretty good too. I certainly can see this music being set to the sorta cliche-y collage of scenes bit in a date for a movie or something. The only thing that kinda bothered was that on my speakers, the mids were kind of high, and I could hear it ringing (or is that actually a pad playing in the background?). Other than that, good stuff you've got.