monk1's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Stalagmite]

Nice dude. I dig the sound used for percussion later on, that "woo-woo" sound.

I picture a platformer game with Feudal Japan at night backdrop, with stalagmites and stalactites serving as a background, as you're entering a new territory in a transitional level.

[“The King is Dead!”]

This gives me vibes of a previously "sick" or "hidden from the public" king revealing himself only mid-conversation to find out that he's been meticulously crafting a pandemonium and now he's ready to go mask off and be the ultimate big bad in the story.

[Limbo Portal]

Hell yeah dude! I love this, and these sounds are solid af! Everything works together so damn well

[Vaporize]

Love the sounds, and love the love for past projects. I can just picture ships flying in a race above the clouds, towers with tattered flags on the tips of weathered antennas just barely poking through the surface. Like a space-traveling post-civilization, not quite dystopia.

Keep it up 😁

[Crystallo Village - Daytime (Crystal Odyssey OST)]

Nice cute sound! Totally gives a great vibe for a game like Animal Crossing to me. Loops really well too

ausk responds:

Thanks! That's kinda what i'm going for haha :)

[Neon Dreams Fade]

That's pretty cool. I like the lively energy and good use of sounds. The vocal samples also manage to mix in pretty well too 🙂

EdKempeper responds:

Hello !
Thank you for this review !
Yeah, that vocal sample was a pure "hasard", I found it in an old folder (it's a bit out of tempo though).

[A Goblin Interlude]

Definitely love the "ring sound" of the synth that comes in and the percussive elements you got that drop out toward the end. Some pretty cool sound choices

[indiGO +SUPERstyle+]

Daaang, that definitely is some catchy awesomeness right there! 😁

What do you use for a DAW?

X-500 responds:

From plugins here - HIVE VST

[Lume]

Nice tune my dude! I'm a sucker for the fluttery sounds and a lot of sounds you use in this remind me of the 80s-90s and make me imagine some sort of cop driving off in the sunset in some sort of delorean or other time-related car.

I don't if this would fit what you were going for here, in terms of sound or style, but I was thinking if you had that part just before that breakdown there around 1:20 where the flutter sounds a little glitchy, just like how it does at the end, happen again a little more pronounced before that beat comes in before the end, and give it a little more time to enjoy that awesome melody and beat. You could probably do something like bringing in some extra percussive hits like splashes and low-pitch claps to add a crunch factor, and something of a bassy boom or explosion or something for the fade out to fit the excitement the song had been giving.

Just a few ideas, but don't let that take away from the fact that I really enjoyed it!

LoneEagle responds:

Hi, thanks for taking the time to leave such a nice review. I like your ideas and i could have definitely used something like what you mention to add more diversity to my track and keep it fresh. I'm glad you liked the song. Thanks again :)

[Full Throttle]

Oooh! I dig this! The bass is so deep and booming and the percussion sounds great!
What did you use for your bass? I want to get more into using bass that gets deep but doesn't lose its clean like that. Also, really like the percussion changes there towards the end.

NikoN1nja responds:

Thanks for review :)

The bass wasn't really a bass though, it was made using 2 presets:
"808 Bounced" from FLEX;
"BA Ampology" from Serum