monk1's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[The Darkest Castle]

I like the atmosphere here. It makes me think of the big reveal of the bad guy in a start to an RPG where the BBEG comes in and sets the hometown ablaze. Nice job!

[End me with a flash!]

Hey, this is pretty neat! The beat itself feels very high energy and you can really take advantage of its chaotic nature to have the more around it. It actually reminded me of the Dance Dance Revolution song Paranoia. There's a jungle mix of it and I think the screeching sounds of the synth would really well in this... Or your own thing of that strange nature 😉

Adaxption responds:

Thank you so much for the feed back on this audio! it means alot to me i will be checking out Dance Dance Revolution Paranoia Thanks so much! :3

[System Shutdown]

Well done man! Dig the breakdown and your percussion sounds are banging! Go great with that cyberpunk and synthwave sounds.

[ᑫᵘᵉˢᵗᶦᵒᶰ Mᵃʳᵏ]

Oh man this is so rad! I love the retro sounds throughout! 😁

[Foggy Recollection]

Woah, this is really cool! I love that sort of sound it carries with all the instruments for a timeless track. It feels as though it could be fitting for an ironic juxtaposition for a tense or even comical scene in an older neighborhood with cafes, and makes me think of bands that have that sort of "anti-folk" or "folk-punk" scene today :)

[Distant Caverns]

Man, this is frickin' gorgeous! The synths sound so perfectly blending of old chiptune and newer-generation and it just marries it all with some Lo-Fi sounding beats to reinforce that chiptune sound. I tell you, this is dare I say "flawless". Very well done!

[Scared Shitless Of Heights]

Very nice! I enjoy the soft synth that comes in the second half that sounds like a 3xosc. Has a sound that reminds me of chiptune and makes it feel kinda homey in a weird way.
Beats are solid, but I agree with Ahurac- at least if you did a slow pan to center, or just brought it a little bit towards the center. It's nice to have isolated sounds/vocals/etc, on one side for brief bits, but when they are like that for longer periods of time it's just not the same- though if you prefer it that way disregard that lol

Keep it up :)

[latenight funk jam]

Homie, this is slapping like some super hot fire.

My only constructive criticism? Considering the length of the track in its looping (which is good) would be just to slightly tweak or adjust on the opening synth- maybe cut out a little detune so as to make it a little less "hard" or "loud" and have a bit of a "hum" or saw to come in and compliment the melody and keep it fresh without losing its fresh dynamic.

Just a thought, hope it sounds cool! :)

[MM8: Her Triumphant Return (Ft. Zleap)]

Pretty neat track, with some super clean sounds. Those (for lack of a better way to describe it) "bow" sounds are awesome and the background sounds really all come together for the second buildup. Probably to be expected, but headphones'll be mandatory. Completely changed the game from the phone speaker lol

Anchorwind responds:

:) I would imagine phone speakers do little justice.