monk1's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[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

[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

[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.

[MM7 : The Sabotage (Quarl's Pipebomb Mix)]

Wow, nice quality mixing man. My only complaint is that unless it's because I'm listening on my phone that some sounds are hard to hear, that perhaps it could use a little bit more- or some sort of bridge or breakdown to keep it fresh. Outside that, the gritty is grimy and the soft angelic, making it grab you from the get go. Nice work man :)

Anchorwind responds:

I think I would agree with you in that the phone experience would make this song sub-par. A lot of the subtler bits, and the lowest lines I'm sure do not translate as well.

I'm glad you listened and reviewed though, thanks!

[Orchestral Redline]

I think the orchestra has a nice quality, but needs some more things like flutes for example or some sort of woodwind to play some soft melodies along with it. The percussion unfortunately doesn't quite fit, though I like what you went for. I think what would really work is some drums if you could find them, that have a "timpani-like" sound. I know that there were samples of similar styled drums back in ol FL7, that I used for my track Requiem probably in 08 or 09. Not saying I did a good job with them, since I didn't even know how to change synths other than X and Y controls without ruining them(lol). The cymbals kind of have the "dance" sound to them, so along with the snare, they don't quite belong, but I think with a little soul-searching for the right sounds, and a bit more to bring this together in a baroque style, you could make this really great. :)

Daydream-Anatomy responds:

I have to totally agree with you, maybe I should have searched for a more natural sounding snare, I'm sure I have one somewhere, I have battery, (it has a TON of drum sounds, but the way it's set up makes some hard to find, and time consuming) ...it's a hard sound bank to sift though.
If I rework this song I'm definitely gonna look at your critique and try some of your suggestions and see how it sounds.

Orchestra is one of the things I"v ealways wanted to do well, but back when, could not, but believe me, this is better than my very early attempts. XD I should probably be pickier with all my sounds to be honest.
Thanks for the in depth critiques, much appreciated.
-strat

[NBC Making Christmas (RMX)]

It's pretty good, but in my opinion the speed/tempo is just a tad bit too fast for it. Maybe a little less than a 10% slowing might make it a bit better, but that part around 1:40 is pretty dang nice.The reason why I comment on the tempo, is because it feels like a thrash or speed metal tempo, and the guitar distortion is a bit grimey for those kinds of music. Still, I certainly appreciate what you've brought here. :)

Daydream-Anatomy responds:

Thank you for your kind words and honestly, I probably don't mess with guitar rig enough to get good tones, or even know if it's worth messing with to get good tones, It's really CPU heavy on me for some reason. I never tried slowing it down, but hey, if you download it you can slow it down, granted at a slight loss of quality, I'll try it slowed down if my brother ever wants to through vox on it, I'm just used to making things fast. Seriously though, it's hard to find that good, thick, nice sounding distortion in guitar rig, but maybe it's just me.

Thanks again^^

[Spaceport H 06 - Bad remains.]

Very nice. Peaceful and eerie at the same time.Definitely a good track for some sort of "revelation". The wind is nicely done, as it stands out, yet it doesn't steal the spotlight of the ears, and that organ is fantastic. :)

I'm not sure if the game it's in is on NG or not, but I'd like to give it a shot if you could link me.

Calamaistr responds:

Its on steam, look up spaceport hope. :) thanks for the review and interest. -cal.