sixflab's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Etude #2 - Valse de la Chagrin]

Letting you know

-The volume was a lot lower than most audio works that are submitted to newgrounds. I listen using headphones and I still had to increase the volume over half to accurately hear the back melody.

-I just love the classical guitar and how well you can transition notes with it. It gives the song that light atmosphere that just settles you down and lets you fade off into a happier place.

-Even though it is short it feels like a full piece since it has a greatly structured beginning, middle, and end. The beginning could of been worked in a little slower though to build a little better.

-Review Request Club

Darkmaster603 responds:

Thanks, This was before I understood how to set up my work station for the best volume. This was actually recorded in FL studio, which was a big pain in the butt. Now I use cubase ai4 because it came with my interface, and it's a lot better.

I've realized that people like these etudes, so for their sake I'm re-working all my etudes into actual songs.

Thanks for reviewing so many of my songs, it really means alot :)

[Prelude #1 - Lost Serenade]

Well

-For overall sound quality it sounds really good and the chord progression builds the song up. I'm not big on preludes though since they tend to be short and a backdrop for things that have already happened and/or for things to come.

-It would be nice if you continued working on this or followed it up with a second part that continues the chord progression even farther and works off of what you built up here.

-Review Request Club

Darkmaster603 responds:

I agree that preludes are just short. I'm working on making this longer and making it part of the moonlight suit.

Thanks for reviewing my stuff!

[Big Cats]

Nice Lyrics XD

-This is just something that I could improptu play to make myself a little happier.

-I loved the overall concept of just talking about a cat and the different things that she was thinking of. The lyrics became repetitive at the end with the chorus being repeated a couple times but it doesn't take away from the song. You sing too close to the microphone at times since it picks up your breathing and makes it hard to hear the lyrics at times.

-The background music is layered nicely. The melody doesn't overpower the drums too much and you keep the guitar volume in check as to not be louder than the singing which is the case in a lot of music i've encountered here on newgrounds.

-Just find a better way to record your voice and it would improve the audio quality by a lot and make everything sound so much better.

-Review Request Club

Sawdust responds:

Okay, thanks!

But that wasn't about cats... lmao

But seriously, thanks for the review!

[Cobalt [DEMO]]

Nice transitions

-It's just too simple. It's just practice but you can save the practicing for yours31f(pun lol). I would trust that you can tell if transitions from note to note sound up to par.

-As far as everything transitioning from note to note it sounds good and isn't botchy or cut off. I would of suggested using more opposites and trying to test extremes if you're just going to test.

-Review Request Club

[HorseShoe]

Too repetitive

-Not bad for a third submission since you are just getting into the groove of making audio and learning what people like and how to make things sound better.

-The overall melody played throughout nicely but started to feel a little stale towards the end since you put almost no variation throughout. About 2:05 to 2:25 was a little different from the rest of the song but you need to do more than that.

-The song didn't have enough variation to me and lowering the volume or speeding up the melody in one or two parts just isn't going to cut it in the originality department. It just doesn't become interesting enough to hold the listener throughout the entire song if it's not going to have enough variety.

-I could be wrong but it just seems like you used a generic drum sample throughout since it was just really really basic in structure. Just a simple cymbal repetition.

-Overall like I said at the beginning it's not bad for a third submission but you still need to work on the variety and dynamics in the song to make it more interesting.

-Review Request Club

[Show No Tears]

Good Job

-When it started playing I immediately thought of a combination between all of the fight scenes in Mortal Kombat and Burly Brawl from the Matrix: Reloaded. Then I said "To hell with that!" and just imagined a showdown between a modern day ninja and samuri instead :)

-Other than it only being a minute and a half i can't think of anything to bitch about with this one. I would say something about the bass line, but im listening on headphones, so Im probably wrong anyways.

-All in all, damn good job, man!

[ParagonX9 - No. 5 (NG Edit)]

Well

This was a very cool song you made here. It was very diverse, with constantly changing beats and lots of different instrumental noises in it as well. It seemed to change BPM a lot throughout and also it had ups and downs with the tone and varied a lot.

[ParagonX9 - Neutralized]

Well

The beggining is my favorite part, but it switches to what I was hoping for it to come out of it. The sound was still great and a techno song for and techno fan to enjoy. In my opinion it sort of sounds like something from Megaman, but just a little better. Now that's a big complement. You should help make audio's for gameboy advance games.

[Tarboy OST - Two's a Part]

Woo hoo

The music was just excellently done in Tarboy, and this is one of my favorite pieces. Glad to see that there is more to the music than when Tarboy snaps the robot's neck. The lyrics are quite awesome, and the overall sound of the music is awesome. Really captures the essence of the dark old 20s style bar music, you know?

[[dB] & SS-54 - Tonit3]

Well now

-Works in progress are the best ones to review because you can give feedback that is actually put into consideration or used. This is what the audio portal has tons of. Tons of songs that are in the works that the creators are obviously looking for feedback. Too bad the audio portal isn't that popular and most songs get overlooked. But you know all of this junk already. Why else would it be on the review request club page.

-0:12 to 0:23 was quite interesting and was a great way to add some variation to the melody in the introduction. Some people might not like how it messes with the flow of the melody but I think it works well. Overall it was a very catchy melody that had tons of variation to keep me interested.

-I loved the beginning as mentioned before. It came in at a fast pace and never let up. Morphing and changing to keep everything interesting. I'm assuming this is just the introduction and the cymbals were just thrown in there temporarily. I really like cymbals as a finishing instrument since they give a nice resounding clap to stop everything while still vibrating the song out.

-There was a nice stomping resounding beat that went with the melody nicely at the beginning. Top-notch for you two making that combination. I really liked how the drums came in full force at about the thirty second mark in tune with the melody to take the song up to the next level. In turn this led to a nice little drum-out.

-Overall I'd say that this is a great start but it's still only about half done in terms of length. It will need to be mastered before final production but it isn't a serious issue now as it's still a work in progress. Maybe you'll continue to increase the pace that you had going or you'll bring it down a notch and make the second half a deeper more darker toned song. Time will tell.

-Thanks to SuperSteph54 for link and structure

-Review Request Club

Decibel responds:

Thanks for the review, we appreciate yuor feedback and get to work as soon as possible :D