sixflab's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[[G] Holy Advocate ft. JP & KC]

Polar opposites

-The thing about this song that irked me the most was the fact that I had to turn my headphones up just to hear the melody. That mixed with having drums that kicked entirely too hard in comparison. This can be fixed by either equalizing the sound a bit or by just adjusting the volume of one of the parts.

-The melody was very smooth but it was quite repetitive in it's nature and didn't have anything that could hold my interest for several playthroughs. The drums would sound better if they weren't so overpowering of everything else. As far as the drum instrumentals they were solid and had enough variety that they don't need any reworking other than volume adjustment.

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Jirohbomb responds:

I have to fix that up then. I have gotten a few complaints about drums. Thank you so much for your review.

[Solar Epoch (Final Mix)]

Nice

-In general it's very pleasing to the ears. Keeps a nice tempo throughout.

-I like how you peppered the track with a lot of percussion but never overused them to the point where they overpowered the main melody.

-The ending seemed rather lackluster. It stayed at the basic melody you kept. It would of been nice to see it brought up an octave or added something to end it with a bang.

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Sawdust responds:

THanks for the review! I'll keep endings in mind next time I write something rock n roll.

[Omnibu copae (piano)]

Simple :)

-Even though it was very simple the piano is one of the few instruments that has the ability to sound great standing alone by itself.

-It has many dynamics that give it some depth. Several stops for dramatic pause were well placed and made it sound so much better than just a straight through melody.

-It is an old work of yours but seeing this brought back into the works and adding additional work to this in a new piece would be great.

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Calamaistr responds:

Perhaps sometime ill do something more with it, have been really busy with all sorts of things lately so sorry i didnt respond any sooner man.

thanks for the review.

[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.

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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.

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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.

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Sawdust responds:

Okay, thanks!

But that wasn't about cats... lmao

But seriously, thanks for the review!

[[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

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Decibel responds:

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

[War Lament]

I am the canvas...

...and you are the painter. It paints an atmosphere in my mind and makes me think.

-It's great when a song can put images in your head and make you think just a little. It gives it more depth than the actual audio. It's very serious yet warm at the same time.

-It progressed slowly in my opinion though and would of benefited from being sped up just a tad for dramatic effect.

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popraz responds:

Thank you for the review, I really appreciate it ! I am happy you think I managed to obtain such a powerfull effect.

[Etude #5 - Moonlight]

Just wow

-This was played beautifully. The notes flowed so well together and i'm still not sure as to how you were able to get the different notes to connect so well together. Anyhow this is very pleasing to the ear and I can listen to it over and over again and still like it as much as the first time.

-I'm all in favor that you slowed it down since it sounds so good at the pace that you used here. If you would of done it faster some of the notes would of overlapped a little and sounded a bit wierd.

-Overall it's one of my favorite audio portal songs that i've come across. There is so much imagery that comes up when listening to it.

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Darkmaster603 responds:

Hey thanks I'm glad you liked it. Thanks for reviewing it. This is one of my favoreites, and I'm working on a longer version.

[I Hate Jologs People]

Lol

-First of all i'm not sure how you made this after attempting to make a classical song. It is a fail in that regard but what you ended up with certainly isn't. Yes it can use a little less bass here and there while playing out the drums a little more in sections instead of keeping the constant fast drum beat that you were using.

-The melody sounded very good with the beat of the drums and continued to show out more and more as the song progressed giving it a more melodic tune rather than the brash beat you had at the beginning. In my opinion it just got better and better.

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Sawdust responds:

Thanks so much sorry for the late reply!