Onefin's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Chael - Nightmare]

Hey, Chael! Saw this for your NGAUC audition, so I thought I'd drop by and leave some words.

+ Crazy bass design
+ Shocking volume!
+ Fantastic structure and build quality

- Some harmonies don't mesh well with each other, dissonantly or consonantly.
- The melodic lines sound a bit amateurish, mostly due to emphasis of the tonic.
- I feel like this piece could have used a louder kick drum.

Falsesouth responds:

Thanks for your response, I am glad to hear this and I agree with the majority of what you said. :)

I am glad you enjoyed it.

[Nanobyte]

It sounds great, but MAN is that loud! At least turn it down a bit...

[Karaplex & DjAbbic - Colourblind WIP]

Shoot, it looks like you got zero-bombed pretty hard! I voted 5 to try and mend that a bit :)

KORAII responds:

Yeh it kinda sucks :/ Thanks for the help lol :3

[-Clutterfunk Part 2-]

This sounds muddier than your usual work... it could just be new headphones, but the sound is weirdly muddy here.

[Rage of the Champions]

GiIvaSunner did a high-quality rip of this song!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WKHE0LIO36s

MaestroRage responds:

Man, that was intense lol! I really enjoyed it. THank you for pointing it out and for the review :)

[1f1n1ty - Risen Cubes (Remix)]

Hey, man! Really nice remix, here are some thoughts:

Pros:
- Sound design rocks! You've chosen/designed your leads very nicely!
- Great drum design! You've done a good job mixing them to give them that DnB oomph!
- Exceptional mixing! I'm kind of a noob in this aspect, so there's not much I can say, but it's definitely better than what I usually pull off!

Cons:
- You spelled my name wrong in the title :( and in the tag
- The piano at 2:08 sounds way too robotic to be effective. With the style of this piece, I'm not surprised that it lacks.
- The piece has no clear progression. It may be due to the repetition, but the part at 0:39 to 2:08 doesn't seem to be going anywhere.
- Be careful not to overuse the same transition sounds. I hear the same fill and the same sweepup multiple times throughout the piece

KORAII responds:

Thanks for the feedback :D glad you enjoyed. Unfortunately I have the demo version of fl studio so i have to make everything in one sitting :/ I still made all the synths I used from scratch tho

[Shapeshifter]

Hey, Aeron! Dude, this is fantastic as always!

The mixing is PRISTINE! Everything is so clear and yet the track is still really, really loud! That's the kind of mixing expertise I really wish to achieve :)

The drop sounds SUPER NICE! I love what you decided to do here, with the song being sixteenth based aside from the drop, where the rhythm switches to sixtuplets. Also I hear Metal Gear :/

The transition into the drop is really, really smooth because you have a tom drum break introduce the new metric division. But coming back out could be a bit better. But it's not like you didn't know that. But maybe you could have done it by making the drums different in the final bar? Like, you could have squared off the drums but kept everything else going as it is. Kind of like this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=za_QNk4qmn8 go to around 0:58

Other than that, I'm not hearing much! Your sound design is brilliant, your basses are massive and awesome, and your mixing is just the best! 4.5/5, 10/10, keep it up! ;)

AeronMusic responds:

Yo 1f1n1ty! Thanks a lot for your awesome review! Glad you like it!
I could have done that with the drums but I don't actually like that switch at around 0:58 (in that pokemon mystery dungeon OST) so hence why I didn't square off the drums there.

Oh yeah I couldn't resist to place some metal gear sound right there :)))

[Rising Whirlwind]

R4R

Yes:
Beginning is awesome! 0:14, especially, is really really nice!
Do I hear a key change? Yes, I do! Nice!
Drum design sounds great!
1:20 sounds really good!
Cool pluck synth at 2:02!

No:
This piece is really soft... Not sure what it is, but the waveform never quite gets to the peak I would have liked.
1:46 has clashing sounds, as mentioned below me.
The ending is really sudden. It was already said, but I'll reemphasize it.
0:52 doesn't really fit the texture of what came before it, and there's no real transition to smooth it out.
You have a key change, but you didn't pull if off in the most effective way possible.

Overall: 3.5 stars, rated 4 :) Keep it up!