nal1200's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[MH16: Playing In The Sand]

5'd

This is a nice, happy song!

I could easily see this as BG music in a game or something.

One thing that bugged me though was that the more mono-center instruments were too loud. (Personal preference, though.)

Other than that, nice work!

FairSquare responds:

Thanks for the advice, i'll take a look at the volume levels.
And thanks for the review!

[Deep Inside (W.I.P)]

5'd

A nice, dark piece you've got here.

I like the gritty feel with the noise in the background and the synths.

Nice job!

I agree with Codomis, keep it as is.

[Filigree]

5'd

Very relaxing tune you've got here!

Only complaint was that perhaps the hats were a decibel or two too loud. But of course, that's a personal preference.

At any rate, keep it up!

vai90 responds:

Thanks. :)
Well, I could turn the hats down a bit but I think the song would loose some of its drive.

I'll check some of your tunes out, too if you don't mind. You have an awful lot by the way! :D

[Urban Night (demo)]

Good start, could use more melodies

It feels kind of static as of right now, you know?

Although i'm listening on some pretty shitty headphones at the moment.

At any rate, keep working at it!

bearwasdead responds:

Thanks Nal. I'll get on it.

[BeatSource - Rocking Late]

5'd

Good song, but there were a couple minor things that bugged me:

Additional panning effects on the "rock the place (bass?)" one shot vox would be a neat addition. The overly right panning got kind of irritating.

The lead is great, but for some reason I kept expecting to hear the melody play a DIFFERENT note on the fourth beat of the first measure in the first half of the chorus. That probably doesn't make too much sense, but it made me cringe for some reason. Of course that's just a personal preference.

This is definitely an original-sounding song in the realm of hands up, so that's good!

Keep it up!

Ethalyn responds:

"This beats gonna rock the place, beatsource coming steady gonna pump up the bass!" :)

I have SOME one shot vocals here though, i sliced alot of vocals and also used the Impact effect in VEC3 that sounds like an impact vocal.

Hah yeah i totally get what you mean on the melo man x) I mean. i dont feel the same way about this exact melo, but i totally get you!

Thanks a bunch man :)

[[KgZ] Jazzman (KgZ Vamp) ~SMB~]

5'd

Nice!

What a great reviewer I am, eh?

No but really, this is damn legit, son.

KgZ responds:

Hahaha, thanks for listening.

[Can I Be Your Cure?]

5'd

I absolutely love the experimental styles used here. Definitely a trippy song.

Probably my favorite part of the song was the guitar in the "foreground" that sounded as if it were far away. That's a neat trick.

As far as vocals, I think the guy below me nailed it.

At any rate, keep it up!

Kor-Rune responds:

Thanks man! I'm quite glad you like it.

I think I may redo the vocal track sometime, I completely agree with you guys.

Thanks again for the review!

[Fredgy - Moment of Peace]

4'd

I like the melodies here, really great.

One thing that bugged me though was the peaking and clipping with the higher piano notes. Try adding a compressor on the piano's master channel so that they never pass -0db.

I like the use of the pad and the piano though, that was a pretty clever combination!

One final thing I would suggest is to use more reeverb and delay. They make a world of difference.

Anyway, thanks for the heads up, and let me know when you submit more!

Fredgy responds:

woow :p nice review :D
thank you ;-)
uuhm, ok i'll try :p, there will come certainly another version of this one, in one of these days when i got nexus :p , then i'll look at what you've said ! ;-)
uuhm, on what should i use more reeverb and delay ? what part? just on piano? or on the pad ?

Thanks man! awesome review :p ;-)

Grts
Fredgy

[Texas Truck Stop]

I've heard that before..

'Cept it went:

Here I sit, all broken-hearted
Tried to shit, but only farted
Then one day I took a chance,
tried to fart and shit my pants.

Cheers

Ragestorm responds:

well, people tend to change things as time goes by, its a classic bathroom graffiti, i've seen it in like four places, all different versions.so i made up my own.

[Midnight Sensation]

Nice start - tips

Good melodies and riffs. That's a plus.

I would have to agree with the review below - while it's a good start, I can easily pick out a bunch of FL samples. Don't worry, that's not a bad thing, but keep on messing around with the VSTs and whatnot.

Keep it up.

sente3 responds:

Ya, I know what you two mean. I didn't take AS much time with them as I could have. And funny you mention FL presents haha cuz this was the first time in a while that I used them XD I usually use samples I got elsewhere. But ya, I will see about sprucing them up a little bit. thanks =]