Buoy's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[TS-Colorwaves]

niiiiiice

sure it sound like there's a lack of equipment since you're only using very basic waveform synths- but damn the use of triangle and sine is good. Drums sound good but they could use a lil eq and comp to sound more boofy

nice composition and synths and melodies and construction and general song and all that stuff, nice

triangleshower responds:

thanx a lot!

[[MS] - Blue Oiled Potatoes]

gah

yayz finally got to use a laptop

wtf defines the NASA genre

k. I've been listening to this tune for quite a while but haven't got to comment yet- This piece of awesome has a great calming, chill feeling. Prolly because of the water effects. Nice sounding drum samples and patterns, fx sounds wicked awesome too. A bit lack of melody which makes it sound more like a rhytmic soundtrack.

what LJC said, get signed n shit-this has amazing quality

MackerelSalad responds:

NASA = teh win
I think I'm gonna start working on a NASA EP with some other laddies.
I'm not planning on trying to get signed yet, I really lack skills at the moment, and I have a very slow pace of producing.
Thanks for the review, man!
I appreciate it.

[Happy Again]

as I said

Must... anal rape... kitties... AAARGH

Father-of-Death responds:

god that would be the best dlash ever!!!

but P.E.T.A. would be pissed bout it....

[|ag| (Universe)]

wait

the synth you used in the start- wtf is it called, it sounds like a saw or something- what's it called?

Nice tune, it's very much like other techno/trance tunes. a bit low sound quality maybe, sounds blended. It has quite an interesting build with many parts which is sorta exciting sorta annoying.

Absolutely love your synth choice except for that insane hypersaw thingy which just went overboard

alertG responds:

That would be basic subtracting with LFO. I might have edited it a little though.

I didn't think it went 'overboard', but meh.

[[TMM43] Feel in Trance]

wow

crappiest kick I've ever heard. It sounds like a click. The actual songyness is okay, but it seems like you try hiding it behind a mass of people clapping and yaying. Which I don't think they would when hearing the song :/

Nice little lead, could need some multiplying and detuning etc to sound fat and catchy

TMM43 responds:

Well, if you've ever listened to Benny Bennassi, you would know that that is his signature kick...

I;m sorry that you feel this way about this song. I tried.
Thanks for your review though! I really appreciate it.

[[TMM43] Heavy (?)]

meh

Making DnB without making everyone complain about it not being 100% DnB is an nearly impossible challenge, but you failed a bit more than most- Cause you turned it 100% techno lol

I can't say I like it at all, there's way too much disortion and clippage, your synth choice is interesting tho- but that's it. It's repetitive and boring.

You can easily turn it into something trippy by adding basic stuff like leads and other synthasizz

TMM43 responds:

SBB, Thanks for the review. It's greatly appreciated.
Yes, I have failed, miserably! haha.
I'm sorry you feel this way about this song. Yes, I will admit, it's repetative, and repetitiveness can lead to annoyance/boredom. For that I am sorry.
I will add more to this when I remix it.
Again, Thanks for your review, and I admire your honesty! That's what I look for in reviews.

[Karco -- Troposphere -- Remake]

heyyo

Fucking awesome ambient/industrial/heavy remake you made of the tune. The atmosphere is damn excellent, HUGE reverb and panning- I'd prefer if you panned something else than the drums- cause they make the atmosphere a bit shuffled (drums are close, everything else is far away- I think that's good for experimental tunes, but not this kind of tunes).

The drums are really the only thing there are problems with- the panning as I said- plus they make the song clip! (I thought it could be disortion, but, well the waveform shows clipping) If you über compress them you'll have two plus-es in one, NO clipping- and fatter, punchier drums. The hat is a bit hi- actually a more ride- I'd like it sound more like a ride cymbal.

Niiiiiiice sine pad you have in the background, it makes a relaxing feeling before the heavier part, and a bit of emotion. Strings add to that feeling but they're damn low in the mix.

Now what's that slide-down lead I hear? If it's a synth lead- then that lead is FRIGGIN AMAZING, but if it's a guitar- then I'm a little ">:/".

Rhode/marimba/xylo synthesis sounds good as usual, but don't go all crazy with the wetness of it ;)

As I said, awesome remake, but it doesn't sound... 100% finished... there's something about how it ends I think... plus there's not a lot of instrumentation.

I was thinking of making a remake of this myself- from scratch. Cause both main melodies are fairly simple to make. And I tell you, mine will sound more ambient than yours >:[

Karco responds:

Knew you'd review this one right away. :D

Yeah, I'm great with trancier drums - remember Nova? :D (Specifically the intro.) Realistic drums are where I fail. :( I'm trying, though, and next time I'll definitely keep your advice in mind.

Yep, nearly all of this is Cygnus, actually. Except for the sliding lead, which really is a synth lead! :D

Thanks for the review, SBB, glad you enjoyed it... True, that ending doesn't make it wound 100% finished - thing is, I wanted to make it longer, but there wasn't much to try without making it boring. :\ So I cut it there.

(That remake had BETTER be more ambient than mine! >:( )

[-=LJC=- Peripheral Observation]

flump

lotsa panning and glitchy fx... there's a few melodic things a little longer into there... this is fascinating. Lotsa lo-fi and IDMishness... could fit greatly for some kind of cave or future factory level in a game... it woulda fitted so damn well

oh and if that is a .rns I seriously want to look at it

LJCoffee responds:

Sadly, there is no .rns to look at :(

This was created in AcidPro using VTSi's. There are two instances of Massive and two of Zebra2. I could have used any VST host for it though.

.rns files are tough - I rarely ever use Reason on it's own. Even if I do something almost entirely in Reason, I'll still almost always reWire it through AcidPro for what I think is better control over the different tracks.

That's about it :)

Thanks for reviewing it!

[XZ Action]

ouch

that's a bit of thumpy kick drum you've got there. Four on the floor beats annoy me so damn much, it kinda takes away a little of the song for me. But anyways, this song is damn groovy, still it has great speed and action. The sound quality and mixing/mastering is a bit crappy, so it sounds kinda like the music is coming from a box which you're standing on. Nice use of the guitar, quite an original twist of a techno song. I like it! Good work!

Dereks responds:

I'll increase the quality of my submissions soon. Thx for reviewing !

[-WritersBlock-Golden Gates]

Well

don't pan everything that much, it's annoying. the drums sound really random, and the rolling changes up too little, but holy hell they make a great feeling in the track. That dramatic, adventurish feeling right? Guitar lead coulda been a bit louder. Leads have good melody, but not enough construction. The thing playing from the start could use changing, but it does work very well. Great work, could get even better

WritersBlock responds:

I'm very new to the concept of panning, and it sounded really boring without the pan, so I might rework it a fair bit more. Jeez, I never rework songs...
I might see if I can get some adequate drums to break up the rolling a bit. The thing from the start... the cello, I might try to rework a more static melody near the end and change the lead at the end... it doesn't really feel like the best conclusion.
Cheers for the review.