Buoy's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[mindthings-Our Eyes Are Blue]

nice

Ambient from start to end- the introduction with a majestetic string chords and overreverbed fx, it makes a promise of "Wow, this sure will be some huge ambience". It didn't really keep that promise, but it does evolves into something very neat.

There's a beautiful piano going through the song as a main instrument-I couldn't possibly think of a nicer tone for it to have in this piece. Maybe a little lighter could do good, but don't consider that since it's pretty much perfect. Most other instruments are the same way, feel very subtle and calm- and of course, over reverbed <3. Drums are a bit harsh and "in your face, bitch!" though, might want to do some filter stuff with em- and to reverb those god damn hats too >:

hoo rah

[Neonecropopulace]

oh wait

I can notice 3- no, 5... no, maybe even 7-10 preset (garageband I assume?) loops here. They don't fit together at all- and another thing where there's room for tons of improvement is how painfully recognisable the loops are- it could be a good idea to edit the loops somewhat- see, maybe chop up and rearrange a few of the audio loops, and jiggle around with the notes of the midi loops. Things like that would make the tune sound tons more original. From what I can hear there are some original (aka, like, composed with notes and synths) stuff there too, so I'm not entirely sure.

And- might want to take a new look at the sequencing- it's a bit flooded, nothing stands out much now. Take out a few tracks and focus on making the best ones sound good, it's better to have a structured and simple track than a complex but messy one.

Mixing's a little issue here too- a lot of distortion throughout the loudest and busiest parts. Take down the master volume a little- and have the acid-kind of leads a little lower in the mix too. I really think doing those changes could improve the audio quality of it quite a lot.

Ok hope my crappy review was of any help :D

MadCow responds:

i dont know where to get a better program cuz i have a mac. meh.but i have been messing around with mixing shit up lately, which is why i havent felt like submitting the songs ive been making. im trying to make something really good.

buzzkill serious review. darn you and your constructive criticism.

[Pftbd - Escape From Yours]

Vewy nice

Some samples sound like they're distorted out of control, making the entire piece sound like it's clipping. That's pretty much the only con with the song- the mix is rather muddy. Composition and synths themselves are all great. Great synths, lovely drummage, fantastic composition and wonderful melodies. :D

[Mega Man X2 | Zero's Theme v3]

Hello

With this piece, I really want to go and fuck up some guy named zero whom I have never known. Thanks a lot for that. >.(

Anyway I love them drums- and that is not only comparing them to the first version. I mean really. I just want a more audible kick, that is my only request here in life. Pretty much everything else seems perfect in here. Which means. I'm outta here.

well done k

DarKsidE555 responds:

Sry man and oh shiet, ya lost ur eye! >.U

Kick is a bit more up in the mix now. The reason why it's not "that" much in there is because I don't want to just hammer the kick on the ears of the people who listen to it. It's more or less double kick action all the way trough. Though, I think it's a tad better now.

Thanks for checking mang! You are tehm suckzorz! ;D

[Solus- For Schala]

ok, so

I listened to it again and put it from my 35th to 4th favourite song, I wanted my profile to contain a bit of it

YOU DON'T MIND DO YOU

SolusLunes responds:

NOT AT ALL >:(

[Walter Hunt's 'Sine piece']

mighty ho have I delayed reviewing this for long!

Very nice arrangements, I often find it hard to mix sine waves without the mix getting incredibly muddy- you did a very good job at mixing em though. But ye see, you need to get control of that bass- when it comes in it all distorts a ton, and does of course not keep that clean, nice sound. So put the volume of it down or take the entire mix down until it doesn't clip that much.

Apart from that it's all very nice, you made some interesting sounds out of it, and the composition is great. Good werk

ericdrebin responds:

Thanks for the review. You are indeed right that the bass is too loud and kind of distorts the whole piece. I was trying to get a good drum tone from it, but it overpowered the mix.

[{pbj}waiting For You(wip){pbj}]

arr

So I feel bad for delaying my reviewage of this for so long- but now should do anyway.

Very enjoyable "ska-ish" guitar (as they say) in the beginning- though I do think it would make the mood much better with a cleaner sound. Then you can get into some heavier business later with em drums, at least that's how I figure it'd work.

Either you like panning yer guitars a lot, or most of you indie people like panning one guitar to one side and one guitar to another. I usually find it annoying when stuff's so radically panning to one side or another like that- but the guitars themselves have a nice, dreamy tone. Could like to have that guitar coming in third (well worded sbb) a bit louder, I'm struggling a bit to hear it nicely.

Then there's this lead guitar- it's getting kind of off key, isn't is? It just doesn't feel right around 1:26-1:30. Works a bit better with the track after that though. Feels a bit distant, ain't sure it that's good or bad.

Then of course the vintage sounding drums- not the catchiest pattern I've heard, but it works for this track. Fills up greatly and makes a thick layer of sound below the guitars. Turns out sorta muddy in the busiest parts though, ain't sure how to change that, but a more present and audible kick could possibly help. I'm not sure, it's not like I' ve tried :)

So when all that's introduced it's jamming around for a little until it ends. Good stuff, will hopefully turn out fantastic with some vocals and a bit clearer mix. Good luck with that!

pitbulljones responds:

hey finally get round to responding XD. Yea i didn't expect to have this ska reference, the main thing is try to add some space to the rhythnm guitar so other parts can be hard. literally being more rhytmical. yea im hearing that peak too. too much exuberance on my part. Well i aint a massive fan of panning guitars hard left and right, but when working with guitar only music it does help to separate the sounds somewhat. That thrid guitar you are bang on with, i actually need to bring the whole level down and remix it anyways.

The off key guitar, it's still in, it's in the triad anyways but maybe the wrong notes at the wrong time and as you noticed i claw it back in. I did the lead on the fly though, just went for it i don't evenknow what ive played now haha.

The drums i like to keep as live as possible, if i was gonna gig this i need to know a drummer could do it, yes it needs some fills and variation, but you can't push em too hard unless i have keith moon or reni banging away. yea kick is noted. and i can make it more prsent.

Vocals are on the back burner atm, but they will get done. i promise thee.

thanks for the constructive review it's much appreiciated.

pitters

[Phantom Chaos Zone]

are

When it's 8-bit as this, there's absolutely nothing in the sound itself that's decided by the BPM (synced lfo's and stuff of that sort)- so it is very much 125BPM if I want it to be 125BPM- and I WANT it to be 12BPM >:(

Some notes in the composition would be better off if scratched or changed into something more recognisable. That pointing at parts from about 0:22-0:38. Lots of repeated notes didn't really do too well for it.

Enjoyable, could easily be associated with yer casual Sonic tune (It's not like I've heard a lot of them anyway). Might just need some 8bit drums for the <3 of it, but sure thing I say I'd like drums to pretty much all songs without drums I hear.

as said, 'tis enjoyable

WritersBlock responds:

Cheers, man. Yeah, this is very basic, I just threw it together and posted it. I'll probably do a ton of stuff to it when I get inspired.
Thanks for your review. I MIGHT TRY to change it soon. ;P

[Reviving Happy Times]

t-t-t-thaaatttt is one nostalgic stab progression

I don't know why but that chord progression reminded me a ton of something I've heard before- anyway it's quite a lovely progression, it just annoys me how I can't figure what I was reminded of. The percussion line sounds suspiciously much like premade loop, but I'm not one to judge that- some little fill right before it kicks in would do good to make some more integration.

Then after it's evolved into its max, there's not too much interesting stuff going. Might want to change that- a few changes in theme for a measure or two could do good to add some variation. 'tis a very good theme, so I'd love to see more from it.

Vewy well done.

THEpower responds:

thanks, man! maybe I'm gonna think about some variations or change some stuff, because I think you're right, there's not too much in the middle

[CTSG: Shapeshifter]

rar

The first part is kindof weak- the resonance- and filter-automation make you want to continue it the same way- but then there's suddenly some harmonica thing? With pretty damn average drums (Claxor). Luckily there's a mighty impressive part with meaty as hell drums and a great guitar (G9). Next part doesn't sound much on-key at all, at least in the first part it sounds more like a keyboard-mash. Good strings thoe, not too interesting piano sound (WritersBlock). I love that pretty damn intense part we got later on, nothing more to comment there than it's damn sweet (Rig). I don't really have any comment for the next part (Father-of-Death) but I love the next part, the transition went vewy well, and the main thing sounds pretty damn professional (Karco). I won't comment my own part, but it looks like SOMEONE made it clip throughout the part, and for that, I am angreh >:( (SBB) Okay some rather glitchy drums all around, nice triangle stuff, mixed well into it (2nd-Edition). I think I could recognise the author of the next part from a mile away, just look for the sidechaining all over the goddamn place, but I loved that here so no problems (Envy). The ending mixed damn well with the previous part, and had a nice sound itself- since it's got an ending in it, I think the fade wasn't called for (Whirlguy)

Yeh how the fuck am I supposed to review it in any other way :P

Nothing constructive crit here but it's not like it's not too late for that