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well yah

you're right about midiness, cause most of these synths sound horrible- just as the midi synths do. I'd suggest using some better software and other synths than midi ones. Some pretty nice melodies and such. the drum beat is alright to me, 'cept the clap, which I hate

cool

your voice is funny but the "trumpet" solo was just amazing. I can't really find anything negative with this, the quality is perfect, and the choir sounds pretty realistic. Hats were too present in the track for me, the breathign sound takes away a bit of the voicy effect you also have. If you recorded an aah from yourself and put that on different pitches for chords it would be even more awesome since it would only be yours

sorohanro responds:

well, here i just fool around, you should hear me singing seriously ... you'll freack out, my voice is even funnyer :))

the solo is what i hear im my mind as a solo, just made with voice, but i'll put some more stuff with my "real" trumpet so... stay tunned

thanx for the review

lololol

much better than anything else I've heard from you, that's prolly cause you never submit anymore. I like the kick myself. I didn't like how you used that cymbal in the same time as the kick in some times. And in the last half, that doesn't really sound like a kick, more like a tom. (though the snare sounds like a kick...) Oh so now it changed into some 3step weirdo thing. I like, it's catchy, but now it sounds more like a cheerful basshunter-esque thing- it sounds more comical that is :P

Anyways it's coolio

good

I love the piano composition you did here. Maybe a bit empty and passive, but that does add to a creepy, still calm feeling. From the 1:40 the reverb does drown the notes of the reverb out, so it sounds like a messy bass thing or something. Since you have nothing else than a piano, the piece does turn out boring and not something I'd like listening from start to end a lot of times. But it would do great for some emotional background music

MJTTOMB responds:

YAY! AN HONEST REVIEW!

Not the most favorable word I've heard, but hey, they help!

Thanks for reviewing, I'll try and fix some of the reverb problems you mentioned.

yeah

you pretty much succeeded with it, not a too noticable climax, but it works! Again there's this crappy kick. Synths aren't that clear this time, seems like there's a bit too much distortion on them. I love how you use them square waves in your songs. Overall a pretty nice tune again.

Hadriani responds:

A big big big thanks,
I learned so much from your reviews!

Thanks again

Peace

Good

Square is good. There's only one thing that I don't like, and that's the kick. I mean, jesus, that's a click- or, maybe, a metronome- at least it's awfull thin and crappy. Better use the better kick that you used from 'bout 1:20 there. String section is pretty slick, and it fits into the tune. Seems like you did some sidechaining with that too. Everything sounds clean and mean, so you did a pretty good job with the synths here! A nice little piece, only the kick now and it's great

Hadriani responds:

Thanks for the tips, they really helped me.
I tried to have a less crappy kick in my latest tune : p

Thanks for the review

Peace

Yeah

There are a lot of stuff that can be improved here. For a dance song, this one's really slow... the kick/bass sidechain was surprisingly slow. It would sound more like a dance song if you put it up to something about 150-170 BMP. The second thing is the pretty random sounding melodies. Especially that square, which has some weird notation and pitch bend. The lead has a much better and catchier melody, but it sounds pretty 'thin'- play it one or two octaves lower / detune it more / remove the phaser to make it sound better. The second part is pretty cool, I like the distorted bass. Square melody is more logical now, but there are these glitchy pitch bends that sort of annoy me. WEll, it's a good start on a song, but I really think there is a lot that can be added and changed. :3

Hadriani responds:

First of all thanks for the review, it helped me a lot.

In this song I had focused a lot on the bass, I think it's more than decent but as you said, the melodies were too random and incomplete. The "Thin" melody was done especially so, I wanted to make it sound a bit classic and high-pitched.

Peace

hay

The first part of it doesn't really give a good impression of the track. But I can see it as an intro in some very old game. Good use of vox. When the actual thing starts, it sounds like it's the same single bar being repeated--- and that bar isn't too interesting, maybe if you did something with that phased overpowering lead thing you've used in it.

cool

I like drums- they sound a bit like a loop but they have a swingin' and groovy feel that I like. Cool pad ditty too. The only thing that I can criticize about this tune is the lack of diversity in the last half of this tune... but really it's a vewy vewy nice one

weird

it sounds pretty random... and I don't know if that sounds like amateurish randomness or clever, professional sounding randomness. I don't mind that, but the tune does sound a bit empty- like a studio where people are playing half of the instruments- doesn't have that full feeling, you kno

Pretty interesting drum work here, esp. loved the snare sweep you used

attemptedperfection responds:

weird is what I do, haha
hmm... empty you say? I'm usually more worried about having too much going on...
everyone seems to like the snare. :P
Thanks for the review!

welcome to bluegrounds :))

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