Buoy's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[_=Trippy Techno Shitz=_]

lolwtf...

this is extremely unstructured and sounds more like some small loops put together... the start is... a synth loop with a completely different techno loop with a small drum pattern... sounds so horribly off-note, it makes me want to kill something
then................................... a panning thing with an effected snare?

wtf

and a dance loop coming in plus the loop in the start....
...now for a lot of wet wraps put together.
and so it just restarts...
this is complete and utter audio-nonsense. as weird as it gets, also it's nearly inaudible at times.

I suggest you to try and keep structure by having the loops and samples you're using at the same tempo, and making a structured setup with verses, small bridges/fades/changes into the main part on your techno/dance/whatever you're making for a MUCH better song. Also try to not make it blindingly obvious that you're just using loops by for example making playing the synths yourself too...

:D

eyechieftrees responds:

Because, I have no life. I'm buying FL sometime, so I might actually be able to make something that's worth listening to.

[_-={Arise Sleeper}=-_]

jeez...

now that's gotta be a long poem, lol.

this song I felt is actually even more dramatical than the other tracks you've made, maybe mostly because of the huge orchestral kick in it. Sounds pretty before-battle ish there, but it evolves into something that still is dramatic, but it doesn't have the same dark style then.

the start could have been outdone even more, and I mean the very start; aka lengthening the very first note on the string section and then go on on the note progression for the strings in the intro and finally release the rest of the track.

The choirs sound crazy good, but I can barely hear it through the strings. The second bunch of strings which play a much lighter meldoy are also of a very low volume, so for the flute. these instrument (in my opinion) should have a more significant role in the piece.

the super-light chime was obviously made several octaves too high-pitched but could've been removed entirely.

There I'm done with suggestions/critisism, I'll just say that this track IS incredibly beautiful and overwhelming, there's really not a lot that could possibly get better.

This track is really dramatic, but at the same time, it's incredibly slow and not overdone at all. It's a very weird mix which strangely suits this track perfectly.

MaestroRage responds:

quite an interesting review SBB, i'll give it that! There are some valid points you bring up, now allow me to defend my choices :D

You see, the choir was lowered in volume because making it louder drowned out the rest of the instruments. I am not yet versed well enough in equalizing to be able to make a choir sound great without killing it's core.

Poor core... how I killededed you...

The chime was a little loud, i'll give it that X(!

There was a volume controller that didn't work during the export, which as a result made the booming transition a little "too booming", but it turned out that people didn't mind it, so i'm not going to complain. Maybe it made the piece more interesting!

The intro idea you brought up, is quite an interesting one. I did not contemplate that during the creation of the piece, and now am interested to seeing how that would have affected the piece. I will have to do that tonight if I get the chance.

Thank you for the review SBB, I apologize for the super late response, i'm so overworked T-T. I'm glad you enjoyed the piece!

[Lion King]

you're confusing me

Why the hell do you post "FUCK YOU!" to all the reviews? Is that some retarded way you want to gain attention? holy hell I wish I could flag author comments as abusive.

The only musical thing I heard was the start, which isn't interesting, but quite a lot like your other tracks, trancy and cheesy. And then you come in with some stupid roar. what the fuck is that?

I can hardly call this music. It isn't genius anymore either. Why are all your new tunes just short half-assed attempts at being funny?

You're dissapointing me so much...

Father-of-Death responds:

pfft xD hahahaahah omg dude!

wtf was that!

who craes about my msuic i'm just havin fun doin what ever i wanna do.

if you dont like it you can go listen to someone elses song...

plus... i was fuckin buzzed as hell when i made this and repsonded to all my reviews.... =/

yeah...

i gotta stop doin that....

[-Orr- The Pharaoh's Tomb]

story track eh?

teh intro is pretty friggin awesome. It doesn't entirely fir the rest of the song, but it's a great beginning.

Then it's getting really fast and heavy...loved the synths you used. the guitar is pretty awesome for being inside an electronica piece.

The drum work in this piece is fantastic, and the samples are great too. The only thing that wasn't superb here was the arabic-ish lead sounding far-away and that it (apparently) comes into only one speaker...

friggin awesome industrial piece!

DavidOrr responds:

Yeah, I'm still not entirely happy with the panning and reverb of the piece yet. I've been trying to give it as big of a sound as possible, but I think I threw the lead over a bit to much to one side :(

Thanks for the review!

[[MS] - Stepping Stoned]

HELLO MACKERELSALAD ^_________^

now this is one trippy ambient song! When I heard the beginning I thought it was gonna be an all percussional/step song, but you made it farther than there and put a nice piano with all the synths to it. I loved how the stepping goes on all the time and against all thoughts makes a neat rhytm. Quite cool drum sample you got later in there, but it's a really bad sound quality on it and it sounds kinda far away like you reverbed it way too much.

^__________________________________________^

MackerelSalad responds:

Hey dude, thanks for the criticism.
I really need to step up my final mastering skills, because I quite fucked up on this one.
Things will be better, I promise. =]
Thanks for the review!

[-Orr- Christmas Eve]

hi ^^

The beginning is... EXTREMELY loud and Disney-like, except for the flute thrills. I don't generally like this kind of christmas music, but this one is a bit more outdone and cleverly assembled than the others. Especially liked the way you made total silence before the next more sad part, but still made it intergrate with the rest of the piece. the next part i felt was a little too fast-paced and happeh.

I can't really say I liked the flute through the piece, it's a little bit too happy and light for the rest of the piece.

but this track is great, awesome job!

why aren't you submitting stuff anymore :(

DavidOrr responds:

I love flutes, they just make everything sound happier and such. Since this is a Christmas piece piece, I figured "The happier the better", but we all have our own opinions!

I am submitting stuff again, although I don't know how much more I will be submitting here. Anything that I don't have plans for ends up here, but I seem to be doing more and more projects and less "just for fun" stuff.

Thanks for the review!

[Mysterious forest underground]

hey, astrono

this sounds really much like a level in the Yoshi's Island games! I'm not entirely sure this would fit a jungle at all, it has a pretty closed atmosphere and NO sound fx or effect device at all. therefore it isn't "wide" enough!

There is a jungle beat in this however, which does help out making a good feeling. There's a water drop thing there I think... it doesn't really have anything to do there.

The drum samples you use are of... downright shitty quality, but the pattern is good though unoriginal.

I can see this getting into a great song if you fixed and shaped it a little, and added some pads, reverb etc to it. and lenghtened it.

Nice piano btw ^_^

Astrono responds:

Well thanks, but you didn't had to give only 10's :P
And i added the water drops because it sometimes rains in a forest and after you most of times hear the water drops.
And about the bad quality, i know but that's because of the program i use and i still have to find some better sounds to use in my next songs.
Thank you for your nice review! :)

[_-+-Return to Me-+-_]

...weird...

this is weird, being a choir of people saying "hallaluja" and two other choirs followed by a harsh, fx-like 303 thing and a half heavy drum pattern

That IS really weird.

The only thing that was annoying here was the ongoing hat ALL the time, which sounds good in the beginning, but could've been done slower latere when the rest of the song comes

The organ-like synth sounds great, really creepy, but it's quite bad quality on it.

This is like SineHeffalump said pretty good for someone who does metal most of the time

ye

Bad-Man-Incorporated responds:

Hahaha... thanks alot man. Weird, yes. I have these choir samples, no idea what to do with them...so I did this. I also found it annoying, mostly because I find techno annoying...haha. So I kept the trend going. Thanks for the cool review, man\m/

[Sharing The Goodbye]

beautiful

I especially liked the beginning. There's not really any need for anything more if you have a lot of pads to make an atmosphere in the while it lasts.

The next part, where percussion, piano and strings came in was made very masterfully into the song. I didn't quite like the end, which was just two pretty unwisely placed kicks for two measures- you should've done something more out of it than that.

Also this song needs to be downloaded for listening how is that

BelialSunSet responds:

Thank you, the pads in anything make the mood from the get go. And to andwer your question, I'm not really sure, this has happened to a few of my other songs. I uploaded them, and they wouldn't even play for me, I don't really understand it. It's random...

[Drums, Lots Of Dums]

yes

a track is not drum and bass for being just simple drum patterns with snares, kicks and has going on at random measures- THAT'S NOT WUT DNB IZ

It's just a drum pattern assembly. Try making something that's worth listening to before throwing it out there. Really

KittenInAStocking responds:

Then what category do I put it in, hm?
The absolutely random drum pattern category?
Drums and Bass.
Keyword: Drums

I don't see any other category with drums in it