loansindi's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[i'll get there]

It's a start.

There is a long way to go.

Your strings are flat, and somewhat lifeless. Look to add at least a touch of reverb, that alone will take them out of that 'flat studio' feel and put them into a hall of some kind. it will do huge things to improve the realism and feeling of the track.

That said, bring in some other instruments. It's odd to have a full section of strings and... nothing else. A mournful clarinet playing melody over this would be beautiful.

Don't be afraid to introduce more motion in your melody. It's a slow piece, but you don't have to to sit around with the same rhythm and pacing for the entirety of the piece.

Your last chord gets very 'organy', I would suggest you try not to span too many octaves within a single instrument/section, because when you get a lot of instruments with similar tonality playing the same pitches across octaves, it starts to make a statement that I'm not sure fits well with the rest of the piece.

It's a good place to be starting, and once you flesh it out it will be a great piece.

nattoman responds:

thank you very much for your review. thought i am very aware of what the song needs it is great to see someone who thinks alike (damn zero-bombers)
the song is at its very beginning i only mad it last night and it took me 2 hours (this is just the intro) there will be more instruments and melodies coming soon... if i actually finish it also that organy thing you call it is called vibrato

[There is Static in My Blood]

Good atmosphere.

I love the textures you establish here.

I wouldn't mind a little more variation in the percussion and bass though.

Overall, while I did enjoy a lot of what you did, it felt longer than it needed to be.

Definitely some good stuff going on though.

PizzaBox responds:

I know what you mean. I think the biggest problem for me was in the second verse... not a whole lot changed, and what did change just made it sound more repetitive. If I ever go back to this song, I'm either going to take out verse 2 completely, or do something drastically different with it.

[Circling Around Clouds [loop]]

chillax

It's pretty quiet, off the bat. It could easily come up in volume quite a bit, I haven't had to turn my amp up this high for a long time.

Instrumentation is nice, I love the spacey pads. The plucked string sounding synth was nice. Really loved the high-register synth.

I wouldn't mind hearing a little more of the percussion. It's got a classic laid back kind of grit that definitely compliments the mood of the piece.

Loops beautifully, great ambiance. Maybe a little heavy in the low end. There's some nice dissonance going on in a few spots that I think lends just the right complexity to the piece. Very nice.

Mich responds:

For some reason, I felt like leaving it a bit quiet. I'll just amplify it a bit and upload it again.

Glad you like the instruments, they're mostly based on sine waves here. I thought the plucked synth fitted nicely too. Some general info: most of that high register stuff is a 3xOsc playing mostly noise, and played around with some filtering and envelopes on that.

When I raised the volume of the percussion, I thought it came through a bit too much. But you're right, I could as well add one or two more elements to it.

Wrap remainder did its job well ;) about the low end: the funny thing is that I actually band-passed the synth with the most lows. Guess I should EQ them a bit more.

Glad you liked it, thanks for the in-depth, helpful review.

Edit: uploaded amplified version.

[Nana's Song-Metaljonus]

Very nice.

It's been a shitty night, so I don't have a lot to say.

But this is some serious satriani shit, and I love it.

Metaljonus responds:

Thanks guy...

[NRS-Metaljonus]

Sweet.

Love the lead guitar's tone. Gritty. All of the leads are sick.

Oh man the bass is right the fuck in your face, that's pretty brutal. Might be a little bit loud though. Yeah, it's definitely loud in places. (2:52,
2:57 for example)
Drums are pretty slick, though the snare is a little flat for my tastes.

Overall though this is fuckin badass, kind of shit I wish I could write... and play.

Metaljonus responds:

Thanks man! I will upload the remixed version soon but I am too lazy lol.

[Blues Band Challange Rhythm]

Reviewed

It's a good track, but the guitar tracks being panned hard left/right was a little tough to listen to. I personally wouldn't push them more than 30-40% in one direction, so they're not 'way the fuck over there'

Also, for me, the lead was a little 'weak', though I generally do like a higher-gain blues sound.

Otherwise a fine track.

thecoreman responds:

Thanks for the review, first thing. The Panning was a little hard for me to get correctly, since I\m not that "techy", but I'll work on it. I couldn't pull off gain, since my pedal isn't working ATM. Kind of a bummer, but not too bad.

Thanks mate, your opinion means a lot to me. I'll might re-record it someday.

[Post Dr.Pepper]

Very chill.

Percussion kind of left something to be desired for me, a little greater variety or a little more activity would be nice to hear.

The bass was definitely nice. Very thick. Still, would have liked to hear a little more variation.

Lead synth is quite nice, though maybe a little quiet.

Overall it's a solid track, though I feel like it could benefit from... going somewhere, if that makes sense.

Syntrus responds:

You know back in 2001 it wasn't rly standerd to use a real kit. Drummachines were still cool so it sounds like a good old drum machine beat.

[Thats hop Yow]

Review.

The piano in the beginning felt like there was absolutely no consideration for key.

The percussion is far too loud, the rhythm is fairly boring.

Not a lot else to be said.

rafael3 responds:

thanks! i apreciatte ur review, wil try to make better next time! : )

[Movement in Solitude]

Drunk Review

Most of the samples felt a little synth-like for my tastes.

Some of the textures, when there's a lot of instruments going, felt really really dissonant. This might be addressed with some panning, as most instruments felt like they were falling right in center.

The composition seemed alright.

EmperorCharlemagne responds:

My sample collection ain't the best (the best of the free, I suppose), and my speakers were kinda broken, though I admit that things, in retrospect, should have been panned better. A little dissonance never hurt anyone, did it?

Thank you for your review.

[Walking Down Chinatown]

Review

The issue with sticking to the black keys is it's more or less impossible to resolve.

This is evinced by the lingering tension in your piece's ending.

JAFT responds:

Woah, thanks for teaching me a new word. I've never seen evinced before. I should test different ways of striking the keys, maybe at different time intervals within a fraction of a second with each other... Or maybe twelve of them at the same time... Ho hum.

Thanks for pointing that out and thanks for the review! :D