Quarl's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Pioneer]

I loved it dude. You could stand to master your tracks a little louder though. I had to squint my ears to hear a few notes :p

Really cool track to listen to. It's always fun to hear artists evolve and I hope you keep exploring! This is fun track to listen to :)

Fuzzy-L0g1c responds:

Thank you for your review. I'm glad you liked listening to it. :)
I basically rely on Logic Pro's ability to automatically normalize a track to the typical loudness, but I think I contrasted the volumes too much so that the beginning is too quiet while the loudest part is just semi-loud. I'll have to look into it because I've always ignored that part of mastering.
Thanks again!

[track - 19]

Really nice atmosphere and kick drum! Really nice use of effects. I might have automated some reverb onto those drums every now and then to help add depth but it's not like you didn't use it at all. Minor creative differences :)

That snare drum was super thin. I'd have had a layer of mid in there or boosted the mids some. I'm a compression whore when it comes to drums so might advice might be biased but hey; do what makes you happy. In any case, pitch bend that snare from time to time. Change up the drum textures and samples to help add character to the over all rhythm. Some tambs might have added some nice color!

Great track. don't mistake my crit for a harsh review, I liked it. Keep on plugging away dude :)

OPFX responds:

With pinpoint accuracy!

[Music to pwn your old lad]

Wait, you've been uploading music here since 2005 and I'm just now noticing you? Da fak, where have I been?

snoballandthmonyshot responds:

don't know.
i didn't really make a dent around here. had a couple of front pages. i rolled with king bastard, pitbull jones, sinerider, wintang, ljcoffee, cebster and erlie.
good chaps.
will check some more of your stuff soon
px

[happy quarl (dslm)]

I wish I had this kind of work ethic these days. Really loving what your doing with the midi file <3

snoballandthmonyshot responds:

i ain't done anything new for months, 'long 14' was a salvaged old tune. thank you for forcing my toe back in the pool. and yeh, been looking to stick that oliver twist tune in a tune for moons haha.
good tidings
px

[bring me the head of kim kar]

That was some really cool idm. Curious, what tools are you using? DAW, samples, synths the like? Really, I loved that aphex twin vibe you had going <3

snoballandthmonyshot responds:

hey chap, glad you enjoyed it.
yeh, the break that plays out at the end and overlaid in the intro is a loop named 'aphex break' from a sample pack so... I use ableton live. drum rack for drums there, mixed down then re-sliced and diced. synth a saw wave in operator. is some live then sliced clarinet near the beginning, live then sliced saxaphone near the end. the bass is just a couple of kick drums looped then pitched about for the mid bass stuff with a sub with operator here and there to bottom it up. then a bunch of wierd samples and that.
thanks for listening
px

[track - 10]

Reminded me of Metroid Prime. Love those sine/triangle sounding wave pads. Really moody, atmospheric. My only gripe is that the mix seems to muddy up a little bit. There's not a whole lot of instrumentation in this so it might just be the samples you used...

Maybe that bass could be rounder? I don't normally use reverb on my bass but that might round it up. A filter on it would help for sure!

Side chaining the bass with the drum kit would also help clean things up a little. The kit might sound good if it was a little crisper. I'd play with pitching that snare up just a tad :)

Awesome track, don't let the review fool you. I loved it!

OPFX responds:

I can hear where your coming from but I must attest, everything was planned.

[atomsmasha - sh0ckwav]

I threw this onto a CD mix for the car before I gave this a listen. I honestly thought this might be a track I picked up through Diesel Boy. Heavy, nasty, fucking love it to death. Also, I've been blasting Tuff Sick full volume. I kind of just want a loop of the Fred Durst part so that I can play over and over and over again. I want to share my favorite part of that song with everyone in my hometown! Everyone should listen to your music.

jarrydn responds:

aw :3

you're ridiculous

thank you so much. i'm really bad at taking compliments but thank you <3

[Leon Kennedy voice demo]

Fun recording to stumble on. I've been sampling the merchant from resident evil 4 in my tracks lately. "WHAT ARE YOU BUYIN?"

Nothing. I just stopped by to say hi and leave you a crappy review. Nothing will be purchased.

Wegra responds:

Well your rating makes it a passable review :P

[Mihai Sorohan - Dopamine]

I loved your synths, really awesome variety in them! Help me out, I forget what program your using? Drum kit was kind of flat for a dubstep track. I'm not sure how you go about things but when I'm making a dance genre I always nail the drums before doing anything... actually, that standard holds for 100% of the things I play with. Drums first! Fatten that snare up :3

Cheers Soro!

sorohanro responds:

There were at least 3 drum sets there :( I guess I just don't know how to drums.

The main DAW is MuLab, but the drums were some DrumCore + some separate kick and snare + the room and overheads from some rock kit from ezDrummer.

Thanks for review, highly appreciated.

[Kill the Cagemaster!]

Damn this is some old school techy stuff. Love that dark atmosphere. Synths and pads were really cool. Only thing about the track I disagreed with was some minor EQ of the snare drum but it seems like everyone has their own snare preferences these days. Who am I to judge? Good work S3C!!

S3C responds:

thanks buddy