Quarl's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[°°Call Me Back°°]

maw

Meh, the piece doesn't waist any time getting into the track. Allot of other comp entires beat around the bush for about 30 seconds before getting to the damn ring tone. Just for that I'm gonna say this piece has a pretty good chance of grabbing top five with the current running. The ring tone is interesting. I'm not sure if I'd set my phone to this but I still really like it. I'm not sure how audible those voices would be on low res cell phone speakers but they were a really nice touch! G'luck whirlguy!!

Whirlguy responds:

Ha, thanks. I've been noticing the long intros myself, and made extra sure my intro was shorter than that. Aw man, I should have tested this on my phone before. It's sound quality is pretty crap so I'm gonna check it out(though I won't touch much of the mix if it sounds bad, except maybe volume on the vocals). Thanks for the idea :P

Also, loving the songs you've sent in. The one you did with Sorohanro is my favourite entry at the moment :3

[SR - Flubstep]

Flubstep XD

To me, half the fun for the genre is naming the song. The other half of the genre is writing a slick dnb track after realizing all I managed to do was write a four minute introduction at the wrong bpm.

I'm working on a dubstep song name generator. All you have to do is come up with a one syllable word then add "step" to it :P

[SR - Smashin']

maw

Made in a morning? Not sure if that's what you meant but if it is then rockin. If not, rockin anyways. Good fun, good vibes.

Curious, do you record your melodies with a keyboard or do you write it all up with your mouse?

SineRider responds:

Yeah it was made in a morning, like 2-3 hours of work one morning.

I rarely play my melodies in on keyboard becuase I suck at playing piano. I mostly pencil it all in, but brainstorm on my keyboard ideas, then work them out. The melodies in this one are pretty simplistic, rhythm-wise.

Thanks for the glowing review quarl ;)

[Pixel 9000 [Ring] (Dance)]

maw

I liked what I heard but what do you mean by 100% samples? Isn't that illegal?

djInTheDark responds:

No not those types of samples, the kind that you either recored or design/manipulate, meaning that this is completely me down to the last hi hat.

[Kirbyfemur (Ring 2:Childsplay)]

My god...

That was fucking brilliant. I couldn't handle how fucking hot those arpeggios at around 0:25 were. Really fucking tight! High five!!!

[SN | Obscene Amounts of Steam]

fsbdnd

I fucking love this good sir! Wonderful track, ace sounds and atmosphere. Really atmospheric! Fucking win!

I'm not sure how deeply you've probed newgrounds audio portal but this guy used to submit a shit ton of slick idm...

http://dj-padman1.newgrounds.com/

SessileNomad responds:

hot damn that dude does have some pretty sweet tracks

glad you liked this, worked hard on this one

peace brah

[Rig - Mind over Metal theme 1]

Great buuutttt...

Sorry it took a while to get back to you. Midterms. Also, I wrote up an essay for you but my browser quit on me and I lost the essay. Not to fear. I'll just paraphrase it into one sentence.

I HATE THAT FUCKING DRUM LOOP.

Now I'll do a rewrite. I don't mind it hiding behind syncopations and slight variations. Hell, even simplifying that core rhythm even further and making up some cool aux percussion stuff would have been good. You didn't even try though. It's so blatantly there. I digress. It's a video game loop. That drum rhythm might help give off a vibe of familiarity that ultimately benefits the game. It's more of an ethics problem than a compositional one. I've used it before too... once actually and it was recent... just to see what it was like. I'm disgusted with myself but I've gotten by somehow.

Aside from my gripes on the drum pattern everything else is cool so far. It sounds like it will work great with a game when you finish.

"It's the same drum beat." Hypocrisy :P

Rig responds:

Fair enough, I guess. What makes you hate the drum loop so? The repetition or that the beat itself is just so overused?

[Rig Interviews Chatroulette]

gah!

lol... pop down here for a while. When you're done visiting me, you can visit the girl you interviewed. Funny stuff rig :D

[AD - The Passage (DUB)]

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Sounds pretty good so far. That grimy bass is coming along nicely but it's a little too predictable. I'm not sure how your modulating it but if it's set to automatically modulate change that and just automate the bass where you want it to modulate so it doesn't always have the same attack. Like you said, the stabs need some work. I'm not sure if it's the texture of the voice or if it's the melody thats getting to me but I'd play with both.

Other than all that you got a solid track coming through the pipes. Keep it up!

AeraDynamic responds:

agagagag thanks I am working on it, I modulate my basslines with automation clips or freehand but thats in fl only hahaha the stabs are already done so far, I changed em a bit ;)