Quarl's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[AIM - Moments In Life]

Beautiful work AceMantra. Inspired melodies and composition. Suits the JRPG style and vibe from the art perfectly well. Every note works together nicely. If I were judging this year I'd have to discriminate all sorts of small ideas but a game designer or animator could honestly just stick this in the background of their project without any problems or interference. I hope you know that your work is really good and that someone out there needs your music for their projects.

AceMantra responds:

Thank you for the kind words, and stopping by for a listen! I really appreciate it. :)

[Racing Tides]

Had my headphones off tbh, was gonna just pop in and give you a five so I can go back to nursing my covid but I could hear those glittering piano arps from where my headphones were and I had to put them on. After giving this a few listens I'm thinking it's a little over compressed, could just be my clogged sinus's. Elements are all great though. Horns are fucking beautiful. Melodies are killing it. Beat is chill, giving attention to all the other elements. Everything is beautiful.

That aux percussive woodblock might be a little too loud? It's bigger than the snare. Beautiful tone though. I think the hi hat might also be a little too loud. Sorry, I'm only nit picking because I said it sounded over compressed and I can't just leave it there without pointing out one or two things that might help? I over fuck my own mixes all the time, I'm a damned hypocrite.

Next time I send my man to vegas I'm gonna make sure he brings home something better than covid.

Casper responds:

Definitely over compressed, it was even worse than this, got carried away with boosting my mids on the bass and making the drums punchy lol, I would have fixed it but the project is buffering like hell and my cpu can't take it sooooo.. I guess I'll keep this in mind for the next track lol. The chords are also way too stacked, some layers are probably not even audible, I mostly experimented with this track since It's my first actual attempt at an 80s synthwave vibe even if I tend to use the same elements in my regular beats. Compared to my other stuff the mix isn't as good as it could be but with 101% raw DAW processing power I think it's good enough lmao

[The Mountain King (FoD Remix)]

Thanks for making a quick playlist of all your favorite tunes. I've been thinking of doing the same and turning the material into a Bandcamp EP. This song goes hard. That acid house 303 squelch is one of my favorite noises but I only managed to get it right once. Accidentally overwrote the rsn file for "Not Afraid Of Dying" and now that synth alludes me despite all the youtube tutorials I've watched in the meantime x.x

Such a classic sound, I should just spend my extra money on the hardware and become Infected Mushroom D:

[Chrono-Femboy [Serenade EP]]

I came for the femboy.

[Cabbster Is Insane]

Love the pads and that lead is juicy! Drums are really nice! Cool tune eml :3

[Débonnaire Inc.]

Sorry I didn't leave a review earlier, I'm a slob when it comes to listening to stuff but damn if this isn't some really slick breaks and licks. Loved the drum filtering! You gave every sound and instrument a home to chill. Brutal Daru <3

Daru925 responds:

Glad you enjoyed and thanks for the review!

[Swelling Waves (of declining authority)]

Yeah, I'm feeling something special from this. Great exploration of ideas and hearing you push your vibes into progressive future territory is a nice surprise. Groove is something great, love all the sounds, pads, drums, and so on. Would love to hear more like this but you do whatever makes you happy <3

Casper responds:

Definitely gonna explore this style a lot more, making my own synth sounds was so fun. This was a pain to mix but also a pleasure to get the whole idea down, I haven't been this happy with a track in a while

[Rym Flare]

lmao, my fiance fell in love with 5 string basses recently. We got a Yamaha and a fretless Ibanez. What are you playing with? That extra string, you trying to drive your neighbors dog crazy with humanly inaudible frequencies?

Hyenaedon responds:

Mines an Ibanez, found a crazy boxing day sale so I just went for it. I love doing more melodic stuff with basslines so that extra high string is just perfect for more octaves and chords

[World Order (Jamuary Day24)]

lmao, love Jamuary because last year I managed to write some of my favorite material in the month span and wrote more that year than had in previous years. It's such a good opportunity to try things out, force yourself through the necessary work required to see projects through, and possibly experiment. It's not easy writing a song a day but I'm happy to see others endure the challenge <3

I really loved the chorus and perc <3

[Transference (Original Version)]

Forgot you were around making awesome sounds, I hate how short lived my memory is. The mix is a bit better on this one vs Magnimonious but my mix downs are all over the place, I'm not judging. Really cool wet leads. Love how hard this is <3

Sinthology responds:

Thank you for stopping by on this one; this was one of the most fun tracks I've ever worked on