Quarl's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[GOBLIN]

Samples are mooody AF. The beat kicks. Phat bass. I can get down to this :O

[Jamuary 2022 (Day8) - Clear skies and a new day]

I wouldn't call this an attempt, you wrote a really chill song and three hours is impressive. Congrats on writing something really relaxing in that three hour time frame. Track is polished and lovely. Honestly, I'm finding it way easier to write "chill type songs" on short notice but I've been saying this a lot: great music doesn't have to be an extravagant affair. Great music creates feelings, and this guitar is making me reflective. The pads are gentle and work in perfect harmony. Great work metalblinga :3

metalblinga responds:

Thank you! That means a lot 😊

[honk if your brain isn't working (mine hasn't in a while) [jamuary2022]]

Glad to have you back, track sounds great. The instruments work really well together, trippy modulations on those patches. Loved the perc. That little ball whistle sample is a smart detail. I don't think I've ever used a ball whistle in a song. I really wanted to use one in my highschool band but I suppose we all had creative differences :'c

vermeen responds:

thanks so much quarl! i live for these oddly-specific anecdotes. glad you liked it

[Cruisin [Jamuary Day 6]]

Love those funky clav pitch mods. I just used your track to demonstrate an effect to my mate. Reggie Watts will use his loop gear to make fast pitch modulations on his voice, noticable on his performance of "Kwanzaa Juice," but they're more obvious on your clav thing than his voice.

If you've never watched Kwanzaa Juice... do it.

milkypossum responds:

I'll have to look it up, but phasers and pitch mods on clav are always the way to go for funky beats!!

[Jamuary 6th]

Yeah, normally it's wise to take breaks while producing to rest your ears. I've learned to work at a lower volume and max it after exporting to WAV to get a better idea for the mix. I'm not gonna lord advice over you though, kill those ears. Tinnitus is like having someone follow you around with a really high pitch chime all day, HEARING LOSS IS BASICALLY THEME MUSIC

:D :D :D

A house purist would strangle you for those drum syncopations but I'm not complaining, I'm vibing with it. Don't let those purists dictate things for you. You are free of limitations. You are a bird. In a thermal, you rise above the clouds. As your altitude climbs and your wings soar, the small world below becomes meaningless. From this height, human civilization waits for you timelessly. You are now a time traveler experiencing perspectives in the past, present, and future. Time stretches aimlessly in every direction. As power flows through you, so does power flow through all cosmic life like a beam of light. Every atom in existence harmonizes with you. A face looks back at you through the ripple in space and time. It's the face of a clock.

It's way past my bedtime :C

[Midnight Feeling (Jamuary2022)]

Sleepy jams, love the simplicity of it. Incredible music doesn't always have to be an extravagant affair. Drums rock solid. That melodic sample pad is perfect on this. Or at least, I'm guessing that synth patch is based off some heavily modulated sample? Whatever it is, I like :3

Only constructive crit I might make would be to add a few atmospheric samples. Birds chirping, waves crashing, wind chimes, a loud crowd, some traffic. Something like that would turn this into a classic. This track has some hella romantic vibes, dank, wish you liked it as much as I do. Give it some time, you might come back to this track in five or ten years and laugh at how much it's grown on you <3

DiosselMusic responds:

Im glad to read your comments :)
and about the atmospheric sample... i was about to add vinyl sounds, but after i added it i said to myself:
hey, this sounds bad
I was trying for a while to get it to work but then I gave up lol
Sometimes I get a little lazy looking for samples, I always end up using the same rain sample

[BREEZE]

Missed this one earlier, love the jam. Melodies, samples, and beats are all rockin together Droid. I just died in your arms <3

[Thoughts]

Old school hip hop vibes, RJD2 ghostwriter, lo-fi goodness <3

I love what can be done with a good drum kit and some nice samples. To be honest, I'm actually more interested in the drum rhythms and textures than the melody samples. Just pointing out a drummer's bias, beats get my attention fast :3

Casper responds:

The melody isn't that special, i was too lazy to write my own stuff lmao, i always focus on drums a bit more, over this period i learned how to compress and eq them properly (well for lofi i also turn down the project's sample rate sometimes when its boom bap drums instead of rims and stuff).
Thanks for the review <3

[2022 - Loop #1]

Just wanted to let you know, I voted 5 because you told us to in the Jamuary thread. I'm such sheep D':

Screch responds:

Excellent..

[Jamuary 2022 (Day4) - Flat North]

This takes me back to Alfred Uni, 2007-2011. We composed sonic art and music using analog Doepfer synthesizers. Your synth patch has an analog sound and style to it. I love a good patch to make the machines sing their weird songs. Bless your heart KamskiSketchi. This is cool : ]

Kamskii responds:

It's nice to see that this song brought you back some good old memories. I'm a big sucker when it comes to synthesizers, and seeing your warm comment makes me want to keep experimenting more with using synth patches for future tracks. Thank you and best wishes Quarl!