Quarl's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Frenchcore Experiment #1]

Lol, we called this style gabber about ten, fifteen years ago? Might have been a little different but the key elements are there. Heavy distorted kick drum, up tempo four to the floor, dark heavy reese synth lead.

Regardless of genre similarities I'm a fan. While everyone forgets about gabber and moves on to frenchcore I'll just keep digging it.

[By My Side]

This sounds too professional for newgrounds. Go home Denis.

[Creo - Endless]

Loved the composition. Into was tight, the melodies and chords were incredibly enjoyable. That break down was hot, holy cow my tits felt that. The build up back into the hook was perfect. I suppose you could call this track short but it hit the spot wonderfully! Good stuff Creo. I believe :)

[Quiet Shores]

Love it, my favorite bit is that I can hear those keys getting hammered. It shows that the recording isn't top tier but who cares. Acoustic piano has a special vibe to it. Being in the practice space of a warm piano is such an overwhelmingly positive memory for me. Curious, what kind of piano are you playing with?

philbofett responds:

Hey, I appreciate it! I may or may not have used my phone to record this- hence the raw the sound haha
The piano I used is an upright Ricca & Son piano.

[Bubbleman 2.0 nguac tryout]

Classy syncopated idm beats. That tech step pattern coming in was a little unexpected after getting tossed around at the beginning. Cute little ditty Snow :)

snoballandthmonyshot responds:

Ta, glad to see you're still on it
Px

[Metal Combat]

Dank.

[Qshunt - Fractured]

Damn, this kicks. I freaked out at first, that pad at the intro sounded like it was coming from behind. I had to double check my headphone inputs to make sure they were even plugged in.

Pro nuero Q. Full mix, full drums, original reese synths. Something was pinching my ears a little in the mix, might have been a hi hat. It gave me the chance to admire those squelchy little pads though. Had a similar frequency and location in the field. Really loving this Mr. Shunt <3 <3

[House V1b3S - Audition 2020]

Dank atmosphere and pads. Definitely has it's own funk. Has a bit of that house sound but is far enough removed that I can only agree, putting this under "dance" was a good move. I just looked up tutorials to see if Live 10 can sidechain. This track might groove a little harder if those bass kicks were side chaining some of those pads. Heck, I'd even include the snare signal into the sidechain. It costs nothing to play with it :D

CaptainBoomcake responds:

yeah there's sidechaining in live10 with the basic compressor, but the reason I didn't was because I didn't want it to be tooo punchy just so it could be relaxing at the same time as dancy if you get me, a lot of my other work has heavy sidechaining, I might side chain my pads to create more space when I do the vocal edit though :) watch this space, and thanks for the review appreciate it! Because the bass throb is definitely all encompassing and needs to be dealt with on my other edit!

[Rumble]

Tasty melodies and change ups. Really sexy elements love. Mix sounded pretty mono and flat but that's my only complaint. All those great elements would have sounded more crisp if they all had their own place in the field. Just have to get brave, play with panning, and trust your ears a little.

It's a well accepted rule of thumb to put your bass tones, bass drums, and snares towards the center field. You can play with everything else. I like to split my lead synths into two signals, route the two signals into a mixer, than pan the two channels hard to the left and right. I'll send hi-hats, tambs, bells, rides, and crash cymbals off to the sides where ever they sound best.

Panning creates the illusion that sounds are louder than they really are so you can pan something, then turn the level down on it to give room for other instruments! Go nuts Valent, would love to hear these dank melodies and elements in a crisper field :D

UmValent responds:

Somehow this slipped under my radar, but thank you so much for the review, Quarl!
I'll keep on working on stereo balancing and mixing in general.
:)

[Throwaway Soulmates]

My favorite part was the entire thing. Could use more low end tones. Not sure what cake walk has in the way of bass or fidelity FX but it's a little thin. Just thought I'd throw that out there :)

Codefreq responds:

Thank you!

I've tried on multiple occasions to get the bass right, and eventually I had to say "enough".

At some point in the future I may try editing the mix again. Nonetheless, I'm glad you like it! :D