Quarl's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Fite For Your Love]

There are some tight harmonies in this. Vocal rhythms are well done. I'm not super into hip hop but this is some really classy stuff.

HAHAHA, is that a chop from mortal combat? One of those background synth lines sounded like the synth used in the movie. Is it an FL pad preset or something? I use Propellerhead's Reason so I can't identify common FL sounds. I didn't notice the pad until the beat dropped off around the coda.

00:13, subtle mario coin <3 <3 I have on of those in my sample folder too ;)

edit: I'm bumping this on repeat.

BlackLynk responds:

I appreciate your attention to detail in listening to audio! In this track there is all of one stock preset from FL Studio and those are the orchestra's hits that you can hear VEEEEERY subtly at like 0:27. The rest are samples from packs from a producer community I'm a part of; kick and clap being the only instruments I created from scratch, I appreciate the listen and keep the beep boop love alive haha

[2000.1]

This is some super relaxing progressive liquid. Would you mind if I try recording a few jazzy piano solos for this????

KawaiSprite responds:

Go for it

[Inktober #6 - Listerine]

I saw a tag for ADR, is she not getting credit for making that back track? I hope you talked to her at least, she really floored me with this when she put out the original. I wanted to do the same thing when I heard the instrumental version but then I remembered I can't rap.

Nice clean vocal recordings Cyber :)

Edit, just reach out to her and let her know you couldn't resist using the track. Your both contacts of mine and I'd rather see this marked as a collab :)

Edit2: sorry love, I didn't see the related audio tag on mobile. It looked like a "recommended audio" link so I glazed over it :p

Cyberdevil responds:

Yeah it seems she hasn't been online for a while now, was talking to her at the time I started writing this, sent message and project invite shortly after but no response since. The original idea was maybe she could mix my verse here, but really wanted to get this out at the time it was done so... hopefully this is good enough. :P Alas thus not entirely ADR3-N level production quality, but maybe there'll be time for something yet...

The instrumental track's linked to in the sidebar for starters at least. Official co-authorship hopefully popping up soon as she's online to accept it! If she approves...

And thanks. :) Glad the clarity's alright!

Edit2 response: linked/recommended audio do float together a bit! No worries. Do hope she's alright; back on the Grounds soon too...

[Concrete]

Tight amen breaks. It's cool to see someone ripping it up in Reaper. Between that and LMMS, which is doing which? I'm not super familiar with either DAW :)

Rakshal responds:

Thanks! I use LMMS for arranging and mixing, then put the tracks over into Reaper for mastering since I'm not super familiar with how to arrange things like melodies and pads and such in Reaper.

LMMS is stupid easy to use and is the first DAW I used so I'm the most familiar with it. Though LMMS isn't great for arranging drums on a piano roll since there isn't a MIDI to piano roll sampler, so chopping even fairly standard breakbeat patterns can be really time consuming.

[followin the sun]

lol, I saw the country tag and had to check it out. Good stuff kids. Probably the best country I'll hear all year. Probably the only country I'll hear all year :o

LunacyEcho responds:

honored to be your country fix for the year!!

[Sunset]

This is some really top notch four to the floor. This track had great diversity and originality. I'm one of those hardstyle dweebs that leaves my HXC cave every so often to experience sunlight. If I brought this track back to the DNB tribe they'd execute me on the spot but I wouldn't care. I'd demand they play this song as they nail me to a cross. This song would play into the night and a crowd would form to dance under my body as my breathing got ragged and tired. My final words would be "meganeko... sunset..."

[Nostalgia Engaged]

Ouch, this hits really hard and has a super original vibe going for it. Loved this much, crazy snare <3

[betrayal]

"i like the way this sounds...But you tell me what you think about it"

Well, we all have unfinished projects we liked but never posted for fear of not being liked. I have a fat folder of tracks I felt were "too experimental" or just shitty. The fact that you like it is the only important detail. I'm glad you still posted it.

For criticisms, there is so much reverb dulling the mix, I'd start by turning down the reverb on the claps. You can always automate spikes in the snare reverb if you like the sound but there needs to be a little bit of control on it if you want to clean up the drop.

No joke, with a cleaner heavier drum kit this track could bang just as hard as anything else. Can't tell if you layered your drums at all but I'd add some kicks and snares under what you got until I found the right complimentary kit parts. I usually use three to four different kicks and snares per song that work together to create the kits I like to hear. You can than use the different parts individually to create variety as the track progresses.

I don't know a whole lot about FL but in Reason I like to patch my drums so that they all get some EQ and compression. In dance genres, the drums are basically the most important element of the mix. So treat them like the heroes they are and polish them until they shine to the front of the mix.

Side chain the majority of your instruments with the both the kick and snare signals. It wouldn't noticeably effect the synths and it would let the drums pop.

Sorry for the book length review but I took your "tell me what you think" seriously. You got some good acid house here, just needs a cleaner drum kit. Much love Bary, keep it fresh :)

baryiscool responds:

I never noticed it had to much reverb..
maybe i never noticed it because i love reverb like that

And i have layered the snare and kick but only 2 times.. one low end and one high end
i could layer 4 but for me the drum kit sounded messy and to fat
but yes i could have done with more snares..

ill have to work on my drum kits
i always had a lot of work with those and i never get the hang of it
but i'm glad you liked it and told me how i could fix it

And the bigger the review.. the better

-bary

[panth0n7]

Top notch noise Sprite. If you proposed to me with this instead of a ring, I would say yes.

[Retribution (Madness - Retribution sndtrk)]

Damn heavy Cry. Those synths scrape. Heavy kicks. Love it <3

CryNN responds:

much thanks!!!