Quarl's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Taekwondo Energy Drink]

I've been meaning to stop by just to say that this track is seducing me. By the way, this track is seducing me.

[ARCADE]

Really clean and hella dancy. The melodies were super kawaii. I felt a little embarrassed while enjoying it but if this started banging in public I'd get down to it. No shame. That second chorus around 1:15 grinded nicely <3

RedSkiesOfficial responds:

omg THANKS!

[MM8: Flow Beyond Tragedy]

Why'd you put this under experimental? You've got some classy rolling two step drum and bass patterns. The late 90s early new millennium scene would have loved to hear this in a moving shadow mix.

I wish I wasn't listening on my phone right now but I'll add this to my favorites and totally give this another listen later tonight <3

EDIT: do what you're comfortable with. It's totes DNB but if you want to put it in ska, whose stopping you? I used to drop things into odd genres just because it gave me a small power trip.

Anchorwind responds:

My love, I put almost everything in experimental by default. Hide out here in the quiet corner of NG. Where do you recommend I move it to? Drum and bass? It does have a lot of liquid influences but there are other bits to it.

[mind over matter]

Just thought I'd pop in and point out that I too have a track called Mind Over Matter. If you take only the first letters of each word it spells "mom" :)

SchattenDnB responds:

i'm not sure if i responded to this but thank you for your response, that information is actually quite funny. i made this very early on during a time where i didn't know what i was doing, i am still slowly improving, thanks for stopping by!

[Dec 7th]

Lol, love that low pitch snare. Most dnb peeps do a high-pitch mid to low frequency snare these days. It sounds great but I miss hearing these deep pounding snares. Smart amen break :D

A few tropes I never avoid that might have sounded nice, some drum filtering for dynamic atmosphere and reverb on that final snare to give that ending some transitioning flavor. Maybe a smaller snare for that first down tempo rhythm? It comes in a little jarring at first but comes into itself later. You've got that pitched up snare after the amen break... maybe that snare would have sounded great in the intro too? Just some thoughts :)

The melodies had such an awesome atmospheric vibe. I love the title too. This has a really sweet funk to it Shatten <3

SchattenDnB responds:

Thank you! i layered two different snares in order to sort of create that "punchy-ness" for the break, on the transition to the other break, i had recycled a break that i made earlier on, thus the difference in snares whilst also adding another snare into it as well, thank you for your feedback, it means a lot and again, thanks for stopping by :)

[Diversity of Thought]

Unf, dank. Super epic trance Mich. Were you using any of your hardware for this or did you stick to digital? Also, how do you write an 8 minute song? I get to about 2 and am like "time to clock out and call it a day."

EDIT: Oh, so you COPIED SOMEONE ELSE'S STRUCTURE just like a real musician. I'm so proud of you Mitch :')

Mich responds:

Thanks Quarl! <3 The vast majority is just softsynths and samples, but a tiny bit of the bassline (the acid-like stuff) is done with my DIY modular synth thing.

For the structure, getting it to 8 minutes, I listened to a trance track I thought was very well laid out and took notes where what should happen, roughly. Put all that in the FL studio playlist and went to town building the track up that way. Focused first on getting the structure laid down, then made transitions better and tweaked stuff til happy enough. :)

EDIT: Lol, all about those recipes. :P

[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.