Quarl's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Kick It!]

Nice sounds Mr. Em Three. You keep making progression with your style. I liked all those creepy melodies and aux samples. If your thinking of putting vocals on top of this, I might recommend turning down that lead synth a little to make room for a human voice. Hip hop is not a strong genre for me, but I notice a lot of hip hop producers leave a lot of space in the mix in favor of strong vocals. I don't think crash cymbals are very common in the genre either. Do your own thing though :p

Keep up the good stuff mrm3 :3

MRM3 responds:

Thank you so much, Cue You Aye Are Ell!!
Once I get the vocals, I can edit volumes to create an environment more suitable for the style.
But I agree that it's not pefect in terms of embracing vocals yet.
I'm big on my crashes. 😁😁
Thank you so much for the review!
I will keep those tips in mind as I make my way to hopefully 1 day, greatness!

[TeslaX - Winter Night]

So your a winter?

I've been digging your songs for a while now. I've kept quiet because I have this irrational fear that maybe your uploading someone else's tunes. It always sucks when you get into an artist on newgrounds and they be stealing musics but it happens. Give me some background on your creative process so I can sleep at night. DAW, samples, influences, favorite bpm... give me some deets Tes.

You have a super creative sound. Super pro. Legit. I hope you can look past my paranoia and see my ramblings as a compliment. Seriously, what performance enhancements are you on?

TeslaX11 responds:

Sure i can do a small breakdown of this track (for more comfortable chatting add me in discord: TeslaX#1254)

[EAT THE RICH]

Hell yeah. Super heavy industry you haz. Loved those crunchy sounds. Could use a little compression and mastering but clipping has it's glamour sometimes. It's the right genre for it. I caught a few amen snares in there.

If cleaning this up a little interests you I'd give you the ol' "side chain, pan harder, and use your EQ tools" spiel but something tells me you don't want to make this any cleaner :p

jambrother2 responds:

Oh Quarl, I love how much you get me <3

[ダマスカス "Damasukasu"]

Slick hop. Really tight track. Loved the piano, drums sounded perfect. The video is really chill too. Great work Scyoc <3

DreamEater responds:

Thank you so much Quarl, I mad appreciate the listen and feedback :D

[Mourning My Memories]

I've been meaning to scribble a review to this. Love the technicality, tonal change ups, and rhythmic fondue. I got pregnant at 4:36.

LucidShadowDreamer responds:

Aww, why thank you! I definitely played around with this one, and had quite fun doing it :3

[The Djjaner (Extended MD2018 edition)]

Woah boo. That drum kit is so big. I'd say relax a little but getting the drums that big is a challenge in itself. Nice synths too, radical noises. Tight nuerofunk babe (ﾉ◕ヮ◕)ﾉ*:･ﾟ✧

[Dynamisis (NGRMC)]

Woohoo, I can really hear the progression you've been making. First, the things I like then I'll hand you a few more ideas.

That intro was super tight. The melodies were super creative. The build up at 00:40 - 00:57 was perfect. You have a real strength with melodies and build ups. The instruments were all well chosen too. You have a good ear for this. That final build up into the outro was perfect. Great ending :')

Now the stuff that got me thinking, that tiny clap snare was a tiny let down. I'd have used something with some more punch, some more mids. Maybe a hip hop snare, a dubstep snare, a rock snare, or just something with more punch and less clap. The clap snare might still make a good layer though. The bass drum left something to be desired too but you're learning stuffs so I'm happy.

I want to talk more about drum layering but I think we need to talk about compression and equalization. You're pushing your levels to their breaking point which is creating some distortion and effecting the overall texture of the track in a bad way; clipping. I have the horsepower in Reason 6 to put a compressor and EQ on every instrument. The compressor can help an instrument sound louder while keeping it's levels in check. If you can operate a compressor in your DAW, start fooling around with it. Just slapping one on an instrument won't make things sound better but it will give you some more control over your levels without pushing things into the red.

The EQ will just let you fiddle finer tunes from your instruments. God, I feel so incapable of describing these things today. Don Julio, why???

Last idea I'll leave you with is a fun one, you might enjoy this. Search youtube for samples. I plug searches into google and ride the video links to good samples. I've searched for "skrillex snares," "dubstep samples," "monologues," "George Bush." If I find a video that contains sounds I like, I go to a website like https://ytmp3.cc/ to convert youtube videos into mp3. Then I use Audacity (freeware) to clip the samples into WAV files I can use in Reason. Some of my best samples came from youtube videos. I have the experience to clean up what I find in Reason but you should have similar capabilities.

Keep jamming and have fun Mr. M3. I'm loving it.

MRM3 responds:

Wow, thanks!
This is really quite a bit more than I could have hoped for... And then some... :)
I'll keep everything close in mind, while making music!
I don't have access to many samples yet, but my arsenal is growing! :)
I'm like a kid, with an overactive imagination, yet, with a half-sized tool-box; trying to build a skyscraper, with only a handsaw, a screwdriver, and some nails.
Then you come along... "Here son, try this new chainsaw, and drill!"
Thank you so much!
I don't plan on stopping music any time soon. ^,^

[Race to Saturn (Original Mix)]

Wait... you mean to tell me that house, trance, and techno are not the same genre? GHASP. I've been hoodwinked.

How old is this track? It's nowhere near as clean as your newer stuff. Since your posting an "old" track this is mostly just a karma review. I'm listening to "pico'd" right now. Gurd damn, that's a cool one.

How do you bring yourself to upload an old track without immediately adding shit to it? I open unfinished tracks from a decade ago and start fixing them up. You could have compressed and equalized. You could have diddled the rhythms. You could of at least added a sample of a black guy saying "come on" or an audience clapping profusely >:C

Sequenced responds:

I don't have these old projects anymore lol