Quarl's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[RIDDIM]

Spooky af. I waited all day so I could get home and review this with my headphones. Sounded lit on my laptop when I was getting ready for work in the morning. Talk about pay off. You worked hard on this. The quality is top notch and those evolving synth bass leads were pro.

I'm wondering what kind of money you paid for your laptop? I haven't seen an audio program crash a computer since 2007. You need to save all your lunch money and get a decent machine.

ActualElf responds:

Wow you have no idea how much that meant to me, thank you!

My production set up is a bit of a funny topic amongst me and my friends, my laptop is a fairly outdated hand-me-down that my parents bought to send emails with years ago and all I have for mixing purposes are a small bluetooth speaker and some earphones (I'm very poor right now ahaha). It's such a case of making the best of what I have at the moment, having to learn what good mixes sound like on my low quality equipment and referencing from there.

I'm saving my lunch money and in the meantime learning what I can so I can spend it wisely.

Thank you again <3

[∀malgamation - Falling Through]

This is like some old school Aphex Twin or Squarepusher. It's not very loud but neither were their tracks back in the 90's. Just chill sounds. Curious if you've found the glory of layering drums? I like to use two or three snares simultaneously to create new snares. Same with the kick drum. It takes some experimentation, not all snares compliment each other but you can aim to cover the sound spectrum of lows to highs and get really full drum sounds.

You can apply that same technique to lead synths, pads, basses... I mean, you're already layering sounds like drums and synths to make songs but you can really compliment a mid bass with a low sub bass and no one will know the difference. People will be like "damn, that bass is so huge" :D

Skiddle responds:

Thanks, Quarl! I'll definitely use these techniques the next time I make DnB :D

[∀malgamation - Berseepon]

This is awesome. Those drums are super crisp and the melodies are cool. There's no bass though. Half way through the track it could use a simple, driving, three-note, sub bass melody. You could also copy-paste the second half of the song and make it a third longer. Just change the key of the melody or add a pad synth and viola, you have a three minute club banger.

I love dark house musics.

Skiddle responds:

Ayy thanks :D Really glad people like muh shit XD. I'll definitely take this into account in the future :p

[WIP - Raspy]

Nice forking tune. Super creative beats. Off beat, and funky. Wish it was longer but I'm not gonna spaz on someone for uploading a quickie.

SucoVidya responds:

I always seems to stop halfway on my tracks.
I need to hit a blunt and get some of these finished.

[Drowning]

Love this. It's both really simple and really creative. This has some kid cudi, pursuit of happiness vibes. Would love to hear some mumble rap on top of this :D

larrynachos responds:

Thank you so much Quarl! I feel like I'm developing a personal style when it comes to trap. I would also love to hear somebody rap on top of it ^^

[-Pain Engine-]

Was kind of surprised I wasn't already following you, really curious how I missed old waterflame. You old now mofo. I have nothing to say about Pain Engine. I just wanted to tell you that you're old >:C

Also, fuck WilliamBlackwell. Either he's trolling or he's your alt. Do I flag that review as abusive or I just shoulder shrug and move on?

Waterflame responds:

HEY. you are just as old. _we_ are old.
And lol no worries. either stupid or trolling, but same action applies; do nothing and move on.

[Hate]

Niiiiiice, heavy trap sound. I was looking at that wave shape expecting something to come out of the blue but I was still surprised when that sub bass kicked in. I loved the instrumentation in this. Doesn't get boring, you could have dragged it out somehow. Maybe a longer intro, a choir synth, or a string section on that end? I like to cheat with tempo changes when I want another 15 seconds out of a track. Ten seconds short of three minutes? Time to drop the BPM from 180 to 172 and fade out ;)

larrynachos responds:

I definitely could have added some more elements into this piece that would have extended it, but I got a little too excited and just finished it (same old story ahaha). I'm glad you liked it Quarl! Good to hear from you :)

[Boundless]

I really liked those natural sounds at the beginning. I literally despise harpsichord but you used it in a super pleasing way. This has a professional JRPG vibe. I could see myself playing harvest moon and meeting townsfolk or riding a horse through Hyrule. If I was in a bad mood before, I wouldn't be right now. That reprisal at the end was really sweet. I flipping love this <3

[FS: Change of Time]

Hell yeah Fairsquare. Great folky tune. It's funny thinking about all the ways I'd have ripped this in highschool but I'm glad I can appreciate this kind of thing now. You did the original tune justice. I took off a half star for uploading a cover but I doubt you'll hold that against me. Think of the other stars as a thank you for sharing this with me and making my day a little better :)

FairSquare responds:

Thanks man! And about it being a cover.. i just don't have the time and also the skill to write an original song. I have done some attempts in the past, but whenever i write some lyrics and read them again after a couple of hours they go straight into the bin.
Maybe i'll write some songs when i'm older and actually have something worthwhile to say.

Thanks for the review, glad you enjoyed this piece :)