Quarl's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[This is techno (#4)]

murp!

Nice breezy sound you got here. The mix sounds pretty good too. My only suggestion is that the lead might be just a tad too loud and that kit could use more punch but that's minor and subjective. Those melodies are mad sexy :)

johnfn responds:

Nah, I think your criticisms are valid. I'm always looking for ways to improve. It's funny though, I had worried that maybe I made the beat too loud. It seems with techno that that's never actually the case ;P Thanks for the review!

[[TJ] Drosera Ramellosa]

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FUCK. I wrote this up twice already but I accidentally exited the browsers. AFGADFGADFGAFGFDG

ok, so I like the song but there's a few things to be said about it. The rhythm, I like it but it's not technically 5/4. I can hear how the beat fits into a sequence of 5/4 but you still managed to make the beat sound like it's 4/4.

The mix sounds kind of muddy so here's a few quick tips for your mixing.

-Pan: Panning creates the illusion that sounds are louder than they really are. Therefor if you pan a sound all the way to the left you can turn it's level down to create more space in the mix for everything else.

-Layer: Layering is simply taking two sounds and putting them on top of each other to create a new sound. Let's start with the snare. It sounds to me like mostly mid range. Find a snare that fits into the high range such as an 808 and slam it on top of the first snare. Viola. The old snare and the new snare combined make a much fuller sound.

-Compress: This one takes some getting used to but compression can do all sorts of neat things. It mostly just gives you more control of your sound. As this is my third time typing this up for you I'm just gonna link to some tutorial. Save my ass some time.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hd8hKh F1K4Q

That should keep you busy for some time. Keep experimenting with the sounds and g'luck with your music!

TrohnJavolta responds:

I sort of feel ashamed now that you took so much time out to write that review (3 times).

Regarding that time signature: that is probably because I'm not very familiar with "strange" time signatures yet. I basically did K----S---------K--S-- or something like that, which isn't all that different from the 'standard' drum and bass beat, I suppose.

I'm not much of a kind in abstract drum programming, but I'll work on it.

As for the other tips: I actually do know about all these, and I usually apply them as well. This song, however was "slapped together" in 4 hours and was more of an experiment, a mockery, if you will, of dubstep. I tried to fit it into dumbstep (which I seem to have failed at), because I'd like to join your little clique.

So yeah, the bad, rushed mixing and such can be explained by the fact that it was actually rushed.

Thanks for the pointers and the nice review though! (And the undeserved ten ;-)

[Roobish Cube]

hair.

I loved the track name. Filthy shit man. I would have layered a brighter sound in there but the track is still really slick. Haha, those rides are mad sexy. 1:23 lol. those melodies are to melo-DIE for ;p

[==(Nivlheim)==]

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i loved those syncopations in the drums. the vibe this track gave off was ethereal. my only problem with this song was how short it was. intro/ outro noises were med sexy.

[SR - Otamatone (Sine Remix)]

FIRST!

Fuck man that voice synth was sexy. the panning gave me something to think about too. I usually have trouble commenting on ambient stuff because a lot of it sounds the same to me. This song had some serious character to it though. I'm honestly extremely turned on right now. This song got me hard.

SineRider responds:

lol quarl u so funny thanks for the review

[SpK*) - Dither In Reprieve]

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its nice to hear something relaxing from you. this track is mad sexy man. if there was anything i'd have done differently I would have backed off those low frequencies at one point or another and just had mid to highs doing something nice. it's a minimal suggestion though and isn't really important. grrrrat jorb :)

[Enter The Sun]

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damn, that automation on the reese was sliiiick. i loved that shit man. i'm going to guess that was done up in reason? that synth sounded a lot like a malstrom patch i commonly route up when i'm looking for a quick dirty bass fix.

the melodies were catchy, the drums were predictable but nice. im away from reliable speakers at the moment so i can't comment on the mixing or anything but it sounded like you might benefit a little from playing with panning a tad. dunno, maybe your panning a lot. i'm also drunk.

<3 <3

ZuneInc responds:

Youre right about that reese, that its done with reason, but its the mighty THOR which is creating that sound. The Automation for the reese i improvised in one take and im using as much panning as i can. But not too much :) Thanks a lot for the comment! Its also great that you were drunk :D

[Exoteric Merit]

crumpets.

It has a beat i can swing my dick to. splendid rhythms. terrific. good job.

[xKore - Stress]

mur

it had a beat i could swing my dick to. also, time sig sounds more like 9/1 than 5/7. just saying...