Quarl's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Crushing shadow]

Love those synth skrees and rhythmic synth sounds. Beautiful grime <3 <3

8-BITek responds:

Thanks.. those synth skrees is surge vst

[I walk these empty streets alone (no vocal)]

Lol, as with all things AI is a big "depends." I've heard uses of it when the artist was upfront about it and thought it was fine. If I were younger, my college years, I'd have been using AI vocals in all sorts of stuff. I'm just lazy now. Take G2961s feedback to heart and post it :p

8-BITek responds:

If posting just the AI-generated vocal is okay, then maybe I'll post it ;)

[Texas (When I Die) Ft. Andie]

Gorgeous song, perf singing, tight country. Drums sound great, guitar riffs dwadle drunkenly, subject matter isn't about blue jeans and trucks. No pander, just rock, little grunge vibes. Solo could have taken a little priority over the rhythm riff but what-evs. Great work MRM3 <3

Y'all all hat or do you got some cattle for that "cowboy" identity???? CULTURAL APPROPRIATION- just kidding. I wear a yeehaw hat and have zero cattle, fuck me yo. I raise chickens instead :C

MRM3 responds:

Oh no, my day just got better, and authorities say it's your fault <3
Ah, it's not cultural appropriation if it's your culture :p
We're from the middle o' nowhere kinda country. She's been running a chicken farm as well, but I think that counts. No cattle yet, but she's a country gal, and plans on it, someday when we can afford a nice ranch...
The solo was buried a bit on purpose, I wanted to not focus on the guitar work for once, just improv, low production, try to capture the late-night karaoke bar vibe, though, I might just up the solo a few dB, now that you mention it.

Thanks again for the review, Q <4

[To Dirt]

dayuuuuuuuum \m/ \m/

Bad-Man-Incorporated responds:

Thanks!!\m/

[Coin Collector (NES style)]

This would have been a face melter back in the day. It still is but it would have been too. NES kids would have broken into their parents stash just to plateau to this like it was Pink Floyd.

8-BITek responds:

Back in the day, I played Nintendo, listening closely to those 8-bit tunes, never suspecting that one day I’d be making music like that myself :D But the composers behind the soundtracks for All TMNT, Batman Returns, Kick Master, Werewolf, Tiny toons and Monster in My Pocket are simply unmatched

[Astrodrift]

Ol' school jazz dnb vibe. Intro had a Violence Recordings sound to it. Really cool fusion of styles Casper <3

Casper responds:

i tried:)

[Death By Dubstep (Megacollab)]

Hell yeah. Really cool stuf in here. Great work all of you! I love all the elderitch atonal grooves. Bass go brrrrrrt <3

NEON-SKIES responds:

Quarl?! Not expecting to see you here! Thank you so much!

[AIM - Bomb Pop]

Garageband? That was my program in 2006-2007. Sounds like you're using the program right. I wonder what it looks like in 2025...

Kiraichu responds:

I’ve always used GarageBand to produce. It hasn’t changed much over the past 5 years but ever since I first discovered it in 2nd grade (around 2014 I think), it’s changed immensely.

[Geometric Theory]

Powerful! Love the FL screen grab. Takes me a while to get into artists because there's always a question of authenticity what with AI making all the music on Spotify and all that. When stuff is this good I need to see the work flow, you're amazing. Could push the compression a little more but this is so clean :3

G2961 responds:

Thank you so much for your feedback, Quarl! Initially, there was a lot of compressor here, lol, so I decided to turn down the volume of the master channel, so now it sounds quieter, but without those dB's that would jump too chaotically, lol.

[Illuminatio Ex Machina Palingenesia]

I'd head bang to this.

LD-W responds:

same