Quarl's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[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

[Geometrical Progression]

Fucking killer, love it G <3

Edit: "Also looking forward to your honest comments. Because how can I get better when someone is silent about it, but someone didn't like something?"

Just take the compliments, I have nothing negative to say about this track. It's perfect.

Edit 2: Someone else just said "no sub bass." I can hear bass but I think it's just a tonal bias, some speakers aren't going to nail the bass. Mastering issue, I wouldn't lose any sleep over it.

G2961 responds:

Thanks a lot, Quarl! I fucking appreciate your every comment! <3
Yes, I agree, it was worth a little work on mastering, or adding a sub bass. I'll take it all into account next time, because this is the second time I'm trying to make my own Dubstep song, so everything is still ahead!

[FoD NEWGROUNDS BEAT LOOP]

FRONT FUKIN PAGE FOD IS GREAT AGAIN, FOD FOR PREZ

Father-of-Death responds:

QUARL RULES THE WORLD!!!!!

<3 <3 <3

[Starlit Sunset]

Really cool sounds and explorations! The synths are awesome. Some of these snare drums are unique, 1:04 sounded like it was being plunged. Is a drum layer getting reversed there? Some more variety in that plunged snare drum might have been amaze. I'm a slut personally for pitch bending and filtering drums periodically to emulate drum fills, helps accent the synths. You had some of that variety around 1:20 and 3:28 + 3:38. Loved those final breakbeats, the song would have benefit if you didn't save those snares for last. Layer them into the plunge snares? I also liked the snare towards the drop that starts to fade in @ 00:54. I think some of those sounds would have been great reused in the hard dubstep sections, little variety fills.

Look, I'm gonna be up front with you. Nachos, you have a snare drum fetish. This grievance is coming from someone that also gets off to certain snare drum textures, a hypocrite. If there was some kind of hidden message hiding in those snare textures, I just wanted to say I'm sorry. Look, we all get our hearts broken. You didn't deserve it.

That final snare drum @ 4:03, let those tones ring out a little longer. Put a little reverb on that last snare texture, give the wave shape a cute little furry tail. tbh, that's my snare drum fetish.
Edit: the pixel animation is gorgeous <3

larrynachos responds:

The drums kinds got away from me, I had to unlearn my old habit of having only one set of percussion for the whole track.

My fetish is either having an 11 minute ambient outro or an abrupt ending. No snare tail for you >:)

[understand me]

I'm not sure fractalcore will catch on but it should. This shit is awesomeness, unique idea, perfectly executed. Very creative, I'll have to give it a try. I'd love for fractalcore to catch on but the real way you get a genre to take is if other musicians also go at it, if others share in it. Actually, get a fractalcore contest up and toss together the results as a playlist! Just saying, you shouldn't stand alone with a concept as good as this.

OVERSCORE responds:

I’ve definitely thought about hosting a contest of it, getting other musicians to try their hand… because I think the idea has potential! If you tried it out, honestly I’d be so honored. You’re an incredibly talented musician that so many look up to, despite your shady sampling…
Thanks for reviewing Quarl, always good to see you here!

[Clouded Yellow]

Joined 2008? Happy to hear you doing music, late bloomer :3

Dunso responds:

Big thanks for the scout and the generous score, majestic 05-joiner!