Quarl's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Sea Lion Synth]

NAC JUDGE REVIEW

This track managed to keep my attention for awhile. The melodies swirled and evolved enough to keep me listening for one minute and thirty seconds without distraction. Then I had to start looping it because I was asked to judge this and the next fifty seven times I listened helped clarify that it’s not just a good song because of those evolving melodies. I can hear your effort trough my headphones. You really captured the pure talent of that sea lion. I can almost close my eyes and see a moist Lion, singing it’s heart out.

I give this song 9 out of 14 fresh fish

AceMantra responds:

The sea lion may have eaten some autotuna.

[Grim Reaper]

I didn't have expectations walking into this but this genuinely had me laughing half way through. Awesome awkward. Beat by Slap is tight. Good combo :)

Teqneek responds:

Thank you. Even on my most serious, depressing songs I still can't seem to help it, there's always some off the wall funniness in there. Glad you liked it!

[林檎 "Ringo" [Lofi]]

Another goldie D. Only constructive feedback would be that I wanted to hear a snappier, crisper snare but I'm a slob. The bass rolls hard in this. Tight hi hat rhythms. Super chill Scyoc :D

DreamEater responds:

Thank you once again, very much for your kind words :).

It's crazy that you mention the snare tone! I actually had a snappier snare in a previous render of this track, but I pulled it back a little bit because I was worried that It was cutting through the mix a little too much.

Thank you so much for listening and giving such awesome feedback Cory, It is always greatly appreciated. I hope you and the fam are having a wonderful holiday!

[Beacons In The Void]

Dope, the bingo contest has two metal tracks so far. I can tell you had a lot of fun putting this together. Those zooming guitar crescendos were super cool. Well written track Nekro Cat. That piano & drum breakdown later in the song was my fave part. Way to go the extra mile and jump around from program to program. Must have been a tedious process :p

Nekro-Kitty responds:

Thank you; i am glad that you liked it.

I guess it didn't feel super tedious to me, at least in hindsight, because it was just a lot of fun.

[Lighting Another]

Yo, this is some tight metal. Granted I gotta agree with Czy on the highs. The mix sounds super thin. I love throat vocals though. All the writing is good. Drum rhythms and guitar riffs are on point. I'm guessing there is some sort of fidelity FX on those vocals that are tearing up the spectrum? Dunno. That's really the only problem I got. Everything else sounds great love :)

bingobingobingobingobingo

TSRBand responds:

Thanks for the kind words! I do have a lot to learn about performing and mixing vocals and hope to keep improving :)

[Zebra Duo-Rick and Morty Theme Song (instrumental cover)]

Loved that bass triplet at the beginning. Really sassy track-o-roni. Smooth AF jazz waltz, consensual 3/4 segment 26 seconds. I'd introduce this song to my parents.

sorohanro responds:

Your review is a masterpiece of literature and music theory combined. Thanks for making my day.

[悲しい少年 "S a d b o y" [Lofi]]

Holy cow, you've been uploading a ton of great material this year. Been holding on to it all this time? Where do these ideas come from?

DreamEater responds:

Man thank you so much for all the support Quarl, I can't tell ya how much I appreciate it.

The first 10-15 tracks or so were some old ones that I had stocked up but all the new lofi/trap/vaporwave projects have been done in my new studio :'). I've been listening to a LOT of Chillhop and Lofi in the time I was unable to write, so a lot of my inspo has been drawn from that lately. I really want to give future funk a try but idk if my body is ready.

[オレンジ "Orenji" [Lofi]]

Such chill. I was listening to this track earlier. That glitch vibe is tight. I love the way that soft kit works with the grainy record sounds. Tango.

DreamEater responds:

Thank you so much 😊, I’m really proud of this mixdown. I couldn’t agree more 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[A Breeze From Home ~ Vocal Ver.]

My two cents, too much reverb on your voice. You have an amazing singing voice. That soggy reverb is drowning your bird voice :)

Troisnyx responds:

birb o.o

It took me a while to get used to this form of compression and mixing, I'll admit. The whole point of this was for clarity over mobile and poorer PC speakers, from what I understand -- and on these, it feels as though the reverb carries it well. I did get used to it after a while. Still glad you enjoyed it though -- thank you for listening!