Quarl's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Cascade]

Lol, stan sb, love that kid. Did you know that's he's as physically attractive as his music sounds? True story.

Check out his album. He just put it out a little while back. Sexy sexy sexy. You can download it for free if you share it on your facebook page. Read the youtube description :)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EAUzm j-gtM4

Geoplex responds:

I actually got it a few weeks ago because I donated :P

[Nav - Opioid Fever]

I had to say, I'm actually in ownership of an original Korg M1. Mod joystick broke off a while ago though so I'm kind of sad about that but other than that it still works just fine! Things a year older than me. I was using some technics monitors back at college that were older than me too but I had to ditch them. I had no room in my girlfriends car. I should have left her instead :c

Also, kudos on another slick track. Old school vibes <3 <3

Nav responds:

Lucky dog! Thanks for the review :)

[Nav - Binkers (Short Ver)]

lol, binkers. I usually don't name a track until it's done and if I don't delete unfinished projects I get tons of .rsn files called shit like "kittymeowslurrrrrrr" and "fafafafafafkkjkjj." Hmm, looking over my old documents now I'm getting curious what "FUCK" sounds like...

haha, still posting track stats? It's hella fun to see those. You actually timed yourself too? You always were really anal <3

The track itself is really cool. Really laid back and experimental. Warm as fuck. Those delayed pads took up a surprising amount of space for such a simple sound. My favorite element of the track was the rhythm. Those perc sounds were so perfectly placed. Unpredictable and savvy. SAAAAAAVVVYYYYYYY, I want to have sex with your percussion in this track.

That is all.

Nav responds:

Why thanks for the review! I'm not actually nearly anal enough to keep track of the time; FL Studio does it for you! :D

I appreciate your words. Especially the stuff about percussion. :) I think sample selection is one of my stronger qualities in music production.

Thanks again for the review :)

Gah I'm so blahjhgjdhg I need to make more music but I'm not even, like, listening to EDM anymore D: not good enough at guitar yet either... fuck. I know I should just do it but like I'm so musically uncreative when I get into the software I just can't even handle it. I need someone to work with who can provide a creative spark (write melodies or sing or something) but I also don't have any goddamn time to actually do work like that... Grr I guess I'll just languish in music hell a while longer.

Sorry about the rant. I hope the percussion satisfies your every sexual desire.

[Qelaion - Farsaet]

Damn sex. Loving the super chill vibes. I wish I had a better sound set up at the moment to really enjoy this. I was reading a comment below about the hats. I get what your going for and you nailed it.... but I agree with the reviewer. This track could have some really jazzy hi hat doublets and triplets in there to give it some more dynamic spice. You could then pitch bend said notes and get some idm going on in this dub step. IDM step :p

Just a creative opinion though. Again, you nailed what you were going for. Gratz!

Qelaion responds:

I agree, I kinda rushed the production of the percussion, hence why it's so repetitive and annoying, I was too busy trying to get everything else to work that I completely forgot about making the percs on par with the rest of the song :P

IDMStep sounds like a good idea, I should try something like that in a new song C:

Thanks for the review!

[Rig - Old Machines]

Damn, you have quite the flavor rig. The tracks perfect but if I had to request anything it would be some more style change ups. You do a really good job to keep things constantly interesting but maybe it would have been nice to get a tiny melody in all that chromatic hell raising. This whole track is perfectly dark. Maybe an ounce of hope, a light delicate pad breathing for a half second somewhere to add sensitivity... dunno man. This track is so filthy and claustrophobic. Love it <3 <3

Rig responds:

I had originally planned to have an "Alliance" part that would feature the more uplifting songs and sounds from the game, but I was having too much fun with the Reaper stuff to get around to it. I think I'll make another song in that regard ;P

Glad you like it!

[Dubstep WIP]

Sounds like you have a great start to an awesome track. It sounds like the things that are giving you the most trouble is the mixing and general tweaking of things to get the sounds you want. While things are sounding pretty decent as of now they also sound kind of messy. The thing that's getting to me the most is that snare because I have to constantly hear it. I think it would benefit from a faster cut off. Letting it take up so much extra space is gonna muddy things up in there. Let the pads create the atmosphere not the snare. That isn't to say that you can't have an interesting sounding snare... you just have to watch that space and mix things with a more critical ear. That bass drum sounded like it could use a more solid layer. It sounds really hollow.

I'd have turned down that lead just a tad and hit it up with a filter to clean up those highs.

That string pad was perfect. Loved it sitting ethereally back there :]

After giving the track a few listens to I really think my only gripe is with the drums. Resample, layer, compress, distort, EQ, side chain... actually, it didn't sound like you were side chaining at all. you can side chain an instrument to the drums so that every time the kick or snare (or both) goes off it momentarily de-amplifies the instrument it's attached to (such as a lead or a bass.) This really helps clean up mixes and gives more punch to those drums which is a huge characteristic of those harder dance genres.

Peace and love. Good luck with finding a sound in dubstep <3 <3

zenodio responds:

Thank you very much for the review, I'm working on it now :)