Quarl's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[AIM - Moments In Life]

Beautiful work AceMantra. Inspired melodies and composition. Suits the JRPG style and vibe from the art perfectly well. Every note works together nicely. If I were judging this year I'd have to discriminate all sorts of small ideas but a game designer or animator could honestly just stick this in the background of their project without any problems or interference. I hope you know that your work is really good and that someone out there needs your music for their projects.

AceMantra responds:

Thank you for the kind words, and stopping by for a listen! I really appreciate it. :)

[Racing Tides]

Had my headphones off tbh, was gonna just pop in and give you a five so I can go back to nursing my covid but I could hear those glittering piano arps from where my headphones were and I had to put them on. After giving this a few listens I'm thinking it's a little over compressed, could just be my clogged sinus's. Elements are all great though. Horns are fucking beautiful. Melodies are killing it. Beat is chill, giving attention to all the other elements. Everything is beautiful.

That aux percussive woodblock might be a little too loud? It's bigger than the snare. Beautiful tone though. I think the hi hat might also be a little too loud. Sorry, I'm only nit picking because I said it sounded over compressed and I can't just leave it there without pointing out one or two things that might help? I over fuck my own mixes all the time, I'm a damned hypocrite.

Next time I send my man to vegas I'm gonna make sure he brings home something better than covid.

Casper responds:

Definitely over compressed, it was even worse than this, got carried away with boosting my mids on the bass and making the drums punchy lol, I would have fixed it but the project is buffering like hell and my cpu can't take it sooooo.. I guess I'll keep this in mind for the next track lol. The chords are also way too stacked, some layers are probably not even audible, I mostly experimented with this track since It's my first actual attempt at an 80s synthwave vibe even if I tend to use the same elements in my regular beats. Compared to my other stuff the mix isn't as good as it could be but with 101% raw DAW processing power I think it's good enough lmao

[Débonnaire Inc.]

Sorry I didn't leave a review earlier, I'm a slob when it comes to listening to stuff but damn if this isn't some really slick breaks and licks. Loved the drum filtering! You gave every sound and instrument a home to chill. Brutal Daru <3

Daru925 responds:

Glad you enjoyed and thanks for the review!

[Swelling Waves (of declining authority)]

Yeah, I'm feeling something special from this. Great exploration of ideas and hearing you push your vibes into progressive future territory is a nice surprise. Groove is something great, love all the sounds, pads, drums, and so on. Would love to hear more like this but you do whatever makes you happy <3

Casper responds:

Definitely gonna explore this style a lot more, making my own synth sounds was so fun. This was a pain to mix but also a pleasure to get the whole idea down, I haven't been this happy with a track in a while

[Rym Flare]

lmao, my fiance fell in love with 5 string basses recently. We got a Yamaha and a fretless Ibanez. What are you playing with? That extra string, you trying to drive your neighbors dog crazy with humanly inaudible frequencies?

Hyenaedon responds:

Mines an Ibanez, found a crazy boxing day sale so I just went for it. I love doing more melodic stuff with basslines so that extra high string is just perfect for more octaves and chords

[Transference (Original Version)]

Forgot you were around making awesome sounds, I hate how short lived my memory is. The mix is a bit better on this one vs Magnimonious but my mix downs are all over the place, I'm not judging. Really cool wet leads. Love how hard this is <3

Sinthology responds:

Thank you for stopping by on this one; this was one of the most fun tracks I've ever worked on

[IDK What I've Done XD (Original Mix) [NG Releases Release]]

Damn, big sound kronos. Lovely synth work and crisp drums <3

kronosxl responds:

Thank you so much Quarl, i appreciate it.

[Futile Aversion]

Gorgeous hip hops, loved that horn. Keys were haunting. I always fall behind with your work cause your always pumping out great stuff :'C

Casper responds:

I used to upload every single track I managed to finish but now I stick to the good ones lol. There's a bunch of failed attempts that I will forever keep hidden from the world.

The horn is a sample, I'm not that good at writing melodies D:

[Therapy #001: How Are You Feeling?]

Thank you for the quick response! I love chopping this kind of stuff up for samples because it forces me to sit down and really listen to everything. Divorced from your voice there are wonderful sounds in the background. I'm chopping up every other word and phrase because you take very responsible pauses before finishing thoughts. It leads to some very fluent sampling. You have a unique cadence and what sounds like a decent mic that captured all the right tones. You have these story telling moments with very unique gibberish that I can't sample but consistently makes me laugh.

My favorite story so far is the one about the DS. I have a very similar story but it involves a full blown drum kit. I've also had good stuff stolen from me. It's a fascinatingly relatable story. I'm not religious but have always appreciated the idea of karma. I'm much better the older I get. Had a falling out with my bestie ten years ago, had a chance to gank a gameboy color with pokemon yellow, red, and silver plus a few other classics she left at my house. Understanding how important that was to her I eventually gave it all back AFTER DELETING HER SAVE DATA AND MAKING MY OWN FILES, I'M SO EVIL. HA, I HOPE SHE CHECKS WHAT I NAMED GARY, HINT- IT'S NOT GARY D:<

Giving the Gameboy back took so much self control. I hope she appreciates it, younger me would have kept it. May she come to the realization one day while playing it that I was the realest friend and she was a total bitch- PETTY, WHY AM I STILL SO PETTY?? WHY WOULD I THINK THIS, SHE STILL LIVING IN MY HEAD RENT FREE. GET OUT OF MY CONCIOUS REALITY KATIE, YOU WERE A TOTAL- ahem. Sorry about that outburst.

I regret not keeping the Gameboy.

Xinxinix responds:

much love quarl lol :v