Quarl's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Nuclear Arsenal--_--]

safb@!!

Hot sass sir. This has such an interesting vibe to it. By no means conventional, as is the deal with most of your dnb, but interesting and fun all the same. I'm not sure how compression can make a drum kit shoot through the mix. My understanding is that compression is basically de-amplification to avoid clipping... but I'm a fucking dumb ass so shoot me/ correct me if I'm wrong :D

I honestly don't know what to think. This is such an original piece. Your reese lines are always so much fun. Guh! The drum breaks we're hot sass too. Amazing work sir.

PERVOK responds:

Compression can also be used to aomplify, dude; I suggest you check it out :) It's a lot of fun and you make make some really gnarly drum sounds.

Thanks for the review, man!

[AD - DnB CTSG Entry]

rawr!

Not bad at all sir. I actually didn't know you could do dnb at all. Really good job for someone whose new to the genre.

When things kick in, it sounds like something is clipping. Clipping happens when you over amplify the signal and it's basically just a tad bit of digital distortion that never sounds good. I'd recommend turning down whatever is causing it, or try slapping on a compressor.

Nosebleed was right about the rhythm, but I think he could have given you better advice. One thing I really like doing with my hi-hats is to set up my rhythm with two of them. I put a little bit of delay on one of them, then I use the other hat to accent the rhythm the delay creates. It's kind of a weird idea to follow, but if you experiment with it, you can get some interesting rhythms.

I don't know if you do this, but layering your drums can also help out. It takes some experimentation, but it's such a fun technique. Again, I'm not sure if you do that, but it can really fatten up the kit for a nice full sound if it's done right. Beautiful snare btw.

One more really cool thing to do with the kit is to change up the velocities of the notes. Doing this creates a really dynamic rhythm. I guess an example of what this means would be to have a really powerful kick followed up with a slightly weaker kick. It makes everything seem a little more organic. You can also do this if your layering those drums by having only one kick play at a given time, and syncopate it to accent notes.

It's all subjective, but I got a lot of this advice from people I consider much better than myself. If you don't like it, hate on Rig.

AeraDynamic responds:

:D Wow cool you found your Way to this little Piece here... I am planing to change a few things here like I posted on the contest Thread but I havanet found any time yet. I will concentrate on this one before completing my other Collab first. I layered my kicks of course and I am using two HiHats too. But DJ Nosebleed was right there is too much space for more fill ins here in the beat and I am thinking about changing the Beat at all btw. Snare will be still in ;) Maybe bit different but same Style. And I need more special Percussions in the Beat to set a unique Sounding of course.

Maybe we could help us out a bit with Practice Midis (you use Reason right?) and exchange some personal Beats? It could be helpful :D Hit me up if you want to...

[*- Solara(AuraCollab.Light) -*]

NICE

I really need to look into your work more. This loop is so sexy. GUHHHHHH. If there's only one thing I'd tell you to work on, it's that drum kit. It's pretty good through my headphones, but I think it could be a little deeper in contrast to the synths. Try changing up the velocities of the hits to get the dynamics really pumping. There's nothing I like better out of a four to the floor track than an organic pulse.

Also, those pads could be a little more prominent. I didn't even notice them until I thought to try listening for them.

Regardless of what you end up doing to this track, it sounds awesome all ready. It really makes me wish I could do the genre justice. Good work sir, and good luck with the collab.

Jebbal responds:

Yay! But there's not too much more of my work on here to look into. Most of my other stuff is either intentionally stupid or just not that good. I did put a lot of effort into this one tho.

You're right about the kick. It sounds pretty decent until everything cuts out at :20. You can really notice it there. I'm going to mess around with the drums a bit more, don't worry!

As for the pads, I was actually aiming for it to be barely noticeable during the main part of the song. Just meant to add a bit of depth, but I'll definitely play around with them and see if its better for them to PLAY THE FUHDUCK OUT. LOUDER LOUDER LOUDER!

All in all, this is a pretty good review. I'D give it ten out of ten, but lets see what the critics say:

Thanks for the review!

[Icarus - Dream of Flight]

yummeh!

dammmn. I responded in my review that I couldn't wait to hear what you had cooking. I should have check the comp thread before saying that because it seems like you allready had something cooked and fuck is it delicious. I could eat this track all day.

sorohanro responds:

He he ... just seen (for the 3-rd time) "Sweeny Todd" ... eating is quite an issue after seeing the movie :))
thanx for review and "push up" my track with a good review and vote

[Rig - I Love Cowbell]

lol.

Writers block?

Rig responds:

No, cowbell!

[I Never Lose--_--extended]

sweetness

You have such quirky dnb vibes. That melody at the beginning reminded me of some sort of chip tune, flying into those strings... good melodies... your drum choices always confuse me. I'm not sure where you get your ideas for what constitutes a good drum kit, but I love the fact that you always experiment with it. Always a surprise.

Fun reese line. I'm not sure what I'd change, but it seems like it's lacking something... that main line just seems a little weak... catchy, but it's missing something... maybe a little more depth of some sort... I don't know... it's so hard to tell...

Nice rhythmic change up. It really adds quite a bit of sass to the mix. It's subtle, but it works really well. Those fills rock hard too. What program are you using sir? You switched from fl to reason around a year and a half ago right?

PERVOK responds:

Hmm... I think I switched under a year ago. Thanks for the review, man!

[Rig - CTSG Credits]

My cock is back in action.

And it's bigger than it was before we started the collab. You always make really interesting compositional choices. Sometimes your tracks make me quirk my head and ask myself "wha?" Seriously, I love it. Where do your ideas come from? Can I buy them? Platonically of course.

Rig responds:

They come from the sweet release of everything but drugs and alcohol.

[Carbon Baby (Demo)]

yeah!

Hell yeah man. This is sounding like it's really coming along. That intro was fucking ace. That reese around 35 sounds like it needs a little bit of tweaking though. Maybe try turning the semi all the way up (I'm not sure but I think that's essentially the same as raising the notation up an octave... which might make it sound like crap. Who knows!)

Try backing the reese up with a sub bass that works with the same melody. You can also try experimenting with some more hi hat tricks. One thing I like to do is have one hi hat with some delay on it and one without. You can make some really fun rhythms that way. It's a hell of a lot less stress then going in and changing the velocity of each note.

Oh yeah, also try filtering/ automating that reese. You can get some really crazy sounds by changing the properties of the synth in real time. I know this is a work in progress, and what you have right now sounds awesome. Just try tweaking some things and you'll have gold.

WritersBlock responds:

Awesome. Thanks for the tips, Quarl. I'll probably finish the track off, then run an iron over it, so to speak, and add those touch ups that you mentioned.

[The Zero Song!]

hmmm...

pshhh. I just gave you a five and your score still went down. Seriously. Check out this image to see what I'm talking about.

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v10 2/slum262/zerovote.jpg

I'm telling you. This song is destined to fail :(

Casualty responds:

Pff, that always happens when you are the second person to vote 5 on something that's rated 5 already.

But thanks for your vote and review!

[Feeble Human (DnB CTSG part)]

rawr

The loop rocks. If you think you'll have to change anything, keep an eye open in the forum. Trogdar will let you know if you need to change anything there.

Nice kit. Amen?

alextheDJ responds:

Thanks!!! Yes, it is indeed Amen. cool I'll keep checkin the forum. \m/
I don't know why this got zero bombed, but whatever :P