Quarl's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[DJYvs300(techstep)]

fun mix!

rawr! That's some hard hitting dnb. Now I don't know a lot about tech step, but I'm an avid fan of darkstep... I'm guessing the two genres are extremely similar? Actually, can you tell me the difference right now, just to save me the time of having to google search tech step?

Fun sample from 300, but the sound quality of the recording was shit. Did you put an effect on it, or was it just a really shitty mic? Mra, the song is a lot of fun. Sounds like it came right off of substance d, though with a little added distortion to everything. Maybe a little too much distortion.

The breaks are good fun, the reeses are dark and muddy, really interesting track. Hmmmm... what are you using to make your tracks? I'm curious :)

Yoshii responds:

explanation? that's what wikipedia's for lol

I know the sound quality of the clip from 300 is shit. it's the only sample I could find floating around our lovely interweb unfortunately ans seeing how my dvd's are back home, I'm not able record a far better one.

I use FL Studio 4, and 9 years of experience.

[Nav - Excitement (Club Mix)]

FUN!

WEEE! SO MUCH FUN! YAAAYYY!

Seriously though, this was a pretty darned good time. I was expecting a hard dnb style because of the amen break, but then I read on and saw "happy hard core." I'm not too into four to the floor genres that much, but sometimes they slip into my ipod. Kind of like the way this one is gonna once I click on that little floppy disk.

FUN!!!!!!

Nav responds:

Haha! FUN FUN FUN! Thanks! :)

(Why the 8, though? o.O)

[/BBQ\ -- Once]

kittens

Pretty good track. The EQ needs a bit of work, cause the mix sounds just a tad dull, but the elements are all there. Maybe try a sharper snare/ hi-hat. You might benefit by cutting the length of the bass kick and EQing it a tad louder, but that may not work... dunno. Just gotta experiment with it a bit till you get a sound that's just a little more powerful.

Cleaning up the drums will improve the track quite a bit. The piano sounds great, but you might want to try taking spirits advice. Dunno. Really it's the drums that I think need the most work. Everything else works out all right.

Keep up the sly tactics :D

BBQSandwich responds:

Yeah I get what you mean, that's what the original version was like, untill I played it when i rendered it, my boxes almost exploded because of all the bass lol, but I can always try to EQ it better ;)

[The Red Leaves Outside]

laffy taffy!

I really like the voice. It's well done. Not bad for some one your age. I can tell that your gonna have a lot of fun with your music when you get older, cause it sounds like your already at it. Question: Was this recording done in one shot or did you record the guitar track and the vocals separately?

Also, do you mind if I take the file and add some synthetic drums for fun? I'm an electronic music producer, but a drummer before anything else so I can promise you they'll sound good. I'll send the finished file to you for uploading. What do you say : 3 Pretty please? Pretty pretty please with a cherry on top? rawr?

LenardNotLenny responds:

They were two separate tracks, cause I had to fiddle around with the guitar a little bit to make it sound less powerful for the track.

I'd love to hear what you make of it. Just be sure to send me the file. Thanks for the review.

[drum and blues]

WEEEE!

You just love experimenting with your melodies. Your work is always so much fun to listen to. Sure it goes against a lot of traditional dnb ideals, but it's just so much fun.

Those are some nice phat drums, great vibes. Very interesting compositional choices. Very interesting. I'm not sure what else to say really. Good work I guess :D

Stan-SB responds:

wooo quarls talking again!!
lol this is the less complicated version i put this in as an exam peice for school but it had about 3 separate arpeggio's and a key change !!
btw im in an exclamation mark mood

[{r} Ascended]

yessssss

OH MY GOD... when I read ambient I was all ready to relax and get comfortable. That pad came in and I was like "oh, how pleasant." Then that madness! I had my volume way up too. God damn. Scared the shit out me.

Great song man! I'm loving that dramatic rhythm. It gets things pumping hard. Guh, this is fucking gold. I'm playing this at my house rave tomorrow. Guh. SO DAMN AWESOME...actually, it might just be because I just smoked a nice bowl pack... hmmm... I'm too high for my own good D:

I have a new favorite song :)

Rawrthaas responds:

yeeeee

[*- Pokémon DancemiX -*]

meow mix : 3

lol. This is fucking intense dance mix happiness! I'm so playing this tomorrow night at my house rave. Now, I've kind of lost touch with pokemon over the years, so I'm not familiar with the melody. Did it come from a new game, or is this track entirely irrelevant to pokemon? Rawr.

Really great sound quality is pumping through this. Awesome synths, drums, and sex. Oh the sex is sooooo good. I'm usually not a fan of the less rhythmic electronic genres, but you did such a good job here. I'm floored. Get it? It was a pun... like... four to the floor? Um, yeah!

Kittens!

Jebbal responds:

Okay, but be careful! Someone died last time I played this at a party!

The song is from an old pokemon cd. It is completely relevant to pokemon! Its irrelevant to Wall-E, however, which is a shame. :(

You've complimented me so much! I feel like I need to say some nice things about you now! I like the way you move. I like the way you groove. FOUR TO THE FLOOR. I just wanted to try something different with the drums. People really neglect this drum pattern in the dance/trance genre.

Kittens?! Ya ok! Thanks for the review!

[Awakening of the Sphinx]

nice!

It's been a while since I left a review on anything (not including the drunken flaming I did yesterday :P)

Argh this sounds so tight with my new head phones. Those bass drums sound so gorgeous. The horns are like sex in my ears. Strings sound a little thin... might be the mix, might be my own personal tastes. Who knows :)

The vocals attack too quickly and sound extremely synthetic because of that. Play with the envelope of that a bit. Other than the attack, they sound great. Nice and thick.

What program do you use? I might have asked that before, but I'll ask it again :P

Suspended-3rd-Chord responds:

Glad to see you here Quarl! I'm pleased that you like this one :)

The strings are indeed thin, no contrabass or viola and the chords are actually just octave stabs, so yeah :)

As for the choir, that's a good idea, I got might try messing with the volume envelope a bit.

I use FL studio- but I assume you're interested in what the samples and sounds are :) East West Symphonic Gold is what I use, and the choirs are actually a free soundfont called "flobakks" .

Thanks for the review Quarl :D

[Title Splash Sequence -r]

Niceness!

Gorgeous break. If no one uses this by the time I actually finish a new toon, I'll use it... which reminds me. I still plan on animating something to Dawn Eternal. I just have to get off my ass ( or on it) and actually work on it.

Rawrthaas responds:

shweet :)

tomfulp favorited that song! yeaaay

oh yeah by that song i mean Dawn Eternal not this one