Quarl's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[I'm With Stupid (New)]

SKA

Sweet ska jesus batman. Newgrounds needs more of it. Glad you decided to upload you're crew. You need a better recording, but I can tell you guys have some serious fun...unless your one of those guys who records only himself playing and doesn't do shows...hmmm, lyrics=generic, but whatever. At least the guy singing isn't that bad. He's not great, but he's not horrible, so he's like, right there in the middle. Right where a ska vocalist needs to be.

The drums are very genre specific, horns, guitar...it's all pretty much been done, but you guys nailed the sound. I might recomend trying to branch out and try sounding a little more original, but...eh. It doesn't really matter that much. As long as your having fun. That's really what matters most. You get my 5.

AceIH responds:

I'd consider some of the other songs I've posted to be more original...Faux was an attempt to do something a bit different, and even The Performer was written as a ska song (but that one I had to perform on my own, because my ska band didn't like it).

But yeah, even if it isn't our most original, it is, hands down, the favorite of most everyone (not including me) in the band, just because of that energy.

Anyway, thanks for the review! For a second, it looked like none of my new submissions were getting any attention.

[StereoTactik's DnB Tutorial!]

hahaaahaah ahahshfahsfvah ahsfhs eg, drums. :P

haha,ah ah a haHA VAAHHHAAHHAHHAHAHAHAHA AAAAAAHHHHH!!!!! Seriously though, this tickled me a couple of times. You sound just like this kid in my band. Right down to the rocken out rebel yell.

StereoTactik responds:

LOLOLOLOLYAAAAAAYA

[PN and YB Let the Pianos]

Hmmm....

Trying to keep in mind that it's not your style...

Hmm, sounded a little weak. I'm not trying to insult you, it was nice for what it was, but I think you could have used a stronger drum. It sounded cheap. Not just the snare, but the bass and the hi hats sounded pretty bad. The rhythem wasn't that bad, it was just the sound of it.

The whistle melody was iery and cool. The claps fit nicely. I think the synth cold have used a bit more bass behind it. For a song titled "let the pianos play" it could have used a little more piano. The little piano melody was just, too simple. In anycase, the song loops really well. I didn't even know when it was looping :P

I'd say to go back and work on this some more, but address the problems your reviewers leave you with. I think this song could be more powerful. It's just missing stuff. It's not bad, it just doesn't sound like your using profesional equipment/presets. I don't know how true that is, maybe not at all, but if that's what it sounds like, then it doesn't really matter whether you did or didn't.

And please, don't look at my review like it's an insult. I'm just trying to help. You have some really cool tracks. You're dnb stuf is sick. I'm not sure if hip hop is where you should invest your talent. I think it belittles your real talent. I'm listening to malfunction right now,...damn sick. I'm giving this a three, but I'm giving malfunction a five...I'd drop a review on it too, but I fell like I've typed up enough here. Again, i'm sorry if I sound condensending or something.

Para-Noid responds:

Hey, there's always the critics man. Where ever you go, you see them. Some are good ones, some basically slap your face.

Para-Noid

[(ST) BEnny Hil loOlOolOLOo]

Taffyyyyyy

Like,...sex in my ears. Yeeesssssssss. haha

StereoTactik responds:

EARFUKCS

[Believe (StereoTactik Remix)]

Teehee.

Holy cow, you put alot of work into this track. So much more than the preview...guh, I loved that sound at the begining. Right cool man, right cool. The vox from the original track sounds so, appropriate, everywhere you used it. The intro was so slick, magical, sexy. The drums,...yessssss, Basssssss, ARRR.

hmm, It doesn't sound as full though, it's deffinatly missing something I think. It's clean, but you could have used some background here and there...it's a little too clean if you ask me. Arguably though, it sounds better when I turn the volume up :P

Dunno, It's still good all around, those ambient melodies make me quite happy. Quite so. Indeed, jolly-o

StereoTactik responds:

I'm glad you liked this so much!

I also kinda thought that the song was missing something while I was making it, but I tried not to overdo it and keep it simple, so I ended up just working more on the stuff I already had down.
Thanks again! Check the Benny Hill mix!

[MAC May 07 Competition Entry]

pishaw! Taffy.

Right on man! This track is sick. It's not complex or anything, but it's chill, and that bass drum/ bass on every 4th note is a nice touch. The break down thing was slick. All the melodies really flow. All in all, you did a nice job with this, I can tell you really worked hard.

Good luck in the comp! I'm rooting for you!

NeoMarine responds:

Thankyou Quarl! I appreciate you taking the time to review my entry for me - so I have an idea of what how it turned out. If you need a return review just pm me ;).

[[TMM43]Radom (?)]

Teehee.

haha, bored writing a paper :P

Eh, I know the feeling. In anycase, neat track. It's really simple, but it reminds me of old school newgrounds...you should submit this to the audio comp going on in the forumns if you havn't allready. I think this might do all right.

TMM43 responds:

Quarl, thanks for the reivew!
Yeah, this song was made when I was writing my Senior Paper...boredom struck, and all I could do is think of this beat in my head. haha
Thanks for the review

[~EnV~Heaven{Preview}]

Yarrr

har, you got some nice sound here. I love the way the melodies flow about like sauce...kind of makes me hungry. As a drummer, i'm not a fan of the generic trance four to the floor thing that goes on, but whatever. At least it's powerful here. It accents the sound nicely. Great job here. Deffinatly worth a download and a vote.

Envy responds:

MMM sauce. I'm also a drummer, and don't really like that thing you said either... I just felt it fit here... isnt that what trance is? I donno... I just think it makes it feel so much more UMPHY or powerful like you said when you have a basic beat.

[Star Rise Reaper]

Pishaw!

The intro was pretty ambient and cool. I've never listened to goth music before...this reminds me of DnB meets metal...sorry if that offends you :P

Cool track. There are a few places that sound a little off, and the guitar sounds pretty synthetic. I can't hold that against you though, I use synthetic guitars in my songs as well...unless it's a real guitar, in which case I just succeded in making myself look stupid, but it just sounds so, synthetic.

Still, the track really rocked out. Good job :D

Erectronik responds:

I don't consider my goth too goth mainstream, since its usually mixed around with a bit of aggressiveness, and I do like to play with my beats like Hideyuki Fukasawa, which is just reminiscent of DnB styles. And it's true, I don't record guitar, it's all synthesized, but once I got my patch going.. hehehehehe