Spadezer's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[On the depths of hell]

It seems like you were trying to combine a mixture of dance and ambient and it sounds pretty good. The only thing is that since it's somewhat dance, it would be cool if the bass was more developed, for lack of a better word, and if it was more present. It seems like the bass could have driven the song more.

I gave you a 4.5 cause I wanted the ratings to be higher than a 4

[Deonyx Sample #1]

Sounds good. The voices seem to mix well and I like how they sound individually. There's a lot of reverb but it works good for what it's doing. Definitely has potential for being an awesome piece once you throw in a couple of good themes, you know like changing up the chord progressions and stuff.

A good 4.5 stars I think.

[PhysMus - Careful]

Hey I here you and share the same problem with university studies. My only complaint I have about the song so far is that the loop doesn't feel completely natural. I don't know how to describe it other than that. Are you using a real bass and drums? They sound good.

Solid 4 stars in my opinion.

empire00 responds:

Real bass with artificial drums (a.k.a. samples).

[StarFox64 Grand Finale]

OMG I love it! I don't know what to say other than it fills me with so much joy with how nostalgic it is. I'm glad you kept most of the cheezy instrumentation (I'm dissapointed by the lack of the male choir at the end though). I will admit I did play it more times with the evil laugh at the end then without it when I beat the final level.

Thank you for this

[Psynapse - Acid Cure]

I like how it's organized, there's some good themes playing here. I will have to agree with other reviewers, you tend to be a little repetitive with the first theme. The ending maybe could have ended with some more reverb cymbals and fancy things like that. However it was still solid for what it is.

[Activation]

I like this piece. I like how you're organizing your harmonies into the minor chords and it sounds great. With the clipping I suggest two things (since I'm assuming you're using FL).

(1) Using the Fruity Limiter is great at stopping the clicking if you know how to use it (Youtube helps a lot with this).
(2) I also suggesting adding each of your instrument into the mixer to control the volume a bit (instruments, tracks, plugins, generators... I haven't figured out what to call them). Also in the mixer is where you can add a lot of different types of FX as well.

I'm still trying to figure out all of the in's-and-out's to FL as well. I've been using it for about a year now and I'm still finding out new Keyboard shortcuts and other applications that really make the music pop.

Don't take the criticism too hard though, I gave you a 4 and that shows that I like how this piece is going.

ikitty2 responds:

Thank you so much for your advice :) I'll definitely be checking out how to use the Fruity Limiter since the clicking has always been a problem I've had at some point or another and I never knew how to fix it. I've also tried playing with the mixer before, but wasn't very successful with it so I'll play around with that some more, too. Again, thank you for your help, it's really great to get some useful info and I'm glad you took the time to share it with me. :) I'll keep working on improving my music so please come back and feel free to critique any new stuff I post in the future.

[Bleeding Mercury]

I was surprised at about 0:48. I like what you've done with this. However somewhere in the 1:30 section it sounds like a couple of the kicks are just slightly off time with each other and playing twice. Either that or it's clipping. Either way this is a good song to listen to and I think you've done a good job with it.

Rock on

Kreyowitz responds:

Hmmm I was listening to that section, and I think I can hear what you are talking about, i'll have to go and see if I can fix that, because I know it's not off, but clipping sounds VERY plausible.

Thank you for the Review, it is very much appreciated, and I wish you well, good sir.

[-Queens garden-]

I really enjoyed listening to it. I'm a big fan of your music and even though this isn't your normal style, it's still put together well and fun to listen to. I'm kinda glad you can't see cause I'd just be sitting in front of the computer screen with a stupid grin on my face bouncing from side to side.

[MapleStory Sleepywood Remix]

Lol, I've played this game!

I never really got very far just because of my lack of perseverance to rpg games. Not better than the original though. Adding the percussion element took away from it's original theme, but it's okay otherwise.

[_-={An Angel Dies}=-_]

Lord of the Rings flashback

I don't know if you were accomplishing this, but it reminds me of a scene which I think is in the first one Fellowship of the Ring (correct me if I'm wrong). It makes me think of the scene where Baramir dies (I think that's his name). Well done sir