Spadezer's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[AIM - The Unmatched Power of The Sun]

Orchestral rock definitely fits the art and I really like where you started with this. Solid idea but needs some refinement. Easiest thing to fix, not that it's easy but doesn't require anything than your own ears, is the mix. I love drums and the percussion needs to by punchier. The drums have great tone and sound great, but because they're very short sounds you can get away with cranking up the volume of the percussion (although careful with cymbals, they're not as short). Could even throw a compressor on them to bring up the volume a little bit by controlling their peaks too. I'm not fond of the bass sound starting at 1:25 section. It sounds cheap in comparison to how you've got your other instruments and especially on its own. You could probably get away with it if you layered it with some other bass synths or if you wrote it so that it wasn't just static quarter notes and half notes. Most people would say "you need to buy better plugins man" which fancy sounding plugins will always help the sound sure, but you can also find ways to make you cheap plugins sound good. There's tutorials on youtube that you could probably find to help understand what sounds your plugins and VSTs best fit. It's getting an understanding of what makes your tools work best and where they're weak. To make an analogy, it's understanding how to use your hammer for nails and not your shovel. Sure you can use a shovel for nails, but it's better for other purposes.

Again I love what you've attempted with this. 0:33 has a great beginning idea you could use, but rhythmically outside of the melody there isn't much that's as interesting. The counter melody you brought in at 0:59 is something you could really develop in other instruments/phrases/or what have you. Like for example at 1:56, instead of just bringing in the lead guitar the way you did, I would have reintroduced the counter melody again with more subtle instruments and rephrased it in a different rhythm or something to make is sound different but the listener will still find it familiar.

Again really enjoyed it, and both the song and you have solid potential.

WakerLink responds:

holy crap that's a big one
yeah, the mix could be better here and there, still just learning how to properly mix metal/rock tracks because that's not my usual genre
about the bass at 1:25, the more I listen to it, the higher the desire to replace it with some sort of a reese bass increases, I fully agree with you on this one
however about the melody at 0:33, it was supposed to be just rhythmic flavor and that's it, but I do agree that I probably could have done some rearrangements of already existing melodies in the second part
anyway, thank you so much for such detailed feedback, appreciate it

[Rolling Waves - AIM 2021]

The percussion is a feast for the ears.

[AIM - Atlantean Arbitrium]

Two minutes in and it definitely feels like the art. Love the feel. Not the most high quality mixing I'd say but it also adds to the feel that I like. The focus is definitely on the groove and for what this is I wouldn't want it any other way. Every once in a while you have a tendency to have the song feels like it drags in a couple of spots, but the song didn't feel too long, and I feel like the drag is because I'm hearing more of the distortion compared to the tone of the guitars like at 4:10. Not sure what advice I'd give since I don't know guitar sound design as well as I'd like, but all in all this was a fun 6 minute trip.

[Jerald The Sniffer]

It's gif! It's pronounced gif!

[AIM - Assault on the Bridge [Cinematic Cyberpunk]]

I like the somber but hopeful approach you took with your story. Definitely easy to visualize what you were thinking based on the art used and the way the song progressed. I really like the time changes at 2:30, how the decision to fight was no light decision, how you went back to the original tempo at 2:50, and the brief ritardando leading into 5:30

[AIM 2021: Nobody & Stranger]

Oh this is cool. I would have not picked banjos and used them like this but they work so well. I think they're a little too much (either too loud or they ring out too much) but they still fit really well.

Bitbeak responds:

It's was a little experiment trying to get them to sit right in the mix, but I really loved how they ended up playing on the off beat. Thanks so much for the review, dood!

[Deluchsia]

I really like the vibe and groove of this

[Infinite loop]

That's such a cool and fun melody. Love it!

[No More Clowning Around.]

You can't tell me this is not funny

[To My Love]

Ah yeah this is nice. Lovely

AceMantra responds:

Hey! Thanks for dropping by!