Spadezer's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Aberration]

This guy is a big fan of rock organs!! I'll try to give you a good review, but we'll see how I do

This is a good piece of solid work. It feels good to listen to and all of the rhythms and instruments work well together. I do like how you balance the simple really feel good moments (0:56) with the super complex bits (01:10) and with your low key parts (02:07). If I'm right, I think you even slow down the tempo there, nice touch.

I do, however, have a couple minor complaints. when you go complex sometimes I feel like the music turns into BWABWABLAHBLAHBLAHBLHBLHBLHBLHBLB YEAH, but you offset that with some really good composed musical sections. I feel like the rock organ could have used a couple of it's own harmonies while it played.

Otherwise, added to favorites, I gave you a 5 to help your score a bit, and a solid 4 out of 5. Good shredding.

[The Weapon]

Beautiful from beginning to end. All the hard work you put into this paid off sir. I love how you mixed in the electronic sfx in the beginning along with a full orchestra. Nothing is out of place (but to be really nit-picky, I think the drums should be louder and fuller at 01:38).

I tip my hat in your general direction. Full 5 stars.
-Spadezer-

Mattashi responds:

Thanks Spadezer :)
And I think your right I should probably make the percussion louder there.

[Raving P-bots]

I'm digging it. There's only a couple of things that I think could be improved. The rhythm (like at 02:15) and the volumes to those melodies are too straight forward and make them feel plain and awkward. It's like going on a roller coaster with no hills and the ride only goes one speed. No matter how many turns and tunnels there are it will still feel like something's missing. This might be why RealFaction feels left out. The other thing that would help would probably be making sure in the mixing that nothing is overpowered and that nothing is being left out.

But enough with the negatives. I like how it sounds. It's peppy and fun to listen to. With a little tweaking it could be better, but is still fun to listen to without.

-Spadezer-

EctiBot responds:

Glad you liked it :D. I'll take your points into consideration and tweak a bit on this ;)
Thx for the review :). Helps alot :D.

[Shards]

Spectacular!

Especially at 01:09 and onward. That particular section sets the piece up correctly and then at 01:30 is purely spot on. The only reason why I didn't at a half of a star is that it's not quite perfect in the first half of the song.

I wish I could have written like that for this: http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/567502

Pure respect
-Spadezer-

LunyAlex responds:

Thank you! Glad you like it!

[Sprots - Wanting More WIP]

I like where this is going. I like the kick you have, it really had me hooked for the first part of the song. Overall it seems to be missing some layers, especially somewhere along the part starting after 01:22. The percussion should have some claps and snares that compliment the kick a little more and fill in a little bit of the song. Also it would be really sweet to hear some higher pitched synth doing some riff like frosting on top or star drizzle (I don't know how else to put). It needs a little more variation to keep the song fresh I think.

Hope this helps. Like I said, I like where you are going with this. You build and lower the synths well and they play nice with each other. It does seem a bit like dance more than techno (but I'm not exactly sure how techno works either I guess).

Peace!
-Spadezer-

[AIM - Alien Cave]

Hey, good to see your music here.

I'll agree with the other reviews. It seems a little bit chaotic at spots. The bass synth that you use before about 1:23 sounds a bit muddy. I don't know how else to say it. The low levels of that bass synth are too high. Also, I suggest trying to make sure you don't have multiple bass synths trying to play at the same time. Even so, it seems like you were able to get multiple bass synths to play well with each other (level balancing wizardry at play I bet). But having multiple bass instruments going at the same time generally will wash each other out so try ti stay away from that in the future.

One thing I can really dig here is the part at 1:03. That part has some solid mixing going on.

I'm interested to see what you're going to do next.
-Spadezer-

FortressLord responds:

Thanks for the review, all suggestions taken on board!

And I'm surprised where the compliments/criticisms are aimed - I am first and foremost a Sound Engineer, so I'm glad to know spending the most time on mixing and mastering paid off.

(Sorry I can't be bothered with doing a lengthy thanks.)

[Contemporary]

I don't need to mention anything about the quality of the piano, however the way you added everything around the piano had me going for the whole piece. There are some things that need to be stitched up that other people have already mentioned so I won't bother. Except the birds, I don't understand the birds chirping... oh wait. After hearing the WUBWUBWUBS it makes sense now.

With all of that aside, what program did you use? Everything sounds really good and clean. All of the sounds are crisp and give my ears all sorts of good feelings. I'm blown away by everything that's playing in my ears.

Live long and prosper fellow earthling!
-Spadezer-

Kabalist responds:

The chirping birds was a complement to the atmosphere of the image that inspired me to write this track. It added some nice texture to the prelude of the drop.

This song was created using FL Studio 11, and a bunch of sexy VSTs. Maybe I should add that to the description... I've been working with FL for six years or so. I didn't really get into mixing up until a little while ago. Once you get the hang of it, everything will make total sense. I'd recommend using this program since it's an extremely well-developed and versatile software.

By writing those words you have aroused a tingling sensation in my chest, which I assure you is not a symptom of heart disease. I'm super happy to hear that you enjoyed the song.

Thanks for your review, Spade!

//K.

[Emotionless]

I gave you a five since I thought it deserved no less than a 4.

I can't really point anything that sounds bad. The only thing I can think of is that the synth could change a little in dynamics. It generally sounds like it's at one volume level and you don't want to do that. Or maybe fade out the synth for a bit longer than what you have. This might allow it to breath a little more and add a little variety to the song. Also this makes the synth fresh to the listener when it returns.

Other than that, I'm really digging the synth and I'm curious to see how vocals would sound with this. And after listening to Liquid Ice, I have to say you've acquired another fan.

Keep rocking on.
-Spadezer-

SynthGoddess responds:

That's so amazing to hear from you like that, thank you so much for the kind words! I don't know, I was kinda in a rush to get through with the instrumental, too. So maybe after I apply the lyrics I can modify some of the synths. I don't want it to be too monotonous.

[Poems for Darkness]

My respect goes to you and your piano playing. I admire people who can actually play piano well like this.

Props to you
-Spadezer-

MetroPiano responds:

Thank you very much! I'm honestly not that good at piano though... yet...

[Diskovr - Flight]

My review probably isn't needed as much. RealFaction hit some good points that I noticed as well. Not something we would expect from the art.

What I can say however is... it sounds spectacular. I find this inspirational and I can just imagine a giant mosh pit at whatever concert this would be at. Even though it may seem as a big room that is slightly empty, there is still some good work into the layering.

Thank you for the music
-Spadezer-

ksthultz15 responds:

Thank you! :D I love the feedback. I'll keep this in mind when I start my next project.