UrnSudden's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Lucidity]

Everything works out fairly unique~ My only few qualms is that the arpeggios get a little stale before they fade out-- the mix is a little quiet--and toward the end (roughly 3:10) there seems to be a chord out of place (the second in the pattern). One that's major that would be a little more harmonious if it were minor.

sYrge responds:

Thanks for the feedback! I learned that every chord in the pattern is intended to be minor, and I even checked that chord and it IS minor (It may sound major because of the fact that it's a ninth) and that exact chord is played with the same voice in every single repetition of the chord pattern anyway. But thanks for your opinion anyway! :)

[The Last Dance]

I absolutely love the unconventional percussion~ those high-cutoff sounding bleeps and bloops, AHH!
Lots of progression in the arrangement, kind of like a more dynamic M.C. Escher endless staircase (in that it feels like it's constantly moving forward, despite looping, but dynamic in the sense of...well, dynamics, haha)
I actually really like the "lower" quality real VSTi's. It gives it a sort of character that it wouldn't have if it were made of more believable VSTi's, but I can definitely relate with putting a lot of time into a composition, and trying to get a real-sounding sound and being unable to.

LucidShadowDreamer responds:

I'm glad you like the percussion. I actually really like that effect too :)
I definitely understand what you mean with the M.C. Escher ndless staircase comparison! I had thought about this piece in similar ways as well :3

Yeah. As I don't have realistic instruments, I wasn't going for realism in this piece. I focused on creating nice sounds instead of realistic ones :D It'd be cool to have great VSTi's though!

Thanks a lot for the review, gween123!!! XD

[Party In The Trunk]

I feel that it needs a little more consistency, or at least suggestion of consistency, and a more developed transition between parts of the song. I really liked what was happening at the 2 minute mark. The bass continued to pulse behind the rest of the track, and it kept it moving, but the melody kind of truncated it prematurely, and then moved onto another theme without a transition between the two.
OH! And the "generic" lead was a little off-sounding. I dunno, those little jumps in tone are a little distracting, and stop before a rhythm with the rest of the song is developed.
I saw that you were in the "review for review" forum post, and if you could review my song "Limbic Syndrome" I'd greatly appreciate it :D

Wayv responds:

Thanks for the review man--means a lot!

[Jazzimprov]

As a standalone piece, this is great! But as has been covered through some of the other reviews, the rhythm doesn't breathe a good jazz kind of feeling. Your right hand certainly knows what it's doing, haha, but the left is playing on the first beat of the measure almost exclusively. I'd try practicing getting a good pulse on the offbeats with your left, maybe a 1-(rest)-(and)-3-4 kind of rhythm, and work the right hand into the emotion of the left.

LucidShadowDreamer responds:

Thanks for the tips! I'll make sure to take them to heart ;)
Once I get time...
(Oh, and my right hand sure doesn't know what it's doing; it's just pretending! That's a secret though, so shh!!!)

[windows]

Hahaha, YES! If it were any longer, I'd feel you were putting too much into it, but it's just long enough for a good laugh and some-- I dunno... filling. It's a donut

TheBetterAudioPortal responds:

donut

[Dreams of the Dead]

I felt that your higher melody could have used some variation, particularly with the beginning of the song, but the dynamics of the piano are pretty wonderful, and it drives along very well. There aren't really any moments of choppiness, and that's great. There's just too much repetition, in my opinion

LucidShadowDreamer responds:

Yeah, I guess there's too much repetition in this piece, I've thought about it myself earlier too. There's really just one main melody, with some variation now and then, and other stuff to fill in the parts between :p
Thanks for your review!

[Bruise Willis]

IS GOOD! but the mixing could definitely use a bit of amendment. It's like, It's really tough to make out what the vocal track is saying (which is pretty great, haha. Did I hear "he's always watching me wank"?) with the bass and rhythm guitar so high. Maybe run the vocals through an equalizer with the mid and high frequencies up a bit higher during the chorus, and a lower volume on the guitar and bass during the verses, to give it more dynamics? I dunno, but I love it, haha

hentaipussyminion responds:

Thank you kindly for the lovely/insightful words. We'll definitely work on dynamics for next time. It's just we try to spend as little time as possible on songs like this; write, record, and upload as quick as possible, without too much though involved. When we write our 'Ave Maria', we'll bust out the equalizer. Ha Yes, you did hear correctly, He is and it's shocking. x

[New Horizon [w.i.p]]

I feel like it's started on a good path, but it could use a soft, steady pulse seated behind the melody on its off beats.

Octrox responds:

Thanks for your suggestion, I will definately try to experiment with that

[Zilla]

I loved it! AH!~
I feel like the magnitude of the buildups were unresolved though. Like, you built up the anticipation a whole bunch, and then the parts immediately following didn't swing through with enough power. Maybe my speakers can't provide me the necessary bass for that sense of power, but other than that, this track was perfect

[Piano/Guitar loop]

I suppose it'd be unfair to judge it on a personal level, I personally feel like it's lacking in substance, and the tonality isn't really of my tastes--
Beyond that, on a technical level, the major chords and the limitation to 3 semitones of variation leaves some unsavory dissonance with the melody. I see that a good amount of work went into putting this together, but it's kind of amorphous. The mastering leaves you unable to pick out any of the instruments, and as a loop it's kind of truncated. Not that it's awful, the equalization with the end of the song just doesn't match up with the beginning, and it leaves it feeling cut off, rather than a smooth loop. With some polishing it could be, at least from a technical standing whole lot better.

TBC-x1x2x3 responds:

First of all, thanks for the review. It's always good to have some feedback.

This track was actually a little experiment that differs a lot from my normal work. Most of my tracks are made in a minor scale. I was trying to step away from that, with this track. I also tried to experiment with dissonant tones, to sway away from the convenient chords that I normally use.

This is also the first track in 2 years that feature a guitar. The problem with the mastering is mostly because of the guitar tracks that were added. Without the guitar, you can hear all the instruments, but with the guitar added, you can't even hear the difference between the piano and guitar at some parts.

The equalization part is a mistake that I even thought off before uploading, but I forgot to change. The track starts with total silence and ends with quite a bit of reverb and delay effects. I should have looped it one time and cut of the first take.

Thanks again. Comments like this help me a lot in learning what I should and should not do.