UrnSudden's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[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!

[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

[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.

[So Alone]

I like the drums, they feel very organic. Can't say the same for the piano in the opening though, it lacks a certain dynamic... The buildup was very nice, though.
I feel like the tonality doesn't reflect the title though. I was expecting something a little more depressing. The tone is very uplifting and major~

carl565 responds:

I used to make a lot of downbeat songs in my first couple years of making music, but the ways that I create music and the fact that I've changed as a person myself, I find it hard to make downbeat songs. No matter what I try, the songs always turn out upbeat, haha. As far as the piano though, what did you feel it was missing? Chords, notes, or maybe it just sounds bland? Thanks for your review!

[Chipped]

A wonderful loop, really smooth transition. I feel like the main lead is a little too truncated though. Some variation in the rhythm with a light rounding of the wave shape, or some delay would do it wonders, I think.

Kassich responds:

Thanks for listening and commenting! your right, some variation in the rhythm would probably be best, and definitely something i would do in a full/longer version of this.

Thanks again for taking the time to comment!

[Schism((Tool))Tribute]

AND TOOL. WHAT, Dude--
You are literally my favorite Musician on NG, I swear
Beautiful rendition by the way. A bit more positive in tonality, probably because of the recurrence of the theme from the opening. Very unexpected

S-Rock responds:

Thank you very much. It means a lot!

[[S_Rock] Old Youth]

I've just been going through all of your tracks, and I really can't help but download every single one of them, haha, they're so smooth. And the mastering sounds almost like they're being played on vinyl or an 8 track, but with just enough high and low frequency to give it a bit more. Indescribably good

S-Rock responds:

Touching! thanks homie! Im glad I could be a help to you in your efforts of enjoying music :D

[Duel of two robots]

I love the mixing on this track- the bass and mid-high frequencies really pop, and with the breakbeats, it's just.. MMM. tasty, haha

DESHIEL responds:

that's the lovely union of EQUO, EFFECTOR and Fruity parametric 2 :)

[Can't be real]

Very minimalist. minimalist in a good sense though.It probably could use a little bit more substance though. I feel as though it could be used for something cinematic in an 8bit video game.

RabidMedia responds:

Thank you for your honest response.