Sundans's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Nocturne - Hunted]

While the composition of the track is great and the mastering is excellent, the bass felt kind of bland. You should try to incorporate progressively crazier sounds as you track progresses. Add some growls and screams to change up the bassline occasionally. Other than that, it was perfect. Great job!

NocturneLabs responds:

Thanks, I appreciate that you took the time to review the track :) I think that evolving into growls and screams as the track progresses is a good idea. I'll keep that in mind as I'm working on tracks in the future ^^

[Lies]

This one seems to have a little more order to it, which is much appreciated. We recommend mastering your tracks so you can achieve maximum volume without the annoying distortion that accompanies the simply controlling the volume levels. Perhaps an EQ and a stereo mastering would improve this track?

Other than that, interesting retro video game style you got going here. Keep up the good work!

8-BitCat responds:

Thanks for the review and the advice you gave me c: it is very much appreciated. Like I said before, I still have soo much to learn and I will try my best to do that cx thanks again

[KingKilo_Imperials(Remix)]

Absolutely sick drop you have there. Reminds us a lot of Dubsidia.

KingKilo responds:

Thanks! Appreciate it.

[Crashed Out]

The track is put together very well, with a really pleasant variety in sounds. We especially liked the guitar sound midway to the end. We just feel like the low register is neglected though. There seems to be very little below 60hz. Keep up the good work!

Druids-Warcry responds:

yeah i tend to have problems with the low sounds in my productions. any ideas how i can work on that?

[Intro (Alex Leaf Remix)]

The progressions and melodies are great, but I would recommend more mastering. The bass, plucks, kick, and chord all compete and clash. Keep up the great work!

AlexLeaf999 responds:

Thx for letting me know =) Thing is that i dont really know anything about mastering a track, so that may explain why ;) Thx for your advice except for that =)

[Save Progress? Yes.]

Loved the base, nice and funky. The beat was excellent as well, I can't really find any problems with this track. Nicely done again, my friend!

- Paul

eppskevin responds:

I appreciate that! I went through some of your, stuff, too! DEFINITELY digging what I heard. I can tell you're a bass freak like myself, haha! Love basslines, man. I'll make sure to keep up with you :)

[I Got This!!]

Really dig this track, but like the person below me, I didn't really like that beep in the beginning. I was pleasantly surprised by the chillness of this song afterwards though, and I loved the synthesizers you were using. I'd make it longer and master it, then post it. Keep it up!

- Paul

eppskevin responds:

Thanks, man. Actually the beeps in the beginning were really more or so to keep the groove of the overall project going, actually. The beeps represent Pheonix Wright talking as he gets ready for the next track, which is the court theme. But yeah, I can see how by itself it can be annoying, lol. If you heard the whole project, you'd see what I mean, though. I appreciate everything you said, man

[Shipwrecked]

The intro was definitely impressive, as was the rest of the track. The only issue with the orchestral intro was that a few of the chord progressions seemed to change a tad to fast. I dug the ending synth though, holy crap a blast from the past. Reminded both of us of the old Starcraft OST. Ah, good times.

What did you use for the piano? VST or soundfont?

johnfn responds:

Hah. You say the intro was too short, the last guy said it was too long. Maybe you're right and I should have slowed the chord prog down... I did kinda get that impression. Thanks for the review.

Piano: Um, I think it was from the big NG collection of orchestral soundfonts (along with the strings). Thanks for the review.

[Flow of Time]

Hay, just wanted to suggest a tip and comment on a few things about this track. The primary thing is about your production process. My partner suggests that, since your synth pattern is so repetitive (not a bad thing imo) that you should perhaps sample it. Record it in Edison and loop it or something? It would lower the amount of CPU power and enable you to continue to work on it.

Overall, the song was nicely done. A few of the sound effects were a little to loud, but other than that, no real other gripes. I have to commend you on your drum processing. The perfect volume and power. Keep it up!

KrisKrosNL responds:

Actually, I've used no synths; it's an arp that plays the repeated pattern.

Damn, why didn't I think of sampling the repeated pattern in the first place? That could have saved me so much time and CPU! ;_;

I should have mastered the effects, but it was impossible to master it due to overloaded CPU.

Thanks for the review.

[-=Apollo=-]

I love the glitch hop-esque drum beat. Definitely some awesome stuff. The radio chatter was also processed pretty well, let alone the nice placement. It didn't feel overbearing throughout the track, and added some atmosphere to the track.

The only major complaint I had with this track was that it was not long enough. :D

galeXeth responds:

thank you so much!