TsetsukenMusic's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Thrill]

Very happy I agree, you hit the feeling you were aiming for on this. the slower part made me feel like Mario 64 talking to Princess Peach at the castle, I'd say a lot of this song belongs in a racing game.

jjoon responds:

Wow thank you :D

[Consider Curiosity]

I can imagine this in a virus spreading type game (like Pandemic). It gives the feeling to me that something is going wrong over time. It is very chill and at 1:54 when the arp comes is definitely my favorite part of this song. Very well executed and I agree that it is very nice to listen to. I really like how the song did transition into 3 separate sections, you say that it is by non-fluent transitions but it really does continue very nicely each time.

As I'm writing this I decided to check out the Lost Cosmonaut series, I'm interested :P. Even though it didn't fit the "virus evolving" type game it still carried the same feelings of something going wrong over time so I would say you hit the nail on the head.

BlastBeats responds:

Thank you for this amazing compliment! This made my day (even though it's 1AM for me now :P). Have a smashing day my friend!

[Summer Memories]

Nice piano going on in this track, the build to the more bass part is really nice as well. the "random" 1:48 subtle (almost like someone is talking) is a really good touch. I almost wonder what this would sound like with a Reese bass. Nevertheless you did really good with this considering the amount of time you had to make it! Keep it up :)

HaydeMusic responds:

Thanks alot for the review! And I'm glad you noticed the little details in this song haha

[Lusitania]

The sounds are amazing, very atmospheric and I felt dragged in once the song started. I haven't been able to really create a good acoustic guitar sound and you nailed it on this how did you do it?
The pad is very good, once the higher pitched pad came in it fit very well. This wasn't just a song, this told a story.

I'm really curious how you made the acoustic guitar, I feel that's really hard to make in my experience.

Moinontoi responds:

I used my friend's Martin guitar, micced it with an AKG C214 on the soundhole and a Sennheiser e914 on the neck, and recorded it through a FocusRite audio interface into ProTools 10.

[AYY LMAO]

I love the chord progression in this! The piano sound you chose fits it well. The intro is very well done.
The synth that comes in around 1:00 is very fitting for the theme of this (alien like)

Few changes I suggest:
00:09 - The hi-hat that starts here sounds slightly generic, I'd suggest adding effects possibly and lowering the volume slightly might do it justice.
00:47 - I feel the snare could use a lot more life, maybe a high end boost to make it sound more crisp.

Not sure why this has such a low score, it isn't bad at all :).

P.S.
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TIMETRAVL responds:

Thank you man, I appreciate it, i will work on it !

[Star Spangled Banner]

Sounds like it could be a really good atmospheric scene track almost, the voices could made use some more EQ and leveling to prevent clipping but it's not too badly made.

Very post-apocalyptic sounding, once the atmospheric track started playing it was really good. Almost like having someone uglier stand next to you so you look amazing in comparison type deal. If I were to give advice for this to make it great, I'd take out the intro completely because you might get some bad stars due to people not listening all the way through to discover the more beautiful piece.

AlbertAnderson responds:

Thanks

[Every Friday (Dance)]

Only one thing I could say, It sounds like "Dance with me right now" and not "Dance for me right now" for the lyrics every time it comes up. It's nothing big at all though.

Other than that it sounded really good man, Keep it up!! Made me want to go check out your other submissions because of how good it sounded. Definitely plenty of unheard of talent here!

I've always wanted to try to get into songwriting and incorporating vocals with my tracks, is there any tips you could give for someone that can make the quality of the vocals that much better?

MistyE responds:

Thanks for listening! It's actually "Dance with me right now," I just made a mistake in the lyrics. I'm glad you liked what you heard! I personally use heavy compression on my vocals, and I've found that tweaking the EQ so the mid-highs are more prominent gives the vocals more clarity.

[TheFatRat - Monody (feat. Laura Brehm) [GTB Remix] DEMO]

This is beautiful, not what I would have expected (as in I've rarely found an amazing song such as this in the R4R thread)

Anyways, I can see this build into something amazing, I can also hear a nice smooth Frission inducing intro to this. The hi-hat sound seems a little loud to me but that's about it, I say this is really close to a final version!

Dj-Gonzo responds:

Wow, thanks for these words, I always appreciate them. Glad to see you unexpected this one. I will work hard to improve as much as possible the quality of the final version. In the meantime, if you wanna keep updated, follow me if you want ;)