vekoN's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Skri.De-araakskra]

crazy awesome! i love the thematic development and orchestration! the melodies are especially quite catchy and inspiring! i wish i could buy some orchestral libraries so i could import them into sunvox and make music like this

nice to hear that you're finding a new path too!

Logickin responds:

Thank you! This melody has been in mind for quite a long time, and with the frustration of my study and my decision, it definitely pushes me on finishing the track with a bit of touch.

If you want to buy orchestral libraries, remember to do researches before pressing the buy button because it is a rabbit hole and many people has impulsively poured so much into those libraries. I remembered there were some free orchestral soundfont in newgrounds, and hopefully, I will spend some time on writing tutorials on how to make some expressive sample orchestral instruments. Let's push SunVox and Trackers in general beyond their "limit"!

Lastly, wish me luck with my new decision, and hopefully I could achieve something cool in the future!

[The Endtimes are Upon Us!]

interesting... i wish i could piece all the clues this presents together but i struggle to find meaning. i think that makes me like this more though, i love abstract semantics

libbyshimmz responds:

Thank you much!

Yeah, I like to keep things open-ended. Abstract ideas leave more room for my listeners to interpret art in ways that make sense to them, on an individual basis. Like a painting, but with sound.

[The World's Beauty]

you're right, that 30 sec section at the end does hit hard! but of course the buildup to it is nicely done! i will agree with @OVERSCORE in that the instruments sound artificial, but i assume that was outside your ability to fix at the time

[anemone fields [WIP]]

since you're going for edm i'll say a drop with a sub bass would be nice, right now this just sounds like a chorus and part of a buildup. i think something kinda festival prog house-y would work for this

other than that, what you have here is solid! the melodies and instruments are gorgeous!

[-Serpentine Emotion-]

i enjoyed it! the usual fusion of electronics and orchestra works well once again!

the soothing melodies blend well with the nimble drum work and acid! and don't worry, five minutes isn't that long :)

EDIT: yeah i agree with that logic for song length

Creeperforce24 responds:

Nice! Cause a friend of mine thinks 3 minutes is long… I guess for me it’s like this

1-2=short, 3-4=normal, 5-6=kinda long, 7+=long

[Chocnoon - Joyful Start (I)]

mmm... yeah it's pretty sparse but the vibe is definitely there. not bad for your first song

five stars to not break the streak

[Zap'd]

surprisingly not bad for your first song

[Above the Clouds]

good! if you want feedback i will say that the first chorus doesn't hit as hard as it could. i'd suggest adding more grit and weight to the synths in that part, maybe through some layered noise or saturation. failing that, maybe some more crashes, impacts, and swooshes would work

speaking of which, even though this is inspired by old trance, i do think some of the sounds, like the arp and lead, are too outdated and tacky. if you want to use them i'd suggest alternating them with more modern sounds, whether through layering or through playing the same melody on different instruments in different sections

lastly the mix feels a bit flat. i'd suggest emphasizing the midrange of the drums and lead to really make them pop out. some transient shaping would do wonders too

the melody is quite pretty, the orchestra sounds cool, and the b major(?) tonality is very appropriate for this mood. overall not bad!

G2961 responds:

Thanks for the feedback! I don't think you should take this track seriously, as I literally got bored today and wrote this track in 2 and a half hours.
I agree with you about the bland synths, I wanted to set the atmosphere of old Trance as much as possible, so I didn't try to add modern sounds.
It's almost B Major, or to be more precise, it's parallel to G# Minor.

[jungle, yes you like it.]

quite nice! i will say that the break chopping is a little too, well, choppy. i like to make my chops more fluid by letting the kicks and snares ring out and only slicing the breaks at the cymbal transients and the reverb air. this makes it almost sound like a real drummer as opposed to a sampled break. but that's my preference

the chord vamp is pretty if a little repetitive. the overall arrangement is short but stellar! overall very good