vekoN's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Flowers Don't Water Themselves [AIM]]

nice! i enjoy the aphexy fm pads and the accenting chiptune bloops! i think ambient piano hip-hop pairs well with the sepia nostalgia of el's art

i will say the the sub is somewhat too loud around 120hz in the "drops", i can hear it distorting everything else. i think a narrow 1-2db bell cut around there should help, or cut more in that region out of the other instruments

btw what's the piano library? i feel like i've heard that specific timbre before. i guess that makes it more nostalgic for me :)

Quarl responds:

Might be the layering interplay between the subby kick and the sub bass that's creating distortion? I couldn't hear it but I'm basically half deaf in one ear. Subs have always been my weakness D:

Pianos are from Reason's stock library, I've been using the patch for decades cause I I just like punchy pianos xD

Thanks for the listen friend!

[Digital Dreamscape]

ooh, i like the foghorn paired with acid! i feel like the drums could be louder and more saturated, they're rather weak even when their style is taken into account. also i think that the 100-300hz range in the pads is like 1-2db too loud. and also the master could be more compressed and brickwalled to be more modern. but if that's not the point then i understand

overall quite a cool tune :)

[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

darkmangopsychology responds:

someone broke the streak

[Zap'd]

surprisingly not bad for your first song