vekoN's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Vile Spirit (Jamuary '25) (French House)]

nice! i like the dissonance of the chords and samples, although to me the evil vibe is very implicit, but maybe i'm just used to stuff like this. the production does leave some things desired though, especially loudness and gain staging wise; the drums are a bit quiet, especially the kick, and the mixdown is a bit muddy. overall though good!

xanxoepico responds:

Oh yes, the mix could definitely be better, but I didn't spend too much time since it was for today. I'd definitely think about making a remaster in the future though.

[Clozed Cirkit]

neat! sure it's pretty simple, and like you said vocals or some other lead would have been nice, but this is good as it is

[i am so happy you are here]

i'm happy you're here too! :3

cute sliding melodies btw!

wineplume responds:

tysm!!!!!!

[coyote - obsession (So?ing Machine's Appropriate Mix)]

beautiful! rather nightradio-esque, but also rather afx-esque, and you-esque towards the end! the original is nice too, i wonder where its creator is now...

[ETOYLE - AVERSION (DETESTABLE FLIP) [CLIP]]

i love the little gun glitches, the intro ambience is appropriately spooky, overall sounds great so far

[bGltZXdpcmUgMjAwNg==]

crunchy, hectic, elegant. i like it :)

also nice base64 in the song name

[Frutiger Aero (Wacky Edition)]

you really nailed the nostalgic frutiger aero vibe here! the section starting at 0:40 with its epic chord progression sounds quite cathartic! the bubble sounds throughout are a nice touch too :)

[Reaper]

it feels like the production is missing something, possibly some layering in the leads, some ear candy in the background; i'd suggest adding these to beef up the arrangement. of course, in other moments it feels like there's too much going on, like there's too many sounds that don't work well with each other. making the background elements quieter, using the root note for tonal background elements as opposed to other scale degrees, or just picking sounds that work well with each other will make the sound palette more consistent

the melodies also leap too much and are quite chaotic for my taste; you could experiment with using more steps of a second to make the melody feel more connected between the leaps, although admittedly this is something you'll need an experienced ear for. you also try repeating certain melodic figures and interval movements to give the melody more consistency; e.g., if you do a leap of a third from scale degrees 1 to 3, you could do another one from 7 to 2 and another from 6 to 1 afterwards.

lastly the mixdown still feels quite muddy, a cut of 2-3db around 100-300hz should fix that and also let the high end stand out more. the drums also don't hit that hard in the mix, saturating and clipping them should help

hmm... that's all really

Synfang responds:

Well, I'm sorry that this wasn't to your taste, but if nothing else, the feedback is definitely appreciated. Either way, thanks for checking the track out!

[Behind the Curtain]

the more electronic aspects of this song sound powerful and cathartic! the "wub dubs" part sounds really cool with its sixteenth note rhythm bass, and i love the way you used the minor key here. i enjoyed the metal instrumentation too :)

but honestly i'm not a big fan of the vocal performance here; it feels loose, rhythmically and generally speaking, and maybe also a little underwhelming and cheesy. sometimes the mix feels a bit congested and too dense, especially at 2:33

that's all, i liked many aspects of this song but not all. gl in the contest!

[{CRDX} - Apocalypse]

i feel like the gun patterns are a bit too chaotic and dense; the mix is also somewhat too hectic and distorted for my taste. the arrangement feels a bit too minimal as well, although the sound design is serviceable. lastly i feel like more could have been done with the outro; the drone that's there could have been some kind of cool melody. but overall not bad