TheComet's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Andromeda]

Hey this is pretty spiffy, incredibly catchy at that!

Overall vibe is just plain pleasant to listen to, and the mix is pretty solid. Not really much else I can say, it hits on all the right notes as far as what I'm enjoying :)

Couple little nitpicky things that could help the mix:
-That nasty lil pop at the start tells me you're using FL Studio :P I tend to do a quick edit in Audacity cutting out that pop after I render or ducking the master channel level and easing it in quickly to get rid of it. I still to this day don't know what plugins do that

-Your vocal snippets could be a smidge lower level, the "woo!" vocal seems like it's sitting on top of everything instead of being a part of the mix. Only really an issue once or twice in the track though!

DoctorNoSense responds:

Thx for the feedback^^ I try making it better next time:D

[=Sad Space Landscape=]

Feels like the atmosphere you would use behind a something more breakbeat-ish, or maybe with some kind of light drumline. Granted, this is outside my usual genres I listen to, it does sound pleasant, just feels like it needs some kind of beat to drive the beat along.

Astro-reality responds:

Thanks for your review, yes I agree that perhaps a kind of drumline or drumbeat in it would be nice, I tried to create a short loop which people could use.

[Korona]

Oh man, that was a satisfying track, that bass has so much character to it that makes it stand out from what I usually hear.

I like the foley touches, adds great atmosphere in the down sections.

Keep up this kind of work, you've got some monster bass.

Obelion responds:

If you like that sort of bass, you might like the neurofunk genre in general. There are lots of exellent tracks out there. While I produced Korona, I listened to a lot of Billain, Mefjus, Joe Ford, Phace and Misanthrop. Maybe they have plenty more basses for you to enjoy :)

[DJ Theof - Forever Alone]

Good track, a few suggestions that might step it up a notch:
-A few of the sections in the first half of the song leaves the low shelf pretty quiet, if you could add a little bit of lower frequencies in those sections you only use the whiny synth, it could give it a much fuller sound and would probably aid those bits out in this track (later on in the song where you run the vocals alongside it, it covers those freqs)
-You could go for some new drumkits there, there's a few places out there with them for free and royalty free if you dig around a bit (I use musicradar personally, good selection there)
-Vocals sounded a little loud early on, -2Db and it should be spot on :)
-I like the build ups you did in this

Overall good track, has ALOT of potential :)

ps: Did you do this in FL Studio? A part of me wants to take a peek at the project file and take a crack at a remix :)

TastyTeo responds:

Thanks for your suggestions you seem to know a lot :D

[[Cam] Space Pyramids]

Sounds professionally done, just an all around great feel

-during the intro, the panning sounded a little off-center...might've just been me but if it was moving around like it does in later bits it would sound a bit smoother
-around 2:25 or so, that keyboard you bring in sounds like it's peaking a hair
-omg 3:25 <3
-Phenomenal mastering other than that keyboard, everything feels like it's adding to the track in one way or another
-there's a slight ring in your bass, but that's probably just the player NG uses (higher bitrates fix that)

Love this track to death, got a download off of me!

camamassa21 responds:

Thanks buddy, one of the most insightful reviews i've gotten.

[Machine Kite]

Interesting atmosphere to this one, nice and laid back through the intro

A few things:

-Those pads you bring in from the intro on: put a cutoff somewhere on the high shelf, they're ringing like there's some resonance and it hurts the overall mixing a bit when it's the main thing you hear
-The kicker could be a touch louder, not by much though
-Great work with the reverb in this, there's a ton of it without it sounding overused, which can be trickier said than done!
-Outtro could've been a little smoother on the transition, felt a little abrupt, a few extra bars wouldn't hurt to ease your way out of it

Definately like the track!

wulfsok responds:

You're the shit. Thank you for the criticism! =)

[Epilogue: Cosmic Fall]

Sounds good, just a few things:

-The padwork in the back seems a touch quiet when you put it behind the lead, in those quiet bits you could really pull that forward to add some ambience to it
-That drumline kinda makes the ears bleed a bit.....you should poke around a bit and see if you can snag some new instruments for that. The later kick could use a little side-chaining to emphasize it a bit.
-Great piano work, loved the sound
-Your saws could use a little stereo seperation, it'll make them sound awesome

overall I like it, with a little bit of work this track could be amazing!

balderdact responds:

Thanks for the advice!

[***Reverberation***]

Nice beat

Very laid back track, pushed a little more towards house than trance imo

All around it's just plain relaxing to listen to, I can't really point out any problem areas to this track.

Only thing I can suggest is to maybe slightly lower your master volume, it seems a bit loud

DisconnectedFromGame responds:

Yeah I export with volume at 100% so others can adjust the volume while still getting the same sound quality. Thanks for the review man!

[Trance-Dance]

I see some potential here

Definately sounds like you're pretty new at audio, but I can hear some potential in this.

First and foremost, you need to increase the master volume of the song. Campare your song in your program to a song playing in an audio player to find a good volume setting. Having too low of a volume is a hassle and also can cause some quality to be lost.

I like your score behind this, while the instruments are nothing special, I can see something pretty nice created with the score you have here once you get a little more comfortable with your program.

Keep at it, I'll keep an eye out for your stuff in the near future :)

Pandangerous responds:

Fixed.

[Ice Cap Zone Sonic 3 (SSF Mix)]

Not bad

Recently remixed this myself :P

The double kicks/offbeat kicks seem kinda like they're at a wierd point in the measure, probably would flow better at the end of the measure instead of in the first couple steps. Also, the hat fade-in kicker pattern probably should've been used more like a crecendo or a way to finish a 4/8/16 measure portion, it sounds a bit repetitive with it being used so much.

The moog bass I think could use a slightly lighter attack, but that's a personal opinion thing :P

Nice kicker by the way, it has a nice punch to it as well as just being all around pleasing to listen to

overall, pretty good stuff, just needs a few small tweaks on the kicker

itsfoxhall responds:

Thanks for the thoughts dude :) and yeah the double kicks are in a strange pattern in some parts because I was trying to stay close to the track with the kick drum and reverse crashs, some hi hats don't go with the kicks at one point because it was starting to get repetative so I played around with some hi snare and kick patterns aswell with the odd tom fill every so often.

I like the track as it is, it was longer but wouldn't upload so had to cut a bit of it off, but everyone's thoughts count :D

Thanks again (Y)