deadboi21's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[OXYG3N - Tranquility]

Now I'm not giving you a 2.5 rating just because it's not good, it's more like it's the regular house song anyone can find if they do minimal effort to search for it. Other than that, this is okay I guess, this is "chill" after all, a thing that you were aiming the whole time you were producing this song. It kind of got boring after the first drop, where everything is almost the same. In other words, repetitive. Like, try changing the melody once in a while, maybe even the chords, etc. But hey, don't feel too bad, because the sounds other than the melody [vocals, drums, etc.] make up for that repetitive melody and chords. Overall, just continue producing your own thing, stay inspired, all those motivational stuff.

[Twilight Redux]

Oh wow. At first I didn't like your other song that hit the popular audio that day, Sakura that much, but listening to this song, I can say that "Twilight Redux" > "Sakura". You really nailed it with this song. But I do think that the guitars pretty lacking, and as mentioned before, it's repetitive, especially the drops. Overall, nice!

P.S. If you ever get to read this, did you actually played a real guitar in this song, or was the guitar synthesized? Just curious.

Sylux03 responds:

Hahaha! I know! I develop much often. Thank you for giving a nice thoughts! Actually it's just an audio I downloaded from a website. It's a pack actually, I got a lot of guitar clips in my library. And it is free to use. :)

[Making Love on Mcdonald's Bathroom Floor]

Ohhh.... McDonalds... This feels pretty jazzy, even though I think it's pretty repetitive. There's not actually much I can criticize on, expect that I would suggest you not to pan that heavy bass fully to the right side because my right ear kind of hurts a bit every time that plays. Otherwise, this is one of those songs I can get down dirty with.

[short song for a sad homie]

Hmmm..... I don't really know man. This song feels really relaxing, but neither in a sad way, nor in a happy way. I think the crack should've been a bit louder in the song, because the other sounds seem to just make it as if it's not present in the song. In fact, make the whole thing a bit louder. Like master it or something if you know what that is. Also I would suggest you to EQ that riser at :39, as that kind of ruins the whole lo-fi vibe itself. Then, I would also suggest you to make the end a bit shorter, as I think it's pretty unnecessary to just extend the whole end with just the crack and that's that. Maybe you could also try to add some more details to this song, like sound effects, or even instruments to accompany the piano, but if you also want to just go with the whole minimalistic style, then I don't really mind. Overall, this is not at all too bad, but not too good either.

P.S. Hope your homie get good soon, bro.

ItzBrok3n responds:

thanks for the input, i'll definitely put it all into consideration next time i wanna do lo-fi

and my attempt for "mastering" was literally just 4 fruity compressors in parallel in a Patcher, I was trying to imitate a mastering method I heard about somewhere online. did it work? guess not.

p.s. i think he's good now

[Temps Relatif]

Hmm, this really feels nice. At first it feels creepy, then it just transitions to something that's rather calming. If I were to put in video game terms, it feels like I'm in some kind of dungeon or something. [specifically a water-themed dungeon] There's nothing much to criticize here, except somewhere around 2:02 to 2:15 feels rather off-key, and I don't know if you did it on purpose or not, but I think it ruins the feeling a little bit. Also just a suggestion, maybe you can also extend the ending a little bit, like add an effect where the music box would just turn off or something, like a reiteration of the beginning, to give it some minor details. Overall, I kind of like this experimental song you made here. Hope your friend feels the same too!

P.S. What was the sample/soundfont you used for the music box? I really want to know. :0

spectronoid97 responds:

Thanks for the review! I did this song preeetty fast, like 2 - 3 hours at most, so it really was just an experimentation, but I intend to give it more thought in the future and possibly remake it. Yeah, the off-key whole tone part was on purpose, to make it feel like it had kind of a tension going on to transition for the next theme, which also used the whole tone scale but in a much subtler way. But maybe in the final thing it's gonna be different, who knows.

And also, the plugin I used was DSK Music Box, it's free and pretty simple, but it does exactly what you want from a plugin like this. :D

[What she said bout the D]

Well, I'd say it was a bit hard to try to enjoy this track with the guy repeatedly saying a phrase over and over, which was extremely repetitive. Maybe you could try to spice things up a bit by utilizing the voice samples to it's full extent? Like instead of just having him [the guy saying the phrase] saying the phrase over and over, you could take like a part of that sample, and just mess around with it. You could also try to add some details, like synth pads and other stuff, cause this feels extremely empty if you ask me. Overall, this was one of the songs that are hard to enjoy for me, but I see the message you were trying to send here.

P.S. What did that guy said through the whole song? [sorry could barely understand] And who said it, was it you, or just some random meme guy on the Internet?

[Cyber Jungle]

This is a very nice song if I must say. A few problems though, first of all, I don't think the beginning around :00 to :24 is suiting for this kind of song. I don't know, it doesn't actually feel like it's building up to something. It was also a bit repetitive in some of parts, maybe you could change the melodies a bit once in a while? Then, I don't actually what you were trying to do at 2:00, because the synth playing at the background [whatever you call it] kind of feels off-key I guess? Idk really. Overall, I really like it, especially how you transition from part to part, but there was some things I don't feel fitting for this song, such as the beginning and around the 2-minute mark.