deadboi21's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Bells of Time]

Oh boi, this feels a lot like the classic Megaman soundtrack, which is a great soundtrack, just need to add some drums, and bam! [imo ofc] However, there are somethings off with your song. First, I can actually hear some distortion when something is playing on top of the bell. Like static or something like that. It's either the audio quality or there is a problem with your mix. The song was a bit repetitive at times, just that it's playing in different orders. Maybe change up the melodies once in a while?

Also, just a few suggestions tho, maybe you could try panning your instruments to give it some extra details? Take the bells for example. You can try to make it pan left and right, like something is moving? I don't know, it's up to you. You can also try to give it some extra details by adding a few more stuff, like something to do the chords [ex. choir, pad, etc.] and some sound effects [ex. risers] to make it more interesting.

Overall, I really get the classic Megaman feels in this song, but I think it needs a bit more detail and also polishing in the production value.

Brostro responds:

Yeah, ill be sure to do that. Also, see my other songs if u like, they are much better than this :P (other songs as in my last 4 songs) :)

[OGG1]

Hmm, I suggest you to replace that electric guitar with something else, because it seems very muddy and seems to mess the whole mix up, especially at the beginning. Those drums seem to be very lacking, maybe you can make it stand out in the mix a bit? I would also suggest you to add some dynamics to your song, like adjusting the velocity, to make it sound more realistic, and also try to lower the reeverb on the piano a bit? Because it feels a bit muddy at the beginning. Overall, I see what you were trying to do, experimenting and all that, but I think that was a bit poorly executed in my perspective.

MishkoLalko responds:

Thank you very much. I'll try to improve. :з

[Streets of Köttai (Town Theme)]

Well, I'm speechless right now. This songs just perfect. Really. This would be really perfect in a video game. Just a minor suggestion, maybe you can pan the flute to the right? Just to give it an effect because the guitar is panned to the left, and the flute plays after the guitar. Overall, nice song.

MateusAbrantes responds:

Hm, that's weird... I'm pretty sure the guitar is panned to the right and the woodwinds to the left. I'll double check in the project file. haha Thanks for the suggestion anyway, and for the generous score. :)

[Crazy World]

Dude, I really like the beat. I think it really suits that of a video game or something. However, the vocals should've been a bit louder, it was a bit hard to understand what you were saying in some parts of the song. Maybe give it some effects too, I guess? Your flow is a bit rough on the edges during the verses, just keep trying and it will develop. Overall, not bad for a rap song.

maxxpump responds:

I made this at about 4am in the morning when my GF was asleep, so was limited to what I could do vocal wise. You know if I woke her up, I would have been crucified, or relegated to living in the shed. The lyrics were not practiced at all and I went freestyle on quite a few bars. I compressed quite a lot of the tracks to get the vocal track to sit better, but even now I think I should have upped the gain on the vocals. Thanks for your comment on the overall beat, I don't usually make rap songs, and I just liked the overall flow of the song. I'm no singer by any stretch of the imagination, I hate my voice personally and usually autotune the shit out of it, but I always put a raw track into it as I like the natural chorus effect it gives off. I usually don't produce something so raw, and unfinished, but I wanted to show my neighbour a new beat which I came up with as he spits bars all the time and I'm hoping to do a project with him in the near future, as he's an excellent vocalist. He's also been through the wars a bit and he has come up with some useful lyrics. I did do a bit of rap on a song called "Relationship issues" which I took a lot of time making sure it was the best I could possibly do. Also I did another song called "Picture Frame", which I did multiple voicing for and nearly sounded like Dre.

Thanks anyway for your constructive comment, I find its rare people give me any comments on my tunes these days, and these comments usually are along of the lines of simply "Cool track" or "thats crap, eat shit and die". Thanks again dude, things will get improved.

[M5-RiPpEd MiNd]

This ones pretty weird for me. It started out pretty fine, there's this weird sound at :15 that just comes out of nowhere and sounds out of place. There's also this weird riser that plays just when the other synth has already played it's part at :43. And it just feels so sudden. Both when it begins and end without a fade out or some sort. A problem I think this song has, with the exception of 1:45, which was pretty ok if you ask me. It feels as if this song was an experiment or something. If that's what you were aiming for, then I have no problems with that.

Then there's this music box-like sound that seems pretty muddy if you ask me during :59, only to be replaced with another music box-like sound at 1:26, which sounds much better than the one previously mentioned earlier. I think if you'd replace the music box-like sound at :59 with the one at 1:26, it would be better that way. There was also this sudden volume change during 1:33 and 1:36.

There's not really much to criticize at this point, except for the end, which abruptly stops. Overall, I think this needs improvement.

Midnight5nack responds:

Im new to this so ny music can be bad but i See your point, about random sounds i know it's annoing i was just trying some FX's aaand they sound terrible, they are ruining whole song cuz they are too loud. Anyway, thanks for review deadboi21!

[Back in Line]

Oh boi. You have just made one of the most meme-iest jazz songs I ever felt and heard. It all starts with feelings of happiness, when suddenly you changed the tone near the end of the song, making it feel like I'm on the run. But there were a few problems though, the solo piano at the very beginning felt a bit too crowded, maybe add some reeverb to free up some space for it, since it is the only thing playing at the beginning. Maybe add some for the saxaphone?

There was also those drums, I know they were probably not your main focus through the whole song, but maybe you could try to make it stand out a bit in your song? It's just a suggestion tho.

Overall, great song you got here. I hope you enjoy making them meme-ish jazz songs, because I'd like to see more from you!