3manonMusic's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[AIM - Eclipse]

Insane quality track right here. Damn. Some parts feel a bit empty though like at 1:10, which is a shame cus it is between two very full and great parts. I like how chaotic the melody becomes after 2:11. Good job with the granulized guitar solo, damn that goes WILD. The sudden piano after that part really felt like the sound of my speakers connecting lmao, I would have made that piano a bit softer. Fits the art well too btw

Arponax responds:

Im glad you enjoyed.

I guess i imagined simpler sounding transition at 1:10 as to depict the calm moments between many fights that protagonist went through(but thats all in my head i guess XD). When i came back to the track later and were thinking what i could change i didnt really looked at it...it felt kinda fitting with the art. (maybe using the dissonant synth from intro, in it would make it darker and more full....but now its too late :C)

Granulizing stuff is fun and always sounds dope XD im glad it came out well.

Now that you mention the piano, it feels right to have it just a bit more subtle, the transition from chaos to the calm part would be much more impactful, didnt thought of that dayum.

Anyway thanks for leaving a little feedback ill try to count some things for later projects :D

[AIM - Impavidorov Knight Fight]

I like the overall atmosphere this piece brings. Goes very hard and fits the art very well too. I like the part at 3:24 the most because of the gated stuff. There's a lot of repetitiveness going on here, though. And the transition at 2:07 doesn't work really well imo

PapaDumTek responds:

Thanks for listen and comments. Ya, I kind of churned this is out in a hurry. If I release it outherwise it will take a lot more work IMHO. Nonetheless, I thought it did reflect the artwork as well as I could. It was an experimental piece for sure, and not my typical style of doing things. But I like a good challenge as I feel it motivates me to step into unfamiliar territories.
Take care.

[[AIM 2024] Ad Astra - nito-kun]

This is awesome work! It really reminds me of super mario galaxy, which is a huge achievement. At 1:15 things start too get a bit muddy unfortunately, probably because of the abundance of supersaws. A bit sad that it gets quite repetitive though. It feels quite dragged out. But the overall quality is just great! Good luck with the AIM!

nitokunffr responds:

Honestly I was thinking the same thing — however there is always room to improve somewhere. I might re-visit this!

Never expected this to get frontpaged either lol… I’ve been away dealing with some family medical matters and tending to work. Life gets hard sometimes.

[AIM - You're Scaring Me]

Really solid AIM submission. The midtempo drops are actually so cool, but I do think that the middle part is dragged on for quite too long. The same can be said about the outtro, which I also find to be a bit empty. I really like this though! Great work

Ohmterra responds:

Yeah, that was one thing I was debating on when making this, since it was my first Ableton project. I think it turned out ok, but I might remake this in the future with FL because I am more used to FL.

[Snow Girl's Adventure [AIM]]

Definitely agree with carboluka here. That's an issue that needs work to make it sound a lot better. I absolutely love the drums used in here. But I don't get a lot of "snowgirl" vibes from this except from the snow sfx in the beginning. THAT ENDING IS REALLY GOOD THOUGH WOW

Czyszy responds:

It's not as much of an issue as it is an eccentric decision. One of the things that I like about 90's prog (eg. "Roine Stolt - The Flower King", "IQ - Subterranea", "Echolyn - Suffocating The Bloom" et al.) is those raw primitive early digital keyboard era sounds. It's a pity, that I had to learn it the hard way, that it's not quite something generally cherished. ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[AIM - Catching Coelacanths]

I like the chill atmosphere this has. Try to work more on adding fx to your vocals, cus they seem a bit too dry in the mix. Speaking about the mix, it's a bit thin overall. I like the vocals, but the lyrics seem really random. I appreciate that you used your own lavta in this, it works well with the song.

SoulSecure responds:

What do mean by thin? Like needs moar bass? If you you mean like instrument wise, it's supposed to be minimalistic, I actually thought I went too far by putting all those effects on the lavta.

I don't think I EQed the vox correctly. I realized only after listening to this and some of my other songs that I've been mixing too much of the bass out of my voice making it sound like its coming out of a radio, so sorry about that.

The lyrics tell a story but if you don't get it, you probably wouldn't "get it" if I explained it.

[Spectacle [AIM 2024]]

As a song this is pretty cool, but I think that the relation to the artwork isn't really great. I would have expected something more frantic and chromatic, like actual circus type music. I'd say try to listen to someone like circus contraption and learn from that. Right now this is somewhat sad and emotional with a dance vibe. I like the concept of this though. Just not the correct artwork imo.

Trackers responds:

Glad you like it. I had more of a gypsy illusionist act in my mind rather than the happy clowns when this came out of my brain.

Edit: Oh crap I just realised I didn't update my description after I uploaded... only my 2nd entry is done.

[AIM - Apocalyptic]

Dude this is so unique, I really like this. It also fits well with the vibe from the artpiece. I like the arpeggiator a lot. This whole song sounds very inspired by "Vain Star" by Cycerin btw. It is quite repetitive though, the song. It probably would have been better if it sat somewhere at 3 minutes, except if you add more variation.

MU53 responds:

Hit the nail right on the head. I just decided to try and make my own changes here and there. Yeah I agree that it is a bit repetitive, but honestly, my ideas bin was running on empty. I might revamp this eventually, but I’ll wait until I get a free moment, since I am pretty busy right now.

Thanks for the review.

[AIM - Darkness]

I like the metal vibe dude! Nice shit. A big point of critique I have though is that the lyrics feel really a.i. generated. If that is the case, please work on better songwriting when it comes to this genre, cus the rest you have here is really really solid.

satanicpotatoe responds:

Thanks for the feedback!
I agree that the lyrics were a little too quickly done. I usually do a placeholder recording of the vocals and then write a slightly more coherent text, but for this one I kept the placeholder on the final version. Guilty as charged haha

[AIM - VIOLETSYSTEMx64]

I like the energetic vibe you have with it, but I don't really like the overly distorted drums, cus they really hold back a lot of other instruments. I like the groove in it though, but you should more careful with loudness in your mix. Cus right now you can already see by just lookin at the waveshape that there's almost no dynamics going on, meanwhile if you look into the composition you'd say there would be quieter parts here and there. The whole idea is very cool though, so good job