RyeGuyHead's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Kazmo - Sinking In]

Ahhhh

Nice effect in the beginning, fades in really nicely. The airy crash makes for perfect transitions. The sharper synth could probably be turned up in the mix a little bit. The synth playing strait eigth notes sort of dominates the rest of the atmosphere of the song. Nice little interlude at the 1:30 mark. If thats a piano that comes in at two minutes, it should be made a little brighter and not so heavy on the attack. Cool reverse bass sounds that came in next.

Pretty sweet track, nothing spectacular, but it had all of the elements for a good trance song.

:D

Kazmo responds:

The sharper synth isn't the lead synth, so I'm not gonna turn it up. It's just background presence.

The straight eightnote synth is the only other synth, and I don't feel that it's the least overpowering. It may be your headphones. Do you hear the bass? :P

Yes, that's a Rolland soundfont, and I had to make it a tad strong so that it can be heard over the other synth, or else it'd sounds just like the other synth, and blend too much.

'nothing spectacular' I'll keep that in mind when I listen to other stuff on NG...

Thanks for the review.

[Sharks are coming]

It is somewhat of a catharsis

making music that is.

Pretty groovy track, not really a "Jaws" type feeling to the song, but it is a good tension theme. Do you live by the beach? I dont like sharks too much...The snare fill at the end was a little random, but I liked the effect right before that happened.

Not bad for your fith track, not bad at all

Keep it up!

Firefreezer responds:

Thanks for the review!
No, I live in a small village but I think sharks are cool ;)

[°°Overdue°°]

4 = Bullshit

The fast arps were really cool. Especially when you wee switching it up in the middle of your bass progression. You have alot of saws goin on here. Maybe try turning down the filter freq on the bass(liking its solo at the two minute mark). Its funny you said you wanted it to come out xmasish, cuz when the part at 2:30 came in, all I could think about was basking in the sun on an island somewhere. It might be because I felt it sounded like a steel drum haha. The off-beat snare could prob have its velocity turned down a bit. Liking the rums fills to. THis teack has lots of variation, I dig. Need to listen to this on headphones, but I dont have the time now. Got to print out some shit for class and get movin.

Sweet shit. Check out my newest if you get the chance...

I think all the"guy" 's should get together for a collab. At least we should :D

Whirlguy responds:

There's not as many saws as you may think. And yeah, I suppose the bass is loud, but it's not overpowering, right? I think it fit's this song :3
Personally I think the last part isn't very christmassy either. I should probably have lost the arps on the way, add some bells.. Oh well.

I've noticed you've been reviewing me a lot lately. Thanks! I should definitely return you the favour (:

A collab doesn't sound bad! I'm in! =D

[FeverFantasy]

dreamy

this is a really nice sounding piece. I wouldn't play both the tremelo string and oboe(?) melody at the same time. The high octave piano notes were a little overdrive. Could use some more variation, but its perfect background music..

[[Assios] - Gangsta Rap Beat]

Yooooo

was almost done with my review, then my flash player stopped working and internet closed. So here's an abreviated version.

Intro = awesome
Beat = dope
Orchestra = needs more(whats there is too cool to stop)
Lead = Too low, needs chorus fx
Volume = turn it down before exporting(its crunching and glitchy)

haha

Assios responds:

Thanks. I've fixed the glitching now, btw, and I changed from orchestra to piano :)

(PS: If you can't hear the difference, delete the internet history and the cookies in the browser before reviewing the site, or use another browser.)

[MH16: Racing The Sun]

Drum fills

Guitar samples sounded too much like a midi but im not gonna judge the song based on that standard. I liked the strumming effect alot though. Felt like the bass could have been a little more busy from the 45 sec mark on. Piano solo was weeaaak :( It matched the pattern of the guitar riff too much. Try some ascending apregios.

Im digging the vibe though so 8/10 5/5 4.20 / 5.00 (+ 0.040)

4.20 score....sweeet

FairSquare responds:

Piano solo? Where? :P
I think you mean the part at 01:54, but that's not a piano, that's a guitar.
And the titel of your review... what are you trying to say with that? That my drum fills are good or that they could've been better?
You may have a point on the bass though, it's a pretty basic bass :P
Anyway, thanks for the review! :D

MH16

[Divinity Spectre]

Dance Dance

Nice little flang going on there. The sharper bass was cool, especially when the other waa sound came in, although, there could have been a little more variation since it was sort of playing the melody. Was definatly bouncing during the beginning part. Im not really sure how well the two parts go together. They have really different styles. Keeping the same drums and bass retain the song's wholeness but you could probably turn this into two tracks. I really liked the initial pad that started the second half, sort of wished it didnt get drowned out by the lead(nice filtration).

Cool Stuff 8/10 5/5 2.81 / 5.00 (+ 0.40)

SigmaSpore responds:

im glad you liked the bgining a actually worked hard on it, as easy as it might be

peace out

[Blood Red Hurricane]

ooh yea

Definatly a cool atmosphere set up here

The bass could have prob done with less funk and more raw synth element, like a saw/square combo or something. The electric key melody was really sweet sounding, but you should try and get it to stand out more. Its the lead but its getting drowned out. The faster synth work at the end was my favorite part.

Try and get it to loop if its intended for flash. You don't even have to change the beginning really. Just have the original synthline playing with the strings for the final note.

Im digging it though :D

[Solus- Night of Longing]

ooh

tenor sax. used to play one myself back in middle school...

the solo is pretty rockin, and the drums sound really realistic, with the crashes and fills. The open hi hats were a little too powerful. Electric piano was an apropriate touch, would have liked to hear a solo for it at the end though.

Cool song and good luck :D

SolusLunes responds:

Yeah, I like to think I did a fairly good job with the drums, but I suppose I do need to fix those high hats :p

[°°Never Coming Down Again°°]

cyberfunk indeed

for looping purposes, I would have stuck the synth line that stops at the 15 sec point towards the end of the loop as well. Liking the filtration on the bass line and the drums have some pretty sweet flams on the snares. The open hi hat should be utilized more frequently...

Whirlguy responds:

Yeah I agree completely. Thanks for the review (: