SomeGuyMusic's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Blurred Abstractions]

This is pretty nice! It's very calming and I didn't notice anything out of hand about it to be honest. I really liked the calm beginning and then how the bass hits and it made the track feel atmospheric! Really cool work man! Keep it up!

DarkHorseOrchestra responds:

Thank you for the kind words and taking the time to listen/comment! I appreciate it

[Australind]

Damn this song is so underrated!

TwelfthChromatic responds:

Thank you! :)

[Aster - Tarnation]

The song doesn't really have much of a significant change besides 1:22 so it feels kind of repetitive. It definitely has something going for it that could be expressed better imo. Considering it was made in 1 hour and 30 minutes I would say this is pretty good.

Aster responds:

It's literally perfect for me, but I get what you saying. I'll try to be more expressive

[Undone]

I really like this! I loved the way you eased into the song and I think you nailed the transition from a low energy part to a high one. It passes off such a nice feeling as well! I don't have much else to say about this because I think this was done super well so 5/5 for me. Please post the one with the lyrics! Also sorry it took me like 10 years to review this.

FarFromSundown responds:

Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[grotte sous-marine]

Sorry this took so long. I've been busy 😅. Not going to lie I really liked it but it felt like a entire build up so I didn't go into the song expecting the right thing. Listening to it again with the realization that there's no huge drop and it's just something to vibe to makes it much better to listen to because I know what to expect next time. I think this is a cool idea would have been to panning the clicking sound around 3:01 minutes back forth slowly. I feel like it already is panned but I can't quite tell. Maybe you could try that idea with a sub bass. Again I'm no expert on panning because I just learned it not to long ago but from my experience with it those are some ideas I have. When a slowly I mean like a slow travel of sound from one ear to the next smoothly. I know some songs do this and it it gives a good feeling imo. Again not a panning expert.

This is really good. I think you got the voice coming in very clearly without it taking away from anything behind it and although I can't understand anything it's still nice. Good job! Also you could also share with some advice you have for me on panning.

Troisnyx responds:

Thank you for your review!

In terms of the panning in general, it'd need stereo separation as well (to the same % value as the panning) for it to give the appearance of depth. I generally tend to pan my basses centre, then the other instruments either exactly to the specification of an orchestra, or (in the case of synths) close to that, with a mid range instrument on either side which serves the same purpose as the other, for example. Drums are mostly centre, with overheads mics to catch toms and cymbals at 20% on either side.

For the click, I needed to use panning and stereo sep *automation envelopes* — meaning that I had to do curves on the playlist and make sure that their values aligned with each other. A safe bet is Centre — 50%L — Centre — 50%R, and so on and so forth. Against a bunch of instruments occupying different frequency ranges over a wide stereo field it can be hard to tell, but if you noticed it moving from one ear to another, that's a job well done. 👍🏽

[QuantSpazar - Sunburst]

It feels a lot more like a video game song but I think this was really well made. It reminded me of a some of the Castlevania songs. I think 3:32 was way too abrupt. I'm definitely getting some retro game vibes from it though. It's really nice. Keep up the good work!

QuazarSUNYA responds:

Thanks for the feedback!

[Toxic]

Sorry it's been like 21 hours and I didn't get to it but I'm here now! Ok so I don't find that there is much going on. Composition wise it feels kinda meh. I think you could've made this sound a bit more ominous with a reverb on a couple of things. I don't excatly know how a reverb works on the software you used but on the one I use (bandlabs) there is this thing called room size. Room size is a part of a the reverb names space maker (again this might be different on your software.)Increasing that can make it more ominous. Also a feedback killer would be nice as well. In my experience a feedback killer can make something sound like it's far away without but it doesn't have the same effect as turning the sound down. While it does turn the sound down, it makes the sound softer. I also don't know if it's called a feedback killer on your software. The thing at 0:02 that fades out is nice but it sounds kind of bland. You can try the reverb on that. 2:55 nice transition. I was about to say making more dynamic but I think it just needs to be more atmospheric instead. I think that would "bring it to life" if you know what I mean.

Overall I think it's a bit bland at the moment but not bad. It has a nice rhythm to it that I dig. Maybe video game. Like an underground area. Also what software do you use? 🤔

EODTC responds:

Yea m8 i get what you mean, and you were probably talking about the cymbal at 0:02
btw im using fl studio and there is like 5 different ones and the one i use is Fruity Convolver

[Staying with You]

Woah this is a very beautiful piano solo! I don't think there is anything wrong with it. It's a very well put together piece! It gives off a really good feeling that I can't describe but it's nice! Good job!

LucidShadowDreamer responds:

Thanks a lot for your review! I'm glad you liked the song :D