Naerbu's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[[Kieda] Through the Woods]

Sounds like a fight song

I don't like the bells or whatever instrument that was at the beginning. They don't fit into the song very well. You could the volume on them down and put more reverb on them.

I like the drums. The triplet rhythm sounds nice.

I like the melody(although it sounds more like a fight song).

Really, I think only the beginning sounds like an adventure through the woods(without the bells).

Kieda responds:

hmm oh right, it could be a battle theme too, right...

I tried to keep the volume in the bells quite down :P

[Spring Break]

Nice

I like the sidechaining on the hats bro(or do I say you sidechained the kicks?... - or did you even? :D). Whatever you did, it sounds nice.

I think this song could use a more active melody.

Agia responds:

I used samples (Addictive Drums) for the drums, and compressed both basedrum and overhead very much. Thx for the compliment ^^

Actually there should be a singer but I am very bad at writing text and singing ^^

[We're Alive (with vocals)]

Cool

The vocals harmonize nicely.

You need a better microphone.

This song would be 10x better with cleaner vocals.

I'm not feeling the snare drum too much.

Guitars are amazing.

Effects were used very nicely

5/5 10/10

Doumaaa responds:

A thought out review, thank you for the inspiration :)

[boats are nice and dangerous]

Especially if you can't swim

I like this song. I can envision boating on a cloudy day everything's calm... suddenly a giant shark breaks your boat into two!

I'm not a big fan of the sound of the strings plucking but I guess to some, it's essential.

I think this tune has the ability to capture some kind of emotion in a flash.

5/5 10/10

Doumaaa responds:

Hey thanks for that! Yeah at 00:27 I can see the shark too ;).. most of my songs are only guitar-ish but I'm trying to add some stuff in fl studio now..

[-SPECTRUM+]

Yea!

This actually would work nice for a menu theme. However, the piano, beeping noise and drums seem to be lacking reverb.

You could up the high end of the thunder(and some reverb and a little delay)

Hypergon702 responds:

Thanks for the criticism! I'm going to put reverb on those sounds right now.

[Through the centuries]

:O Amazing

Great song!

I think you could raise a bit of the high end on the drums (snare and hats) and maybe the volume of the drums, as well. hmmm... make the snare pop more(around 300Hz I think).

This song is reminiscent of the old days playing RPGs on gamecube :P

KokoroAsakura responds:

thanks I will try it, I think I need to increase my skills to equalize.

[Mindstomper - Game Over]

Wow

This song is really good. Is this the type of song that goes along with that Jumpstyle dance? I reeaally like the kick drum. Although, there's just a little too much distortion for me.

Dj187 responds:

i added in the distortion to try out a new effect, i think it sounds kool but if use dont like it i'll leave it outta my next song, its not really the dance typa song but if it was i'd say its more of a shuffle song
Thanks For Posting

[.:Silent Night (Brass):.]

I never got to play this

Hi camoshark,

I never got to play this song on my old viola(which is long gone in a place where I used to live). Lol, my viola tutor never even held a Christmas concert... oh well :P

I thought it was beautiful how the trumpet floats above two horns, like a star on top of a Christmas tree.

If I'm not mistaken, at 0:43, that's a melody from the standard version of the song, right? It sounded like a strange way to end a song, to me.

The song is appropriate for the season, and I think it'd be a very useful song for a flash.

5/5
10/10

camoshark responds:

Thanks for the review, Naerbu!

You played the Viola? That's great, maybe the version with strings would have been more suitable for you, then...

It may not be apparent because of the sound quality, but there are in fact at least 8 horns!

The melody at 0:43 is in fact a wink to a french Christmas carol, called "Père Noël, viendras-tu ce soir?". And the Major 7th chord at the end was simply an esthetic choice I made! :)

And to answer your question from your previous post, I'm Quebecer, not French. I'm from the French province of Canada, that's why I learned my theory in French!

Anyways, glad you enjoyed!

Cheers,
Samuel Hébert

[.:Dixieland Reborn:.]

Great Song

Cuts off at the end. I think you could turn a small song like this one into a loop.

All your instruments sound centered. Maybe you could pan them out a bit? Give the song a wider feel.

You could use an equalizer to raise the high end of the song to make the mix more crisp.

I actually think song would go well with the Paper Mario Soundtrack(Paper Mario 64 is one of my favorite games).

Of course, excellent use of counterpoint. The melodies blend in nicely.

My only complaint is that the instruments don't sound to real. Then again, we upload songs so that they can be used in games, so they don't have to sound real.

I can imagine people dancing in the old school style, to this song; like 1920's. I can also imagine this being a theme song used for a beach carnival (specifically in the south).

From 10, I subtracted: 0

Great Song!

camoshark responds:

Lol, well thanks for the quick feedback, and of course, for the review!

Yeah I know it cuts at the end, I've changed converter since then, but it was for the soundfonts that come with it.

Of course, I can't even pretend the sounds used could resemble any REAL instrument, but I'm using a notation software that doesn't really take account of the reality of the sounds, mearly to represent them more or less.

Lol, I see you've read my review, as I see a few resemblances! It's OK though, it means you appreciated the tip!

For the panning, I think it's a great idea! I've only recently started doing that in my school composition assingments, and I think it gives more credibility to the song, especially when your sounds are simulacres of the real things.
of course, that means I'll have some homework to do, as to where the instruments are placed on the stage...

Pretty funny image there, and the date is pretty close to the actual timeline for Dixie (thought if we think of pure Dixie, it could go as far as 1890...)

Thanks again for the review!

Cheers,
Samuel Hébert