Neon-Crepth's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Metal: Fusion]

you will grow to realize that this sounds bad.

your composing isn't really that bad, i'd call it more sporadic just work on your transitions. but you are really being brought down by the quality of your instruments they are all really bad quality. i can tell from the harpsichord that you use fl. try to master your sounds and perhaps more easily just find some guitar samples on the internet. go to the forums and ask around. you had some parts that were perfect for a video game battle song. i think you could break off into that genre very easily and be successful in it.
4/5 good luck on future songs.

-crepth

DyingFuzi responds:

now that you mention it i can see which parts would fit in a video game yeah..
probably the more epic\melodic ones..remind me a bit of final fantasy-like stuff..lol.

anyway thanx i appreciate your review.

[Pokemon Gym Leader Fight]

pretty much killed the original...

you got all the notes right and stuff. even though i think remixes should be more than just a change of instruments, at least you didn't fuck up the notes and rhythm. so as the others were saying its empty because of its lack of a bass line but also because of its airiness and lack of a strong instrument with some power to it. all of these instruments were compressed and had a lot of reverb and were relatively quiet. i don't know why you'd take a strong, fast paced, intense song and make it completely mellow with no "bulk". was that what you were going for or something? if so, sorry but i didn't like that- just my opinion. the amount of flanger you put on the bg sounds was unnecessary i think. aaaaannnnddd uhmmmm. it was well mastered not too preset-y. the bell is kinda generic though. so yeah, lacks body, has an unorthodox theme, and it goes well with itself (the instruments fit with eachother).
so i can see you don't like bad reviewers, gave you an extra piece of mah mind for ya... good luck on the remake. i hope you do consider at least a few of the things i said :]
4/5

-crepth

Zeke30695 responds:

Thanks for the review, the hints are very helpful, I only dislike bad reviews when they are like "OMG THIS SONG SUX!" But don't have any helpful criticism, they just ignore the whole concept of helping out the artist with their song... But you on the other hand, you have put thought into this and it will most definitely help me when I remake the song! :D

Zeke30695

[xKore - View]

this is great. true trance right here ^^

at first i was like meh i don't have high expectations for this but you really drove it through with the sfx, perc, and pads all running at the same time. most of the instruments are very high quality and you have a nice atmosphere of ambiance and airiness. i liked it. your kick had the nice ... "wuhmp wuhmp" thing going but it could have been stronger. and the whole time. i was wondering. damn when is the bass gonna come in. then i realized my sub woofer was down and little bit... turned it up and still i could barely hear it. you should pump that up in the climax.
5/5 obviously. this should be 1st on the weekly best in my opinion. this is waaayyy better than g-R's song... no offense to him but you put a lot more effort into this and it shows!
im working on a trance song now and i might finish it soon. ill pm you for some advice on it if you have the time or if i ever do finish it.

-crepth

xKore responds:

Sure thang neon.

I was a bit unsure about the bass aswell, most of the time when I do bass it's overly loud on the monitors in my room next door so I toned it down but didn't check it, so I wasn't sure if the levels were right or not. Another guy said the kick could be stronger aswell, I think that the level I have it at right now is too loud to let the pads takeover and create atmosphere but too quiet to creat a phat beat, if you know what I mean? kind a like a compromise between the two. I might fix this song up in the future.

Thanks fo the review n it'd be great if I could give you some advice :)

[Take Me Across]

:D yeah you should change the genre

this is perfect for Gunbound online in a menu or something. anyone who plays it knows its better than what the menu song is now.
i think the instruments are too low quality to be understood as blues. they are far more similar to what we are used to in video games. especially the synth that kicks in at like 0:45. its just too perfect for a video game.
5/5 great job. maybe its just mislabeled... also the compression in the beginning hides the notes of the bass and when it uncompresses, the notes kinda come as a big surprise. maybe keep that in mind for future songs.

-crepth

shadowmana responds:

Well I didn't want bass to highlight most of the song, since it's repetative. Also, thanks for the imput, I'll be looking forward to my next songs with that in mind.

[X Sentinel - Black Whole]

this is pretty sweet but

im not getting the distant feel i recommend you add some reverb and slightly ambient parts that break off and have some sort of compressed drum loop that comes in slowly. and introduces a new melody or something... idk experiment, its not quiet distant yet. great song, im not going to bring my rating down just because it doesn't have that much reverb. its cool now, but perhaps doesn't follow exactly what you were going for.
5/5 nice change up with that saw. imma go check out the other song above this one on the chart. loops very nicely.

-crepth

Jimmypig responds:

I know, i dont know too much about music techniques yet so ill try it out and thanks for the help ;D

[Victory! (8-bit Chiptune)]

wow, you have 8bit down 10x's better than i do.

simply amazing and just like the real games. the instruments you chose were perfect and just like the ones i've heard on 8bitpeoples.com. in fact, you've inspired me to make my own with this similar style. ill try not to copy :P
5/5 this is awesome.

-crepth

[{-^MP^-} To The Future!]

everything in this is amazing

of course everyone is going to be like omg i love that guitar, its sick. but all the other instruments are backing it up perfectly. you guys are definitely in sync with each other and the composing is just so great, transitions beautifully. turn up the bass a little, it was jammin' back there.
5/5 this was the first rock song i downloaded and in my opinion the only one worth the click. simply amazing right here.

-crepth

Musical-Pants responds:

Wow, thanks!
The drums came first, (that took me awhile) then we just lay down an old bassline we didn't have any other use for, we let Frank loose, and this is the end result.
Not bad bad for a patchwork job huh?
Thanks for the review!

-Pants

[entranced [preview]]

certainly its not bad but

theres more to a song than a hard kick... thats main thing you have going for you with this. the synth is alright but thats like the only other instrument besides the bass, and its melody is pretty bland and repetitive, basically im saying you could elaborate on this and add more bg instruments and explore more options for the melody.

-crepth

CLKIN responds:

thats what im going to do for the full version
thanks

[ParagonX9 - Chaoz Impact]

:D nice job, good to see you back.

lol, those drums have pendulum jungle style written all over them. that snare timing is the same style. but you didn't stick completely to their style, which is good.. you kinda went your own route. i love that instrument at :50 and its a great thing that you switched the bass up constantly, thats something i didn't do in my dnb song.
5/5 obviously

-crepth