Tykwa's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Luck So Lame]

Emal Os Kcul

The drums are too punchy, needs a little mastering, the guitar sounds muddy at the first, your "organ/synth" could be a tab louder in the background with the vocals going on ( vocals are a little loud with everything involved ), The melo-guitar (not the riff or whatever ) sounds great.

Mainy, the drum kick is way too punchy and oomphy

darbyjack responds:

That's interesting, because I liked the drums being punchy. I'm glad you had no problems with the actual song than just the levels! Definitely a good sign. Many thanks for your input and I'll be getting some friends to help me mix it a bit better too. Cheers.

[This Isn't My Day]

Schweet

Really interesting, The beginning was a bit strange, I'm not sure if it's the low-quality but it has a bit of a grainy oldschool sound, The synth compliments the lyrics quite well, but what you do around 1:55 it looses its attachment to the song, the break 2:23 could use maybe some effects on the synth to give it more variety, its too obvious maybe a low db filter, the effects on the your voice are excellent. The guitar sounds a little bit too low-quality to me however.

Overall what your asking is to know if it doesn't sound like it was in a bedroom, it doesn't to me, but more like old grainy sound, it fits it wel imo....

darbyjack responds:

Synth? There are no synths in this song :) tis an organ lol. Sorry I am just being nerdy. Thanks for the input! Much appreciated.

[dying in heaven]

wetwetgdf

This is very questionable, the chorus does absolutly not really belong here, if anything this is really experimental, you bring in tons of different sounds and not much to say, I think you should take the part from :06 :08 and try and do somthing with that..

superuberinsaneausm responds:

thanks for the criticism i appreciate it

[Beyond Distant Shores]

bllralrhha

the melo sounds a little strange, the synth-dancing was done alright, when the main melo starts in at around :48, it could really use something else to help it, the cymbol you started going was there for a bit long, there's not alot wrong with this, just needs a facelift, somehow everything stays molded together somehow, if anything, I can tell you're using alot of presets.

Nitrocore responds:

hahaha good old presets, the list is quite big I like to add them at will, I get carried away sometimes but it doesn't make it sound better, this much I know, i'll add that peice of advice to the list and maybe i'll start the surgery when i'm abit more qualfied, cheers for the review and maybe i'll get closier to the prize next time.

[Left Behind (system error)]

wrrghllg

the synth doesn't really follow the drums really well and sounds out of sync, when you have the guitar come in, it seems a little bit to distorted ( or not enough) the drums are a little too basic for industrial imo, the stuff you have going on at 1:37 sounds pretty good, what you start going with from 3:00 and on just all sounds really out of whack, if you were aiming for some wierd stuff, you did pretty well, although the little breathing effect was done nicely though.

DEaDPixEL09 responds:

Yes its called a noise breakdown. I want to bring back old school industrial and mix it with the new school and add whatever elements i feel like adding. I'm not trying to sound like everyone else, that would be too boring. But I appreciate the feedback.

[Guitar Ballad Loop]

fucking tits

I really liked this one, the claps didnt seem out of the ordinary, the gee-tar sounded pretty without being too strange, although some parts seemed to glide a bit to long and seemed a little out-a-tuney~

djroadworks responds:

thanks :)

btw whats with the "fucking tits" title?

Is that a good thing? bad thing? or just a random thing?

:P

Cheers

-DJRoadworks

[Torchestra loops]

ehhh ewha

really aggressive, but the claps don't sound like they belong here at all, you tried to bring alot of things together in this piece, but not alot of them flow together at all.

Centrist responds:

Ah, alright. Thanks for the review!

[A Bit Tropic]

groopy

sounds pretty groovy, a little bit too short to be a melo, couldn't really stand a 3 or so second loop, the drum work is subtle, the cowbell adds a little flavor but is a bit too loud, the synth could use some oomph or fx

falling responds:

Appreciate the feedback. Thanks

[Zaffers Stole My Bike]

Ehh

ehh, can't really say anything, other than you used some presets with a voice loop, and a little drum work, not a whole lot of effort went into this.

VigorousJammer responds:

Definitely a fair criticism. I was fairly new to song creation when I made this, and I never really pursued it after this.
As for the instruments, they were all stock, as was the voice... not sure if that's what you meant by presets or not. I did used note patterns that I placed myself, and re-used them a couple of different times in different configurations.
I do agree with you, though... it didn't come out that great, it's just kind of bland and boring.

[Please Say Yes]

deedoowee

the drumwork seems a little too compressed and heavy, too prominent, its a little hard to listen to the melo, and sounds more like DnB if anything else, the bass that comes in at 1:11 needs some tuning, it sounds a little whack.

dicennian responds:

I actually tuned it, guess that one is up to taste then - anyhow. The drums are now fixed =D (Thanks for the review)