Tykwa's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Celestial Beat]

okay

This one is aight, the melo is great, but too repetitive, the drum work is pretty horrible, too lous and pre-setty, and at that I notice you used the celestian pad preset ? ( :P )

[Your Eyes For Madness]

aight

when it starts the piano is a little bit to loud, could use alot of mastering, the bass matches up pretty well and the added synth is alright, doesn't sound perfect, but it's ok, your high-pitched thingy at :43 didn't feel as if it matched up with the rest of the song too well and sounded badly out of tune every few bars.

[Thank You - BK]

graabh

the sitar-sounding synth you have running near the first seems a bit out of place, after the break your other synth ( the one slightly in the background with a cute melo of its own) sounds a bit too low and hard to hear, even though it's wanting to shine, the bass is alright and gets kind of annoying without changing up too much, the piano is always loved by me in any song, reminds me of the old days of the NG portal <3, you change things up a bit by kind of arp the synths which is aight to me.

Bracksta responds:

Ya i was trying to be original :) with the style. You are right about the bass and synths, i should have made the synth stick out a lil more

[Dept FM]

brara

needs work, its only a loop but theres still not alot to it, sounds really bland and empty, doesn't loop too well.

[Ulllua D-minor]

hmm

A lot of these intruments don't really sound too well together, the drums are a bit low, nothing really shines here, too many things are going on most of the song, the synth is probably the most prominent thing, for some reason, the song feels dragged on most of its time.

Comlock responds:

=D Thanks for the critique Tykwa.
When I think about it, the things you mention seem abolutley true^-^

I should probably find some more time to tweak on this since the mixing is quite bad atm. The kick drum probably has too much base, and because of that the sound from it kept clipping over. I wasn't too comfertable using the compression and limiting in this app yet, so instead I ended up getting to low on the drums^^

[Team XFT - Parkour]

its owkay

drums sound pretty loopaed, over compressed, too bassy and messy, theres possibility here but sounds too muddy to me, bass is a bit heavy, things happen a bit too fast, needs a break or somthing.

[Boom Boom Bloodlust]

rawr

not exactly house, wouldn't be long enough for it, the editing on this is pretty lackluster, having it fade out as soon as it comes in, bad idea, if you wanted it from the second fade in and on, sound alright, I think you should continue this, and pretty much remove the first fade in, and please change that line with something after a few loops :)

[I Wish It Would Snow]

this is ok

this is alright, the piano seems a little to fast for its own good, the loop is not long enough imo, has good prog for the first 30 or so, then it loses its charm pretty much.

[Grindhouse loop 2]

good

sounds oldschool and dirty, I like this style, I dont really see anything you could really improve, I hope those aren't preset loop drums, they are great, the bass here and there is a little too compressed for it's own good however, the piano is almost as if it's just posing to be belong here, but it passes, loops perfect.

[untitled (Dubstep)]

ok.

The clap sound seems a little too loud, the first melo-synth that's playing seems a bit too much out of tune, the melo is alright, reminds me of yankee-doodle, the light0ambient sounds really add to this track, at 1:09, the synth that comes in is a little too aggresive and dark to fit the rest of the song, and the back-synth is too loud on the highs.

Sythec responds:

Thanks, I appreciate an objective critique now n' then!
The pad @ 0:32 and Sub-Synth that rolls in @ 1:09 will be the base harmony-
I'll have to get the other synths and tints in order- not sure what melody i'll fit in-
Basically shat a few different patterns together to see.

I'll refer to your points when and If i get around to a proper mix.
:D

heres a F-INCREDIBLE track by Silkie
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JZfKRv vDUhI