WritersBlock's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[KR- Sonic 3 final boss]

I like this one!

The piano is good. The mix is decent. The grungy deep pinao works well.
The brass could be a bit better, it could use a bit more sustain. The middle bit sounded like a bit of the melody was missing, but the melody was clear for the main part. And, yeah, the ending couldv'e maybe used some sustained brass beneath it to bring it out more. It was all by itself, when it sounded like it needed some more harmony, but on the whole, this is probably my favourite of your songs. It's well done, the quick piano runs are great!

Great work.

WB

knuxrouge responds:

Um, thanks. I'm glad you liked this one alot.

[KR- Megaman Zero 3 B. Flizard]

Not classical

Should've chucked this in the VG section.
Also, gotta say, drums are too soft. That high synth is way too cheesy, as well as the bass part that comes in to counter it. Deep piano in this VG style should be replaced with a solid bass synth. The melody needs to be brought out a LOT more. The mix in this song is better, in that it's not distorting at all, it's just not harmonised very well. You need to change the synths to something more unique, more VG sounding, less harsh.
It's not bad, but there's a lot of small things that need fixing.
Keep working at it.

WB

knuxrouge responds:

Okay, thanks for your opinion.

[KR- Live and Learn Orchestra]

Mixing!

It's too loud. I think the blend of instruments could be better, the bend in the piano sounds a bit out of place. Other than that, I could pick out the tunes from the original fairly well.
But the mixing really REALLY lets you down. The brass in the bass doesn't bring out the melody real brass does, and it's too low and gritty, and because of that, it doesn't have the warmth and excitement you hear in a real orchestral song, or in a classical piece done by maestrorage or davidorr. To produce a song like live and learn, and to get it sounding good takes a ton of hard work and dedication, and a bit more experience helps too. I think you're tackling some stuff that's a bit too big for you at the moment, but it's good to see you plug away at it anyway.

Keep up the solid work, knux!
You'll get there in the end.

knuxrouge responds:

I don't care to edit this submission. You don't know how hard I tried, it was you who persuaded me to keep going. As you know, I've been trying this song since the BVG started, I give up, if you don't like this one, then sorry man. I tried to make it sound clean, I really did, I tried to get the sounds right, I really did. Its spirit-breaking dude. If you don't think I'm good enough, then I'll back out of the audio part of the collab.

[Dawn Eternal -r]

Nice song here!

When the drums get going, the song is really good. I find that the rhythms in the intro are a little peculiar, but when the drums come in, it's not so much of an issue. I personally like that guitar sound, you used it just perfectly, it's a real novelty to the track, it's unusual, and it works. The bass is really simple, but considering the higher end melodies, the song is all the better for it. The drums are really good, nice breakbeat track.

Good job.

WB

[Android Combat (Full)]

Nice.

It could use some more variation though, it's a little too repetitive/minimal for my tastes as it is. With that being said, with the bass being short and kind of static, I think you should bring the drums out a little more (listening back, it's not too bad) maybe use more electronic sounding drums, they sound too real, and I think that works against this song. Bass is trippy, I like it, is kewl. Overall, it's a great song, I'm just being picky. It's got some nice background sounds. I'll give it a 9/10 and a sympathy 5/5 for your 0 bombers.

Nice work.

Quarl responds:

meow. Thanks for the review. If you say that it's too repetitive, than you'd be entirely correct, though if you truly had a problem with that, then I guess you wouldn't listen to electronica.

[Jazz Factor (Loop)]

Agree with SBB

About the bass. It's a little too quiet, I think. Other than that, I think it's great. I'll also say, that I think it'd work in an old fashioned mobster bank heist type movie. It kinda reminded me of the weazels from Conker's Bad Fur Day =P

Nice one!

[The Belmont Legend]

OMG!

This is fantastic! I've never heard the harpsichord used to such an epic degree. Just from first impressions of this one song, it sounds like the whole album will be fantastic. I'll have to check it out.
Add this song and you to fav artists. Fantastic.

WB

[Mario World - Ending]

I have to...

Learn to play this on the piano.
I love this crazy jazz styled syncopation and vamping bass. The different sections add a good variation.
It's nice to see this old style jazz in a classic game.

It's a great contribtion to the collab.

CrazyCookie responds:

Thanks. I hope the Collab is done soon. :o

[Rig - Organic Loop]

Sounds interesting

Sounds like the actual song will be pretty cool.
It's a lot of fun messing about with free synths and sampling sounds. The last couple of songs of mine that I'm working on have some keyboard samples, free VSTs and too much time spent on getting the sounds just right. Good luck with the rest of the song.

Cheers.

WB

Rig responds:

Thanks, man. I'm gonna go for an Animal Collective/Boards of Canada type final sound, with noisy bits and everything.

[KR- Megaman X2 Opening]

Yup

Volume needs turning down. But for the most part, it's a good song. One thing I don't like is that you use the crash on the drums way too damn much! It sounds good if you put it here and there, but that was a little overkill. The rest of the drums were sounding good though.

Nice work. Still need to solve that mixing problem though... ...

WB

knuxrouge responds:

Yea, thanks for the kind words of advice, I'm totally embarassed. You should have heard the submission I deleted.