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[Robot Sound Effect: 2]

Not bad

I agree that if you string together a whole lot of these, you could make a sound fx pack for flash authors.

Not much else to say.
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Conal responds:

.K.

[My Ideo of Hell]

Mixing could use some work

It sounds way too clustered and hectic and loud, which could be fixed by the mixing. I'm guessing that you were aiming for that sound, but I think that it would sound much better with that creepy agressive atmosphere if it were articulated with precision and everything placed in the mix with attention to detail, which would sound more slick and professional and more tidy, while still bringing out the hellish themes. With that out of the way, I'll say that you did capture the mood pretty well, and this would probably fit rather well in a disturbing flash, but I agree that the ending needs to be touched up on.

Good job.

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Conal responds:

Kwl.

[Why the Night p8]

Music on newgrounds

The thing about music on newgrounds is that most of it is techno, super clean, faultless quality, and it's not too often that a song like this comes along. First off, I'll say that you've got a great voice for this style, and your pitch and tone is something that makes this song enjoyable to listen to.
The drums are nice. I really like the lead guitar part that comes in in the chorus (I think). That's really sweet and I <3 it. The only thing that I don't like is the grungy guitar, it gets in the way of the vocals. I think that this would sound absolutely awesome if the chorus had a clean guitar for those strums, with a bit of an echo, and a slow strum. The structure is great, the ending was nice, except for that last note, it cuts away too quickly giving the song an imcomplete feeling, I'd like to hear you let the last note ring on to nothing at the end.

Great work, this is great music. Keep it up, it's wonderful to listen to. You've got a knack for good songwriting.

Cheers.

WB

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LenardNotLenny responds:

Awesome! Yeah, I'm sort of disappointed in the lack of true indie rock songs on the Audio Portal. And yeah, I enjoy the heavey guitar, but I'll agree with you that it weighs it down more. Thanks a lot for the review.

[Rig FX - Buttons & powerups]

Useful.

This could be pretty useful for flash artists. But the range is pretty small and would probably only be the right choice for a smaller section of flash artists. If you expand on this, it'd be great. Yay, diversity!

Nice idea.

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Rig responds:

Hey, thanks! :D

[_-={The Deads Witness}=-_]

I have the older version on my computer

It's good to hear it in all its completed glory.
Congrats on the weekly 1st.

It's a great song. The percussion, the choir, the orchestration of it all is quite immaculate. I really like the chimes (?) going on at around the 2 min mark.

Top work. It's always a pleasure to listen to your music.

WB

MaestroRage responds:

Those chimes are an area of big debate it seems. Many people don't like them, yet I personally like the little touch they add. Who knows maybe we're both crazy!

In any case it HAS been a while since the other demo version posted. Should have posted it much earlier but better late then never yes?

Thank you kindly for the review, i'm glad you liked it WB!

[Brain Cocktail M-3]

Variation

Yeah, this part has a lot more variation, which is nice. But it's still plugging away with that trance repetitiveness. I like the effect to which you used the voice samples. I think it'd be really cool to layer a huge echo over that. But I'm enjoying it as it is. I'll have to grab the full version when you get that up, and chuck it on my iPod. It's just great chill music. It's mind numbingly long, and the rhythm sinks in, a lot.

I enjoyed this series. Nice work.

WB

EchozAurora responds:

Thanks for the review.. I lost the file for the whole song, but I just remembered I had it saved in an online hard drive.. so the whole track is now available on my userpage in the Brain Cocktail newpost thing.

And... also.. I'll have to repost it all at some point.. because I can't remember if I ever did.. but yes.. repetitive.. but very good. And the voice samples are a really nice accent.. and yet again.. thanks for the review. =D

[Warp away]

Short

Another short loop. One instrument and a little percussive thing at the end. I agree with ragnarokia that the loop would be better without it. I also think that this song would be more interesting if you added a string-ish synth and sustained it over the whole loop, to give it some more depth. Simplicity...
Not bad.

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Cyberdevil responds:

It most definatly is short, but that's a good thing though, right? Less filesize for flashes, heh. Anyhow, thanks for the comments!

[Untitled*]

Constructive crit?

Ok, first of all the progression is great, although I don't think, even with the different parts based on that progression, that the song has enough variation to last the duration of the song. I'd say that's because you need to have a solid defining lead in there, everything seems to be of equal importance, but what you should be doing is creating a lead around your progression, maybe have it last for twice as long as the progression, and then maybe you could vary the harmony on the second run of the progression. That way, you could develop the lead to flow with the track, and the change in the lead would suffice to maintain interest throughout the song. The faster section was a nice idea, however, I think it would have sounded better if you had swapped the bass at that point with a longer synth bass, because it sounded a bit clumsy with that bass speeding up, whereas it would sound more smooth if you had played it less often. For that, I would think that making the tempo a little less fast would have made this less of an issue. The choir type synth around 2:40 and 3:00 doesn't really sound good, I'd say you're better off going with a less choral sounding synth, you really need some high quality samples if you want to attempt the choir.
But that's all critical thinking, on the whole, it's quite a good ambient piece, just maybe sustain your solo instruments, instead of dropping them out after only a few bars of playing. Mix it up a bit. It's only small things really. Keep up the good work, it's an enjoyable track, and it's great to relax and listen to, and if you're listening to the song from a casual perspective, and not a critical one, then it's worth the listen.
Good job, keep at it!

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Jurian responds:

Thanks for the great Review

[Solus- In Soviet Russia]

lol

The mix in the first section could have been better, I thought that the lead needed to come out a lot more, it was very quiet. The first 30 seconds didn't sound remarkably russian, but the section after that was good, in that sense. Vamping piano ftw! It's not bad, but I think a song based solely around the second section would have pulled off the russian feel a bit better.

Good job.

WB

SolusLunes responds:

IN SOVIET RUSSIA, LEAD QUIET IN MIX!

(I thought it sounded better that way.)

[Brain Cocktail M-2]

Very chilled.

It's great to just chill to. I'm quite tired at the moment, so this didn't really help there... =P
You did a good job, synths are very cool, very trance-ish.
pt 3 plz!

EchozAurora responds:

Part 3 is up! =D