EctiBot's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Within Reach]

The 23 seconds that you have here sound pretty awesome, but o\it doesn't really work as a standalone loop. Really sounds like an awesome builldup, and I must say that I was a bit disappointed to find out that the track is only 23 seconds long. You should really try develop this further and make it into a full song.
I also found the snare sample to be a bit too flat. Maybe add some reverb or delay to it?.
This sounds really good, but could really use some more :).
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ADR3-N responds:

The snare actually wasn't a sample, but I hear what you're saying. Perhaps I need to revisit that preset and mess around with the oscillators a little. Thanks for the review!

[Interception]

Interesting track this :). Really liked the melodies and the lead synth. As TheArsonist said, the song can seem to be a bit repetetive. You actually do a pretty god job with varyiing up the different parts, but the thing that makes the track is the bass that comes in at 0:23 and just plays the same note for the entire duration of the song. Try siwtching that up a bit and it will do so much for the quality of the track :).

Good track overall though :D.

[Six-Sided Parabox]

Awesome work poinl!! Just pure genius really :D:
Loved the way you opened the song that pan flute sounds incredibly soothing to the ears, and loved that melody. When you start building up the song I understood that something awesome coming. Really good use of vocal cuts. the transition at 0:30 was almost perfect :).
The part at 0:55 got me to groove in my chear XD. Absolutely loved the melody. One of the sweetest things I've heard :).
You're a pure genius when it comes to keeping the listeners attention. The part at 2:11 was absolutely crazy good! I was thinking that you would probably repeat the parts all over again, but you really surprised me with that one. The way you brought the main part back in again at 2:37 was just awesome :).

Onlycomplain I really can come with is that I feel like the kick could use a few higher frequencies just to make it a bit more punchier. That's barely noticeable though X3.¨

Overall a great track, which definetly deserves 5 stars and a follow :)
Thx for requesting a review fron the Review Request Club :).

-Ectisity
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poinl responds:

And thanks for the in-depth review!

[GhostDanceParty]

Interesting piece this Arsonist. Loved the beginnings, was really nice and powerful and really nice synths and melodies here. Only problem is that I kinda expected the song to build up from the intro into something more energetic. I really liked how you progressed the song throughout the track, but I felt like it lacked that one "wow" moment, as the energy levels were pretty much the same throughout the track. Try looking into some 8bit music, or take a listen to some of Envy's stuff on here. Great example on how to build up and 8bit song and making sure to vary the energy levels.

Overall still a pretty cool track though. Really liked melodies you used, especially the one at 0:30. Maybe lacking a heavy bass, but is still punchy enough for me to groove to it :). The title really fits the atmosphere and feeling of the song, so good job on getting that down right :D.

Keep up the good work :D.
-Ectisity

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xxUltimaWeapon responds:

I definitely need to work on using the buildup to my advantage and give it a bassy feel. I'm glad you liked the melodies I used. I've accepted the reality that the melodic quality of my songs can easily be outweighed by the lack of mastering and sample quality, so it's nice when someone enjoys it. Glad you liked the song, thanks for the review! :D

[本当の青空 - Hontō no ao]

Great piece this :). Really felt like it easily took me on a long journey. The playing is always flawless :).
Why would you hide this from us for two years XD!?

LucidShadowDreamer responds:

Whoah, that sure was fast o.O!!!
Thanks a lot XD

Well, I have a few more hidden gems. I'd be spamming if I uploaded my old pieces from before joining Newgrounds all at once! (The real reason is that I was too lazy to actually record this before now...)

[Lone wolf]

Can't even speak after that =_=. It was all way too perfect. Loved all the synths, the arrangements, the mixing, the melodies. Everything just fits perfectly together like always :)
I absolutely wuw it. That drop hit uber hard in my subwoofer :D.

Cursedsnake responds:

Thx!
I don't even have a subwoofer x3

[{!RGH} Glitchcore]

Decent track this :). It's all very well mixed and the arrangement is great. Some parts are a bit muddy in the mix, but nothing to major, and it's easily fixed by cutting some of the low end from some of your synths. I miss some giher frequencies in the track. It all fells a bit inclosed without those higher, crisp sounds to make it even more energetic.
Overall a good track with just a few needed tweaks :).
-Ectisity

RyeGuyHead responds:

Both yourself and AeronMusic have pointed out the muddiness of this track. I must say I've listened to this one in comparison to some of my others, and I definitely agree. I think it might have to do with the fact that the lead is so bass heavy, but there upper elements in the mix (like the flangy monophonic synth and the organ swells) that are really lost amongst everything else.

I know I added a bass excite post production setting to the whole mix, which might be the culprit. Pretty foolhardy, in retrospect, to toss some pre-baked setting on a mix after spending so much time working through the individual parts. I'll have to go back and look at it.

Thanks for the review!

[Bafana - Chasing The Dragon]

SChweet tune :D. Loved the choiceof synth and the arrangement of the song. the mixing is really professional. Loved how you built up the song in the transitions :D.
I didn't like the main melody that much though. Hard to explain it, but it felt kinda unplanned and without purpose. That probably doesn't make any sense outside of my head, but the melody itself was just very forgetable. I also felt that you repeated that melody line a bit too many times.
Can't really explain why I dislike the melody properly tbh so I probably didn't really help at all X3.
Loved the song regardless though :D.

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Bafana responds:

Thanks... give it time lol...

Reminds me of Tiesto's Lethal Industry. At first the melody made no sense to me and I just didn't like the track... then after hearing it in clubs a few times it just suddenly didn't piss me off anymore lol...