EctiBot's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Glasslip OP RmX]

Love the glasslip op and this remix is awesome as always :D.

[F(x)]

Really nice and atmospheric track this :D. I loved how you made intro really calm and atmospheric and just broke it down around 0:16 :D. Sounded awesome. The bass part sounded good for a while, but then it got a bit too repetetive. Listening further into the track, I noticed that the track just stayed on the buildup. There was never any drop. Sure, not every dance track needs a powerful drop, but they should at least have some sort of breaks. I felt like this track lacked that. I really liked the feel of it, but it sounded like a never ending buildup to me. Try studying some other dance tracks and see how they do their breaks. I'm not saying that you should copy them, but there is always something you can learn from listening to others.

Still liked the funky feel of it though and the ambient sounding of it.
Keep it up :).
3 stars.

Crimsonskies455 responds:

Thank you sooooooooo much for your review. I freaking love the feedback.! Do you know any songs that I can canalize for drops that would sort of accompany my style, or any songs that have good breaks?

[Breaking]

Great stuff this :D. Loved the funky feeling it gives :). It's been a while sincd I've hear some proper retrofunk. I loved how you arranged the different parts of the song, and managed to keep it interesting without changing the melody too much. I also liked the melody btw XD.
One thing that i think could use some work is the mixing. Especially the mixing of the subbassy synth.
It really clashes with the lead. You might also need to level it a bit differently as the sub is a bit too loud for my liking.
Around 2:50 you use kind of a distorted guitar-ish synth. This could also use some work, as it really hurt my ears listening to it. I think the main problem with it is that it's too loud, but it could also use some mixing work as well.

Other than that I really liked it :). It had a really nice feel and I really liked how you varied the drums as well :D. I'm by no means a good mixer, but fix the mixing and I think this will be great :D.
Keep it up ;).
-enochcity

Voltus responds:

Hey thank you very much for your Review, glad you liked it.

Whats up with the mixing complaints? You're not the only one who noticed this. I referenced the track in the studio with everything sounding fine, what monitoring system do you have? The synth around 2:50 is just a sudo randomly resonating filter with a lot of reso. What I didn't mix in the studio was the sub, I don't have a lot of tools for referencing that at home so that might be a little too much. IDK I try my best but am always kind of bummed when people point out my mixing is too loud, mushed or whatever. Anyways thanks for your review and as I said I'd like to know your monitoring setup.

Cheers!

[Are You Afraid?]

Hoped to see you guyz pitted up against each other kn the NGADM, but now that you've teamed up I guess you'll go pretty far X3.
Great tune :D. Good luck in the NGADM ;).

[Classical Gas (Tommy Style)]

I'm always surprised over what a single guitar can do by itself :D. It's one of tye reasons why it's my favourite instrument even though I play the piano as well :D. This is a great example of the superiority of guitars X3. I loved how you used dynamics and take the listener to another world while listening to your track :). Imagined myself being in the wild west while listening to this XD.
I'm not giving a full score because even though I liked it with the guitar alone I think it could have been more amazing with some western soundeffects and some piano notes.
Great work anyways :D
4.5 stars.
-Ectisity

Ceevro responds:

Thanks for the review! I gotta say that this is about the most difficult thing I've ever learned to play. I had to buy a new mic to do it, because every attempt at getting the dynamics with my old mic was just...well...the mic couldn't keep up with the range in the song.

Perhaps I'll do a version with some orchestration later, but that's a really tough order, because there are multiple key/time/tempo changes, which means I can't just patch in some loops - I gotta play the orchestral parts live! I'm a good guitarist, but not so good with a piano, ya know?

[>Luma<]

Really enjoyed listening to this :D! As said in the review below. The bass sounds a bit low to me though, or I think it's rather that the lower frequencies of the bass are all cut out. I would have cut frequencies below 100-200 hertz, but not more than that. Only personal taste though.
Other than that I luv it :D. Liked the arrangement and luved the melodies :).
Keep up the good work :D!
-Ectisity

[Towards Madness (alt)]

Frst of all I want to say that this type of music is not really my piece of cake. For me it sounds very messy and tiring for my ears because of all the random stuff going on. So this is not really something I enjoy listening to. That's just a matter of personal taste though.
Speaking from a technical standpoint, this track does what it was set out to do. I actually really liked all the melodies, and how you keep them interesting by varying them. The song is also very well arranged and mixed, though I do think the drums during the intro was a bit too loud.
The song has a lot of interesting and ideas, and keeps itself interesting throughout. It really has that feeling of a boss battle, though I do believe thatsome people (like me) would get tired of listening to this for too long because of all the background stuff and noise.
I can really see that you put alot of effort into this one :). Again, keep in mind that my review is just matter of personal taste :3.
4 stars.
-enochcity

[Game Addict]

The instrumental sounds kewl, but the vocals weren't that good tbh. I barerly even heard them over the guitar. I'll asume that you just record your vocals raw through a mix or something? If I were you I would have got a DAW or something to mi. The vocals with the instruments.
I also often heard that the vocals were both offbeat and offtone at times which became kinda annoying :/.
Digged the guitar though :).
3 stars.
-enochcity

johnnyq1233 responds:

Thanks for the review! I kinda wanted it there as a punkish addition to an alternative metal rhythm. It was done in about 8 hours and being mixed under headphones is a bit of a challenge at best!
But, that's apartment life!
Under the cans and at volume it comes off alright on my end!
Will look at the tracks again and see what I can do!
Thanks...JQ
Edit: I listened to this a few times at different volumes and I could hear the words quite well. I did pick up a few chords that were not as I would want, but, I still like what I did!!!!
I didn't use a DAW because I wanted something more live than clinical!
Too many bands use the software environment to fix songs and make them a Sterile piece.
I like REAL music that has flaws and still has a rawness to it...
JQ

[Thunderous act]

Pretty sweet :O. Loved the sub in this.. The melody is awesome and the arrangement is awesome :D. It's awesome :D.