EctiBot's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Watching The World Wash Away]

An absolutely stunning ambient piece. I almost felt like I was being washed away while listening to it and it also almost made me drift away to dreamland :D.

The intro was really good and the sounds mixed in really well with the lead. Did you make the sounds yourself or were they recorded?
Also i loved the part at 2:00 where that high pitched instruments comes in. Really gave me the chills :D.

It's five stars from me for this awesome piece :D.

Fubaka responds:

Heh, thanks for the kind words. This song actually carried me to sleep several times while working on it. :P

Everything you hear in this song (aside from the low pads near the end) was recorded by me, including the 'high pitched instrument'.

[(F) _Ventilation_]

Really not that good at reviewing ambient music but I will try:

The track is pretty and it really does give me the chills but it's also very repetive.
I know that repetition is normal in this kind of pieces but still there's very little variation in your track.
The track dosen't really feel that ambient either. I think you should have put even more reverb on the sounds.
Still the song did manage to do what it was supposed to which is giving me the chills so it's a really good ambient track but the bad makes me unable to give you more than 3 :/

Tha

Fubaka responds:

Ah well, I guess I kind of expected a review like this one.

I will also assume that we are running on different definitions of what 'Ambient' is.

Thanks for reviewing.

[Wasteland Overdrive]

I really like this track :). It's a really good cinematic track and i can imagine this being used in a game during a battle or under an epic moment. Only thing is that I felt that it was really repetive. The melody really didn't change at all though I don't say that the melody has to change but maybe have a bit more contrast in the different sections in the song.

I really liked the song though and if i could I would've given you a 4.75 but as I can only choose 4.5 that's what I'll give you :3.

Keep up the good work :D. I really liked this track.

deadlyfishes responds:

This is going to be used in a commercially released game. I did originally have less of a repetitive version, but playtesting the game me and the developers found it to be too distracting. This was the final version that really fit the game well which is the most important thing when it comes to working for games and other media. Most of the time short loops aren't really worth sharing but this is one of the few tracks I think really stand alone well straight from the game itself. Thanks for your review!

[Lost One's Weeping Remix]

Amazing :O. I just love the melody and the sounds. The build up is pretty cool too :D.
I greatly enjoyed the vocaloid vocals. They just so perfectly fit with the melody and sounds awesome.
Who'd thought I'd find such an awesome song just by looking through what a totally random person had reviewed X3.
5 stars and favourite.

[Zombie Attack]

(writing as i listen)
Interesting start. Very spooky and ambient thats good.
:o liked how it suddenly built itself up and there some kind of synth kicked in.
liking it very much so far.
The drums are okay but could probably have been a little bit more ambient.
Seriously dude this is creepy XD I luv it .
Ok its over now

Summary:
I really liked it actually. It's a really good cinematic track and it actually creeped me out which is good :D. The drums aren't really a huge problem but I would have added some sort of revern effect on the hat just to give it that little extra :)
A very good track.
A 5 from me :)

SoTJake responds:

Thanks man :)

[Sonic His World (Dubstep)]

I like some of your music quite alot actually. I think you should work a bit on the rhytm in some of your songs though.
But overall i think you're pretty good so I'll send you a scout request which you can choose to accept or decline. continue to improve :).
I especially liked this remix :)
5 stars

k7g4p11 responds:

Thank you very much! :D

[Endling]

Thefirst minute wasn't really that good. If i didn't read the description I would have left before the good part came. WHEN the good part came though i actually liked it pretty much. One other good thing is that i can feel that you've put your heart into this song and it makes it really good.
The buildup is amazing and the sound quality is also pretty good.
4.5 stars

[Tripleton - Moonlight]

Wowowowow wait a second..... You're good o_O....
Sry for some reason i didn't expect you to actually be good. And you aren't just good you're amazing :O.
I loved the song from the start to the end :D. I kinda disliked the part at 3:00 because the synth drowned all the other sounds. Other than that it was a really REALLY nice beat.
Hope you get scouted as soon as possible :)
5 stars from me

Tripleton responds:

Thank you so much for the feedback! Glad that you enjoy the track, also! And as for that area of the song, you're right. My audio mastering is a little rough, and I'm working on improving that as my production goes on. Buy anyways, I really appreciate the feedback! Stay rad!

[SpaceyShip]

The paning and volum change effects are really annoying and the song is not really that complex (though that dosen't have to be a bad thing.) I also dislike that it dosen't loop properly. The meaning behind a loop is that i should be able to close my eyes and not notice where the song stops.
That was the bad stuff.
Now to the good stuff :).
Your song is not complex at all. Again this could be both bad and good.
The song tells a story. Even before reading the title I could imagine the picture of a spaceship in my head. The song would be great for a simplistic retro style 2D game :).

So I think the song was okay. Want to give you 3 but I'll have to give you a 2.5 in order for you to further develop your skills :) Believe me. I'm doing you a favor.

bashfrog responds:

Thank you for the feedback. It really is the motivation that keeps one going, right? I think? Well I think so, so thank you.