Shamukh's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[(Nubbin)NotQuiteYet]

I agree with jnry3

Sick as hell song, as always. Your piano melodies always seem to be extremely touching, haha.

But jnry3 is right; there really isn't any sub-sonic frequencies to complete the fullness of this song, and your mid-high freq sounds are interfering with the low-end (btw, the Spectrum visualization acts like well.. a spectrum haha). The spectrum shows that the piano is acting in the low-freq range, when it should be around mid-high freq.

So yeah, it could use some simple EQing, but nothing that's TOO difficult to fix.

Nice job dude, this is an amazing track. A 5 for you. :P

nubbinownz responds:

<3 thank you man I'll see about hitting up the Equalizer a bit :)

[5P33D]

Reviewin'.

Pretty good song dude. Too hyper for my personal liking, but I'd be an idiot to count you off for that.

So, on I go. I like the drum work, great job there. The acid synth you've got going on is pretty beast. I like the chiptune synth you use for the melody. It's simple, but fits the track well.

Something's missing on the high-end though... Dunno what it is, it seems like you need to add a supportive pad or something, just to give the track a fuller sound.

Other than that, great job dude! Keep it up. :) 5/5

[[Solace]]

Liking this a long.

Really epic first submission, haha.

At 1:25, it seems like the bass is starting to clip (remember not to let your mix go above 0 Db, take care of mastering the volume after the tune is mixed), and the and saw lead at like 2:08 becomes extremely loud and drowns the other sounds, but you seem to fix that a couple bars later. Weird, haha.

So yeah, it could use a little more EQing, but beside from that, really great job!

5/5

ericsenter responds:

I'm still a bit of a nub at FL, and Ill go ahead and change those things. Thank you very much for the advice. =D

[Trigger_Chrono]

Illegal.

Good song, but you can't just upload it to Newgrounds, even if you say it isn't yours; uploading allows people to use it in their flashes, and you simply don't have the right to speak for the musician who made the song for them to do so.

Suggestion: Take it down.

[Storming!!]

It's alright. :)

It's a pretty good replica, it's one of my favorites from MegaMan X too. :P

The only thing I completely do not like is the string-like synth you have going. It has too much attack and release, and it's too much in the low-pass range (and I'm also pretty sure is the default preset you get when you open up Sytrus). I'd say boost it up a couple hertz, and possibly adjust it so it's not so preset-like.

Great job man, keep it up! :)

The-evil-Nemesis responds:

Close but no cigar, I purposedly removed attack so it is played right away instead of after some time (as the default preset). As of the release, I haven't fiddled with it, but I know you are right about that part. I decided to choose the strings instead of some other synths because I liked the epic feel it gave to the song. Thanks for your review, and I hope you like my next submission better!!

[(NUB)TiedTheRoomTogether]

The freakin' subbass...

Some might complain it's too loud, but god, it makes this interlude so orgasmic.

5/5!

nubbinownz responds:

I happen to LOVE the sub bass ;)

[March of 1000 Genos]

Nice!

This is a really nice mix for a great piece of music. I really like the atmosphere you bring into this song; it sways a lot, which I like.

Great stuff! Keep it up. :P

[Rock Armor]

Pretty good!

The crash, though. It's REALLY getting on my nerves. I don't know, it doesn't fit at 'all' imo. Maybe lower it a bit and get rid of the left-panning; it stands out way to much and dominates all the other sounds.

I also think the melody clashes with the bass too much--it gives a really muddy feel. I feel it could be EQed better for a much cleaner sound. Other than that, it's pretty good! The arrangement is nice, but the mixing could definitely use some work.

Keep it up man!

[Metalbase (Redone)]

Reviewin'.

Not bad really. =)

This song is missing one huge component though: bass.

Add some sub-sonic sine-wave in the background to help fill the song. (Perhaps another pad would help too... just for foundation).

I'd also say switch up the drums a bit more (meaning, add effects, layer, etc., so they aren't just FL presets).

There's my two cents. Beyond that, and the fact that I'm really not a huge Slayer fan, this definitely has a lot of potential. Keep it up man!

MashedPotatoJohnson responds:

I'm thinking about throwing the bass in there. I'm just generally inexperienced at basslines = /. I'll get to it if I can.