Daveisgr81's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Mechanical Control]

Really awesome! I feel like the bass and low drums could do with a bit of a tweak; play with the EQ for both, and the volume for the drums. Really cool.

[The Fourth Dimension (v.1)]

Cool!

["It's Me"]

I think the piece is really harmonically interesting! It may sound a little more sophisticated if you avoid exact repetitions of phrases - to me this feels a little at odds with the dissonance of the harmony. This piece would also be very hard to play IRL.

The velocity of some of the sections is set too high. I really liked the changing dynamics but be careful it doesn't distort.

Finally, put one piano in the left and one in the right. You can't hear the antiphonal exchanges! Slap some reverb on too, makes it sound more real.

spectronoid97 responds:

Thanks for the review! Yeah the mixing was done quite poorly, and that's for the fact i actually made it on a rush. But whenever i have the opportunity to give a remaster on it, i'll do it with no doubt.

Yeah i wanted to go nuts with this harmony. I wanted to put some chromatissism, tritones and inharmonic intervals in a lot of places. Also when it comes to phrase repetition, thx for the tip! And yeah, this is probably on Liszt's level of technique. xD

About the dynamics, i've noticed it too, but as i said, i made it on a rush (actually i don't know if that counts as an excuse, anyway).

Also thanks for the hints on panning and reverb, this was actually my first piano song so i'm still fresh on it. :P

[Guitar vs Piano (8bit)]

I like original, just feels like a loop more than anything imho. Well done though!

[Guitar Vs. Piano 1.2]

It feels like a loop more than anything! Cool though.

[Snow in The Trees (8Bit)]

Awesome tune, cool beans!

[Ambient Mist]

A bit more synth variety and panning would go a long way! Good tune!

[AIM - This is War]

Really cool, didn't expect it to go all glockenspiel!

I think you'd benefit from practising with a metronome, some of the fast alternate picked runs were a bitt off-centre. Awesome though!

NahuPyrope responds:

That's because of the Reaper input lag, thanks so much!

[Cosmic Fire]

Nice but the drums sound a little rigid and unhuman. Maybe fiddle about with velocity, etc...?

DanJohansen responds:

Thanks for stopping by! I think you must have misunderstood the intention of the track though. It's a video game track heavily inspired by the 80's and old school music styles, the stiff drums is part of the concept in this case, adding humanity to it would take away a lot of the charm. The drum sounds and the way they are played are intentionally robotic. Glad you enjoyed it!