Evil-Dog's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Funk Me Harder [June NAC]]

NAC Judging

Wow, right from the start, the mood is totally there, like music from some cheesy 90s porn movie bwahaha. Love the subtle brass hits. The bass sample was lacking in realism though. And oh god, sax solo is priceless haha. There are some parts that feel a bit empty around 2:10, still great submission overall.

[[Shun]]

Nice!

Wait...the guy was looking for his shit? haha glad he found it
Cool ambiance

Leoshi responds:

Yeah, I have trouble keeping track of my asshole. :D

[Surorise - Conflagration Suite]

Very nice dude!

The samples are not the best but the composition is pretty damn sweets and varied! Great job!

Leoshi responds:

Thanks! I'm immensely proud of what I pulled together, given the samples and my lack-of-desired skill. The full version is a little better than this one (it's still on pom.net as a demo), and I'm trying to expand on it. ;)

[[Von Ka]Breakitdown]

NAC Judging

That was a pretty cool use of voices dude, I liked the idea. But the result isn't what it could have been. Recording quality kinda ruined it for me. A better mix would have helped a lot. Between saturating and off-tune notes, I still enjoyed this :D

TheSandyman responds:

If you're talking about the leadvocals (that they sound like they've been recorded in low quality), it's actually just some sort of overdrive. I personally like it's sound. But you're right 'bout the mixing, it was actually one of the first things I recorded (it's quite old).
Thanks for the review, mate.

[Fruitapella (NAC)]

NAC Judging

Pretty lively vocal performance haha timings were off here and there. The percussive part was a bit annoying, especially the CHECK part or whatever hehe but the recording quality was cool. I rather hated how the voice samples were triggered instead of sang, as horribly shown in the middle of the song before you start singing. But still a great effort, sounds like you gave it your all, especially with the main singing voice haha

F-Meister responds:

hahaha glad you liked it! Actually, the voice samples were "DURIAN" for the kick drum, "PEAR" for the snare, and "CHERRY" for the hihats. I guess it does get quite annoying after a while but I just wanted to hear what actual words would sound like as percussive instruments as opposed to the tried and trusted "DOOSH" "PHSHHHH" and "CHKK" sounds that a drumkit would make.

[Haru Song]

NAC Judging

Well if it isn't Hania, the queen of vocals, everyone can just go home and cry haha pretty much flawless. Damn...

[(Chris) May Nac 2011]

NAC Judging

Great vocal harmonies, good beat, it lacks some power, the meep-meep-meeps were a bit ridiculous haha of course, you said it yourself, quality was a bit lacking which can explain the lack of power. Some volume balances were off as well. Overall though, a cool mix of voices man :D

giovanni808 responds:

Thanks for the judgement, I still need to buy a better microphone x)

It's hard to make it powerful and remove the air behind when I don't want to use any effects on my voice at all, reverb usually hides it :D

[<R~D~K> Outbreak Of Insanity]

W00t

Woud have been a lot better with a better recording quality and a better mix, the voice is waaaaayyy WWAAAYYY too loud and saturated
I like the lyrics though, you should try to get it to a better quality level
and also try to be more on time, especially in the heavier part, your third paragraph
Good stuff!

death2frame responds:

the third verse was a b***h. i couldnt find the tempo for that and i gotta crappy mic. unfortunatly when your poor its hard to get good recording quality. but hanks man im glad you like it

[Napalm Fire!]

Sounds cool!

I have the awful feeling it's made with garage band though, am I wrong?
I'll give you the benefit of the doubt
Great riffs, sounds old school

Skyler182 responds:

Thanks dude, my band and I did this in a studio. Im glad you like it, but this is only the begining. This is just something quick we wipped up. We have a really good studio set-up. But we will be doing so live songs too soon.

[Celtic Overture]

NAC Judging

At first, I thought it was rather boring, but as it builds up, it's getting pretty cool, definitly sounds celtic from the start though. The synth strings and instruments you used were pretty weak and there were some very odd notes here and there, with unexpected velocity (attack strength) which were distracting. I still think that overall that composition is great and very celtic. I just wish you had worked more on your instruments.

Ikus responds:

Thanks! This piece was done with Finale, so I'm definitely in transition when it comes to the quality of the audio production and moving beyond writing out tons of measures. I really had that working against me when the production was the focus.