TeraVex's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Signals from the never]

I like the sounds of your synths! They're quite nice! The kick might be a little over shadowed by everything else but other than that your mixing alright! The only problem I have with the song is that it doesn't feel like it goes anywhere. Usually in a song you can chart things like the climax, rising and falling action etc. but here I don't really feel that. It's kind like a movie, you wanna build up to something crazy and then let that sink down into a finish. I struggle with it myself a lot of the time but you learn with more practice :) Great job on the song otherwise!

Nitrocore responds:

Thanks for the advice.

Song structure is something I definitely need to work on, as well as my mixing.

I appreciate you taking the time to leave a review, many thanks.

[Hyper Dance]

I like the beat! It's very interesting and has a lot of flavors to it! If there's one problem I have it's in the EQing department, it's a little too hissy for my taste but that's only because the high frequencies are turned up quite a bit. It kinda is hard on the ears on higher volumes but other than that easy fix this is a great tune! A lot of variety and a great drum beat to keep the song interesting! Keep up the great work!

VorticityMusic responds:

Yeah, I definitely understand the high end. EQing isn't my strong point lul. The funny thing is I put an eq on the master and got rid of all of the extreme high-end sounds and it still sounds kinda hissy as you say lol, but it might be partly due to the main saw sound, idk. Anyway, glad you like it! :)

[O.O.E.]

Yo this is sick! And it's in the genesis soundfont! My favorite! This is some great stuff. I like the melody from :21-1:04, it is rather intense which I like. It doesn't loop too great but that's just a nitpick from me really. I could picture this in some sort of shoot 'em up or in something like gunstar heroes.

adaMills responds:

I never really knew how to make it loop perfectly, but no matter how much I try, it always seems to have that tiny little fraction of a second stop before looping. I must be doing something wrong somewhere. But in any case, thank you so much for listening and rating! It makes me happy that people still rock out to the Genesis soundfonts. It was so gritty and rockin, I love it as well.

[I Just Wanna Feel Love]

I like the voice sample that continues throughout the song, it's really cool! The buildup is nice and the drop is alright! There's a lot of variety to the song which I like! There's some mixing funkiness going on with the snare and it being a little too hissy although that might be a thing on my end so take that with a grain of salt. Other than that, nice song! You got yourself a new follower!

BlockGhost responds:

Thanks for the follow.

[Lizard]

This is a groovy lizard!
With jokes aside this is a bop! I love it! Your mixing is very well done but the beat overall is on the quieter side. If you normalized it through your DAW I think that would suffice but even pumping it up even 3-5dB you'd be golden.
Pumped for the album!

LucidDebate responds:

Thank you for the feedback! :)

[Permich - Epic (∀malgamation Remix)]

This is great! Your mixing is getting better! If there is anything I'd change it'd probably be the kick drum because it lacks a lot of low end which makes it sound like a metronome but other than that this is a huge step in the right direction! You should be proud, this sounds really well done!

Skiddle responds:

Thank you so much :) I just really love that kick, even though it's really weak. The pads at the beginning are straining imo, so I need to fix that XD

[To Feel Loved]

Beautiful as always!

LucidShadowDreamer responds:

Why thank you, I appreciate it ^____^

[Plunge]

This is really nice! I like the minimalist feel to it with all of the layers being added on over time. I like the percussion that comes in at around 2:10ish. It tripped me up at first but it sounds great! The snare that comes in at 2:40 is a little hot on the highs which makes it sound hissy although that might be strictly on my end so take that with a grain of salt. Other than that, this is great! I'm gonna scout you and check out your stuff! I hope to hear more stuff from you in the future, your sound is quite nice!

LucidDebate responds:

Thank you for your feedback! Yeah, I had a few problems tweaking the sounds on the percussion. You can check out my Bandcamp for free downloads if you're interested! Thanks for listening :)

[Permich - Uplifting (∀malgamation Remix)]

Nice song! I've never listened to the original so I can't really tell you what the differences between this and the original are but what I can tell you is that the synths and piano sound great! The drums/percussion... not as much. I see you've pointed out that you have a weakness in mixing but I'll try to give some of my advice for use in the future. Personally, I don't think you have a problem mixing the synths because overall I thought they sounded really good and blended really well. The bass drum (at least that's what I think it is) that comes in around :33 doesn't have that much bass to it leaving it rather tizzly in the high end and making it difficult to hear. To fix this you could bring up the lower ends in a graphic or parametric equalizer to how you see fit. I think that's about it on the mixing end, all you really needed was to bring the kick and snare up a few dB and you'd be good! Sorry if this sounded mean or harsh, I didn't want it to come off that way! I look forward to future works! Peace out!

Skiddle responds:

Ayy thanks Tera! Yeah I know the drums are weak, but they really arent the main focus. I always have a problem with them: always too quiet or always too loud. But thanks for input: highly appreciated:D

[Ghoul Harvest]

This is awesome, I really like the motif that you used throughout the song and the guitar synth you used is freakin great. I really really enjoyed this!

DESHIEL responds:

sweet ;)