DarthWeather's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[The Game]

Excellent composition!

The music, lyrics and arrangement are great! The song is varied enough to be interesting throughout. The transition at 02:17 is a bit abrupt, but other then that the progression is excellent.

You nailed the old school sound and the production is good overall. I have some slight issues with the mix, though. It feels a bit as if the vocals are competing with the other instruments in some parts, especially in sections with harmonies. Maybe you could try to make a little more room for the vocals in the frequency domain when EQ:ing the other instruments. I also think that the song is a bit treble-heavy.
Nitpick: There is some high frequency noise in the recording early in the bridge section after 02:17.

Great work, keep it up!

JacksonTime responds:

Thanks for the input!

[SVRGE - Nocturnal [Diversity Release]]

Awesome!

Hard to find anything bad to say about this. The sound design is great. Having the rain sound in the beginning fits very well and it makes me wonder if it could be used again in the middle part. The highly compressed part sound really pleasant and is not obtrusive at all. The use of samples is very well made.

The production quality is solid. The only complaint I have here is that the mid-low bass is a bit muddy.

I would really like to hear some more experimenting with voice samples and maybe allow yourself to deviate from conventional song structures. I feel like you could create something unique!

SVRGE responds:

really just gotta find the time but definitely trying some stuff like this. future stuff will be more like what u suggested.

glad you like it tho <3 thanks for checking it out

[Getting Over You]

Great song! Nice style!

You should use a DeEsser on the voice though. It gets a little too sharp at times.

Jacob responds:

Yeah, I'm noticing that. I actually did use a de-esser, and it sounded fine in my headphones and speakers, but it's crazy bad in my car.
Thanks!

[time's running out]

Very Interesting

It's a nice beat, and you used some unexpected soundeffects in the transitions which makes it interesting to listen to. The soundeffects are very well made but at some places it's sounds like they are placed ontop of the song instead of interacting with it.

It's very enjoyable to listen to

cookiesdefender responds:

thank you very much mate, im still working in it

[Sonic 3- Carnival Night Zone]

Nice Arrangement

You used an interesting combination of sounds, it sounds good. But the beat sounds a bit to synthetic. You should use a more authentic drum sound. Overall it's a very good remix.

Cam3leon responds:

Thanks for the feedback, and to be honest I was kinda going for that approach with the synthetic sound. Seeing that it was a carnival and all, I went for a party time vibe in using the vintage drums. I'll keep that in mind for the future though...