fSYNCLIPSE's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Cold Soup]

It's too simple to stand out and it's too distracting to be a background track... though I still like what you're going for here. I do have to say there's too much low-mid for my comfort, but that's just my listening preference. Keep up the good work!

[Soup's Off!]

Great song!

I don't know whether the whole point was to use one drum pattern, but I would've liked if you changed the pattern at appropriate moments to make the song sound less "long".

The only problem I noticed is minor:
The synth that gets introduced in 01:45 doesn't fit that well in the section 01:45~01:51. Try reusing the up and down pattern that's used right after the section.

Keep up the good work!

Rost-Kilroy responds:

Hey, thanks for the constructive criticism!

Regarding of the drum pattern, yeah, I should’ve changed a bit on specific moments, but I’m at loss at making my own drum patterns, let alone edit a current loop from the packs (I’ve only used DL_Classic Break (Packs -> Legacy -> Loops)). The drum parts on FL Studio’s plugins is very new to me since I have so many ways to do it, from setting up separately or all in one in a single track.

As for the synth at 01:45-01:51, my attempt was to put a different melody that goes along with the main one in order that it wasn’t so monotonous. Come to think of it, the ups and downs would’ve been perfect.
Thank you again, for having a time to point all of this things, it helps a lot to improve.

[Constellate]

It's good and all, but the drum is a bit too loud in 02:10. It takes a listener out of the immersion. Other than that, nice work!

[Daisy Sunday]

I haven't seen the artwork yet, but I like what's going on here!

debbyclowner responds:

Added a link to the original artwork to the description! I spelled the username wrong in my description haha

[Skymine123 - UNICORN]

Alright, this is koolz and all, but there is a few problems with the track. The snares are way too loud, there isn't enough BASS in the bass drum, the water drop sound is underwhelming, and the "pew" effect thing doesn't go long enough.

For the snares, try reducing some of them to match the volumes of other tracks

For the bass thing, try adding a sub bass instrument and accompany the bass drum

For the water drop soundfx, try swapping it out with something that sounds more epic

For the pew sound, change the sample if you can't extend it and fade out.

As a suggestion, I recommend changing the note lengths of the main instrument to make it sound more dynamic and interesting.

Skymine123official responds:

I dont know

[DLKD-The Rebirth]

I forgot what the instrument in 00:16, but it's way too loud. The main synth introduced in 00:43 and 01:38 is also way too loud and dominant. It drowns out everything else.

Other than that, pretty good!

You could lengthen the fade in of the drums to 01:26 ~ 01:38

[City Lights]

Really good and peaceful! I like it!

mrElecktron responds:

Thank you! I am hoping to make a few more songs with this kind of vibe.

[Discontent with Reality]

Good music, but again the description's tone does not match the song's tone. This song sounds like it's more Motivational than Anguish.

[Downtown]

I like! Although I don't think the description's tone matches the music's tone that much, still very poetic.

[Electric Sound Garden]

Like the music! Although the piano-like synth at 2:00 sounds out of sync towards the last bar. Also you could use some more amplification for the whole song. I recommend using a sound editing software such as Audacity to Normalize the song.

mrElecktron responds:

Hey thank you for your feedback, I think definitely in a couple of my songs there are parts where things could be syncd up, I try to mitigate that with manually moving the midi notes and stuff where I can. I actually use FL studio and Youlean Loudness Meter plugin after I am done with the mix to try to hit around -14 so when I post on Youtube and stuff the platforms don't have to amplify or turn down the songs too much but definitely noted I think I still need to work on getting a good mix and incorporating more automation in volume control. Thanks again!