fSYNCLIPSE's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[World Bowser - SM3DW]

Really catchy tune! Although I have to say the synth that gets introduced at 0:50 just sounds a tiny bit out of place, perhaps you're using the wrong sound? Still really good though, would love to hear more from ya!

Waddoop responds:

It's actually Bowser's Theme from Mario 64! Same instruments and all. Initially my ear told me it fit with simple transposing but maybe I should've changed some notes to fit to the key better?

Thanks a ton for taking the time to listen and review, even! Honestly didn't think unapproved artists got much attention here, glad to be proven wrong.

[Sober Driver Pipe Bomb]

I feel like this song could be almost perfect... but at the same time I don't really know how to fix this... but I'll try. I don't really know that much in this type of music...

To me, the guitars sound perfect. It's just the piano that's disrupting the flow. I feel like the piano bits are unnecessary and just takes you out of the immersion.
Also the ending sounds a little awkward, but I don't really know what's wrong with it.

Other than that, good music!

Zaffarathyx responds:

Im actually fixing the whole song for the same, i guess is the wind and piano parts

["Synth Madness" (September 26, 2020)]

Important things first, perhaps you should use an audio editing software to normalize the volume of the music. The listening experience definitely gets better the louder the song is from the start (although you don't want to clip it unless you're into that or it's absolutely necessary). I recommend Audacity for this since it's free.

Other than that, I'd say it'd be favourable if the song had more variety than the single repeating melody pattern you got there. I mean you could compensate by adding more instruments or making it sound more varied but at the moment I keep hearing the same three tones, and by the middle of the song it becomes... well... to be blunt: boring. I also feel like the last drum bit felt out of place, or left the song sounding incomplete.

Nice song though, and congrats on your longest song!

Voxalice responds:

Thank you for the feedback, I appreciate it and hope to improve in the future.

Looking back on this song, I did find the problems you found with the song to be very prevalent. I don't have fantastic listening equipment at the moment, so I doubt I would've ever noticed the volume problem without being told about it.

The melody is a little too short and repetitive, and I went out of my way to try to make it sound less monotonous, but I may not have been as successful as I wanted to be in that regard.

Again, thank you for the criticism!

[Matsuko's Lab!]

The sounds are overall okay, but the melody sounds... weird. Perhaps you aren't placing the notes where they should be. Try looking into chords and scales.

ButterBees responds:

Thanks for the feedback! I'm still pretty new to composing, so every bit of advice really helps. I'll try to look into more of that, cause I have trouble sometimes coming up with a melody.

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Alright, I think you need a main melody that gets introduced at 1:00 which is made of long notes. It's fine not to have it but my instincts tell me you need one.
The decay of the piano has to be a little longer, and the sustain has to be a tiny bit longer. Also try using a music editing software such as audacity to normalize the track's volume. I also think the song is a little too fast, but that may just be me.

XenonNinja responds:

Thanks so much for the feedback :D
I'll try to use some of the advice when I make my next song, I'm still learning how to produce music well so it really helps.

[DLKD-Death Beat II]

A good second attempt, however it still needs more bass. Perhaps a standalone strong bass playing in the background could help a lot. The song also needs a little more variety, such as changing the chord to make it sound a lot more diverse. Just going up and down every 8 or 16 bars can help a lot.
The drums have been improved a lot, but it could use a bit more work. From what I can hear, most of the main beats are still 2 bars, which is fine honestly, but extending it to 4 bars should make the listening experience much better. I'm talking about a different pattern at the end of the first pattern, and repeating the two patterns again and again. Something like Kick-break-Snare-break-break-Kick-Snare-break-Kick-break-Snare-break-Kick-Kick-Snare-break is quite common for a 4 bar.

With that said, there are a few bad additions you added to your song. The additions themselves may not be that bad but the way you implemented it is not very good. The additions I'm talking about are the SFX. They're so loud it's obnoxious. Tune it down a little perhaps.

Also the song is too loud, but that can be a style.

DLKD responds:

Thank you so much for your comment. I'm really new...

[Night At The Reactor]

The most important thing that I need to discuss: The wow sound at 3:18 is too loud. It's very distracting and pulls you out of the experience.

The less important bits:
You could use an audio editing software such as Audacity to normalize the audio such that the overall volume of the song is louder.
Not only that but you should adjust the volumes of each track before exporting the song so that they all work together instead of sounding like sudden loud parts at random times.

This is my personal opinion but I think you gotta crank up the bass man.

Glort responds:

Yes, I know it's not good. It's my 3rd released song and my 21st project... I will try to get better as much as I can (not now though, school is really killing me right now).