Fro's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Hybrid Rainbow (DEMO)]

Outside voice please!

A little low on the quality size, but I'm really not going to take much off for that. I know not everyone can get the best recording equipment and how hard it is to properly record with things that aren't the best. The static in the background was noticeably though and it does take away from the song a little bit.

Hm, I think you need to use your outside voice! I know it's not really a loud song, but you still needed to pick up your vocals a bit more for the vocals to be put across properly. On the other hand, you had a pretty good voice during the whole thing. I'm sure if I was a young teen girl with a crush on you that this song would have made me melt. :P

The lyrics are really good, the guitar playing was great, etc... The only thing that I really had to say was the slightly lower quality and the quiet vocals. You did manage to pick up later in the song, but still not to the magnitude that you should have.

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["Gearing Up"]

Epic in the correct manner.

Not epic in the lame internet term, but in it's proper meaning of impressively great, big, elevated in style, etc... I can see this being used in a professional movie during an opening scene or during the credits. (Short song for the credits though) I hope some people check this out because it's definitely something that would be great for a flash animation or game.

If used in a menu I can envision a loop of some of the key points from the flash. Something that I could see myself using, but for some reason there was just something missing from it. What that thing was... I have no clue, but maybe it's just not exactly the sound that I'm looking for.

The song has great quality all around and it sounds like you've done a great job on it all in all.

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BrokenDeck responds:

I am thinking that a percussion instrument, like snares, might be needed... but you might be right. Thanks for the lengthy in-depth review man!

[Misty Night]

I can see where SeeD419 is coming from.

The song was almost annoying to listen to when using headphones. When I first started listening it was normal, it kind of gets quiet here and there to the point where I have to turn my volume up, but then it gets so loud that my ears feel like their going to pop and bleed! I proceed to turn the volume down and then it gets quiet enough where I can't hear it very well again. :P

Anyway, I hope this doesn't sound too harsh to you, but my overall opinion on this submission is that it sounds very generic and it's pretty rough around the edges. Voices, vocals, sound effects, a bit more variety (other then the great variety that you had in the volume....) and anything else that may make this a little bit different.

I feel that somebody would/could use this in a flash if the volume issue was fixed. Good luck in the Halloween competition.

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Jaspeer responds:

Well thanks anyway :)
In my opinion that was a top class review :)

Ill re up-load right away, with the volume changes much better.

[Stargenx - Greensleeves]

Haven't heard this in a long time.

Hm, I don't know what a MIDI rip is, but I'm sure Sequenced knows what he's talking about since he's an audio mod and everything!

Anyway, I haven't heard this in a long time. It's obvious that it's not exactly like the original, but it is pretty close. The thing about remixes is it's usually to make the song better in some way. I personally don't know if this is a better version of the song. Different perhaps, but almost a step down.

I know you said you wanted to stay true to the original, but that makes it kind of unoriginal and not really all too exciting to listen to. I wouldn't mind hearing some variety and changing the song up a bit. Make it new or original in some way and I think I would have enjoyed this.

I also wouldn't mind seeing some details of how you made this song. :)

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Stargenx responds:

What I meant by staying true to the original but also remixing it is, I took the original melody and added embellishments via the guitar to it. I also added drums and whatnot. I know that not everyone likes it, but is it really that bad? D:

Want a step-by-step of how I made this?

#1. Open Logic.
#2. Create new piano track.
#3. Play melody.
#4. Create second piano track.
#5. Play background piano.
#6. Create drum track.
#7. Play drums.
#8. Tweak everything.
#9. Create guitar track.
#10. Play guitar.... Okay you see where this is going....

[Jubilante]

Almost has that generic sound..

Part of me hears a really generic sound in this, but the other part of me still enjoys it. Your author comments made me laugh a lot there. If I were an ass I would probably just give you less points for that alone, lmao! You definitely aren't on top in the newgrounds audio portal my friend. With more submissions and a lot more variety you might be able to!

Like I said before, it kind of has that generic sound to it. I would suggest adding some sort of vocals to it to mix in some variety. That being said it was a decent song all around. It was of good quality, had decent variety, a good sound all around. I just suggest doing more content wise then the generic sounding trance song if you want to be that great underdog that you talk about.

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thatbennyguy responds:

Thanks Fro, I am very generic. Hope you look at my latest outing. It's much different :3

[Big Red - Le Rap de Gangster]

Hmm..

The music is decent, the vocals are really good, but when put together they just don't seem to fit in my opinion. I personally don't know if I would have enjoyed the song without the vocals, but together they really didn't match. They didn't match the feeling that you were trying to portray with the lyrics and were just very distracting to the vocals all around.

That being said, I don't know much about music. I know what I like to listen to, but not the techy stuff. I notice that some of the reviews down below say they fit, but from a person who only listens to music I can say that it really doesn't match up too well.

All in all I do suggest finishing this, but I wouldn't mind seeing a change in the instrumental part of the song to better match the vocals a bit.

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[You Just Move]

It's not bad.

The thing is it really has that "recording from the inside of a bucket" type of sound there. It's kind of low quality and really just muffled. It almost sounds like a band was playing from the other side of a wall or something like that.

Other than the poor quality I think you have a pretty decent song here. I wouldn't mind hearing the better quality because I feel it's a song that I would actually enjoy listening to as it wasn't very generic and just seemed like an overall fun song.

Hm, you worked on those lyrics there why not try and find somebody to put them in the song? Ah, probably wouldn't sound right though would it? Anyway, they were a nice read that might help the listener get in the right mindset while listening to the song.

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spartacusxerox responds:

Thx fellow RRCer... much appreciated review and glad you enjoyed it. I slightly agree with your comment about the quality... glad you thought it wasn't bad. I try to make my beats fun and interesting and I'm looking to experiment more with this "genre" a bit. Thank you for listening,

-SpXer-

[.:Unsquare:.]

I found the best part to be the ending...

And I don't mean that in a negative light at all. I personally haven't heard a song like this in awhile that actually had a different ending than just the simple fade out or ending abruptly or without warning. You on the other hand added a nice touch with the slow down there. I mean, it wasn't anything too amazing, but small things like that really do add value to a song.

The song itself though wasn't too enjoyable in my eyes. I found it to be of great quality, but too repetitive to really enjoy. In the beginning the song was very repetitive and it was hard to get into. It started to pick up later on, but kept it's repetitive nature to the point where it wasn't very enjoyable.

So in my opinion the song was very well done and had a great quality sound, but it was way to repetitive to be enjoyable or make it something that I would want to listen to again.

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camoshark responds:

Thanks for the great review!

As I said to the guy before you, I want to eventually add lyrics over the whole thing or replace it with the main melody. Other than that, I totally agree with you, the song is quite a bit repetitive, I can't even listen to it more than 2 times myself because it gets on my nerves...

Cheers,
Samuel Hébert