Coop's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[O.H.35 - Child of Liberty]

Rocky techno

A nice combination of sounds there, with the electro drum beats and the guitar coming in and not trying to do too much. I like the way that this piece sounds as a whole, feeding the other parts into the track without there being a definitive break for them to slot in with, since you wouldn't believe tese instruments go together too well.

I think that it was a little long winded and it did get a little repetitive towards the end, so perhaps cut it down to around 3-4 minutes. You'll be up there with one of the best tracks on Newgrounds at this rate.

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OH35 responds:

Wow thanks for the positive feedback, "you'll be up with one of the best tracks on newgrounds at this rate" really went through my head, perhaps a little too much!!

Regarding the lenght, perhaps the piece might be cut to half like you said to avoid it being too repetitive. It's just that we really liked the idea to repeat the solo with subtle differences in the accompaniment. We really appreciate the constructive criticism though.

[Hou5Music]

A little repetitive

I think that while you've gone for simplistic here, I think that it may be the case that you've gone a little over the top with it here - the loops that you've made for the backing repeat too many times for me and there isn't enough variation for the piece, which seems to want it, which should show you the more ideal places to change bits and pieces of the track. Take the beat out for a few loops and just have the synths take over for a solo, which sounds different to what you've got at present. I know that it might over-complicate matters from your point of view, but bear with me.

Either that, or keep the beat at the standard and have the synths do a different tune for a few loops, act as a bridge and maybe lower the key of it. There are so many things you can do, so give it a shot.

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Mans0n responds:

Hmm what loops too many times? because there is variation EVERY 3 bars of the song... and I did as you suggested already. I the beat does stop and lets the synths play, but only for 1 bar. And the only think that is repetitive ( to me) is the LEad piano synth thing. but it doesn't matter because im going to re upload this pretty soon

[Touched by the abyss (piano)]

Quite lyrical

I'm not sure about the duet sound of this piece, since it just seems kind of out of sorts with the two pieces here. With a little more refining, you could make this sound a lot better, by promoting more unity here.

Perhaps it is time for you to experiment with adding other instruments, like a subtle drum beat, some flutes, or strings, just to give a little more depth to your pieces. I believe that you've certainly got the talent to take this further, it's just the application of it that you need to make it work.

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Calamaistr responds:

I must say that i dont have alot of inspiration for drumbeats, i do percussions here and there but its almost always ethnic style with alot of toms.
Im not familiar with the club styles and frankly i wouldnt want to either.

I lately have been thinking of making a definite new album on the actual TTC novel sometime soon, this might take a very long time cause i want to do it right, atleast its something i can put my heart into. It will.. like the strangled album be having a symphony of instrumentation.

Check out my (currently) new track 'capital katlean remix' im sure youll like it as its also piano, in simplism at first but builds up and eventually is joined by how coincedential; some flutes and strings.

;)

thanks.
-Cal.

[Electric Sandwich]

A little generic

I'm sorry, but this piece just seems a little too repetitive to cut it. As I can hear, there is some development, but it isn't enough. I'd have wanted to hear more of the way that you took it, but take that further away. If you have to drop the beat for a few cycles, do that.

The piece seems slow, in all honesty, like it wants to go faster, but is being held back. Consider upping the tempo a little and see what that gives you.

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KieranNG responds:

I originally had it at a faster pace but the organ melodies sounded crap that way.

Thanks for the review BTW.

[JBI - My Destiny]

Avatar?

Seriously, this seems very much like the sort of music that they used to end the movie with, as Jake Sully opens his eyes in his Avatar body. I can certainly see the imagery of the floating mountains and the way of life for the Na'vi being perfect here for this.

The music is so evocative and yes, I guess it was his destiny to do what he did in that film, suffice to say that destiny is given a large helping hand by the script.

A shame that the introduction was so quiet and took so long to get going. Perhaps this is the only fault with the piece, as you have used such a dynamic and powerful set of instruments to bring the piece out of itself with some amazing buildups and support from the rest of the orchestra.

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[SPNR - Missing Something]

Not bad

I think that you made this song overly simple here - it wasn't a bad sound, but it did need something else to take it forward, as opposed to these loops that were holding it all together. Perhaps more instruments, a change of pitch for a loop and some other little variations would help this tracks longevity and the fact that it starts to get repetitive after a short while.

With the way that it sounds, you haven't done a bad job at all with the beat, so it's just the melody that needs the tweaks, so I'm sure you can do something that will bring this up to speed, so to speak.

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[<EagleGuard> Project X]

Up tempo and pleasant

I think that it's a decent track of synths that encapsulates the use of the bells nicely. The one problem that I found was that the synths just seemed a little generic, so I was hoping for something more there. With the way that the track progressed, perhaps strings or woodwind would have been a better accompaniment for it, so that the synths would not sound like a common issue with the track.

That said, it doesn't make the track itself sound too bad, so there is hope, which possibly rotates around slightly more availability in the other instruments.

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EagleGuard responds:

Ok, I'll keep that in mind the next time I create something like this. Thanks for the feedback :)

[Stride (Mans0n)]

Gets repetitive

The recycling beat and melody do get very repetitive after a time and for a House track, I find this unusual. I would have expected more of a driving beat, complete with some much more variation and drive to it, but I found this track to be quite quiet and reserved. It was more like Ambient, than House...

I think that you could throw more variation in with the beat, because that's the most boring part. Take it out, have it come back with a change, add more instruments, whatever - just do something. With the melody, at least it does change, but it wasn't quite enough to satisfy, in all honesty.

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Mans0n responds:

This isnt anywhere close to ambient... This is PROGRESSIVE HOUSE. and my beat being repetitive is not unusual for a house song lmao. Every house has a repetitive beat in some way. This song has like 8 synths and leads going.. IM quite sure it needs no more instruments.

Overall im sorry your so picky about how a song should sound..

[Solar Epoch]

Not really metal

More like General Rock, but this piece does seem to be a little on the repetitive side - the loops of the guitar are repeated over and over too many times, without enough variation in them, while it is quite obvious to the casual listener that this is a CG solo, as opposed to a "real deal", when it comes to the sounds that are being created.

With this as you have it, you need to get some more work in the rest of the tune and give us more of a composed piece. Lyrics would help, but this piece goes a long way to prove that a proper sound from a band cannot be recreated by computers.

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Sawdust responds:

Yeah, pretty obviously artificial.

But thanks anyway.