Coop's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Epic!.. lol]

A nice track

Something that puts me in the mind of a medieval setting, complete with knights, kings, damsels in distress and the like. I can certainly see that this piece is quite versatile, although there are issues about the track.

Sadly, the balance is wrong, as when I listen with only one earpiece, I can hear that the melody is on one side, while the beat is on the other. If this were balanced out, I would be able to hear the track better with either ear and enjoy it more for this reason. Having the harps and the woodwind section in one earpiece, just doesn't seem to carry it for me, as it's strange sounding.

Taking care of this major defect would certainly help, as at times, it does sound very quiet on one side or the other, which could cause people to feel like there's something wrong with their hearing or something like that.

[Review Request Club]

[Depth of Thought]

Nice sound

A good driving bass beat is certainly what pushes this tune to new levels. A nice melody and a good balance between the two components really add a good flavour to the track. A pleasant bonus was the fact that it loops well as well.

The composition was good and the counter melody that came into the track in the middle was a nice boost, although more variation could certainly only be a boon for this track.

Good work, keep it up.

[Review Request Club]

TheBellmaker responds:

I do agree that this track needs more variation, although I partly consider a test for my new z3ta plugin. The next song that I wrote is a better composition as a whole. Thanks for the review!

[JuMP3r - Bounce!]

Pounding

A great start! Welcome to submitting on Newgrounds.

A track that is based heavily around the beat and the synths - I would leave out some of the pauses, just to help with the continuity of the track - it would work better if you had some sort of solo, either the synth or the bass just carrying on a little longer, before catching with the pick up of the backing melody again.

This track could well have a great many uses for games on Newgrounds and even some movies, but that's quite ambiguous - the games could be for any menu, but I think that skill games would be the best choice for this

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[Skela - Mighty]

Mighty indeed

A really nice pacing of this piece, giving life to what seems to me to be a great track for use on the racing games circuit. The pacing of this one would say to me that it's a game where I need my wits about me and would more than not prefer to keep this going as long as possible.

Though I would have to agree that this tends towards the less aggressive forms of racing, or potentially the sort of games that require skills above all else, it would be towards the more cartoon based market.

I think that at some poin t during the song, cut the synths and just leave the beat to carry it for a few bars before throwing back toward the drive that the synths produce for the tune... something like a pit stop, for example.

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Skela responds:

Dont know what the hell youre talking about, but thanks for the review!

[<==Stomp the Sand==>]

Slow start, but nice

I think that it needs to perhaps remove the snare sounding, as without it, the bass would shine through with the piano, especially with the addition of the melody over the top.

Unlike Haggard, I think that the intro was the best part, as it sounded too cluttered after the addition of the extra instruments. Perhaps stretch the track out a bit, to incorporate all of these features into the song.

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DjCompass responds:

Thanks for the good feedback.
I definitely see how it could be too cluttered, and i admit that i spent very little time balancing it out, so i'll look into that some time.

[TransAmbient Loop]

Too short

It's a nice sounding piece, but far too short for my liking. I personally believe that tracks of this like need to be at least half a minute long, in order to get a little variation within them. Maybe this could be expanded upon for the basis of a really nice tune, with some good piano sounding solos, which really would bring this track to life.

It's a shame it doesn't loop too well either - it is still quite noticeable when the end of the track has been reached, which is why the need is present to expand upon it, so that listeners don't get that impression.

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jxl180 responds:

I explained the shortness in the reply below this one. Also this was actually taken from my song TransAmbience.

Thank you,
jxl180

[[LY] ,-Mayosun-']

It's a start

Well, this isn't the best of tracks that I've heard, as it gets far too repetive after just a few runs around the loop, which is a shame.

Once it loops better, it might sound better as a whole, but I would suggest that you take that slightly further by adding at least another minute and then some variation, even in the beat, as it needs something to light a fire under it, to be honest.

[Review Request Club]

[rock song?]

Too short

It's basically an introduction for a rock track, but I think that you need to work on taking it further forward, rather than just sitting on this part. It could be taken further - give it some extra lead guitar and the occasional bit of keyboards that wouldn't go amiss.

In answer to your question, no, it's not like a Rock Song. It's a rock riff, but nothing more.

[Review Request Club]

[(FMC) -=Sudden Death=-]

Accelerated heart rate.

What an impressive track - the pacing is electric and the beat just feeds the melody to bring the air of urgency to the forefront of this sublime track. I think that the pacing is something worthy of either a boss fight in a fighting game or Final Fantasy style piece, although it would need to be altered into a loop to accommodate this.

The other option is genuinely the better possibility in my opinion - it's the sort of track for a racing game, preferably for time trials, that you can use to slowly increase the tempo, as happens in this track to convey that time is short or just for general races, which works well also.

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FunkmasterCatking responds:

Thanks! I was trying to get the feel of a boss fight or something like that from the beginning, since I havn't made one like this in a while. I could easily modify this into a loop actually if i wanted to, all i'd have to do is remove that 5 second gap to the end after the melody stops.

Thanks for the review!

[Insecure]

Quite varied

Not really my cup of tea, but here goes:

I think that this mixed bag of bits and pieces needs to be extrapolated into the constituent tunes - it would appear that there are several styles and individual pieces mixed in here, which clash horribly, thus making the overall effect displeasing.

However, I am going to look further that that, as the beat and the starting melody are nice enough pieces, which get obsured almost immediately by the synth guitar, then by some sort of scat-based bass piano. refining of this piece could give at least three quality songs, which I would certainly look forward to hearing.

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ShortMonkey responds:

Thanks