Coop's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[p4c-Revenge]

Good tune

This tune is certainly a well rounded tune. It's got a few parts that I don't neccesarily agree with, but you can't please everyone. I'd have made it into a proper loop for one, so you can just leave it to run as the background track for a game, as it's just that quality that you're after - not too repetitive, but not so changing that it's going to distract you easily.

I'd add a part in the middle where the rest of the tune stopped and went on a long solo with the deep bass, just to detract from the strings. You've got a few lines of this bass alone, but it could be so much more.

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p4c responds:

i dont think ill make it loopable--if someone wants that they can jst pm me--but i do see where ur coming from with the bass solo--i just imagined a tune for that and it seemed so badass in my mind!! if i come back to this ill definately consider ur advice, thanx for the constructive rev :)

[midnight party]

Nice, but a little short.

A decent start to your Trance journey.

The beat is good and the addition of various counter-beats works quite well. I liked the fade out in the middle, as it brought everything back down to earth before starting with the second wave of sonic assault :P

It loops quite well, which does detract slightly from the fact that it is an overall quite short piece.

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aldlv responds:

a decent start..
sound good...
I think you are right
thanx

[RofLmaOmfGtfOrly Mix#79;Blue42]

Interesting

This song is off the wall, but it certainly has it's own wide range of elements. It sounds great as an 8-bit piece until you get as far as the vocal sampling.

After that, it gets a little weird, so we have to maybe stop and look at the positive points of the previous. The samples were good, but I'm just not entirely sure that they fit in this particular piece, unless you're gunning for the obscure end of the market.

I'd add to the length of the 8-bit sounding part, allowing you to expand upon it, adding more variation and getting it sorted towards a piece that could be used as a near-endless loop in a video game.

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MusicIsBliss responds:

sorry, but i am definately going for obscure in this song

what, you couldnt imagine those vocals playing over and over in a video game?

[Stages of Death]

So it does not loop...

An interesting piece, which thankfully I haven't had to review when I've been around at my girlfriend's

The extremes of the sides of this metaphorical coin aren't apparent here. I would not have guessed that you were aiming for Purgatory, Heaven and Hell with this piece at all. Heaven doesn't sound happy enough, and Hell does not sound as if it is that bad... Might have to take a holiday there next year.

As things go, I would consider adding more harps and woodwind to the ballad of Heaven and much more bass and percussion to Hell - these tend to signify strongly the divide.

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TheReno responds:

Well, I was going for a more passive feel to it. Not strong, just mellow. Thats why its not all that strong.

[Beyond the Coast]

Hypnotic

A beautiful piece, very much like what you would get in a relaxation or meditation mix. I can see the connection to the title and the story; the slight mournfulness at the start, tentativeness and growing energy as things progress, and later, the high strings putting me in mind of dancing waves, the harp is like the sunlight on the water, while the low strings remind me of the sweeping vastness of the ocean. Majestic.

The only point I can think of in terms of possible future improvement, is that if this (or indeed, any future piece in this style) were to be used in meditation or relaxation, for which it seems so well fitted, then it could be longer. Many relaxation or meditation pieces that I have come across, even old classical ones that are used for that purpose, can be anything from 4 minutes to 20 minutes long. At least on Newgrounds, having it on a loop helps to remedy that somewhat. ;)

Lovely.

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Suspended-3rd-Chord responds:

cheers for the review :D I'm glad you like this one and I like your imagery that ties along with the track and story. I completely agree with you that relaxtion pieces could be longer- one of my main struggles is length. I try to make my stuff adequately lengthy and put out my ideas thoroughly without trying to ruin the feel of the track, and try not to stray into two many different themes. So I'll continue to work on that.

Thanks for the 9 and another good review Coop!

[Electrified Snake]

Good sound

Space travel? That's the main image I get... either that or a game of WipeOut, as that's the sort of fast paced game that this needs to be a part of. It practically yearns to be there.

The build up of this track is short and very effective, with the way that the extra instruments get added almost one after the other. I liked the way that you broke that chain by effectively crashing the tune after the second cycle.

As an improvement, I'd consider knocking off the beat for a cycle and having the synth play around for a little, before getting reigned back in by the beat.

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Assios responds:

Yes, space travel ;) Thanks for coming with suggestions!

[GLaDOS Owns You]

Nice beat

I'm not so sure aboput the vocal sampling on this track, but the beat and the melody you've got going with this track are the definate best parts of this track.

Why would a weighted companion cube ever threaten to stab me?!

The only thing about the beat is that it's a little repetitive and if you added more variation, you could alter it up, not just by changing the sounds of the tune, but you could add another vocal sample "that does not mean you should not be nice to your companion cube", for example.

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mariomusicmaker1 responds:

Someone has yet to play portal :O

thanks for the review.

[Last Days of Summer =WB]

Nice

A little on the repetitive side, but i do really like the crowd sounds that you added at the start - almost Ibiza in it's simplicity, but I feel that it's not quite got enough bass to take care of that particular island paradise for sexually transmitted disease trading :P

The melody was quite nice, with some sort of wierd effect over the notes, which tended to affect my enjoyment of the track in a negative way. After about 3 plays, I'm beginning to see why I'm not exactly a fan of this type of music. It's difficult to concentrate on, so would be ideal as a concentration breaking track on some sort of puzzle game.

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WritersBlock responds:

Thanks for the review, you made some good points. They've been noted, and hopefully, when I can be bothered to get off my fat lazy ass (lol stereotype, I'm not really fat =P) I'll be able to make this a bit better.
Cheers.

[.:As Time Passes By:.]

Quite a range of speeds.

This piece certainly exemplifies the wide range of tempos available on your music composing programme. I'm impressed.

I think that you would have been better occupied keeping the range of tempos shorter and concentrating more on the range of notes that you've used instead. That would have made for a much more consistent track, which doesn't get lost with the almost constantly changing speed.

With regards to the drum beat, I would not have increased the beat of the bass drum - try working with that, to keep the origin of the track as a marker for the beat and see how that one plays out.

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GronmonSE responds:

You can do wonders with FL if you know how to do it. It's a very dynamic program :D

There are only two speed changes throughout the song >_>; Granted, the song's very short, so maybe it's too much.

Drums were never my forte :P

Thanks for the review!