stunkel's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Bit by Bit Demo]

Alright, overall this is a really nice track. There are some problems here and there, but they are easy to fix. To start off the crash cymbals and other synths in the intro are too quiet and are drowned out by the main and loudest synth. Try having a proper and leveled mix to all of it. I was a little uneasy about the transition into the part at 0:55 where it fades down, but it turned out to be alright afterwards and it was really nice when it faded back in. You change up the song a good amount, lots of different parts to keep it interesting. But some of the transitions could be a little better. For a lot of them they are really good, but some like at 2:49. I thought that the next part could have been introduced a little better.

You have a lot of good melodies to go with the song, I especially like at 2:22 when the main melody we heard at the beginning comes back. The main and loudest synth that comes in at 2:22 is a little too loud as well. It really drowns out the other synths. Everything I have said pretty much is the same for the last bit. But overall, you did a pretty good job! NIce work for your first electronic track!

Also, it'd be awesome if you could check out my original song "The Return" and give feedback!

4/5

[- Autumn and The Night -]

I can see a time-lapse of the seasons passing by on central park in new york to this song. The song is really pretty. I think it has some great emotion behind it. You added a lot of parts to this song so it stays pretty interesting for the most part. I really don't have much else to say to be honest. Great job!

Also, it'd be awesome if you could check out my original song "The Return" and give feedback!

Nice work!

[Oh hey Burton]

Interesting song. The song was a little repetitive, as in the tuned percussion melody kept repeating over and over with little variation at some points, but the sound effects in the background kept it interesting a majority of the time. I think that the song could have the same emotion to it, and the same flow to it if you changed up the melodies in the tuned percussion a little bit. Like I said, it seems to focus a lot on the background noises which is distracting enough from the other stuff so it works out fine. Also, it loops really well, I listened to it a few times before realizing it was looping. And was the title a shoutout to Tim Burton? Nice one if you did :P But overall, it's a nice loop, it could use a little more variety, but it's nice

Also, it'd be awesome if you could listen to my original song "The Return" and give feedback!

3.5/5 star review
4/5 star rating

[[Lumi] Airy Edge]

I have never played the final fantasy games, although I have never played them I imagine this would fit very well, but this sounds like something I would hear in those games. I'm not sue if you were going for a realistic sound from your instruments, but pretty much all of the instruments sounds pretty bad :/ However, I won't take points off for this because that isn't your fault, you work with what you can :P I really get the feeling that I am in a turn based video game. You captured that feeling very well. I thought that the drum mix could be turned up a bit more, other than that, there are really no mixing problems. The song felt a little empty though, I wanted to feel that power hitting me the entire time but I just never felt it if you know what I mean. Maybe the bass was too quiet? I'm not sure, but I just didn't get that feeling I was looking for. You change the song up a ton so it never ever gets boring, I am interested the entire time, structurally, the song is fantastic, so major props to that. But overall, the piece is pretty awesome, so nice work!

Also, it'd be awesome if you could check out my original song "The Return" and give feedback!

4/5

[Karnaval Horrifique]

Very scary sounding... definitely with the bells afterwards playing the creepy children's melody O_o
I thought that at 1:01 that first note on the new instrument could be a little quieter. Just my opinion, I think it's just that it started with such a softer quieter melody and caught me surprise and was a little unpleasant for my ears. But right afterwards the next bell that played, it was totally fine, just something I picked up on. The drum rolls used as drum fills are really awesome. The drum mix could be a little louder in my opinion though. I thought the sound effects you used such as the scary clowns/children laughing in the background such as at 2:00 was genius. Really awesome use of that sound effect. And to follow up, you made the song sound like someone was spiraling into madness at 2:07. And then at 2:20 it made it seem like that person was in such a spiral of madness, the person was just in his own world doing who knows what. This song sounds like something from Nightmare Before Christmas by Tim Burton. It fits that theme at least! The song has lots of these spiraling into madness parts which are awesome because that's what the song makes you feel like. It's a really good song. Not much to complain about. Great work!

Also, it'd be awesome if you could check out my original song "The Return" and give feedback!

4/5 review
5/5 rating, Nice work! :D

[Dyin' Flyin' (AlienFly)]

Nice and very mysterious intro! Followed by a very spacey themed synth. You change up the melodies a lot which is great. Plenty of parts to the song so it keeps me interested. But one thing that kind of was a downer was the transitions. I think there could have been some drum fills or a note to trigger that transition. It just felt like something was missing in-between parts is all. The sound quality is really good though. And I read its for a alien shooter type game? It definitely suits that style very well! But this is pretty good overall! Nice work!

Also, it'd be awesome if you could check out my new original song "The Return" and give feedback!

4/5

F4LL0UT responds:

Yeah, I don't think anything about the track is really good but indeed, the lack of transitions is what really hurts me each time I listen to it.
As for the gameplay, it's really not that similar to Alien Shooter. As the title suggests you're flying around (in a sideview), mostly through narrow labyrinths and shooting other flying creatures. It's hard to compare it to anything I know, actually.
Anyway, thanks for the review. :)