SpeedoRH's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Parallels]

Absolutely fantastic track! The only real issue that I found though is that the drums don't feel like they are towards the front of the mix, but they sound a bit reverbed and put at the back of the mix. I would tell you how to do it, but that would mean asking you for the FLP for the song because the mix changes song to song if that makes sense.

Anyways, it's a great track! Keep it up!

P.s. Sorry for taking so long to listen to anything of yours again. I have just finished my mock exams and that was quite a task.

See you soon hopefully!
~SpeedoRH

FarFromSundown responds:

Hey! Thanks for reviewing :) I'd be cool with sending you the project file if you wanna take a look. I feel like I get that feedback about my drums sounding "reverby" but I never know what causes it because I don't have any extra reverb on the drum bus in any mixer state. So maybe another set of eyes will help. If you wanna PM your email, I'll send it later today. Always appreciate you listening!

[Waking Up]

I had to send this one to the FP thread. This track just sounds so upbeat and fun man!

Love the style you are developing!

OVERSCORE responds:

Ayyyye thank you so much!! I’ll keep the tracks coming!

[Desolate]

The drop starts so dry and dampens up so smoothly. This is truly some interesting psytrance! I never really hear that much melodic psytrance out there, but I didn't imagine it could sound this good!

Good job! My favourite alongside Elevation definitely.

OVERSCORE responds:

I didn’t think melodic psytrance really exists!
Mine too!

[Elevation]

This one is so emotional. The arpeggio at the start is so mellow and nice, and the slow melody at the drop works very well.

I also really enjoy the variety in this one. The arrangement is just too good!

This one is definitely my favourite from your EP alongside Desolate.

OVERSCORE responds:

Glad you liked this one!
The arrangement here was an attempt to mix it up as much as possible, keeping familiarity but adding as many new parts in as possible to keep the song interesting.

[Cloudfall]

Ooooh, odd scale! Makes the melody sound that tiny bit more interesting imo.

OVERSCORE responds:

Chord progression is G major, c minor, Ab (A flat) major, then back to G major in the verses. But it varies a bit

[Alight]

The feel of this song is just top tier. It's such a journey!

OVERSCORE responds:

Top tier? Top tier!!

[I'm So Amazed]

I really like the melody of this one. It's really well arranged! Mixed with the good... mixing, it makes for a really good experience imo.

Good job! Keep it up!

SuperSoniker responds:

Thank you so much! :D

[ULTRA INSTINCT THEME (DART REMIX)]

Damn, that is some good stuff! Didn't expect that sample to work that well here.

Oh, and welcome back to Newgrounds!
~SpeedoRH

Dart-Music responds:

The sample really worked out good in the end, which honestly kinda took me by surprise too at first, but I rolled with it and made out a full track around it.

Also, I never really left NG, I've been simply coming here every once in a while to check in on some news but didn't upload anything due to not having tracks ready for release. Still feels nice to see people engaging with my tracks tho!

[SSK - Negative]

I feel that this track did do a good job at re-producing the Nightkilla dubstep style: from the tiny piano, to the cooker bass. Kudos to you for getting those details!

However, I feel like this song is mostly copy and paste. The intro, post drop and outro are virtually the same as each other, and so are the drops tempo aside.

Something that could have made this song a bit more interesting could have been a half time drum pattern on the first drop for instance, or a Nightkilla style piano in the post drop, or maybe make the eerie sound more interesting on the outro by slowly covering it in reverb with an automation.

I hope these ideas help on your next tracks. Keep it up!
~SpeedoRH

saltysnackkid2 responds:

ill make sure to keep that in mind! thx

[Coup de Grâce [Album Version]]

I think this song is pretty good! However, there is one thing I would personally change:

I feel like the instruments clash a lot, and thus they end up sounding a bit unclear. You could probably fix this with some EQ and more careful sidechaining/ducking. Although the general idea is great, it could have used much more work in the mixing aspect.

That aside, an overall wonderful job. Keep it up!

FarFromSundown responds:

Thanks man! I always really appreciate your honest feedback!