SpeedoRH's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Wasteland]

Uuuuu, I see what you are doing here!

I agree with the guy below me, this track is really fun and bouncy. I also really liked the half-time-ish part around 1 minute into the song. FWIW, this track is pretty interesting!

A small problem: the kick sounds strange. Let me elaborate: usually, house music has a really punchy sound, but the kick doesn't respect that very much, and it sounds sort of like a strangely deep sine wave. The easy fix here is to just use a punchier sample for your kick, but what do I know of SunVox? ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

That's really it for issues. The rest is phenomenal as expected from you, so don't worry!

Stay awesome! <3
~SpeedoRH

OVERSCORE responds:

Yes, making a genuine kick is a bit difficult on SunVox. I think I can fix it though, since I haven’t uploaded it anywhere else. *no one needs to know* XD

UPD: And there was punchy kick

[Silent]

Damn bro, I wish I had this kind of inspiration. Not only your music is improving from both a melodic sense and a technical sense, but you are not running out of ideas.

This, alongside all your recent stuff, truly inspires me ngl, especially since I suck at making new ideas atm xD.

Jokes aside, keep up the good work!

~SpeedoRH

OVERSCORE responds:

You think I’m not running out of ideas? XD

[Homeworld (PixelDay23)]

YOOO FRONTPAGE LET'S GOOO!!!!! (also cool tune)

OVERSCORE responds:

Haha, thank you

[Wonder]

Damn man, I love the vibe here! The way you put everything together: the saws, the lofi drums, the 8-bit elements here and there; it is just phenomenal!

One thing I would change would be the hi-hats. The samples are fine as they are, but I think they should have been more groovy. It's hard for me to explain honestly, but I guess the best way to describe it is to use a few more of them and make the pattern a little more improvisational.

To be honest though, this song is great as it is, so you don't have to worry! This is just a small opinion of mine.

Keep it up bro!
~SpeedoRH

OVERSCORE responds:

Thank you for positive review! Any and all opinions are accepted, just speak your mind. ;)

[Drift - Instrumental]

Damn man, the title describes this really well to be honest!
I love the determined tone this song has. It really fits well with the metal genre in my opinion.

Keep it up man!
~SpeedoRH

P.s. Congratz on getting yourself another FP! You really deserve it.

FarFromSundown responds:

Thank you so much! Damn, I didn't realize it got FP'd until now. Awesome! <3

[Submerge]

Wow, you have outdone yourself once again!

Just a couple of things. The kick at the intro sounds like it might have reverb on it (not sure about it, considering I don't have the original .sunvox file to verify for myself). In that case, don't do that, since kick sounds are meant to be played in mono, and reverb works by spreading sound in stereo mode. If the kick didn't have reverb on it, then I apologize for mishearing.

Apart from this small thing, this song is impressive, not only from a technical point of view, but also when it comes to how everything harmonizes together so smoothly. I will never stop praising you for your composing abilities. They will always be a source of inspiration to me.

Hope this review helps!

~SpeedoRH

P.s. Please use 8-bit elements more! They fit so well in your style!

OVERSCORE responds:

No reverb on kick. Got it!
I’m so glad I can be a source of inspiration to someone, especially someone who inspires me just as much.
Glad you liked this one!

P.S. chiptune elements have always been there… just buried under insane amounts of reverb lol

[Collision]

This song is phenomenal! The intro is alluring and emotional, which is a good thing because it makes the song more interesting (or at least in my opinion).

Just for fun, I checked this song under SPAN (a spectrum analyzer plugin), and I noticed that the high frequencies were a bit muddy and low volume compared to the bass (but I think it's a thing that often happens on SunVox a lot, then again I don't know). I think you should add a raspy bass to fill the mid frequencies a bit more and to put a high pass filter on the saws and maybe add slight white noise on the saws to fill the highs a bit.

All the other elements of this song (arrangement, structure, melody) I have no critique for. Your melodies are just that good :D

Anyways, I hope this helps!

~SpeedoRH

OVERSCORE responds:

Glad you liked it! As for the SPAN thing, that was semi on purpose… I thought it sounded better with a whole lotta bass. And I haven’t yet found a raspy bass on SunVox. I’ll keep looking though. Thanks for review!

[Identity]

I really love the "happy promenade" vibe this gives me! The drums should be slightly punchier, but that's about it for negatives really.

Really good!

~SpeedoRH

OVERSCORE responds:

Next time, the drums will punch you in the face!! XD

[NEON]

Sheesh, this is a real vibe! I love the saw layering, I feel it made everything have a more complete atmosphere. The plucks you used in this song are also something I really enjoyed. The pitch bends near the end really worked out too imo.

Great job man, keep it up!

OVERSCORE responds:

Saws are like my standard for everything… lead, pads, random layers of chords, background melodies you can’t even hear, and weird high stuff up at C7 that sounds more like a dog whistle than music! :)

[Whispers (feat J. Osterhoudt)]

Damn, this is some powerful stuff man! It has this really energetic, hellish atmosphere to it that I absolutely can't get enough of. Great remastering!

One thing I would work on is the mixing really, but it's just because when looking at this song through Voxengo SPAN myself (it's a free spectrum analyzer VST), there was a bit of a lack of sound between 5kHz and 15kHz, but it's such a miniscule problem that I don't think it warrants a 4.5 star rating instead of 5 stars tbh.

Overall, great stuff, and I hope this review helped!

FarFromSundown responds:

Thanks alot for listening! Yea, I use SPAN as well. I typically cut certain frequencies out, typically the extremely high and extremely low (depending on what I'm going for) but that's just my personal preference more than anything. I really appreciate you checking it out!