Earel's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[i love u baby - Sean Allen]

This is far from what I usually listen to, it's very cool thoug.

snufflecat responds:

hehe thank u for listening :3

[Our Dying Breath [2023 Remaster]]

The main problem i have isn't the drum's sound quality, but your toms are too loud. The main characters on a drumset are the kick and the snare, in your track it's your toms, and the snare sounds like it's far away. Did you put a reverb effect directly in your snare track ? You should try to keep your snare signal dry, linking it to the Master track, and link your snare track to a separate one containing the reverb effect only. Like this, you can manage the amount of reverb you want for the snare and keep the punch of the dry signal

FarFromSundown responds:

I actually don't have anything on the drums except parallel compression and EQ. Everything is separate and tracked individually. I definitely agree this could be mixed better. I think I ended up moving past this to work on other songs. I'll probably revisit this song another time. I usually do that every so often. Thanks for taking the time to listen and review!

[Sappin' My Dispenser]

I think a room reverb would be nice, it sounds a bit too dry imo

[Sexy loop]

The drum sounds too loud in my opinion, and too squarry. It breaks the cosy ambience of the rest of the track.
The saxo melody is good though

[Deformed Hapiness]

Try to not use the Four Magic Chords ... It's boring and repetitive, like the pop songs we hear on radio.
The overhaul is not bad, but you must make your music more interesting.
Keep working.

[[madboss] - 01001001]

The sounds you used are very interesting. The feeling of futuristic and "rotten" world is here. The orchestration is really good.
Just the "cut" drum, I think it's too much, hearing it during almost all the song. It sounds repetitve, in my opinion.
Can you list the stuff you used ? I'm curious, because the overhaul sounds great

madboss responds:

Thanks for the comment, and yeah, I agree that I overused the drum. I fell in love how it sounded and how raw it expressed what I wanted to hear... thus I used it more than it was healthy. So the main reason why I replied so late is that I needed to dig the old project file to see what I used. Here is a complete list of VSTs I've used for the production:

Synths:
- HalionOne (Cubase Native)
- Embracer (Cubase Native)
- Prodyon - Shortnoise2
- Tone2 - Firebird
- 8DIO Hybrid Tools 1: Mega Horns

Strings:
- LA Scoring Strings

Brass:
- Cinesamples: Cinebrass

Percussion:
- Juggernaut

[Realm Of The Unknown]

The vsts you used sound so bad. The mastering should be improved. The flute is too loud, strings a bit loud too. Reverb on these instruments will improve the song and the feeling of "unknown realm".
Talking about "unknown realm", i don't have this feeling, like something mysterious.
The orchestration is not bad.
Try to find better vst and work on the ambience : it has to sound mysterious, and use effects to give more depth.
Keep working

[UFO Guts]

I like the chord progression, the arpeggio's notes are really good. From 0:45 to 1:16 I don't like the way you used the "buzzy" sound. In my opinion, it should keeps the role of background sound, like at the beginning, but then it sounds ok.
At 1:45 i was waiting for a heavy huge and epic drum line
The end is weird. It comes too quickly and makes me feel like "eh ? that's all ?"
The overhaul still pretty nice
Good job

JAMA-NDG responds:

Great feedback, thanks for reviewing my stuff!

[Crazy Space Orchestra]

The beginning is very interresting until 1:10
Then it's repetitive.
When the drum isn't there, the sidechain still here and it sounds weird.
A more various drum pattern would be nice, it could break the repetitive thing. More expression on the strings (crescendo decrescendo) will add this little thing that make a music more "emotional"
Keep working

JAMA-NDG responds:

Thanks again for the feedback!

[Moulu]

The only part i liked is the piano part. The rest of the track sounds pretty random to me. It's like if you haven't any idea of where to go with your music and thinking "hey let's put this note here and others here and there"
I'm sure you can make something better, you should work on harmonization, in my opinion.
Keep working

Zenthimegal responds:

Thanks for the feedback! I will work more on Harmonization and making sure things go together! I appreciate your feedback as it is always helpful!