Xyresic's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Grandiose Manipulation]

Great.

Sounds like a sort of klezmer/haunted carnival song. The melody played by the clarinets (?) was really well brought out.

callitsleep89 responds:

Thanks for the review!

[Music Box Waltz]

Haunting.

This would be perfect for a halloween flash submission. It sounds like you pulled back some of the notes juuust behind the beat, making the song sound slower than it actually is, which adds to the hanting atmosphere. A fantastic entry to the competition, best of luck!

Rampant responds:

I was listening to some old music boxes, and I realized a lot of them have some notes that seem to 'double,' where one is behind the beat slightly, so that's what I attempted to mimic.

Haunting is good. I think? Heh, well thank you very much for the review :)

Best of luck to you in the comp as well. Your majestic 'depths-of-space' entry is quite fantastic as well :) (P.S. I meant, your track does sound like "I'm the king of space." So, my apologies -- I should have been clearer in my review.)

[DJ Babokon - Rising Waves RMK]

Not nearly enough high freq.

The "chorus" if thats what you'd call it, was actually very boring. You did all the tight snare rolls in the lead up, and then it just drops inot this sort of bridge, an anticlimax. Nothing really happens after the snare rolls. You need to bring out the higher frequencies more, and seperate the lower and mid frequencies, cause at the moment the whole song just kind of sounds smooshed together... theres no clear differentiation between the high supersaw synth and the mid range backer. The melodies and drums are great, though.

DJ-Babokon responds:

I agree with you, but I did this for fun, so I'm not changing it. ;)

[(Gillenium) Ants in Blue Gel]

Love it.

The whole song is good, but 2:40 onwards is bliss...

Gillenium responds:

Thank you :D

[Everything is Floating Up]

Great

Love the porta on the high synth, just made it all the more "floaty". The guitar fillers weren't really to my liking, but that's just me. The snap of the drums makes it all the more listenable.

[Rig - Synchrony loop]

Bit crazy up there, eh rig?

Reminds me of "Get your growler out!" by djhoohaa.

Rig responds:

Haven't heard of it.

[Fighting Winds *C-Star*]

Hmmm... yeeaahhh... but....

RDGriffin's review said more than he meant it to... "Every epic RPG battle ever"
Yeah... it really does feel like just another fantasy RPG boss battle song. And the fact that you made it a loop instead of a normal song only enhances that feeling. Still, it's a dramatic and well orchestrated piece so I'll give you a 9/10 5/5 for it.

[Insanctuary - Discovery]

Pretty good.

Those weird baby voices threw me a bit though. It's a fairly standard (not saying it's bad) ambient piece... I don't see what everyone is getting up in arms about...

Insanctuary responds:

I can explain why too. It's your brain signaling different signals than everyone elses. You percieve this music as mediocre because you are into energy blasting dance like structures. So your brain will quickly percieve this as a unidentified source of pleasure due to it's obscurity in your plane of perception. I am very glad you gave me a 10 regardless of your opinion. Makes me have respect for you as an individual. Thankyou, sincerely.

[Trigona minima]

Hmmm...

A bit simplistic for me. Actually... simplistic isn't the right word.... it's a bit... empty. There's no real substance, no body. I thought the way you achieved those "rolling" hi hat sections sounded pretty good though.

SeeD419 responds:

Yeah, it was mainly experimental. I agree 100%

[Get your Growler out!]

ooooh yeah.

That's some awesome stuff right there man! Nice compression on the drums... juuuust enough to make it sound crack without overpowering the main synths... awesome!