pichuscute0's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Feeble gunk]

Honestly, this is really well made. You did great sound design here and it's mixed masterfully, too. The second half does some really cool stuff with the drums/rhythm in particular that I'm a big fan of and I appreciate the snare choices, too. The first half reminded me a bit of some of the music you might here in a game like Splatoon, which is a good thing, I'd say.

Definitely a bit weird, but nothing wrong with that at all.

[Falling Leaves]

The drums give a very old jungle styled vibe, nice! I really like the ambient-ness of the song overall, but I think the piano gets a bit overbearing at times and can feel a bit dry too.

[Can't Stop the Time]

Not bad! It reminds me a bit of DnB from a little over a decade ago, which is a nice blast from the past.

It's a bit of a personal preference thing, but my main criticism here is the sound choices. I think I would have leaned a bit more heavily into gritty sounds if I was making a song of this type. I think the lack of much of a defined high or high-mid range in most of your synth sounds ends up making the song feel like it's been mixed less than ideally. The dark snare drum you're using here doesn't necessarily help things either, which otherwise may have been able to fill some of the gap. I do see what you were going for, though, and otherwise I can't fault much. ^^

[Devoted]

Not too bad. Think the vocals work alright, so I'd say job well done on a first attempt at that.

If I had any critique, I'd say I'm not a huge fan of the some of the piano sounds as is. They feel a bit stiff sounding, so varying up note volume or finding higher quality samples might help in that regard. The piano also get lost in the mix a bit, so I'd be careful how much you're putting in the same frequency range without EQ/sidechain.

reddyxu responds:

Thanks for the critique! I'll keep that in mind
I believe it is about time to change up my pianos so I'll see what I can find

[Yurgenburgen's Theme]

Not bad. As some others have said, though, some of the instruments can get lost in the mix a bit. A bit more dynamic range in the song both through mixing and composition (crescendos and what have you) would go a long way. In particular, I noticed myself often losing the piano during the 2:20-3:00 time stamp.

This is otherwise quite a nice dark/moody piece, though. A pretty generally good job.

[T y p i c i t y [Chillhop]]

Some chill as fuck music, as always! Great stuff man, keep it up!

DreamEater responds:

Thank you brother, I greatly appreciate it <3

[Qelaion - Zyti]

Beautiful song dude :) I really like your style. You've got some major talent. :)

[Flashback [SS Remix]]

I LOVE this! Amazing job dude ;D

ShootingStar responds:

Thanks so much! Make sure to check out the rest of the remixes! :)

[Sonik - Pumpkin Soup GJ8]

Mhmm! This is definitely a nice groove ;D Definitely has a Halloween tone to it, haha. You pulled off 3/4 rather well, too ;D Good one man!

DreamEater responds:

Thanks Ben I appreciate the kind words :]

[Sonik - Sy's Law (NGADM)]

Such a smooth song, man! I'm loving these chords especially. I'm a big fan of the more minimal and progressive stuff (like you know ;D), and you've done that fantastically here. Great job on an awesome track and good luck in NGADM! :)

DreamEater responds:

Thanks very much Ben, I really appreciate the kind words!