Dude09's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Terrae - Oblivia (Opening)]

hmmm

The first 8 seconds i thought were a little poorly done, but you rebounded. For the hype u gave about it, i was expecting a bit more. like the harp. This seemed to be like "i've heard this before, oh yeah in every action movie in the medievil period ever." it is well done, but in my opinion a little bland. Nice effort though. Nice sound.

Zero123Music responds:

thankyou, and yeah.. i'm starting to not like this piece either.

It was boring and bland,
It was just my attempt at an epic, and in terms of realism and such - I failed.

I did try hard - so this piece I don't think was a waste of time ;)

>>Zero

[[MvS}(2)Frozen Alone]

phew difficult

You both kept very tight to the theme. I'm a sucker for both instruments. The harmonies were great with both. It reminded me very much of FF VIII for some reason :S which is a good thing. I thought the second half ended awkwardly. I felt that the first half did a great job using the voices and piano to their advantage with the oboe. The oboe melody was extremely smooth and I wished it wouldve been longer. Both were great, I give the first half a 5/5 the second a 4.5/5 therefore it rounds up to a ten for stars. BTW, I wanted to talk to you guys about an idea of mine for a new contest. Its posted on my profile and the forums. Great job again you guys :)

MaestroRage responds:

hey! Yeah my half does end a bit abruptly, my hour was up XD! The problem with my duel halves are i'm usually trying to really build up into something, and 45 minutes will pass and i'm out of time so I have to start tying ends together. Mandi takes her time to mold a minute of audio, but that minute is well rounded.

I should learn from her.

Let us know how that contest goes, and when you launch it! Thanks for the review, we're glad you liked it!

[{425} No One Else MAC9]

Very peaceful.

*Sigh* what a great song to end a night of judging with. Thank you so much for writing such a beautiful song. It's simple and short, but beautiful. Felt the love. Just what I needed. Nice string at 1:45. Works well in a loop too. 5/5 10/10

Michael425 responds:

It's good to see a review from an acclaimed composer.

Thank you, and I'm glad you liked it.

[[BN] - MAC - Love Letter]

Lovely

Wow very heartfelt. Extremely romantic, I absolutely love it. Why so short though =( Although the female vocal I found to be a bit odd. Nice guitar.Odd ending, why so much extra time? 5/5 9/10

blacknote responds:

Hey there, thanks! It was short because my original submissions were lost when my HD went down, so it didn't leave me much time to get it done. As for the odd vocal, I was trying to be original really, as it is quite odd. The extra time at the end was there because I felt it allowed time for the persons listening to take it in before looping round abruptly. Thanks for reviewing!

[Blue Rose <3MAC09]

Great!!!

Wow, great beat with a nice piano melody, simple, but it works with the drums added. At about a minute this piece def. turned my head. I loved that you used some oriental sounding scales as harmony. Nice ending, works well in a loop. I felt the love very intensely. Good job. 5/5 10/10

EchozAurora responds:

Thanks dude! =D

[Azarthian Girl {=MMD=}]

nicely done

Nice vocals and harmony. Nice story-line. Nice symphony, and did I hear a choir? If I did, then nicely done, if not, I'm insane =) Nice lyrics. Very well done 5/5 10/10

MilkMan-Dan responds:

Very acute hearing mate. There was indeed, a choir. Thanks for the review.

MMD

[Burning Bright]

ZZZZZZZzzzzzzzzzz

With confidence probably the longest song in the competition. I thought the intro was a little overdone and too long. I thought the cricket too was overused. Was not expecting the techno at 1:33, but compared to the bell at everything else, I felt that it was too quiet. It's a nice beat, bring it out more !! I got a bit annoyed with the bells though, it got quite redundant and monotonous. 3:18 good addition of the string chords. At about 3:50 you have the same string chord being held by the strings for about 2 minutes, come on that got annoying quick, I've heard of a fermata but that's ridiculous. Nice ending though. 3.5/5 7/10

Triskele responds:

The sustained string chord was purposeful, obviously. It's a pretty common technique in liquid :>

Sorry the slow build was a bit too slow for you, but again, purposeful.

Thanks for the review :>

[Everlasting]

I've been bombed quite a bit too.

I found the bass in the beginning to be a little out of place. The violin melody I thought could've worked more with the chords. Its very simple, but there is beauty in that. The piano was very well done. I felt though that I had to strain myself to pay attention to this entire piece, not because of the length but because of its redundancy. 3.5/7.5

ChrisisD responds:

Thanks for you review! About the violin, the sound kinda sucks. I'm looking for a new sample, but having a pretty hard time finding one (for Reason 4)
Cya!

[~Wonder~]

Well...

Hmm, at the beginning I was expecting more reggae, but o well. At 0:37 the chord progression got a tad awkward. Nice string harmony, but it did get repetitive and the violin didn't work at 1:42. In your eyes was def. the btr of the two. 3.5/5 7/10

Firebalt responds:

Thanks for the review. The intro was just a bit of filler to just add a bit of ear candy to the peice. I'm not sure what you meant by akward, it's not a pop progression and it's more a classical/progressive chord progression, the technique was taking a chord that was a minor and turning into a majour sus4, which i something you hear a lot more in classical music.

[~In Your Eyes~]

refreshing in this competition

AH beautiful latin groove. Joe Satriana and Carlos Santana would be proud. Nice electronic scales going on in the background. Although I found the second guitar to be unnecessary at 1:31. Although it provided an interesting sound throughout the rest of the piece. Nice peaceful ending too. Love the guitar technique used at the end. 5/5 9.5/10

Firebalt responds:

Thank you very much :D
Yeah the electronic sound was one of those beautiful accidents when I was playing with Sytrus and FL studio's build in Arpegiator. I basically had this really complicated synth preset and i just started stripping layers off until I found this beautiful sound.
Thanks for the review