Midnights-Ocean's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[A Distress to Cry About]

what of your best indeed. there's some clipping happening somewhere I think. check under phones and fix it if you hear the occasional popping sound I'm getting. that aside. I really like this. Very simple but what's here is really sweet and beautiful sounding.

etK responds:

Thanks ! the clipping is intentional :) I'm glad you liked it :D

[Aerial Echoes]

Don't like the intro at all but this turns real nice. Love your pad swells. Very sweet sounds. Mix sounds good too.

Schematist responds:

Thank you for the honesty!! Appreciate you!

[The Shamaniac - Goodbye Stranger [VapourWave]]

I really want to like this but the slowed down vocals just keep making me giggle and I don't think that was your intention :/ sorry.

TheShamaniac responds:

lmao yeah it wasnt, but it took 30 mins so i guess what was my intention?

thanks for your honesty! oh and the original song is actually great.

[Romantune (from "Illuminaughty2")]

like the vibe on the lead but the kit is too spanky. kinda gets in the way of the super smooth atmospheric you had there.

etK responds:

Oh? I thought it wasn't too loud, but you may be right. Thanks for your review!

[Fourty]

boost your pre-amps. drum kit is too busy. Good potential. Keep working.

spikel responds:

Hey thanks, good to have some actual technical feedback. I've been working on some new stuff after about a year and a half break, so maybe I'll have a new track or two out in the next few months. Thanks for the encouragement, musical creativitiy seems to always come in bursts for me.

[Aeolia]

Opening is a little odd but it makes sense to me once I got half way through the tune (I know that may sound weird).

I REALLY wish people didn’t demand their ears cut to shreds by a diamond saw these days. The mixing I mean. I would have enjoyed it way more if it wasn’t so incredibly bright over all and so compressed in the loud sections. I can hear the level drop every time the compressors really kick in. For a hardcore genre that'd be perfect but for something like this, I can't say I like that. That's really the only thing that kept it from 5 star for me. That’s not to say the production isn’t good. It is. Quite. What can I say, people like deafening preamp levels and the 3.5khz - 10khz band is the only thing left to boost, after you’ve leveled your limiters/ect.

This track is a good example of what some might call “cheep” melodies, used with incredible effectiveness. Very pretty. I think it goes passed that though and is legitimate beautiful at times. That middle section is what did it for me. I really appreciate the changes of tempo. Really adds to the emotional impact. I can see why this is sitting at the best of the year slot. Can’t say I’m not a little envious but you nailed that diamond sparkle thing. You really did. Cheers. :)

Onefin responds:

hey man! glad you liked the, uh, sparkle!

mixing is something i didn't know how to do and still don't entirely know how to do, but ive been working on it :) over a year ive stopped using the default limiter in fl so... progress? maybe?

[Rift Race (Original Mix)]

This is house? well I'm not a dub-step fan so I'm not crazy about that aspect but you do keep a lot of this pretty fresh. Cool track.

KaixoMusic responds:

Well, this isn't really House, but the genre that it is isn't on the list of genres that you can pick here on Newgrounds, it is actually Electro.

["Glowing Slabs"]

it's nice but a little too pop for me. Solid production though.

Ryzmik responds:

Well, each one has his own tastes, but Thanks! :D