MaestroRage's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Connect V2]

Impressive

Damn fine, I really liked the feel for this piece. I am sorry I didn't have the time to check out the first version of the submission, so i'll write my review to this as if it were a different song entirely.

I really liked the flow for your song, the percussional aspects were damn fine, they flowed just as well as the song.

Your bass was bordering on overpowering, thats my one concern. I like the volume you have them at now, they really give some neat power, but if you had made them any louder, they would have overpowered everything else!

The song ends a tad too abruptly.

I use congo drums in my song too! I love the congo drums, I would like you to check my song out, as I worked a lot on those damn congo drums (I love them, but so hard to work with).

Overall, a damn fine piece, I really enjoyed it, keep them coming!

AphelionX responds:

YES! isent congo drums sweet lmfao

[Cybonic]

Neat

Nice, incredibilly chilling. I gotta be honest though I thought the percussional elements were a bit too rough to really let me relax properly.

The hi hats, and claps, are what i'm really focusing on here.

The kick was fine, works just wonderfully. I felt the pad was really really chilling, but it was a bit too quiet.

Other then that, I really liked it.

Have you considered putting reverb on those percussional instruments? It would make it sound more washed out, and blend it in the song better, making them less rough.

Good stuff, I really enjoyed this song TOrkelson, I would like to ask you to listen to my piece, as it is nearly the polar opposite of this one, angry melodic battle!

Thanks for your time.

[Mission of secrecy]

Not bad

it does have a pretty stealthy feel to it, but I didn't think the claps helped at all. I feel that you should have removed those entirely.

Try adding reverb, preset 4 (cathedral) to the hi hats, I promise, the effect will be neat.

Also, try some nice, long extended notes, to make it more stealthy sounding.

Not bad, keep them coming, you'll get there!

johnny-ninja responds:

thanks. btw, its 212 bpm.

[Island life]

Neat

heh, what a funky loop. Not much to work with, but it loops perfectly, and it did give me a laugh.

Good work.

Yumbo-Yak responds:

thanx for the review

[Frozen Resent]

not bad

pretty strange, I liked the flow, but I think you're playing off key, and because i'm a instrumental artist I take that seriously. But screw that, none of those rules apply for said songs.

Yeah, it was pretty strange though man, it shows that you were bored, not much here, random loops, a pad here and there maybe.

Not bad, I didn't quite like the percussionals in the song either, they just seemed a tad... rushed?

Overall a good song, but not something that i'd listen to more then once, sorry man, just my honest opinion :). Keep them coming though, you're other pieces are pretty good.

Web-Master-X responds:

i like ur honesty. no i did not try and if i did it would sound a hell lot better than this. I was acually surprised anyone dwn loaded this but thats ok. Keep it X!!!!!

[DrZ-This Thy Word]

Neat

Too be honest DrZonka, I have never heard this hymn before, and frankly I am glad, because I can give you an honest review, without being biased in any one direction.

So lets take it to the bank yes?

First off, it's quite a diverse piece, definately, going from one batch of instruments to another, pretty well, so I will give you kudo's on being able to shift melodic and tonal qualities so well.

I wonder, if you had sped this song up a bit, if it would have been a bit more energetic, and driving. Especially that organ part. I could be wrong, just ideas.

Bells my good sir, why were there no bells?! When I hear organ, AND choir, if I don't hear bells I get agitated. The three belong together in one happy family.

On another note, I felt the choir was a tad too quiet.

The oboe opening was quite interesting, definately not an instrument I would normally consider using to usher in an organ, but it DID work in it's own way so nothing bad to say about that.

Good string work.

I'm glad you didn't use snares or kicks in this piece, timpini worked just fine. I wonder though, if maybe a triangle at keypoints... I think it would have made quite an interesting sound, but again it might jeapordize the song's feel.

Chords DrZonka, I am not hearing chords, I am hearing that string melody in the background, but if those strings were playing distinguishable chords, I think that the song would become much more powerful as it would feel more "full"

Thats all I have to say about this piece DrZonka, I would like you to listen to my song, I use a good amount of chords in that piece, if you listen to the background sounds, you will hear them, their role is not great, but they serve greatly to make the song more full and provides a great foundation for the song as well as enhance the melody I created them for.

Keep them coming DrZonka, impressive work here.

DrZonka responds:

Thanks for the ideas and for the most part I agree with you maestrorage. I do agree that it needed bells now that you reminded me and I do agree on a more distinguishable string melody in the background of my music from now on. Thank-you for the musical criticism, that helps a lot! I will check out your music- DrZ

[dj_padman - Loud Quanta]

Damn fine...

So chillaxing. After a long day of making uber depressing, or just too angry tunes, I think I have finally found a song to soothe my frazzled nerves.

This must be the first chill out track that actually worked for me. Even now, i'm so damn calm just typing is a huge hassle, why type, when I can SEND you my thoughts!? *humms violently while trying to project thoughts*.

I hope you didn't get that thought... filled with secrets... >_>

Anyways, the abundent amount of soundeffects really works out pretty fine, I wonder how many you used. I'm sure well over 20, I just can't count them.

Awesome stuff man. I don't think this track needs vocals at all, I love it the way it is. 5/5 from me.

dj-padman1 responds:

Woah! thats why I suddenly had an orchestral arrangement and movie unfold in my mind. Send me more ESP ok? I was wondering why that happened ;)

I'm really happy if it filled its purpose of bringing a bit of chill, thats what its all about sometimes. And I appreciate the review no end, as usual. Thanks for your time!

Thanks man.

[FiNiX Charmer]

Impressive

At the beginning where you introduce that cello? string way low octave, that really gave it a darker feel, I wasn't thinking charmer, I was thinking, Succubus murderer X_x.

Still I liked the plucking instruments, to be honest, it sounded a tad random, but when I pay enough close attention to it, it does have a structure, but it is easily missed, I would advise looking over your melodic feel. It works, but I felt this time it was bordering on chaos.

Maybe you wanted that.

Good percussional works, I think I heard bongo drums somewhere back there, you should definately make those louder!

Good stuff, 4/5 from me SirFiNiX. When you have the time can you check out my piece? Thank you.

SirFiNiX responds:

The plucked strings? Are you thinking of the Koto/Honkytonk? More bongos. Yes, I think you might be right. And chaos was sort of what I was going for. :) I love complex rythms. Maybe they're a bit too advanced in this piece, to the point that it's defficult to make out.

[Lonely Strings]

Nice

Hmm, my first thought, is you need better samples. What program are you using? I would like to offer my assistance in helping you get some better sounds. I feel with some better strings samples, this would have invoked the image you wanted.

I'm not saying I didn't get it, but it was distorted, and hard to picture, not because of the song, but because of the samples.

The song didn't change in direction too much, as it seemed to be the same thing again and again, but it makes for a good loop.

I would have liked to hear a flute in this piece, I think that would have said "open fields" a tad better.

Oh well, good stuff, keep them coming!

SirFiNiX responds:

Flutes. Okey Dokey. As for where I can get better samples, I really dont know.

[A World Of Our Own]

Neat

Hmm, a sweet melody, that flows gently into my mind. Except that part where you play that lower octave, that part was a tad oppresive in my opinion, as if this special place is a tad depressed.

The beginning as stated flowed very warmly, I could totally see a child sitting under a tree looking out into a great large glistening ocean, the soft winds and crashing waves weaving itself around this child's ears, dancing with his imagination.

Great theme.

I didn't quite like that last half with the oppresive octaves, but that is personal taste, it was still well created.

Thats all I have to say about this piece, good stuff SirFiNix. Keep them coming! 4/5 from me.

SirFiNiX responds:

I think major should always be balanced with minor, because wherever there's happy, there's sad.