Nostrap's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Echoz- Symmetry]

Nice

I like how you used a method for composing this (symmetry) and it still came out sounding great. I wasn't able to figure out the symmetry in the snare pattern though I'm sure it's there. You should of had the toms go up in the first half and then down in the second for a cool effect.

--N

EchozAurora responds:

Yep, the snare pitches up in the first half and down like that actually...

And if I might pitch the toms at the beginning and end of the climax part there when I rework it, rather than the four bar section like now...

(I think I will add another section to the middle I think... make three climactic sections... two similar to the current one.. and an epic one in the middle.

[Clapping Music]

cool

i was in a drum corp and we actually performed part of this song for the finale of our show. its nice to hear some steve reich rhythms on here.

Elanatronica responds:

thanks.

i was in an ensemble and the teacher had us al play it on the clavies haha

i though it was kool so i decided to copie the rhythm and put a few notes in it.

[Diamond Rimz]

good

interesting. at first i heard the piano riff as 2 bars of 3/2 and one of 2/2. so it was kinda techy sounding. anyhow, the production couldve been better. it sounded as though there was quite a fair amount of clipping on the lower bass sounds. the synth lines were cool and i liked the bass line. the piano was a little too programmed for my tastes but thats ok. good stuff. keep it up.

Suspended-3rd-Chord responds:

hmm still clipping on the bass? there was a major problem at first, but I thought I fixed that...hmm.

anyways, glad you like it, thanks for the review and good numbers. cheers man!

[~Boten Anna~]

wow

very nice. professional sounding from the beginning. i haven't heard the original song but this is definitely nice. Very danceable and I love the clapping parts.

DjEagle responds:

Thanks a lot man :), I worked pretty hard on it.

[cagey]

very nice

love the prepared piano samples. reminds me of back in the day when they used to score horror movies without computers. its really amazing how much range piano has as an instrument and what sounds you can get from it especially if you mike it really close.

snoballandthmonyshot responds:

yep,
when i have loads of money i'm gonna buy me a grand piano...
;ped

[taxafin]

beautiful

the saxophone's sound very realistic. were they actually recorded? If not good job making them sound so real. Their tone kind of reminds me of the Tom Waits song "Dirt in the Ground" with their sad tone. As always, your drum programming is magnificent and I like the emotion your songs convey without being sappy or melodramatic.

snoballandthmonyshot responds:

cheers bro,
yep, sax was real, i can never be arsed to try and realistically sequence horns/strings. tom waits is the man, bo ting
;ped

[JAG~Ultima_300]

good

wow it almost gets a polka feel going with the upbeat snare. pretty crazy. ya definitely fits the whole video game dance feel.

beatmasterJAG responds:

POLKA!! eeeek
Thanks for the review!

[JAG~CathodeBlue(SineWeaverMIX)]

nice

some cool sweep sounds in this. i also like the bass rhythms and of course the hispanic beat is always good. The production on this is excellent you really fill out the audio spectrum nicely and I can hear all the parts clearly. good woork.

beatmasterJAG responds:

Thanks for returning the review!

It is true, I spent quite some time on mixing and mastering ;)

too bad this is lo-fi version

[SR - Lamp Shade]

gooud

the intro reminded me a little bit of the requiem for a dream soundtrack during the creepy parts. anyhow, i liked the distortion you put on stuff to give it interesting textures. try distorting a pad sound and sometimes you get this crazy sound that just screams. well i really liked this track but the only thing which bothered me was the ocean like white noise sounds. they seemed a little too loud too me and they kinda just clouded up the music. i would have like to hear the rest of the instrumentation clearer. but ya, i got your ep as well and i am enjoying on it. stuff like this is why i still come to newgrounds.

SineRider responds:

I did notice sometimes when I listened to it with headphones, the ocean sounds were a bit loud, but when I listened on speakers it seemed fine. Ah well

Thankies :)

['''Highway Five - part two'''=]

well

haha i feel like i owe you another review since i just reviewed the same song without realizing it. i knew it sounded familiar but i just figured i had listened to it before sometime without reviewing haha.

your music has a non-obtrusive feel to it that i like. its really easy to listen to and just relax. but you can also pay attention to it and notice all the detail and tactful programming. the only thing i think you could have done on this is just fix the bass up. sometimes it sounded fine but then sometimes it made this clicking sound which was harsh to my delicate ears. just smooth it out and you'll be fine.

wooo. anyhow. ill 5 this so you get to the top of the miscellaneous. later.

attemptedperfection responds:

Thanks for the review! so I have "tactful" programming? awesome. Yeah, I wasn't too happy with the bass, but it took me forever to just get the tone to where it was, and I pretty much hit a brick wall with it, so decided to keep it as it was. Thanks again for the review!