Maltloaf's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[The Simpsons Theme Metali]

Work in progress?

The start just feels a bit empty at the moment, like somethings missing. There needs to be something in the deadspace between the hits, but I'm not quite sure how you'd work around that.

The mid-sections really well done though, so kudos for that. :D

[The Sound of No One Listening]

Lifted yourself out of it?

Maybe it's just me, but it's only really the start that sounds especially lonely. Once the guitars come in I find it more peaceful than anything.

If this was used anywhere I'd imagine it to be in a film - background for one of those scenes where they're showing you day to day life in a city. In that respect, even the start reinterprets itself. Sunrise. :D

It's tight enough to have that personal edge, but not so closed in that it feels withdrawn.

[Bury Me Alive (Original Mix)]

Ouch...

Love the aggression on this. :]

[Getting it done]

Gets the job done (*groan*)

I think you can probably work around the looping stutter by doing the same thing I do with my midis - loop the original on itself and export it as a 90 second track instead of a ten second track. That way, the loops happen a lot less often, so people don't notice them so much.

You can then take the first and last 'loop' off by hand to get them to match perfectly - the rest is down to the media player. Sadly, most don't keep buffering past the end of the track, so most programs will stutter at the loop point anyway.

Sad really. Just something for games developers to be aware of, I guess.

[Arecibo Theme Song (Ver. 2)]

Not bad at all...

I dunno who zero'd you, but that really wasn't deserved.

I can only see two areas for improvement myself - the first is the hi notes at about 34-55 seconds - the quality of those notes doesn't quite fit the other instruments.

The other is the rythem section. It would probably sound a little more real if you added some more layers and varied the timing a bit between those layers, so that it sounds more like a natural play. At the moment the timings just sounds a little too clinical.

Then again, I'm not exactly an expert in this stuff. Probably better ways of doing that. XD

Other than those, it is a good peice. Consistent, mixed well, and something that can be built off. Thats pretty much exactly what you want in a theme.

-Malt
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BreakingFaces responds:

Thanks

[The Clouds are Gone]

Just needs practice...

There are a lot of mistakes that I can hear in the recording - it's probably a bad idea to upload your first take. :)

What you want to do is keep practicing it, and let the peice matureas you do. If you come back and record it again after a weeks practice, it'll sound a lot better. :)

Cant offer much advice on the volume tho, except maybe strapping the mic to the guitar. XD

firebanesword responds:

xD thanks for the review. Unfortunately, as the mic happens to be a jack for the guitar, I don't think I can put the mic any closer.

And I probably will rerecord this. Thanks again!