Alloud's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Boss Theme - WIP]

Fantastic o:

I thought it was excellent. Loud, deep, and gives that "bring it on" feeling.

I really, really wish the hip-hop percussion wasn't added. It takes away from the song quite a bit, the contemporary style seems to clash with them.

Maverlyn responds:

in the second version i can remove it.

[Casual Night]

Don't contradict yourself!

The song is titled Casual day, while your description mentions casual night.
PICK ONE!
/kidding

Anyways. A bit repetitive, and some of the note choices could have been better on the main melody. Also would be nice to have some higher frequencies on the main synth so it stands out, and an outro wouldn't hurt either o:

If it's walking music you're going for I'd stray away from repetition, since walking is boring as it is. Left. Right. Left. Right. So having dynamic music would take some of that bore away.

SamuraiPikachu responds:

Thanks, and yeah I kind of caught that the second I uploaded. Yet another repetitive issue, though, I'm trying to cut it out. Thanks for the advice!

[Another Random Encounter]

I dig it.

I usually love the highly melodic styles of Nobuo Uematsu and Motoi Sakuraba for battle music, but while this was "simple" it's still a very fitting and catchy battle theme o:

carhondalet responds:

next time i'll try for something a little more complex, maybe i'll listen to uematsu and sakuraba for some ideas. thanks for the response and vote! greatly appreciated :D

[[Mirror]]

Nice o:

Sounds good. Drum beats are nice.

These are my cons:

I felt there was a lack of transition from the faster part to the softer part around 1:18.

The piano chords at around 3:12 aren't the most pleasing to my ears. But that really isn't a big issue.

Also the mastering is a little weak. Work on that some more and the whole song will stand out o: Good job d:

Kinosei responds:

I didn't find the mistake at arround 1:18... maybe you're saying at 1:29? When everything, but the drums and pianos are playing. Well, that part is kind a transition for a nother transition. Or if you're saying at 1:35, yea, it's kind werid... well, I tought it's ok.
and about the 3:12, the chords are correct, you might just listened that plucked sound, that I used to do some effects, maybe it's not welcome in the first note in that chords, cause there's not sufficient sound to hide it so well. Ah, It's difficult to work then the computer's processor isn't so good, and when we're editing the music it's always laggy...
Well, thanks for the tips =]

[Poison IV]

Great composition.

I like what's been composed, but the song has some mastering issues, there's a lot of instruments ducking. I don't know if that's what you wanted but IMO it could sound nicer o:

ninjaclippings responds:

Thanks man, I did EQ it a bit but I'm not the best at it haha. I'm gonna have to learn EQing better in the near future :p

[Trance_Blind Wishes (Preview)]

Sounds great.

It sounds really nice, good melodies and I love the transitions. Only thing that's bugging me is that high pitched beep every 4 or so seconds.

MrAw3s0me responds:

oh its maybe my "spoon perc" i should be able to fix this , thx anyways ;)

[-Rev- MaximumCarnage boss1]

Where's the mastering?

The song itself is good, but everything's distorting, it sounds muddy and is in need of mastering.

GlassParadox responds:

did some tinkering, how does it sound now? PM me

[Lift (Original mix)]

Clean

Nice job on the mastering. The drums have nice punch.

zenodio responds:

Thanks man =)

[triple channel memory dancemix]

Why?

The melody sounds great, the vocals totally ruined it.

Kolpols responds:

i uploaded the non ruined version just for you haha