ThePal's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Gothic Quest]

Very halloween'esque. I like it!

Lovely play with instuments as well, you should be proud!

GamekrazzyProduction responds:

haha! Thanks Pal!

[Flutterwonder [Acoustic Cover]]

The guitar sounds crispy and clear, point up there. :)

Like Seprix said, I'd wish the lyrics would be more clear, but I myself don't know how to master those yet. Search it up somewhere on the web, I should do the same. :)

The flute is incredible, I love it, ONE MORE!

The "aaaah" at 1:44, it's alittle sad that it's autotuned, but oh well. :)

Also, the voice getting put over at 2:29 is too loud in comparison to the rest of the mix, you should (as said before) find a way to master this so it fit with the rest or leave it out, in my opinion.

Everything said is me trying on constructive critism, I'm sorry if I pushed some bad buttons. :)

NyxTheShield responds:

Nah dude that what are reviews for dont worry hahahahaha

1:44 clips were touched a bit with melodyne (like everything) but nothing big, it still sounds pretty good (what i had to do is move the different clips up and down, i only recorded the C note Hahahahaha) https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/93823550/Do.wav

Thanks for the feedback ^^

[Temperance]

I didn't know you were on Newgrounds, nice to see you here as well! :D

I love the 2:20 part, very calming and progressing.
I quite like the shredding gnarly synths you throw around as well. :)

There's a nice balance between hard and soft parts, and it does wonders, surely!

Keep up the great work, my friend! o/

-ThePal

Phantasma000 responds:

Thanks man!

[VS Marimba Demo]

Sounds marvelous! You did some great scores, was a sure wonder to listen to. :)

Thanks for the link, btw! o/

Jiimaan responds:

I'm very glad you liked it!

Thank you for taking the time to review! :)

-jiimaan

[River Flows In You-Remix]

I am blown away. Really.

This is just amazing, you've seriously made an amazing job doing this. You might even begin to surpass the skill of my own!

I normally don't like Hardstyle (and you know that too well. ;P), but you've made an amazing mix of the piano and Hardstyle classic kicks at the 2:00 part, it just fits so well. Great fricking job right there!

This is my personal favourite from you so far, you're really becoming something the more and more you fight for your cause and everything!

Keep up the amazing work, man!
- ThePal

De4dl0ck responds:

Awesome review my friend :)

[Something Special?]

I like the rhythms in this piece. The Subbass and background pads give a nice atmosphere. It also has a nice beat to cover it up.
Too sad that it's default samples. That takes it down a notch.

Anyways,
There's potential in this, keep on going!

NoStereo responds:

I feel ashamed I used the default samples now ): I've looked around and have found some really nice sounding ones! I'm doing a lot of work to improve this song and I am almost done!

Thanks for the review! :)

[A World to Explore (8-bit)]

I really love this track, it has an amazingly epic feeling seizing it.

The amazing fact that even though it's only 16 seconds long, it keeps you interested and entertained. As the person under me said, the subtle rhythms give so much in this piece, and the main rhythm and bass are greatly executed as well.

Damn, it's hard to find flaws in a perfect piece, and what does that help a musician? xD

GamekrazzyProduction responds:

well it helps by boosting their self-esteem! :P
Glad you liked the song Pal!

[A Small Town (8-bit)]

When I think of a 8-bit version of a town, I think of the early Pokémon soundtracks. Nice and relaxing basslines and pad'ish chords to back it up. ...I should stop stereotyping like that. :P

This bassline was the first thing that came into my mind when I listened to this.
It gives a great relaxed and joyful feeling, and what I can explain as "a sense of safety from the beyond".

I enjoy this track, and the everything seems mastered really nicely, and I can keep listening to this for a while without being annoyed, that has a factor as well, and you executed that out good here. :)

The only thing I noticed in this was that it doesn't loop totally perfectly. And since I know that Newgrounds loops loops perfectly, I know it has something to do with the project and how it was rendered. If anything fails, add an automation with no purpose at the end to fool the program to think that something will happen. ;P

GamekrazzyProduction responds:

yeah I am sure it's a rendering issue because it loops fine in OGG format while in game.. for some reason it like took off that split second when I exported it. I should probably be nice and fix that for my newgrounds listeners shouldn't I? ;P

[An Angel's Tale (8-bit)]

This track has a very thrilling/adventurous feel, and gives that feeling straight from the start. Great for welcoming the player into the game.

Overall I think that the lead square are quite overruling the rest, and can become annoying in the long run, maybe tuneit down alittle, or/and play around with the sustain (shorten it?).

Not bad at all! Enjoying this one as well. o/

GamekrazzyProduction responds:

Glad you like it pal.

[An Encounter (8-bit)]

I simply love the rhythms you made for this, especially the rhythm you made at 0:58, that melody blends greatly into looping. The bass back it up great as well.

I'm sorry, but I'm gonna agree with the guys under me as well, a better percussion could be needed.
But I actually got a solution for it:
Instead of setting the snare on even beats, and hats on offbeats, then swag them around. I'm sure that would give a more battle'ish feel.

Else I suggest searching for some 8-bit percussion, and still try to keep the "4 instruments only" rule.

I'm loving this, I'm looking greatly up to your project!

GamekrazzyProduction responds:

Thanks pal, I still feel it is fine where it is at, however I suppose I can look into *swapping the percussion around a bit.