Krichotomy's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[TMFO2 Beech and salt 2015]

Glad to be listening to your music again. ^^ That piano is spectacular. The description takes me away from this dark place even if only for a moment. The sea is so close, so bright. I even feel the sand beneath my feat, between my toes.

Calamaistr responds:

These tracks are like little capsules resonating impressions of memories to me. :)
-cal.

[Conquest of the Uncharted]

I'm happy. I'm looking forward to more. Some of the instruments are very strangely muddy. Particularly the flute. Grats on your purchase. ^^

Also, why do people always put the TL;DR section at the end? It's like... "/now/ you tell me?!" :P

LucidShadowDreamer responds:

Thank you! The muddiness is because of my poor and rushed mixing :D

People put TL;DR at the end because it's like a summary. It'd be weird to have it in the beginning. Also, if you read the whole thing, you're not the one that TL;DR is directed to, as it's for those who don't want to read and skip to the end :3

[Meadow Fantasy]

A storm is brewing on the meadow. The sky is heavily overcast. The cool gentle winds are a siren's call onto the staging ground for nature's wrath.

[A Beginner's Harp Improv]

harp harp harp harp i love your harp playing and beautiful singing :)

Troisnyx responds:

harp harp harp harp XD

I'm glad you enjoy it so. Perhaps, with a bit of practice, I may be able to do full songs on it -- I trust you'll look forward to it.

[Equilibria - Nebula]

The drums are loud, but I think appropriately so. There are many tracks on Newgrounds that have drums that give me headaches. But I'm playing this track on my studio headphones and my head feels fine. The drums do have a strong punch, but they have a soft tone structure. They make my heart race, but they don't make my head hurt.

Nonetheless, I probably would prefer the drums to be a little quieter (pre-compression) to bring them a little closer to all the other instruments in the visual space in my mind.

Nice work man!

Dylnmatrix responds:

Thanks man! Drums definitely aren't our strongest suit yet, but I'm glad they weren't too loud on your end. I think what may have happened is we mastered prioritizing studio headphones, monitors and car systems, but slipped up on regular headphones. But due to not having anything different from those setups atm, it was hard to reference to be able to do so.

But yeah, maybe the drums could have been a little more balanced with the rest of the track, which is why we've done so in the Entropy VIP we're finishing up now.

[untitled freestyle]

Fantastic! I feel as if I am pulled directly into a story.

[Broken ft. Ivana]

Beautiful.

[As Stars that Shine - Teaser]

I rather like the increasing frequency of piano notes building up to the air sound and bang. I imagine a harmony line rising along with the swell.

[My Last Serenade - EZ Remix]

Nice singing! The vocals sound kind of metallic, though.

There's a fair amount of distortion/artifacts, maybe from the loud beat and associated ducking or compression. I'm not sure if that is intentional, but, to me, it adds a "falling apart" feeling to the mood.

I can't stand the growling screaming singing style, so I can certainly appreciate your version. :)

Enzer0 responds:

The vocals are intentionally sparky, it's almost a robot quality - little grainy, but thats how i like it.
Thanks for taking the time to review! Glad you enjoyed.

[[Hakurei Dream]]

The background "swooshing" effect that starts at 01:08 sounds too sharp and prominent to me, and the panning on it seems to be "glitching". It sort of ruins the very mellow melody line, instead of complimenting it. Otherwise, this is an interesting and lively piece. I like the overall structure.

MeisterMach5 responds:

Thank you, Krich. I worked hard on this one and I'm pretty satisfied with the end result. I'm getting more experienced with FL Studio but minor things like clipping or panning errors will slip by without my noticing. I think next time I'll get 5 Stars from you!