anthonyragus's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Lordant - Uinen]

Nice hybrid sound with some lovely background foley; I wish those nighttime insect sounds carried longer at the end. I especially like how you pass the melody from the women to solo flute towards the beginning. I can imagine this placed in a film or video game trailer. Great work

[The Anti-Gravity of the Situation]

Super expressive with minimal movement. I'm a huge fan of drones in harmony, and I must say that D-pitched vocal-sounding synth carries this track. Likewise with the subdued harmony in the organ and piano. Your voice leading is nice and sparse, crawling and resting at its leisure.

[Coffee Shop]

This track is so cool, quite tasteful. There are many small creative choices, progressions and moments of harmony, rhythm, panning, etc. that combine to create a mellow, cozy experience. I
super dig the subtle differences between sections, like the high C note synth in the second half. You might disagree with this thought, but your track reminds me of Max Graham's remix of Winter by DT8 Project. I know, I know, completely diferent energies, but in my mind's eye they converge towards the same outdoor-winter indoor-snug imagery. Anyway, great work

[Massacre at the Carnival]

Whoa, this is so cool and evocative of visual imagery. I super dig the MIDI-esque sound, so nostalgic and emotional in its own way. You're quite cognisant of volume levels, always making sure the melody shines. This is prime video game territory. I think back to Runescape and games for which Grant Kirkhope composed. Great work.

Tangerine responds:

Hey, thank you for the kind comment! That's exactly what I was going for :)

[Chaos Marine]

That's a fantastic, head-bangin' hybrid sound you've created. Stutters, automation, sound design, brutal rhythms and blast beats, it has it all. And yup, eight semitones interval is a minor 6th; stack four of those, and you got yourself an open-voiced fully diminished 7th chord.

[Floating]

Aw yee, layered arpeggios. Great distant supersaw pad supporting everything, and wonderful delay and reverb cradling the ears. Delicious cookie; would eat again.

[Distorted Reality (NGUAC 2022 knockout round)]

Heck yeah, FM synthesis with a great arp line, resonance and distortion with varied automation, effective buildups, delayed reverb swells (or is the reverb sidechain compressed?). Part of me expected more variation in the second drop, but that's just me; it's a solid production. Great work.

ThatDeliciousCookie5 responds:

The reeverb has delay yeah ahahh, that makes it sound more massive :)

[Vicodin (Full Cover)]

Heck yeah, this is a banger. I'm a perfectionist too, and I must say you're needlessly self-depricating. Your screams and growls are great too, I'll have the technique and courage to sing someday. I also know the feeling of harboring a song for a decade, haha. Fanastic work

[Dekiru - sakura (さくら)]

You've captured a lovely feeling, fit for a cherry blossom orchard by a stream. I appreciate the little dissonance at 1:23. The countermelody after the bass returns is lovely, but I think it would shine more with either a quicker attack or more of an overlap of notes by selecting the notes (especially the short ones) and dragging the note starts backward in time a bit. Anyway, great work.

dekiruGD responds:

Thanks for the review.