anthonyragus's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[BIRTHDAY (EUROBEAT 2022)]

Heck yeah, quintissential Eurobeat, you nailed it. This definitely is fitting for classic Sonic, especially CD and the modern-retro incarnation in contemporary fangames. That quick G pluck sound at :22 and repeating cycles is a bit flat, but I kind of like that. Superb work.

DJ-AfterBurnz responds:

Thank you for taking the time to review my work! Eurobeat has been a genre of interest that I’ve been trying to improve on, and the need to have repeating riffs is indeed one of my crutches. I will strive to improve working on varying patterns. A lot of my stuff is based on for people to actually sing and have lyrics too, but it always helps to not keep the same pattern. Your kind words are much appreciated :)

[we're all slowly disappear]

Bravo, you nailed it. The static voicings, meandering melody, powerful square-ish bass, aged processing with pops, grit, and pitch warble, it's all so good. Amazingly emotional and compelling.

[UNbearable amounts of DOOM]

This is incredible. The ambient build up, with sample crushed filtered percussion texture thing, to the glitched break; then the hard clipping kick and bass combined with subtle hats and ringing sound design, and occasional soft vocal samples; it all makes for an intense yet highly ordered experience.

[This Is Sooo Sad]

Hearing this upon losing my lives would ease the pain. I like how you cycle through the harmony and end up a tritone away from where you started. The glissandi sound a bit out of place to me; I wonder how they would sound twice as slow or with different velocities. Does the lowpass / bandpass filter follow each note position, or do my ears deceive me? Great work. Also holy moly FL Studio is up to version 20 now.

SecretMusician responds:

sorry for late response, how could i miss this??

anyway i wasn't really an experimented musician at that time, but i remember using a preset for Vital, so that might be why it sounds a little odd. Also yeah the harmony is unintended for the reasons mentioned lmao, but glad you like it!

[Tater Salad]

I've heard some phat taters in my life, but this one, THIS one could feed the population of Cork.

I might be in the minority in terms of mixing opinions, but I love this level of "amost-cuts-through" bass that you have. I think it's perfect. There's something about most shrill overdrive tones, that seems popular as of late, that the bass feel overly present in a non-immersive way. I like the guitars and bass to glue together and be perceived as one sound. If I had the honor of attemping to mix this, I would even go so far as to bring down the distortion even lower, and maybe compensate with a mid-high eq boost and more present natural picking sound, in that 2:20 to 2:40 section, because I'm that crazy about blending, even when the bass has a bit of a solo.

But what the gosh darn flipping heck do I know?! I know that this spud slaps severly, starch and cholesterol straight to my heart.

Metaljonus responds:

Oh yeah gotta starch up haha. Yeah, that's the thing with the 5150 the gain was a lil under 3 hahahaha and the mids were scooped to almost 2. It is a superrrr high gain amp with a buttloads of mid range. Thanks for checking it out! <3

[On the Clouds 2022]

Ah yes, the classic uplifting trance form always becomes a rocket, and yes I do read those. Very close to the quintisseintial 2010-ish uplifting trance sound. Great work.

[Oxidized Exhaust [F/C Slipstream DX]]

Super dreamy jungle. I like this space, shimmering ambience paired with gritty beat slices. It reminds me of Sewerslvt.

[where we are]

are we where

[Something, Anything]

This is fantastic. Your "little shitposts" are beautiful. Keep shitposting.

[Waltz Und Basse]

Holy moly, so dense yet so clean. Cheeky Mozart sonata reference there. Absolutely shredding percussion and strings. What's most impressive is the way you use and elevate your samples and plugins to such heights. Fantastic work.