anthonyragus's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[STEL3N - God in the Flesh]

Fantastic writing. I would like to hear more mid frequencies in the guitars. The drums sound unnatural, not sure if that's due to the samples or post processing. I'm tempted to say that drums overall can be raised a bit in the mix, and some EQ on individual drums. especially snare, might help with the frequency conflict I'm hearing. Great work, can't wait to hear more.

[And That's The End]

Simple and effective; what a compelling and empotional track. It ebbs and flows natrually, and has that pandiatonic embiguity, which to me has this liminal, nostalgic quality. The arp synth feels like a focal point, around which everything else changes and rotates. Great stuff!

[maniac!]

Hoooo, that penguin is schmoovin'. I love the high pitched arpeggio and catchy melody, and I'm not sure I would have noticed it was fakebit had you not written it. I think a quicker, wider vibrato would work for those sustained notes, but I'm nitpicking. Nice work. Noot noot, mofo

[Foreign Place]

Great sound; I like the space you've created. Nice little chromatic moment in the chorus. I dig the verby synth recorder too.

Ajtastic responds:

Thanks man, I appreciate it!

[Moonlchan - Ohio Chills]

This is a cool aesthetic; reminiscent of synthwave with a modern touch of vocal stutters. Nice work.

[Cookie]

Electro SWANG

[dont come out at night]

Heck yeah, this is super catchy. Great use of harmonic minor stepwise melody, and those momentary half-step dissonances. Perhaps some rubato and further dequantization would make it even more expressive and spooktacular.

[But There Is Underwater]

This underwater do be jammin' though. This track is solid and fun to relisten. I love the chromaticism and voicings in the keys, and the different perussion layers, lots of quintessential house things. My comments tend to be nitpickky and subjective, and I understand the sampled nature of EDM, but I tend to enjoy subtle long-form variation, so that no section is exactly like another. I think of things like percussion / hat layers, chord layers, differences in melodic content. The following is also a stylistic choice, but 10kHz and higher has room to be bumped up in the mastering stage, if you want a crispier sound. Anyhow, this song would fly in the club as is; great work.

[WAVE]

Hey dude, this track is thoughtful and well put together; no additonal chords needed, hehe. I don't hear the lead vibrato, but maybe that's the reverb. But crushing is under appreciated; it gets wild once you start combining it with other effects. Some more automation in the lead and other prominent elements would add more life and expression. I was also hoping to hear more variation in the vocal slices; you can make a cool melody by changing pitch and rhythm. I super dig the mechanical-ish sound design; more please!

LazerwingMusic responds:

Thanks for the positivity! If you love bitcrush then you'll definitely enjoy the next few tracks ill release :)

[Solenya & EthoShark - Cavern]

Great track, I dig the chillstep aesthetic, the bitcrushed melody. and the surprise the outro. It sounds like it functions as a transition to the next track, but I think it's fantastic regardless. The only bit with which my ears aren't completely on board is the occasional bass buzz (that super high pass filtered bass synth). Adding a low pass filter to round out those highs will help blend that track with the overall mix. There's a sweet spot in the LPF frequency, where that bass sound can still cut through, but not sound too buzzy. If you find you're missing high-frequency content, you could boost the hats to compensate. Just spitballing ideas here. Great work.

EthoShark responds:

Thanks! I appreciate your feedback