Synami's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Take You]

People *need* to stop sleeping on you. This fucking goes, esp the second half

qxuu responds:

yeah fr, tysm for the compliments, glad you love the song <3
I personally think the first half is better, but the second half is good too

[{dj-N} Banga Torakku]

That mixdown is fucking lovely. Gated pad at 1:47-2:02 feels weird, maybe do some lowpass automation on that, but otherwise good stuff. :P

[Early Access - Epilepsy VIP]

I don't think I've felt more underwhelmed listening to a DnB tune.

Everything is weak, almost as if there was little to no care put into mastering the track before release. The lonely tops in the drums make the entirety of the two drops sound remarkably empty, and I don't find the kick fitting with the basses either. Snappier drums would just go along with them more, rather than what sounds like a full loop dragged into your DAW of choice - the ones here sound much more fitting in a liquid DnB tune, rather than very minimal tech. There are only three basses to compensate for the sub and drums, all of which are narrow in terms of frequencies and, as a result, don't help to combat how empty the track sounds as a whole.

Outside of the drops, there's also remarkably little going on. There's a drone, some hi-hats which are too loud in comparison and a reese, all of which sounding like filler to just get the track to its drops. Even a tonal pad could help out with this.

Some white noise FX in the drops could also help this track, but not by much - the liquid drums and techy basses just clash too much for me to not notice. One of them desperately has to be changed, alongside more samples or instruments just being there in the first place. There simply aren't enough elements to consider this a finished track in my eyes.

[Hyperspace]

1:44 aw hell nah not the sytrus depthcore preset

DreadOrpheus responds:

Hehe. First time I use it.

[Mitten (2023 Remaster)]

all my homies love shimmer reverb

[ᵕᵉᵞᶛᴓvᴰ]

jesus fucking christ

[Faire Semblant.]

Really chill. Wish those snares @ 1:37 were a little louder and went further in the second drop, otherwise I quite like it.

[the key]

Damnnn this shit's beautiful

[lens flare]

This track's like if Oneohtrix Point Never and Camellia had a child, I dig it.
If the mix was less muddy and the panning on the amen was centered I'd give it a 5..

[Vesper]

Pretty neat track. The introduction is nice, but I feel like the piano's introduced a little too early as the pad already sets a nice ambience for the start. The general structure of this song is solid, but the crash cymbal throughout is a little abrasive compared to the other elements - maybe remove the low/mid frequencies, have it a couple decibels lower and drown it a little in reverb.

The drop sounds nice, but I feel like it's a little samey throughout and the mix/master makes everything sound smashed together, a little overcompressed. Maybe it's because the main piano is a little too loud, chill it out with a little decrease in volume and less stereo presence. On the second time listening, I also noticed that the drum loop you used sounds stretched, a little unnatural which isn't good for an orchestral/ambient track like this. I know there isn't many workarounds if you're sticking with the loop, but maybe changing the mode for stretching or using another loop entirely would work? Not sure. It also sounds like there's an abrupt cut at 1:36, the instruments sound like they looped incorrectly there.

For the outro, I felt like it could've been a little more impactful with a riser to introduce itself comfortably. The noise sample also abruptly cuts off at 2:17 and the piano does so too, right at the end. Those could both probably be fixed with a little reverb and volume automation.

The strengths and weaknesses are both apparent, but I still feel like this track is strongly emotional. Keep on going!

Domido responds:

Thanks for the honest feedback.
After I've listened it to after the upload I realized most of the weaknesses you mentioned. Ear fatigue is a pain hahaha