Daru925's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Duel Zone!!]

So catchy! I enjoyed it :D
The rhodes around 0:47 is my favourite part.
Like your other tracks, the reverb gives the impression that i'm watching a band play live.

NyxTheShield responds:

Thanks ^^ I am kinda a fan of reeverb, i don't like dry sounds hahahaha

[S.D Tactical Clubbing]

Luke Slater likes this :D
Sleepless night sessions are the best!
I can picture crowd and strobe lights dancing^^

[Forest of Melancholy [Donkey K]

Very nice!

NyxTheShield responds:

Thanks ^^

[Happy Quarl [LOOP]]

That would make a pretty cool "Select your character!" music.

[Nightlady]

Great! It gives me the impression of a neon city on a rainy night.

The pads are super cool, like a living thing and the piano/rhodes blends well, which is something rare; as i tend to find piano to be so agressive/distractive/earpearcing in many many tracks.
Good job!
I like the details like the simple delayed plucks, and the distorted sounds in the background.

For my usual nitpicking: the drumkit is a little dry compared to the rest.

[Republic of Nowhere]

I like the melodies and rythms, good variety of instruments, though it felt a little sad, for an anthem, but maybe that's why you go to Republic of Nowhere?
As usual, soundfounts give this videogame's touch; totally reminds me of rpgs on 2D consoles. Good!

The track has pretty good clarity, each instruments has its own space in the frequency range.
Volume wise, the snare is ok, but the drum is a little too shy...
I would give the drumkit a LITTLE more presence.
Remember when watching marching bands?
You can feel this one rumbling on the street usually.
Since it's a soundfount, you might have not much controls, but the horns full force all the time can get tiring quickly.

Hope you'll find something useful in this review for your next tracks!

LexRodent responds:

Useful indeed Man, those are good suggestions.
I will apply them to improve this track, (and future ones) as soon as I can.
The sad feel is intended, as you noticed, thanks for the feedback.

[jazzy-esque breaks thingy]

...Yeah, Amen -break- to that... -_-'

-Darude-

PS: Nice intro, can we have part II now? With some saxophone and a contrabass? Thanks in advance.

Yoshiii343 responds:

actually, this is more of a warm up thingie since i haven't been making stuff for a year or two so it's gonna take a lot of will power for me to make part 2 of this masterpiece in progress

[Transformation]

Ok,ok you were not lying, i hereby grant you a permit for using Slayer ;)

Though, my favourite part is from 0:37 to 1min, very nice drums.

Troisnyx responds:

Those drums were FPC! *blush* Still, glad you liked them!

[Blue Verb]

It reminds me of "Btoum-Roumada"

[Away with You]

Good one! I liked the dark not so dark ambiance.
I can totally imagine this music in a song, with some dark poetry, nothing too mellow or cheesy.

Also totally random but some bits of melodies reminds me of mike oldfield somehow... :D

ScottJacob responds:

Thanks! Not sure who Mike Oldfield is but you got me curious lol