VulpesHilarianus's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Trista]

Hot damn, the complex finger picking at the beginning was enough to get my attention. And then you just kept layering in sounds to springboard off that. It sounds as good something you'd hear from Ruban Nelson.

One criticism I have is the lead guitar's a bit muffled and mixes with the rhythm.

popolamusic responds:

Thank you! That is high praise! And thank you for the constructive criticism, it's greatly appreciated.

[Again - Rework]

Some of the timing is a bit off, and the guitar sounds a slight bit out of tune. But the underlying chord progression's great. I'd add another guitar that's panned off to one side to hold a sustained note and fill in some of the empty space, though that might not work once the vocals are added.

FarFromSundown responds:

Thanks for listening! I actually fixed those problems like the timing and stuff in the version with vocals if you care to check it out. Thanks for taking the time to review!

[Die alone]

Very faithfully played, with almost no mistakes that I can hear. That said, the mixing needs a lot of work. It's missing quite a bit of the high end making things very muddy, the phaser is causing the stereo tracks to bleed and drown out things mixed on the left, and the crunch guitar is a bit too loud.

[pumpkin boulevard]

This is some soundtrack quality stuff. I'm just kind of disappointed that the strings only come in at the end. I feel like there's certain points where they could have filled out the song a bit, trading places with the theremin. But it's still great, man.

fleepis responds:

i totally agree with you on the strings. i would have LOVED to have more string dynamics and other cool stuff but the strings that come with FL are garbage and there’s no way to have them solo’d without being ugly. maybe i’ll invest in some good string vst’s down the line haha

[The Mirodim Podcast - 004 - Death, Taxes, and Udemy]

Nice to see you back up and going. Sad to see you lost a bunch of stuff. If you ever need any songs for the podcast, don't be afraid to ask.

[Won't Forget You [Chiptune]]

Three songs in one? And they're not disjointed! Dude, that's awesome! I especially love how you can differentiate all the saw sounds used, despite them being very similar in oscillation length. Very difficult to pull off.

SuperBastard responds:

Thanks! Yeah a little detuning goes a long way.

[Fatal RayZors]

Sounds a little too hollow, like it's missing the lower end where all the bass is. Not to mention the upper range is all melding together, making the lead synths and hi-hats and the like all sort of blend together. The composition's great, though.

[Giving It Your Soul Snail]

Dude, I like it. Little bit'a funk, little bit'a jazz lounge, and a whole lotta smoothness working in its favour. I also feel a lot of that early 1980s jive goin' through it, which mixed with the slight bluesy edge near the middle of the song really slides it through one great section and right into an even better one.

[Rampant]

Niiice. Needs to fluff up a bit, and there are times where it feels like certain sections repeat for too long. Another small thing, but the place where the guitar strums is a bit off-tempo. I'm not sure if a regular listener could hear it, but my ears picked up on it right away. Otherwise very nice mellow composition.

As an aside, where'd you get the horns used in the very beginning? I'd love to know

comando0110 responds:

I am aware of the off tempo guitar. I honestly like it that way. It makes me feel like a chump, but all my songs are made with a verry simple beat mixer. It's Music Maker Jam. Im pretty much a toddler level DJ considering this. I want to get Reason or Fl Studio some time and learn that. For now its this. Still though i feel samples from Music Maker Jam could still be useful in the future.

The horns you get buy downloading the module called Dubstep on the Music Maker Jam music modues program. not dubstep 2 or three or some shit its the one simply called Dubstep.

[Fire (Come on!)]

Composition-wise it's not bad. But the repeated "FIYAH" gets really annoying after a while. Otherwise, very nice.

TheNGVirus responds:

thank you! yeah, I gotta learn how to spread the vocals