VulpesHilarianus's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Déjà vu]

The composition's nice, and catches you off guard when the rhythm break occurs because you're expecting it to go another beat. Keeps you listening that way.

The compressor decay's a bit too off on the drums, and it causes some popping when there's both a crash and snare snap at the same time. That and the toms cause a fair bit of frequency bleed at the low end. That makes it difficult to listen to, especially on headphones.

FarFromSundown responds:

Thank you for listening. And I really appreciate you taking the time to leave some constructive feedback! Thanks!

[Acceleracers (Drive to Survive)]

Hot damn. Somebody else remembers Highway 35 and Acceleracers and the good music (at least composition wise) it had it in it. Also nice to finally hear the Drone theme be given some of the heaviness it really deserved, even if the guitars aren't real.

[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.

[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

[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.