Trash-Man-1's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Shimmering Seashore]

Good but a little too empty.

Its good stuff, but I feel you should add a little more dynamics. Once it gets going its not so empty, but could still use more to fill it up and spread it out. Might want to pan things a bit more wisely as well to further fill it up.

Good composition though.

SirKoto51 responds:

Thanks, actually the panning is my own fault because some instruments on the midi I used were already panned a certain way (and I changed the way in some which I probably should not have done. This is only my 3rd loop though and I hope to make longer and better compositions in the future. Thanks man!

[<MWA> Affligé [remastered]]

Great work.

Really good job on the piano. I love it when the rest comes in. Very good production quality. I like the drums. Kinda wish I heard the timpani better, you might wanna bring that forward a little bit.

Very good work and composition.

mjattie responds:

well, I would put it forward if it would excist, but there is no timpani in it :)

thanks for the 10/10 :)

[Must be Me (Demo)]

Really cool sounds

Really love that sound that starts it off. I like your daring of using such a wild and crazy sound. I think it came out pretty good. Great job. Very funky. The silent Pianoish part is also quite a nice touch.

Great work.

ElectroLord99 responds:

lol yeah that sound is pretty interesting eh? XD

[Suspicious mind]

Good intro.

I really like the intro. Really nice touch how you handled the ethnic. Song is kinda quiet though and you probably should get it a good punch in the volume.

Really good sound though, I like this a lot.

demonichate responds:

Thank you very much =] which part of it is too quiet or is the whole thing too quiet?
Thanks for the support!

[Butterfly Effect]

cool

That main sound though, which is held through the entire song, it is a little too full and kinda should be Equed to not be as rough sounding. That is my only gripe though.

Back-From-Purgatory responds:

Not entirely sure I know what you mean by "rough sounding", sounds soft and smooth to me, care to elaborate?

I made the tone from scratch in Toxic Biohazard, so I'm open to critique on how to make it a bit better.

[Dusty Old Consoles [8bit]]

Pretty good.

Very catchy indeed. Harmony and melody were rather loud for my taste though. I would suggest turning them down so the drums and bass stick out just a little better.

Good Work.

TakeTheBait responds:

I thought it was pretty well mixed, but thanks a lot for the words of advice, I'll keep that in mind!

[Elfire - Bitter Valentine]

Good production, but repettitive

I feel you could change it up more, rather than holding out as long as it does for each main idea. I'll tell you that the song is very nicely produced, I just wish it didn't hold out for so long for each main idea you had, and had more variation instead. Doesn't mean to go all over the place, just don't hold out for so long maybe.

I personally think this song would sound better if all unneeded repeations were simply just cut out. It may only be about 3 mins, but it will be less likely to get boring to listeners.

Elfire responds:

Cant say i really agree with ya there, fairly certain no 4 bars are quite the same but hey, each to thier own. was going for a overall build rather than sections, there is a lead thats overused but it doesnt sound much of a build without it =[

anyways, thanks for the review.

[<EagleGuard> Frozen Forests]

Really good song

I really like the choice of instruments in this. It actually sounds very RPGish and would probably fit right in one of the story sequences in an RPG video game.

My only suggestion would be to change to a different instrument in the later half of the song, maybe change to a french horn for an interesting approach.

Otherwise, the song is greatly composed.

EagleGuard responds:

Well, actually I did add a french horn half way through xD Though it blends in with the cellos & basses. Unless you mean the part after that. I think adding a french horn there would make it a bit too chaotic, to be honest.

Thanks for the review!

[SMB 2 - Overworld]

Very Nice

This is how a cover is done. Very nicely executed. Sounds nice and crisp as well as alive. The separation of instruments is very nicely done. Great work.

Stage3-1 responds:

Thank you, I put a lot of time into the mixing of the instruments and was happy with the way it turned out.

[-Dream Catcher-]

Badass indeed.

I really love the soft introduction. Pretty cool guitar sound, it really fills up the stereo. They are just so nice and crunchy. MMmmmmm

Back-From-Purgatory responds:

There's only 1 guitar track, however I use a dual tone, each tone panned about 50% left and right. Glad to hear I finally made a guitar tone people can enjoy.

Thanks for the review!