whitesymphonia's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[A Dreamlike State of Mind]

Awesome!

I can totally imagine this being used in a game. Reminds me of Legend of Zelda, when the fairies appear. I love the harp usage! :)

JakobePaulobe responds:

Thanks for the review man. I'm lovin the harp too :D

[Requiem For A]

What?

Isn't this basically "Requiem for a Dream"?
Just with different instruments?

The quality of your instruments aren't that great. If you want to do a cover on it, you should probably say it's a cover since it does sound like a exact copy. Also, I would suggest you actually make it different than the original since currently this is remarkably similar to the original.

T1LTED responds:

Yes the beginning I tried to cover it but the notes and instruments were done by ear and so it was hard to produce similar instrument sounds. Thanks for your comments though on making it different. I'll take into consideration.

[All I can do is wait]

Love it!

Love songs like this :).

I'd love to see the lyrics though :).

ageReason responds:

I'm glad you enjoyed it.

As an expression of my gratitude, I'll even go so far as including the lyrics.

[Collaboration Project]

So upbeat! :)

Reminds me of streamline by Newton when I first heard it. Love the melody, especially from the beginning to 00:17. The ending is extremely abrupt though. Would like to see this as a longer piece, and maybe under a different name? :). Just note that it's a collab in the description.

MatrixGravity responds:

I'm very glad you enjoyed it.
I very well may finish it at some point.
I'm glad you liked it. I came up with the original melody, and my friend worked on the instrumental.
We'll see what happens! I'll talk to the dude and we'll figure something out!
Thank you (:!

[Tea in Venice]

More tea and crumpets sir?

Yea, definitely feels like something you would listen to at a fancy tea party/ dinner party, that kind of thing. Loved your string usage. The end part should be longer. I wanted to hear more of the horn.

In general, it should all be longer! I want more! :D

Latency responds:

Thanks for the review and advice! I do plan on extending it to a full piece at some point, and I'll definitely post it on here when it is finished.

[Rincon Beach]

Nice feel!

Love the tropical feel! It's laidback and not really rushed. The drums give me the imagery of drums that tropical people (right term?) play. Also, I think of coconuts for some reason when I hear the drums xD

My only real suggestion would be to vary it a bit. It sounds more like a loop than an actual song. Feels like the same loop used over and over again. I could be wrong though since I know some parts are slightly different. But mostly it feels the same.

alvys18 responds:

awesome man thanks!!...yeah it was intended to sound kinda tropical and relaxing. it's not a loop...I'll try to go back and do some more work to it!

[Holy Sickness]

Totally!

Can definitely imagine what you're talking about, although for military bunker, i'm thinking of a more mechanical feel. The fast pace really gives a running vibe, and the countdown helps with the race/escape theme.

Pro:
Great running feel, as well as military/bunker feel.
Love the part at around 00:46, just love the feeling although it's no longer the factory/mechanic feel to it.

Con:
Would like to see more mechnical/factory feel to it.
Also, would like to see it longer since I can imagine this as an escape theme in my head. Probably a run/gun game, and escaping, while it's usually a timed thing, might be longer than two minutes, so i'm thinking a loop, or a longer song althogether.

Great work!

truthandloyalty responds:

i get that. i didn't really have a specific use in mind for it. i've never really made a song specifically for a game or anything and i'm new to the genre. i didn't really even know what genre to call it. i'm native to hip hop, but i'll keep that in mind for future submissions and if anyone considers using this i would be happy to make changes to fit their needs.

[/-Freefall-\(BETA)]

Starts out good, but...

Pros:
Your beat is very good. Along with the "mystical/heavenly" sound in the background, you give off a good air/flying feeling. The usage of drums here, helps establish a quick tempo, which is obviously what you want to do.

Cons:
@ around 1:51, the introduction of the new phrase. Here, I don't really like it. It differs a lot from your original theme. It still preserves the feeling of moving really quickly, but I think it's not that fitting.
@ 3:29 ish is the same deal.
Not really feeling the sudden ending either. It feels like you just suddenly stop and change directions 180 degrees.

Notes:
For wind sounds, may I suggest:
http://www.xoxos.net/vst/vst.html

The "nature" vsti has a lot of different sounds. It should work for FL, although I've only tried it on Reaper before. Either way, it creates a good wind sound.

Your filter actually gives me a feeling of light rain rather than wind rushing by. I imagine fast wind more howling, like when you have the window down as you drive.

Darkfire96 responds:

Thanks.For the pad I used z3ta+. The default sample that pops up with it or something. For the 1:51 part im just gonna go ahead and say ts your personal preference. My mentor said that i should add a different melody so the song doesnt get repetitive. For 3:20 part i changed the pitch that way it gets more interesting. Sorry but my style of music production is odd. I really have no idea how to use a filter yet as i completely came by using it by accident. As for what u are saying i think you mean 3xocs. I used the noise setting on it.If i add a stronger wind sound then i cant do anything with the song until i master it. Again with the 1:51 part freefall is technically falling to terminal velocity. But there still is time as to how you get to terminal velocity. My purpose of this song was to capture those 3 seconds of not freefalling and lengthen it. So you have to imagine that you are falling. And for the pitch change well... I Have an obsession with angels. I know horrible obsession. But when i was going to fix this song i imagined an angel freefalling. At the last second it would spread there wings and fly. Im sorry for having to explain this so you can understand the song V.V.
But thank you for your honest review as well. I also appreciated the link for the nature vst. It will really help, believe me.
Angels Gone Rogue

/-DJ Chaos-\

[[Heavenly]*]

I'm flying!

Notes:
Never heard your first version.

Pros:
Love the usage of flute/wind instrument and the uplifting feeling till 00:46. Liked the incorporation of the 2nd and the 1st theme at 1:23ish. You're one of the few people I've heard that use the style of melody/chorus/melody/chorus, etc. It's really nice! :)

Cons:
I think the drums are bringing it away from the heavenly feel. Typically for songs of "holiness", we don't hear heavy drum beats as much.

Overall:
Just great, really uplifting and soaring piece!

Solkrieg responds:

Thanks a lot for this feedback! I haven't gotten this good of feedback in a while. Mostly it's always "Good!". Thanks for going into detail!

About the cons: Yeah, it's kind of hard to find an uplifting beat.

[Go with the Music]

not really feeling the guitars

General:
seeing the title gave me the impression that it would be either fairly sad, or really bright. The guitar portion (at beginning and later at the end) I think throws it off balance.

Pros:
Your usage of the bellish instruments was good, it gave a sort of sad "twinkle".
Also ,I like how it loops extremely well even though that was completely unintended

Cons:
Nothing against the name, but I think you should rename it, also it feels more like a trance/ambience than Misc.

Section-wise:
0:17 was a part I liked a lot, here it felt more sadder, something I think rememberable day would be (one of the two options)

1:20ish - this section feels/sounds out of place, I think a different transition would've been much better here.

Overall:
Pretty good, but I think the section/name should be changed. Hope I'm not too focused on the name in relation to the song!

th3fallen0ne responds:

Haha, thanks. I always welcome other's feedback so I can see where I can improve. As well I find that it's always hard for me to give the song a better suitable title. So I will do some work on it :)