Wilhiemthe2nd's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Expanding Void]

Nice soundscape, though things get reaaallly claustrophobic and chaotic around 2:00.
Come to think of it, that may be what you are shooting for, in that case fantastic work.
Still isn't necessarily my cup of tea, unless its paired up with some sort of animation, which this really deserves.

Nice work. :D

FateModified responds:

Hey, thanks for the review!

I wasn't really trying to go for a claustrophobic feeling. My main method of making music is by adding layers with new melodies to keep the song interesting and not so repetitive-sounding. Perhaps I have too many layers in the part of the song you mentioned, and I probably should have thinned it out some there. Thanks for pointing that out. I'll keep this more in mind in the future.

Great to hear from you! :D

[[Steel Harmony] rough demo]

Expand on all those ideas. Very song worthy, though I feel the final riff doesn't fit all that well with the others. Also if you can find out how to make your recordings cleaner for the real thing, that would be nice. C:

RokaiYotama responds:

The last one was just a last minute kind of thing put together, we're still trying to figure out what to play. With recording, this was just recorded on an ipad. All my other songs on here are done through POD Farm on my laptop, so no worries :D But thanks for the input, much appreciated.

[Mnargl - Metal Loop 29]

The writing is pretty cool, really like that style but...
Oh god, the low frequencies are crying. They are being so ignored in this track, everything sounds so damn tinny. ; ^ ;

Mnargl responds:

Made a new version

[Last Leaf]

There are some really cool ideas, I really like the percussion and bass, but it feels like there is waaay too much reverb. Too much reverb that really clogs stuff up. It doesn't help that everything is extremely busy all at once. There are some really interesting ideas here though, you should definitely work on it a bit more. c:

jojoBiBop responds:

Aw it just sounds good to me i don't know why i like music like this lol but you're right, redo accepted.

and ty.

[The Drift]

Suddenly, I feel like I'm playing a pandemic game.

Your use of effects is amazing, and the that lead work at around 1:15 is very cool with those Arpeggios, but even more impressive is how they don't over power that 2/3 note melody, you seem to have a great understanding of focus, its awesome. The melody and Chords are also awesome, I definitely felt like I was going somewhere.

I'm absolutely in love with this, great job!!!~

DX-Interactive responds:

Thanks so much, really glad you like it! I'm slowly getting better at all this music making stuff - I guess look up 'Secheron Peak' for more of my songs if you're interested. I'd love for this stuff to be put to use. Thanks again!

[The Journey Home]

Perfectly constructed and delivered. It is very beautiful, and I'm sure your wife loves it, no matter where she is. Best wishes~

FateModified responds:

Thanks, I appreciate your kind comments.

[Into The Jungle]

Love all the variations, and that percussion.
It is a tad repetitive, and the bells are a bit too busy and has this really weird timing thing going on, I think it should be simplified a bit so it sounds a bit natural, that might be personal taste but eh.

Great job as always! Its surprising how much Garage Band can do!

FateModified responds:

Yeah, it is a bit repetitive, isn't it? I'll work on it more later. I was kind of going for a percussive rhythm feel to the bells, but maybe it didn't work so well. Thanks for the review, I appreciate the feedback :)

[HotPocket]

This sounds incredibly weird.
Love the intro, will look out for the full version. ;)

Tarteviant responds:

opera ragga funk pop lol

[The Cave Dwellers]

Pretty nice groove you got going there, really love the Bass, though I'd overlap it with a subbass personally, playing the same thing but an Octave down accompanying the acoustic bass.

Melodically, the note at 0:05-6 is a bit dissonant, and I don't feel that dissonance would be a feature in this kind of song me thinks. But that might just be me.

Excellent Job!~

FateModified responds:

Hey, thanks for the review! It's always great to get feedback from a fellow music composer.

On my computer's speakers (good headphones are another thing I need to invest in), the bass already sounds pretty deep to me, but I will try your suggestion to add the lower octave sub-bass. With the extra bass, it would probably give the song a more powerful sound. It's a good idea, I'll try it.

Thanks for catching that dissonant note for me. After you mentioned that, I went and listened to all the tracks as piano tracks, and I actually found some other notes as well that didn't sound quite right to me. Since I only learned a little bit of music theory on my own many years ago, I'm not so strong on composing harmonies - I do it pretty much all by ear instead of by knowledge. One thing that I learned recently though, is that in composing harmonies I should do all the tracks as piano tracks at first so it's easier to really hear how the different harmonies are working together. I forgot to do that this time :/

Thanks for the review! It really helps :D