WinTang's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Flame Dancer]

Hi.

What the hell is up with this "kinda good for a female on Newgrounds"? Jesus, have you people ever SEEN a girl before?

Anyways, welcome, and good job on this first submission. It's quite energetic and has lots of funny bleeps and noises.
It does go a little all over the place sometimes, intertwining melodies clash a bit here and there and you can't seem to decide on what beat to use :)
It also lacks a bit in the bass department, the rhythm section never really got my head moving, but that's a matter of experimenting a bit more...

Lol, what is up with those hi-hats way at the end of the song? That was certainly unexpected...

Well good job, keep at it, and let's see how you'll fit in between all the horny AP boys + Chronamut, the flamboyant self-proclaimed gay god!

Sexy-Jess88 responds:

hi WinTang, thx for dropping by! lol, I hope I can fit in..just think of me as one of 'the guys' :P ... I REALLY appreciate the support so far from everyone and thx heaps for your nice review.
Gotta boost the bass maybe? It kept on distorting so I turned it down! guess i went too far..I'll try and make the rhythm better in future so important for a dance track!!!
cya

[bannerama]

Hey man

I have to agree with a lot of people that the song is not very interesting. The production is very good but it would be nice if you worked with that to come up with some more interesting compositions.
I like simplicity and all that, but four different notes in one whole song is a little bit too shabby even for me :)
Also I noticed that you have started to post rather grimly on the BBS and that you don't want reviews anymore. I'd advise you to not let criticism bring you down, it's really a good thing that people spend the time and energy to try to help you ahead, generally because like me they see your potential and want to see you use it on music that stands out more.
With that, I leave you :) Good luck man!

Syntrus responds:

yo win tang return the review i'm going to give u to synmastery.

[Introduction, Rondo et Scherzo]

Going good :)

Very nice my man, you're definitely making progress in this stuff. I remember now that I still promised you to play a version of Waltz no 5... I'll hopefully get on that soon.

You're gaining variety, and

A few points... (this is assuming you're still using Noteworthy Composer)

In the intro, the sustain pedal kinda clogs up the notes together - in this case, it might've been better to use the 'slur' feature. This is also the case for the part where the left hand repeats chords every quarter note, it sounds kinda choppy there. Basically, you make phrases with that function, so it'll also greatly benefit the right hand. It makes everything way more legato. Also, try to work with the accents more. It'll all be translated very nicely to VSTs and immediately makes it sound more genuine.

Be careful that the right-hand melody doesn't muddle along too much, at certain points I found myself mainly listening to its rhythm because the notes seemed kinda all over the place :). Keep in mind that in pieces like this, that stick to a rhythmical pattern for a long time, the melody should really be something special. Consider every note carefully!

Anyway, it's cool dude, you're getting there. Keep it up!

MusicalRocky responds:

Hey, man. Lol don't worry about my Waltz no. 5...don't feel obligated or anything.

I know what you mean about the pedal clogging up the notes, but I kinda wanted the pedal in there. I think the mess-up is just I held the pedal for too long. For full measures at least. So everything was kinda of mushed up because the beginning is Largo. I don't know if slurring the notes would give me the sound I want. Not sure which part you're talking about with the repeating chords in quarter notes with the left hand. I know what you mean about the accents, I didn't particularly pay much attention to it in this piece.

I now feel badly because with this piece I didn't focus on the melodic line lol. That may have been a big mistake. I'll keep your melodic advice in mind for later pieces.

Thanks, man. I'm glad you liked it. Your review was really helpful.

[Beyond Repair (3min 52sec)]

Cool.

I think Chronamut was referring to Robin S - Show me love :) that's an old one! It's definitely similar in rhythmical pattern.

I liked this very much. Good consistent beat, which makes it very comfortable while that little lead synth just kinda goes bananas over it... nice delay and panning and stuff, very skillful, crafty, and very nice.

One thing I would've liked to hear is the track really getting into full gear, it seemed to peak at roughly 90% of what it is capable of, in terms of intensity.

Keep up the good stuff!
5/5

[Grace]

Grand!

Yep, truly Mogwai and Sigur Ros stuff :), and a little Philip Glass even!

Arbiter is right about the clipping, it also seems like it loops a few ms before it should, but I consider that a minor inconvenience, it's really about the whole soundscape that it leads into.

It sounds refreshingly unpolished, lo-fi if you will, without leaving the impression that the quality of your equipment led to that!

It's wonderfully done man - I can predict it will not get the recognition it deserves, because it just washes over you. However, I know that it takes a lot of craft to maintain the consistency needed for that, so hats off to you man.

The only thing that didn't seem totally appropriate was the wide panning on the drums, mainly the cymbals seemed to come loose from the mix a bit. Perhaps lower the volume a bit on those hi-hats.

Otherwise, I loved it. Download, 5/5. Good luck on MAC6 August!

pitbulljones responds:

cheers wintang for the review. again as i mentioned to arbiter i havent got a clue why it's clipping, unless it's the midi to audio conversion. I dobn't know where this lo-fi quality has come from either, it could be becasue when i sequenced it in cubase i did it in midi sequencer rather than normal project and so it routed all the audio to a buss instaed of stereo out.

Im glad you enjoyed the track and i take your comments on board about the drums too.

cheers

pitters

[rapture 2012 (wargasm)]

PRRRLEKEKE

Cool stuff man...
Did you sing them yourself? I don't recognize them as such from the song... if so, great job, if not, great job still because it's a worthwile addition.

I again love the randomness and all that, though I think this started off a wee bit too fragmentaric. Lots of nice samples and sounds are introduced but it tends to become a little bland until the "May your sky be rolled up like a scroll, may your blue moon drip with blood". After which it really picks up into awesome ambient/native/jungle crossoverness.

The last part, after what seemed like a boy yelling something in Spanish or Portuguese, was truly ace. The distorted vocal rap/growl thing was really, really cool against that repetitive beat. Pure gold man, seriously. Pat(ton) on the back!

I think we should make a track together sometime! If you'd like that, e-mail or PM me, we can probably work something out :)

5/5 and dl man, you're a great find to me! Keep it up!!

snoballandthmonyshot responds:

yo the tang,
i did do the vox myself but it sounds more or less the same as they do in the track 'goodbye sober day', near the end of the track.
yeh, first half is a little wishy washy.
the end section was a lot of fun, nothing quite like jumping around ur bedroom screetching into the mic. don't think that part goes down too well with most people tho.
anyway, thanks for listening
;ped

[Rucklo - EmoBitch (NGedit)]

WHOO!! Triplet breaks!!

Great friggin job dude.
The groaning threw me off a little, but then I realized it was your voice and my heart filled with love (and that's nothing compared to what filled my PENOR!! OMGZORZZ)

But it still cuts through the mix too much and has some natural mic distortion - I'd increase distance a bit when you're recording...

Anyway, mean lyrics to a mean song, I really like that over-the-top fuzz on the bass, especially in the wah wah effects.

And then there was a triplet drum break!!! That should've returned a time or two man, it makes me jizz! Fo jizzle!

Good going on the resigned part with the strings too, really adds to the suspense.

By all means, submit a Tankmen song. You have my full blessing :)

F I F E N

[§Arbiter§ MAC6 - TANKMEN]

Very nice indeed.

Good piece again. Very nicely arranged. Percussion is splendid. Dynamically it could've made a bigger progress since it's basically the same 4 bars on repeat, but granted a minute is not very long to accomplish that.

One thing is that in every 4th bar, the lead and rhythm both play the G, which has the function of the 3rd in the Eb major chord. Generally with 3rds this is not a good idea unless you completely omit the root (but Eb gets played one beat later), and it did throw me off a bit.

It syncopates very nicely and does come close to authentic playing. Too bad it cuts off before the cymbals are done ringing, you might wanna use a little artificial fade for that...

Great job otherwise, good luck on the contest!

[Star Stealing Girl CC]

Nice :)

I find the composition a little boring, but you fixed my attention by expanding the arrangement in the right areas.
That lead, is that a flute doubled with a clarinet or something? It sounds really full for such a high pitch, well done.
I forgot how Chron's sounded, lol. Too bad he didn't compete in the MAC...
Great effort man. 4/5. (As I still don't really like the song...)

[§Arbiter§ - Dark Winds]

LOL

u n00b winds cant b dark their colorless! ROFLMAO

Yeah. I already reviewed this in my review for "Arise of Lothian". But I wanted to completely finish my MAC6 July reviewing spree :)
Let's see what you made out of the Tankmen thing!