sigma16's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[-Machine Politics-]

I heard the original on your radio stream a while ago and I have to say this is a huge improvement. I didn't really enjoy the original too much because as you said, the intro was a lot longer and it got very stale quickly.

This is another one of my favourites now for sure, keep up to good work! :)

[Brobdingnagian Wall]

I find it quite cool that this was made with the mobile version of FL given how much more lightweight it is than the desktop version.

But this isn't too bad for a beginner at all, I mean it has the typical amateur mistakes such as being overly repetitive and flat (the drums help to disguise it a bit here though.) Plus the loudness could have been fixed through leveling and master compression. Although at a beginner level Id just say stick a limiter on the master channel in the mixer for now. (As you learn more you will probably stop doing this because its not a very good thing to do.) Also, if you programmed all of the drum patterns yourself (not just using loops) then I'm quite impressed actually! :)

All of your stuff is your own work and isn't ear rape-y, I see no reason not to scout you. I look forward to what you make in the future ;)

ReSiRE responds:

Thanks, that helps a lot. And also, thanks for scout. :)

[-Combo Breaker Japan-]

If the throwback isn't obvious from the title the first minute or so gives it away, Its nice to hear Combo Breaker redone in such an interesting style... Gotta hand it to you this is probably better than doing a flat out remake of it :)

[-Jungle Temple II-]

Not bad, but your mixing still needs work. You cant just slap a limiter on the master channel and call it a day :P Drums hit a bit to hard and drown some things out currently.

I'm also starting to notice a lot of repetition between tracks in terms of drums... maybe its time to start using more different samples or invest in some new libraries? ;) Then again, you started the project nearly a year ago.

Preds responds:

I'll work on that, thank you!

Similar samples yeah, have in mind that this is an old song, I already got some new fresh drum samples :)

[-Round 2-]

Huge Improvement from your last submission, I'm glad you took your time with this one. Lots of variation and no awkward transitions. Although I do figure its about time you stop over saturating some of the sounds and samples you use, a few of which make me cringe slightly whenever I hear them. Im glad to see you are going to try and start doing that.

I feel like you need to work on your track endings a bit more as they seem too abrupt and the final section doesn't really complement it too well

Anyway I wish you the best of luck!

[-Starfight-]

Okay, I think I'm going to review this one honestly:

I think this one is a bit sub par for you, you should have spent a bit more time on it honestly.

It starts off fine, but after a while the song starts to sound confused on what it wants to do. There's so much going on in some sections that its hard to follow.

The change from a major scale into more of a minor one at 0:52 doesn't complement the beginning/end too well, a scale change is never easy to pull off though. So in a situation where you are not sure if it will work its best to play it safe and stick to the same scale throughout a song.

Overall, I feel if you took your time with this a bit more it would have turned out much better. 6/10

Whilst I was hoping for something a bit better from you for the round of 64, I still wish you the best of luck :)

[-Below-]

You're not wrong, this one certainly is strange. When it first came out I didn't like this one too much, but it has certainly grown on me.

The bass in the first half certainly is something, love the variation the automation has. Adds a lot of movement and gets you going for the rest of the song.

Also I love how crisp it sounds overall :)

Over saturation of samples is a small problem in some sections but otherwise I have no issues. 9/10