SynthGoddess's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[LukHash x Shirobon - Exile]

Thank goodness I picked today out of all days to listen to random new releases on newgrounds. This is by far the best song I've ever heard on this platform.

The sample used in the beginning was so mesmerizing and (somehow) nostalgic, so I was hooked within seconds.

There is amazing execution of the 'stutter effect' on the vocals, which along with the rich bass, crisp saw leads, and lively chord transitions helped to keep the track fresh.l the entire time.

Super, super well done.

ShirobonMusic responds:

Thank you!

[Ambient step (1:00)]

Pretty damn cool if you ask me! It's a good skeleton for an awesome dubstep song!! Ahh I'm glad you're posting some stuff, you're always reviewing my things and it's so wonderful. I'm thinking of all the cool synths and sounds that could go with this...the possibilities are endless! Don't think I forgot about our much needed collab!

bdog705 responds:

hey if you want the sytrus patches or some stems to goof off with just pm me about it ;p
im probably not going to go anywhere with it soon anyway
heyyyyy HEYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY

[Emma]

I'm am extremely impressed....

Demonicity responds:

thank you :)

[Voltspeed - Hyper Bass]

I gave you five stars before even getting past the 10 second mark. I'm not gonna comment on the bass' frequencies cause my headphone are shit and don't pick up the lower frequencies that much. You would do well turning down the highest frequency levels just a tad. It's not hindering at all but it could help. I was expecting some hard hard drum kicks after the build up...so I was a tad disappointed but the synth fx made up for it somewhat. I love the glitch FX and the chopped up vocals fit sooooo nicely I was so happy.

The stereo fx on that synth in the beginning is what drew me in to begin with, and it was perfect. I do enjoy the volume automations. They are very nicely done, I think a strong bass kick would tie everything together perfectly. Overall, lovely job!

VoltSpeedGames responds:

Woah!!! I will take that into consideration, I do have some sausage kicks Kappa

[Reality]

This song is sooooo full of energy~ I love the stabs that you used. Composition wise this song is pretty damn awesome. Mastering wise, I'm not going to tell you that it "needs work" or that it's "not great" because that's vague. It's okay when it comes to the music, but something that would really help is if you turned down the high frequencies both on the vocals, and especially since you have a gate. When you use a gate when there are pad synths (or other synths with naturally high frequencies) you may find that the gate tends to reeeeeeeeally accentuate the high frequencies and gives the illusion that there is white noise, and that they are cranked up volume wise. This problem goes away in parts of the song where the gate is not used.

I'm trying to figure out if it's just the headphones that I'm using, but turning the lower/lower-mid frequencies up for your bass drum kick wouldn't hurt, either. All of these technical tips are things that I had to figure out in my music. It's not like your song sounds bad, but doing these things might make it even better! Try playing around with individual volume levels for each instrument track, depending on which instruments you want to stand out the most and which ones you want to be the background sounds.

All in all, this song is pretty freaking great. I love the leads that you used, and all things considered, the vocals did fit with the song, and sounded great (excluding any mixing/mastering aspects)!

ArezOfficial responds:

Damn, it must have taken you so long to type that xD. Thanks for the amazing and kind words, I will definitely take your advice and try to improve this song :)

Thanks again! :D

[Neptune BY DJ Mathmatik]

Your songs remind me of a jigsaw puzzle. This one became really interesting when you added the guitar. It's very nice with the cute square synth. I like it a lot, I'm glad I follow you on here.

Math368 responds:

Thank you, Im glad we've connected.

[Meditation (Patience)]

Well damn. You just made me a happy girl lol. It's rare that I hear some good rapping on this site...but you're pretty spot on with this one. You have a unique and dazzling flow. You sound more of an intellectual rapper, and I LOVE that so much.

B-RadGfromOV responds:

Thanks for the kind words Goddess!

[Voyage]

This song isn't as repetitive as you think. You may have used the same melody a lot in the song, but the accompanying instruments were constantly changing, so it didn't make the song that repetitive. You have lovely reverb and delay in various places, especially at the end. At 1:13, the song really took on a classic video game feel. You did very nice transitions at 1:13 and 2:08. This song is quite all over the place, but it's great because I can totally see this in a video game. I really like it!

jjoon responds:

WOW ReaLLY? tHANKS SynthGoddess!!!!!!!!111!!
XD

[-Decimate-]

I'm in love with the pads in this song. So so very amazing. 1:24 is just breathtaking- I love how every single instrument has an important and beautiful role in this song. In the chorus, if the pad synth isn't a preset/sample, turn down the attack just a little bit because it sounded like it was milliseconds off from the beat in some places. Its not distracting or offputting at all, though. This is amazing, I shall now favorite this song >.>

sYrge responds:

I really appreciate your feedback! The chords aren't a preset, they're just some detuned saws with attack. The attack part it kind of my way of sidechaining the chords, so I'll work on fixing the attack envelope.
Thanks :)

[2D Freak (Draft 1)]

This is pretty damn good. Instead of 16 measures for the beginning, I think you would fare with just having 8. I'm not gonna bother taking mastering into consideration, I'm sure it'll be fixed. 1:16, for the record, was so cool! I like the instrument choices for this, it's very 8-bit like, but not too much to where it would be considered straight chiptune. :)

Make sure you strengthen the bass and kick for the song when you master it-- I want my subwoofer going crazy!!

Nice job, overall! I think you should release it.

TeraVex responds:

Thank you! I've finished buffing up that kick. It is pretty hype now! Thanks for the review!