SynthGoddess's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[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

[Fantazy]

When the piano came in, I had to write something lol. First off, I love that synth! The FM-ish sounding synth was so cute and relaxing in a way. I had to get used to that drum pattern with the synth, but it actually fits. It has a hint of 80's groove to it, like a Euro Rock band could sing to this. I love a good piano chord progression when I hear one, and if you recorded it yourself, good work! It fits really nicely and I love it so much.

I definitely know how you feel when it comes to getting stuck. If you saw my page, you'd see like half of my songs were never finished because I'm stuck or something. Either way, I know its ANNOYING! One way I try to get over the "bleh-block" is experimenting with different drum patterns. Try that DnB pattern like the guy below me talked about. Then try a dance-like pattern. Oooooor try any other type beat pattern that interests you. Sometimes I just have the song on a loop and just use my DAW's built-in musical keyboard and just play around and improvise until I find something I like. Do the same with different random instruments and just play around. As soon as it stops being fun, stop and take a break, hum to yourself and come back and try again. I know I sound so stupid...but it really works!

Either way, so far I like the vibe of this song. :3

[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

[~Fore~ Trickster]

The middle of the song was not high-pitched at all...
Listening with Bose headphones and everything sounded great. Panning and levels were nicely done. You're right, this is a simple track but everything went right with it! Good work, alias!

[-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 :)

[~Fore~ Mystical Cabbage]

You got me with how the piano was used in this song. Reverb and panning is so spot on. 1:33 was a lovely break to transition. This is so nice- I'm constantly reminded of why I followed you. Wonderful job. I really want to collab with you at some point.