SynthGoddess's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Acid (demo) (3)]

Uh ohhh! Looks like you're using Sytrus toooo! I like that bass!

A quick catchy saw lead would work beautifully in this song, just to keep it from sounding really redundant. (Granted, a lot of acid techno sounds redundant, but you can be the one to spruce it up! Change the game!) Oooooh, or maybe, you can have a little piano melody going. Iunno I'm just spewing random things.

You have a nice fade out going with that bass synth too btw.

Anyways, this is pretty good. I don't particularly listen to acid techno like that, so I don't want to be unfair when critiquing and say stuff I shouldn't be saying because that's just the way it's supposed to be. Is this going to be a full song soon?

bdog705 responds:

i use sytrus for well... pretty much everything, its the best synth i know how to use
it actually was a saw wave it's just that in filter one i had a Low Pass 3 (LP 3) with no res. Env. at 50%,
cutoff automated to go from 0 to 100 once in a while
same thing with the drive knob from the LP 3 it was automated to go from 0 to 100
the bass was literally my 303 patch but a sine wave in OSC 1 and it was tuned to 0.7000 and cutoff at 0, same thing with res. drive and env knobs

well this song is just me practicing a few different things, teaching myself about what different things on a synth do and chord progression and mixing and what not
sadly this is just a demo like the first and second with no really a chance of getting finished
however i might be having the sounds i made here in a different song, you said piano and a saw lead and i actually got a few ideas now lol thanks
well im going to go make more weird and odd stuff like this with sytrus and hopefully turn it into a song
thanks for the review and ideas synthgoddess ^ _ ^

[GTB - Ascending To Heaven (Demo)]

Pleeeeease do not listen to the guy who said that the strings were too "cheap". He isn't necessarily wrong, but while they do sound very plastic I think that they fit very well for this type of song. If this is modeled after the trance style of the early 2000s, then you certainly have the right strings. If you want to add that airy, warm style to them though, I suggest adding a little bit of reverb. Use a light setting on them to add an airy, spacy effect that doesn't clash with the songs vibe, and see how you like it. A little reverb or delay here and there on some instruments can change the whole game! It would work very nicely.

After hearing your most recent song, I had to come check out some of your other songs. I am very impressed with the work that you do. You have some great potential in some areas and just pure talent in others. I'm so glad I found you on here! You seem to be just like me in the fact that you just post demo after demo, and even if it isn't a demo, you still say it's not fully finished. On my page, I have demo after demo...it's saddening to me that I can't finish anything. XD Anyways, nice work on this one. I'm glad I favorited you so that if you finish it, I can hear it!

Dj-Gonzo responds:

You're definitely making my day SynthGoddess, those words are really helpful for me, you don't know how much they mean for me. I will work hard on these things, for sure! I've been working as a producer since 2010 when I was 14 because I am a percussionist, but I needed to go a step further on making music. (If you listen my first song here you'll see a HUGE change from then and now) Glad to find someone here who cares to check out others' work and put a smile on my face.

P.S I will check out your work too, you deserve it :)

[tHe cOme uP]

The beat is NICE. Did you make it?
As far as the vocals go, I think that you need to work on your flow a little bit and drop the autotune. But like I said the beat is NIIIICE.

r4godofsun responds:

thanks for the comment. No i didn't make the instrumental, that's in the comments of the song.

[GTB - NameMySong#1]

WOW. Before I suggest a name...The beginning of this reminded me of some space music from Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door, it really had me going. The tempo speed change was nice and the reverb and delay on that lead synth was PERFECT. That smooth bass that fades in is so insane. I actually first listened to this using just my computer speakers, then I switched to my room speakers, and I was able to hear that bass. That bass is amazing. Wow. I can't wait to hear the full version.

Anyways, the beginning of this song makes me think of a sort of ice-themed video game level lit by the moon in the depths of the night, or maybe a level set on an alternate frozen moon. Therefore, my song name for this would be:

Moonlit Albedo

(Ice has a high albedo, which is light reflected back into space...)

Dj-Gonzo responds:

Well, you're impressed by the song, but I am completely amazed about your analysis!
You comment all the details envolving this early version of the final theme, and you also give that space feeling I had myself when I was composing the song. The idea of playing some kind of game in an alternate frozen moon as you say is perfect. Thank you so much, definitely your idea is the perfect for this project, thanks for the follow too! Greetings from Spain!

P.S: I also played that Paper Mario :3

[Space Shooter]

I like this. The synths are amazing and the way they dance around left and right is great! One thing for me is that maybe this would do better either using a different drum kit, or maybe without drums altogether. If you want, experiment with a more electronic-type drum kit OR go without drums. I think the way the song is, it would be EPIC without drums...but that's just my opinion. I love this though, it's 4/5 for me ONLY because of those drums. Keep it up!

masl123 responds:

Thats the way I like Comments. xD Somehow I thought it would sound better with Drums. I will try to leave them away.

EDIT: I Changed the Drums. Without Drums it was a bit to less. Try to Download it from here, if you can't hear the new Drums. (or Delete the cache in your Browser)

[Configure 8 By DJ Mathmatik]

Why am i just now listening to this? This is probably my favorite beat that you've made as of late. Jeez, you're pretty damn talented. I love everything in this song. Especially that saw lead synth. Its the most perfect thing i've...wow. As soon as i get on my computer i'm downloading the hell out of this song.

Math368 responds:

Lol, thank you SynthGoddess

[never ends does it]

Okay, so you have some really good stuff going here. In song structure, especially in a song like this, you need to have a sense of how the song is going to "build up". So the beginning that you have is nice. It's very good for the intro. Think about it this way:
1. Intro
2. 1st verse
3. bridge(which is kind of a transition to the chorus)
4. Chorus- This is where the song should be the strongest. This is where you have the catchy melodies.
5. bridge (which is toning down the chorus to transition to the 2nd verse)-
6. verse 2
7. bridge and so and so forth.

My explanation most likely sucks, and song structure really depends on the type of song. But it all follow a pattern really. Good luck!

exnfox responds:

thanks for you input man ! id look forward yo hearing more your reviews on my stuff! anyways this peice is actually just a little out thing i made for a really old beat i made you can hear full thing here:
https://soundcloud.com/exnfox/beat-from-2006

[Speed Of Byte]

This sounds almost like one of the beginning BGMs from Top Gear for the SNES. It was a damn AMAZING racing game and I loved every bit of it. The beginning sequence is so freaking nice. And the beat on 0:53 that's added, with the pop bass that's added is so fucking classic. Nice, nice, NICE job on this.

[NMBoom - Summertime]

What the fuck is up with all this awesome chiptune stuff people are posting? Granted I've just listened to some not-too-great ones, but this is great! It's so simple, but pretty damn intricate. Great work on this.

[Menu/Start screen]

Oooh wow. This is so nice and simple. with a beautiful progression and I love the simple, yet driven beat that comes in at 0:36. I can definitely see this on a start screen/menu.

8-bitheroes responds:

Thank you for your feedback :)