Nintechno's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Dark Angel - F-777]

Derp.

Oh hey, I just happened to see this on the recent uploads list. Love it. You sexy beast. ;)

F-777 responds:

Hey man!! Your awesome long time no talk!

[System Split - F-777]

You can split MY system anytime :3

Very nice man. Love the kinda-dubstep-but-not-really influences in it!! <3

F-777 responds:

Haha that was unintentional, just felt like something need to be pounding
still so threw a slow beat in.

Thanks so much dude! Make more music!!!

[DJ Pygme - A Summer Love]

Two Thumbs Up!

Love it. Perfectly captures the state of serenity, tranquility, elation, excitement etc of summer that we all know and love! Great melodies and chords, especially the bell's. Keep up the good work! =)

DjPygme responds:

ahhaha man thanks, I used some water effects to introduce into a fresh ambient! ;]

[We Believe Ep.5 (Remix)]

WHOOOOOOO!

Epic dude. pure epic.

This is amazing, a brilliant tribute to the series, you totally blew my mind!!

(I came...=O =O =O)

XD

Kr1z responds:

Haha thanks so much man!

[We Believe Ep.6 - F-777]

Your Best Yet! Amazing!

Whooooo Hooooooo!!!! This is definitley one of my fav songs of yours! You are definitley improving! The series is turning out wonderfully. This song is just so beautifull! Great job man!

=D

F-777 responds:

Thanks so much man! =D!

[[\Feels like Steel/]]

A Beautiful fusion of electronica and classical!

This is an amazing piece man, you have obviously put a huge amount of time and effort into it, and it has certainly payed off. I will try my best to give you as much as possible to work on, but I honestly think this is a great piece as it is, and I wouldn't change it too much.

The first thing I would like to mention is the sound quality. This piece is of an extremely high standard in terms of mastering and EQ. I couldn't hear any distortion or "clicks" at all, and everything seems to be just about perfect. You might want to turn the volume of the drums down a tiny bit, as they overpower the rest of the song when the volume is at higher levels.

Considering the fact that you normally compose classical pieces, I think you have done an amazing job of delving into the electronic genre. While this piece is not a "mass-appeal" uber-happy dance track, it is great to see that you have found your own style that is not only unique and different, but is also a pleasure to listen to. The breakbeat drums along with the solid bassline, mixed with a plethora of sound FX and classical instruments is unlike anything i have ever heard on NG before.

I would also like to mention the amazing job you have done of mixing classical music with electronic influences. Even though they are two completely different genres, you have mixed them together seamlessly, and nothing sounds out of place. This is an amazing achievement, as you can now capture the emotion and feeling that only classical can, while also maintaining a solid beat and bass that techno is famed for. This will allow you to appeal to the different audiences that favor these individual genres, and also the people (such as myself) who enjoy both of them.

The classical influences and instruments themselves are perfect. I really love what you have done with those high strings, it gives the whole piece a really "urgent" kinda feel, and when mixed with the fast tempo and breakbeats drums, makes for a really epic song. For future songs, I would love to see more classical instruments used alongside the techno ones like you have done here. How about using different instruments such as brass and woodwind instruments?

The only real criticism I can offer for this song is the choice of name. I think that it sounds much more epic, and urgent than envious. However, if I am missing the whole desired emotion of the song, than my bad haha.

Anyways, you have done really well with this piece and you should be extremely proud of yourself! I look forward to hearing more of this kind of style, as well as more of your purely classical pieces too! If you have managed to read this far without falling asleep, I wish you well for the future, and request that you send me a PM when you next submit something, as I am keen to hear what you come up with next!

Nintechno

=D

paradoxphenomena responds:

Yay! Finally a detailed and well explained review and with pointers to help me out. I really appreciate you taking the time to write this for me Nintechno. I assure you that I will contact you when my next piece is up and more importantly take into account what you've commented on. Starting with a name change. Hopefully this is a more appropriate name. Thanks again.

[-Something New- [MAC8]]

Really Great Piece!

Wow, dude...this is spectacular! I really like this one, it really captures what this MAC is looking for in terms of emotion and feeling. The classical approach was a good choice in my opinion, and you've pulled it off really well. The thing that appealed to me most about this song was the raw emotion in it. Its really got that "Adventure" kinda feel to it, which is really nice.

The opening was great because you started off strong, and captured the audience's attention, the powerfull strings were a great way to start. The percussion was a nice touch too! You basically had a whole assortment of instruments blaring right from the beggining which was good, as the listener didn't need to wait for the good stuff to be introduced, it was simply there right from the start.

I really liked the sudden drop of volume, and then the introduction of the harp pluck. It added a really nice kinda 'reflection' part to the song, and gave the listener a break from all the epic strings. The tuba going in the background was really neat too, because it kept that determination flowing throughout.

The sad, emotional strings that you brought in soon after were amazing. It linked the song back to beggining, and also gave the song a really sad feel to it, which was a good thing. It could easily represent the resentment towords having not done well previously, and further showed the objective of succes and completion of goals. Once again, the percussion going on throughout this part was well done, if a bit loud... ;D

After the quiet section, it was really cool to see (or rather, to hear) you bring in all the original strings, woodwinds, and brasses in a really harmonic bit that really captured my interest. I always think its good to repeat, or come back to different parts of the song, to not only make sure that the song changes throuhout, but to also make the song sound like an actuall song, and not a changing mess.

Something that caught me totally by suprise, but was in no way a bad mood, was the heavily modified drum loop. You are now the second contestant in this competition to use a Mixed-to-hell drum kit loop inside of a traditional classical piece, and I am loving it more and more every time I hear it! Your ones sound really cool, because they are layed to shit with effects and stuff, and sound totally out of this world! They really give the song some rythem and flow, and to me, helped drive home that real sense of determination and striving towords a goal.

The high strings that played during this part were really effective too, as they kinda gave me the impression of going hard, through the good times and the bad, no matter what happens. These made the piece really, REALLY moving, and I think they were a great touch.

I also noticed that you used heaps of phased, weird effects at the end, that panned all over my speakers, and were really funky. I have no idea what they were supposed to be, but they sounded epic man, so nice!

Overall, this is a really tight piece. I can tell you've put in shitloads of effort and emotion into this, and it has really payed off! You should be extreemly proud of this one, and I wish you all the best in the competition. Good Luck!

Mack

Koriigahn responds:

Best review ever!

Thankyou, it means so much :)

<3333333

[Claims of New Grounds-DecMAC08]

Oh teh lulz...

Haha dude...this is awesome on sooooo many levels. For the forst half I was thinking this was a really serious entry and that everyone else must be crazy for claiming it was silly....And then the second half came in... I couldnt stop laughing for ages man, it was so unexpected, yet perfect.

On a side note, the actuall "serious" introduction is in fact, amazingly good! It's well mastered, and your voice is awesome! I would reccomend that you make an actuall serious entry with it, but that might kill the whole "fun" out of this entry haha, so it's up to you.

In terms of the funny half, it too was suprisingly well done man. You managed to mix comedy together with good mastering which is in itself, a joke lol. Are those snippets of your voice in there? Or other samples?

Anyways dude, that was a perfect way of breaking any "competitional tension" that might be happening, nice work man, and Good Luck in the contest!

Father-of-Death responds:

Yes the recorded samples were all me.

:) Thanks so much man!

[Palladio (Trailer Theme)]

Amazing!

This is great dude, a real masterpiece! You've done really well in both the original, and then your own styles. Also, the blending of the two together was amazing, and one of my favourite parts. I would have thought that the two styles clashed, and there would be a weird transition in the middle, but you did a great job of mixing them together. Anyways, I'll split the review up into several pieces:

Classical:
The heavy drums and vocal sample at the start were really cool, and set the song up in such a was as to make anything that followed sound cool. The drum roll leading into the strings was really well done, was it a lone sample, or did you do it yourself?

The strings were amazing! The steady, Hans Zimmer-esque lower strings were some of the best I've ever heard on NG, and has motivated me to look into Edirol Orchestra. Then came the higher, strained strings. These ones were really cool in the sense that they added tesion and mood into the song. Weither you came up with them yourself, or if they were in the original piece, they are great.

I didn't notice it at first, but the deep strings and bass drum that steadily pound through are a really nice touch. They help give that "Epic Confrontation" kinda feel that makes this song so good! The crashes were also really nice, as they werent too loud.

Transition:
As I said before, this is probably my fav part of the song, because it sounds so cool. You perfectly managed to keep the epic tension and mood, while introducing a completley different genre which, in my opinion, is a really great feat. The introduction of new instruments was good, while the retaining of others helped make it a steady transition.

The part where everything goes quiet, exept for one set of steady plucks is awesome. Like, seriously! You've just finished this massive build-up, and then at the end of the climax, in stead of just leaving it, you fade in this supencefull, dramatic pluck which really makes this song epic. It also adds some needed variation into the piece, as you are still using classical instruments, yet ones not previously heard in the song so far.

The epic strings that play on top of the pluck are awesome too. They connect the transition, and breakbeat part of the song, with the original classical part. They just sound so amazing as they pump out on top of the pluck. And make a perfect opening for the introduction of the drums...

When I first heard the breakbeat drums in the middle of the tranisition, I was like, "Oh hell yea!". They sound really epic in there man, and almost seem as if the song was designed to have them in it! Full credit for this man, really good job! The thing that makes the drums soo awesome I think is the heavy amount of Reverb/Delay you have going with them. They (obviously) make it seem like they are comming from a distance, which is really sweet. Also, the way that you start out with them having only little segments of the loop, before just letting it loop through in the end is really kewl, and helps that really smooth transition.

Breakbeat:
The only main difference between the classical and your styles is that epic drumline you have going there, which in my opinion is perfect! I love how you introduced the drums, and then brought back all the epic strings and kicks and stuff. It just made an awesome climax full of suspenc and tension. I can easily see this being in a flash/video.

It is obvious that you put a considerable amount of effort into constructing, and then mastering that drums loop, so I just wana let you know that it sounds really good, and in fact, perfect for this song! The mastering is really tight, and it actually sounds like something you would find in a proffesional loop pack, yet you made it from single samples, which is just amazing.

So yea man, you've got a really nice piece here! I love this song, and think that you should include it in any demo's you ever send to anyone, because it shows a different side to your style, and to electronica in general. Keep up the great work and Good Luck in the competition!

Mack

nal1200 responds:

EDIT: Also, with edirol, there is a custom timpani roll, which you can modify via channel volume automation in FL to sound like a growth or swell.

Thankyou so much for the in depth review! Easily the longest (and honestly the best as far as technicality and precision go) one i've ever had.

To answer some of your questions:

Edirol Orchestral definitely is a powerful tool for strings. I ended up modifying a large portion of the strings through their character tone and attack/decay properties until I liked the sound of them (when I thought the sounded real.) They are obviously not perfect, but I feel i've made a very large step in mastering the capabilities of Edirol.

The breakbeat actually uses some of the PACK samples from FL (CRAZY?!) As I said in the author comments, I used a ton of effects to modify them to sound that way. I actually was considering making a portion of the song a sole drumbreak, but as it happens the drums sound a little too bright on their own and I decided to leave them with what you hear now.

I'm still a little undecided on whether or not to reconstruct the two halves to make it one perpetual climax, in which case I would upload a new copy. We'll see.

Thanks for the review though, I really admire someone willing to dedicate that much time and effort into something, so thanks again!

[In Ocean Dreams]

Huge Potential!

OMG dude, this is sounding really good! The intro was fine, it nicley captures the underwater world. I wouldnt shorten it at all. The main melody was really relaxing and funky, I liked it alot. The plucky thing that was going along with it was perfect!

The only thing that I would suggest you change for this soung would be to choose a diiferent high-hat for the offbeat "Unce Unce Unce". I would suggest the second open-hihat sample in the "Vintage" section of the FL Stock samples in the "Packs" folder. It's a much nicer, smoother hat, that sounds really good in trance songs.

The FX and stuff throughout the song was really good, and I cant totally picture an ocean fantasy underwater ^_^ You should really be proud of the atmosphere you've managed to create with this song!

Oh, also (just listening to it a 2nd time now), in the intro, you should fade the offbeat bass in. You've chosen a good ntrument to use for it, but make a volume automation clip, and fade it in. On top of that, I would make the snare a little quieter too.

I dont know if you know how to make an automation clip, but they are really usefull. Just right click the thing you want to automate (In this case, the volume knob next to the bass channel), and select "create Automation Clip". The automation clip will show up in your playlist down the bottom, and you basically can adjust what happens to the volume during the song. If you are having trouble using them, just PM me and I will help you out, or you can google a "FL Automation Clip Tutorial"

Anyways, to sum it all up, I can see HUGE potential in both this song, and you as an artist. You have a great sense of structue, and harmonic melodies. And everything that this song is lacking in, all comes with experience. So Keep it up, Keep composing, and chuck me a PM next time you release something, cuz Im keen on seeing how you improve!

Nintechno

X-otiC responds:

thx man
very good advice
yes i do know how to make automation clips
i will definitely use your advice on the hats, snare and the auto clip
thx again