NahuPyrope's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[The Witch at the Prom]

The atmosphere that you put out on this track is amazing, it really fits the title perfectly.

It's so hard to criticize this piece compositionally, there's no such thing as a perfect song, but this is extremely well done with some melodies that kept me repeating the same part over and over and I believe that speaks for how well you composed this piece.

I do have to say a nitpick about the mix/sample used for the small brass hits at the beginning, might be personal preference and/or the way they were muted, but the highs are a bit too harsh.

Structurally, I have one thing that might also be personal preference, but on 0:56 when everything is silent, the next part fades in, in a way that sounds a bit unnatural, since the piece is all organic sounds it's a bit weird to hear, almost as if someone was moving a digital fader that increased the volume from 0.

Honestly that's all I can nitpick about the piece, you did a fantastic job Everratic, I've been hearing your songs for a while and you've always been great.

Everratic responds:

Thank you for the review! Century Brass is known to sound very bright. I guess I could tame the highs more.

I agree with your point about the silence. In a live performance, the gap would be filled with coughing xD

[Bullet Train (WIP) [NGADM Round 4]]

Fantastic job on the sound design on this, 1:00 had me banging my head, absolutely loved it.

The track lacks a bit of the high EQ, to me, it would've benefited a lot from having a raise on the highs as it sounds a bit muffled to my ears.

Compositionally I think this is excellent, you kept your motifs very clear but repeated the main one a tad too much it started to lose meaning by the end, the structure could be modified a bit to make the track more cohesive, the transitions in which the track completely stops to continue with a different section could have been executed a little bit better, as it loses a bit of cohesion.

I wish you would have expanded a bit more, as it feels like parts were repeated a bit too much, that was the main problem that I had with the track, that it felt as if it wasn't developed enough like your description said, if you had a bit more time I'm sure this would've ended up being a lot more than what it is and if you do decide to finish it I'd be sure to give it a listen.

Mixing wise I had no other problem than the EQ.

Composition 8/10
Mix & Master 8.5/10
Structure 7/10
Production/Sound Design/Attention to detail 9/10
Storytelling/Feeling/Vibe 8.5/10

TOTAL 82/100

[The Courtship Of Love]

The piece is very emotional and while it has a lot of strong points it also has a few weak ones.

For the first minute, I feel like the articulations on the bowed instrument are not quite right and so is the mixing on it, the mid frequencies are a bit hard to sit through, the choice of a violin ensemble on 01:18 is very jarring as it sounds a lot harder hitting than the rest of the song, they would have benefited from a higher attack, a softer sound, the ideas compositionally work very good!, but the sounds could have been a bit softer to accompany the ambiance of the tune, it's not a compositional problem, it's more of the samples used that could've helped it a lot.

It got a little predictive by the 01:50 mark, the foundation is strong, but being repeated so much makes it lose it's meaning, the repetition on some of the lead notes also suffer from the same, overall the track could use a bit more variation, specifically on the beginning and middle.

02:50 onwards there is a very big jump in volume, the classical guitar is pretty well articulated and you did an amazing job on it, same with the electric one on the solo, you did an amazing job articulating it as well.

On the solo section of the song it sounds almost as if it's clipping, could it be that you used a bit of distortion on the acoustic guitars?, the bass is a bit too loud as well.

The solo is insanely good and for me is the highlight of the song, superb composition on it, it's super memorable, and I kept listening to it over and over.

You nailed the ending as well, nothing bad here apart from the mid frequencies on the main bowed instrument.

Overall, the song has a good ambiance but is brought down by a bit of repetition and a lack of melodical identity, your motifs were repeated a bit too much and the mixing could see some more polish, my words may sound harsh but I quite enjoyed the piece, I think you did a fantastic job on it.

Composition 8.5/10
Mix & Master 7.5/10
Structure 8.5/10
Production/Sound Design/Attention to detail 7/10
Storytelling/Feeling/Vibe 9/10

TOTAL 82/100

Good job man, I honestly loved the tune.

DigitalProdigy responds:

Thank you so much for the review. I agree with all of your strong points as well as the weaker points. As far as clipping on the solo portion, I did use distortion on the acoustic guitars. The main reason the mix was a little un polished, because ever since I started uploading my music hear on NG, I always get very positive reviews and a lot of people love my music, the only complain I was getting was that my music was to low, so I decided to increase the volume on this song and it was kind of a test, and I've came to the conclusion I can make my music louder, but at a cost. I will continue to practice making my music louder while maintaining a nice mix.
The song was supposed to repeat it self, it was supposed to simulate a couple talking and spending time together, since it is the same couple, the melody should also be the same to reflect the couple, it was an artist choice, but maybe not the right choice. The original mix was much better, but the song was very low about -19 LUFS, maybe for the contest that would have been ok and I probably should have left it that way. Since then I've learned many tricks on how to make my music louder with out sacrificing sound. In the future I will try to add more variation to my music, thank you so much the info you provided will help me tremendously going forward.

[A Slice of Astrophyllite]

This is excellent man, good job.

Zechnition responds:

thanks a bunch :)

[Agente.001 - Arashiyama (NGADM)]

Absolutely amazing from beginning to end

[Pizza - NGADM round 1]

Sounds just like you, man, absolutely stellar as always, good job!

[The Amalgamate [AIM 2022]]

BROTHER THAT IS SOME HEAVY SHIT

TSRBand responds:

Thanks for tuning in!

[AIM - Charon]

Just some great stuff all around man, every little detail is appreciated

Albe responds:

Ayyyyy thanks a lot!

[Dayhope]

This is legit great!, I dig this style a lot!, this is absolutely my territory of music!.

Compositionally it's very interesting and I think you nailed the Nightwish style while infusing it with some of your own, I definitely love your guitar sound as well.

Mixing wise, the only "down" side of the track, the snare is super loud in the mix, and velocity-wise seems like it's always hitting at 127 as well as the bass drum, I'd love to hear more of the orchestra and guitars shine!.

But apart from the mixing, the track compositionally shines very brightly, this is some good stuff!.

Metaljonus responds:

Thanks for checking it out! Yeah. This song is incomplete so any minor details like that have yet to be done. I just can't find anything else that I think would be interesting to fit lol I tried but for now, it's on the long back burner as I got other music being worked on. Thanks for checking it out! \m/

Edit: Went to look into the session and the velocity is around 118-119 so it's not full balls to the wall. I turned them down in the mix, thanks for pointin that out! \m/

[Inti Huasi]

This is some GOOD stuff, I'm proud of you man, nice, nice, nice job!!!