Lothyde's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Dangerous Science - Big Red Sun]

I like the ambiance you create in the beginning. The chord progression is very nice, the melody too, but could use less repetition.
Your bass frequency is too high, I would push down an octave and add saturation.
I don't like the kick sample you used.
Your sounds are too wet (too much reverb/delay?).
Almost all your sounds have no high end so the hi hat is very loud and out of place.
I believe the song is lacking stereo, it's mostly in mono, but that could just be me.
Mixing and sound design is very important to me, hence the low score. I hope my feedback was useful though. Good luck in your future projects !

Kysertron responds:

The bass is based on the top note of each chord (since the bottom note is always C). Also, there are two bass tracks. One is sidechained, and the other is offbeat (this one is stacked by an octave) to give a more upbeat feel for the song. Also, I don't saturate my basses.
Most of the sounds I used do not have reverbed (the only sounds that are reverbed are the bells and the pads at 1:49 and 3:12). I use a lot of reverb to signify space (that is one of the themes for this song).
I also noticed you mentioned most of the tracks are in mono. It is actually a mix of both. All of the bells and pads are stereo. Most sidechained tracks are between mono and stereo (except for sidechained pads, which are stereo).

I will take your feedback as advice though.

[Roses]

How about changing the chords a little bit throughout the song? Gets kinda boring hearing the same chords over n over. It's not too bad tho, because the song is only 2 minutes.

MashinaFM responds:

Yeah I agree. Still working on being more creative. Thanks for the feedback x)

[Haddaway - What Is Love (Narem Remix)]

This sounds really good. Just hoped the drop was more intense.
Amazing work anyways :)

Narem38 responds:

Thank youuu! 🙏🏻😄

[Infinity]

I think the chords are too boring and repetitive. But the song structure is good, and some melodies are very catchy, so good job there.

EppuJoloZ responds:

Thanks for the feedback!

[Optimizm]

Yeah this is nice but I see some volume problems. The beginning is too quiet, if listening in a noisy environment, I have to turn up the volume and then get ear raped later on in the track, specially that synth at 1:24, too damn loud.

FateModified responds:

Thanks, yeah I kind of noticed that myself after I uploaded it that the lead seemed louder than it should be. So I did some adjusting of volume levels and a bit more EQ'ing to try to balance the mix a bit better. I just now replaced it with the adjusted version so hopefully it won't ear rape anyone anymore lol.

Still, I kind of intended the beginning to be a bit quiet to have a more dramatic effect when the bass and first beat comes in. I listen to a lot of cinematic music and so I have a tendency to use volume dynamics in my songs just like a lot of cinematic and orchestral tracks do, most of which have the same issue if you listen in a noisy environment. I don't know, I just like the effect of the dynamics I guess.

Thanks for pointing all of that out, I appreciate your review. :)

[Grilled Cheese]

Hey this is alright :)

ZeroMasaru responds:

Guess that means I'm doing something right! :)

[I was walking downtown and...]

This is an interesting track but it gets boring, I suggest you add more variation throughout the song and avoid having loops repeat for too long.

Kelpalots responds:

I said the same exact thing when I was listening to it too many times making it.