Duffany1's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[A Traveler's Journey]

Not mind-blowing

It doesn't sound very good in my opinion. I'm not really sure why; it just doesn't sound good to me. I strongly dislike the melody. It almost seems annoying. Also, I'm not sure what you were trying to accomplish at 2:00, but it was straight up bad.

The drums are very boring and repetitive; honestly, it's essentially the same beat over and over. Also, it's not mixed perfectly. I'm not using headphones--I'm using high-end speakers--and it doesn't sound perfect, so that kid who gave it a 1, even though he's a jackass, kinda had a point about the mixing. (And whether you realize it or not it does have a resemblance to Canon in D.)

The good news is, though, this song could be useful to someone. It seems like it has to be put into context in order to appreciate it. And the synth solo was pretty decent.

[Something that rhymes]

Creative, Original

This is a really nice beat, and the strings were written really nicely. However, I would add some velocity variation when you do repetitions on the strings - it sounds a bit machine-like.

Cymphium responds:

Thank you! I really appreciate the feedback. I get what you mean by machine-like. But changing velocity is time consuming in garageband. Oh well, I'll work on it when I get some time. Thanks again!

[The Jounrey Home [dk84]]

Watch that equalization...

I don't think you were meticulous enough about your EQ, but this song (overall) is excellent (except for maybe the ending). Massive props, bro.

How'd you get the kick to sound so awesome in addictive drums? Mine always sounds like garbage. I agree though, the snare does sound like crap in EZDrummer.

deathkllr84 responds:

I think I'm good on the EQ, it's the compression that kinda fucked up the mix a bit. Whats wrong with the ending?

For the kick put on a little verb, add some EQ and compression, a little distortion, and you'll get it. Yeah fuck ezdrummer lol \m/

[Evil-Dog - Mental Frenzy]

Nicely done

And holy crap this is almost 8 years old.

[Insanctuary - Back & Fort]

Pretty nice.

I listened with and without headphones, there's not too much of a difference, maybe it's just my speakers or my headphones. But all in all I like the ambience of this song.

And if you want to prevent people from zero bombing just because they are using speakers, just implement this code:

if (headphones.pluggedIn() == false)
voting.disallow();

As to how it's implemented, I don't know.

Insanctuary responds:

Mhmm.. Glad you liked it. Why did you give me an 8 though? I see no deductive reasons. :P

[[S,J] Derezzed]

Excellent.

Pretty great song, sounds very close to the original (in terms of the synth sound).

However, I'm not a huge fan of the damp snare with loads of reverb, and the wobble sound seems a bit too dirty for my liking, as though it doesn't really fit with the song at all, even though it's a remix. I think it would be much better if it were just a regular wobble bass instead of one of those vocal ones.

[Rudolph The Punk Reindeer]

This is excellent.

I thought there were going to be some terrible vocals but instead I got some beastly guitar. Nice.

Drums are excellent too, and the rhythm in the background is really creative.

Lol @ the end of the song. Like a circus or something.

[xKore - Splatterhouse (WI]

This song is dirty as hell.

Some of the sounds remind me of the megazord from the power rangers game for super nintendo. Did you ever play the last level of that game? You'd agree.

All in all this song is excellent as hell.

xKore responds:

i had the power rangers game for megadrive. shit was hardcore.

[-Dancing Flame-]

Really cool

I could see this being put on loop in this scene:

You are in an organization of people who are supposed to save the world, and your primary language is Castilian Spanish. Currently you are talking to the boss (but the conversation is happening in text-form at the bottom of the screen, not really being vocalized), and he is assigning you your final mission.

Essentially I think that would be an ideal use of this song.

Step responds:

Heh, good idea. I wonder if this'll ever get used in a flash...

Thanks for reviewing :).

[Dance of the Manwhore]

Jizz in my pants, much?

Pretty funny and nice sounding but it sounds really, really similar to Jizz in my Pants, the basic vocal pattern