Score: 10

"Organic Cucumber"

submission: Organic Cucumber

date: August 20, 2008

I gave your mom my organic cucumber last night ;)

Score: 9

"sounds awesome bro"

submission: (WF1)/Tell Astral Feelings

date: August 20, 2008

hey great tune man. probably my favorite from you. Sounds like it came straight out of a Tim Burton movie haha. I can almost see some clay pirates dancing around on a ship haha.

Great piano melody, the bassline was could, but the rhythm was pretty generic and could use more variation eventually. (and I wouldnt mind see those lower notes built into some chords every now and then). I like the marching rhythm on that thin percussive instrument, sounds great in the start. Sounds really great when the piano harmonizes and echoes throughout, would have to say the strings work decently in the background.

Really liked the interlude section, that melody sounded really creepy and the way the notes kind of skip around makes it remind me of a Tim Burton movie. Choir also adds a nice eerie layer. Percussion rhythms are great in that area, I'd say you've improved hear loads. I like what you did with the timpanis/toms. You put that drummer to good work haha. Crashes were sequenced quite well.

like a review said below, some tweaks could be done in here. I would definetly make the crashes louder, maybe switch between two different cymbals and pan them. slightly boost the mid frequencies and then defintely flunctuate the dynamics more...the strings too, sound very weak. Make them louder, apply a chorus effect before the reverb and possibly fill out some of the lower registers to make them thicker and more powerful. The piece is on the edge of being epic it just needs a stronger support structure to carry out those awesome melodical lines.

The timpani rolls in the end was great, and I like how you guys ended the song but I would have brought in the strings earlier to make it variate more from the intro, or instead just kept the thin percussion thingy playing its rhythm.

I'd also throw a nice bassline in the interlude section, a basoon would be sweet at that part (I believe squidfont has a basoon?) IMO.

but seriously WF1/Tell great work here congrats on the top 5!!!! (and the top 30 I mean 20 too lol!!!!)

Score: 6

"you were close"

submission: love can allways be found

date: August 16, 2008

2.12 >_> looks like the zero voters were out tongiht...my five raised it only to a 2.63

Umm, the track was kinda generic, and not very well produced. 'tis okay.

The guitar chord progression at the start was pretty bland by itself, fit a bassline to play on the offbeats or in between the chords. The piano melody was okay, but there wasnt generally enough substance to carry the piece around. I would try to work a more complex rhythm theme or something in there, it just felt real lacking. Develop the piano more, if you use the playlist in FL develop one section at time in one pattern, or dedicate 3 or 4 patterns to an alteration of the melody.

the interlude with the bells and strings was pretty boring, as it lacked any of the elements described above and was devoid of interesting harmony. (dont copy and paste the melody into a seperate channel, instead, it would be more interesting if you developed some harmony) The section after that, you definetly had something going. I really liked the lead in the next section, and the layered pattern made the overall mix a bit more full.

Also, drum patterns, pretty much the same throughout, 'cept at the end. Definetly develop more drum patterns. it was basically kick, snare, kick snare...throughout. Why not kick kick snare every now and then. Something simple as a crash every 16 bars can break the repetition. And throw in some fills in between some transitions too, and it never to early to mess with dynamics/note velocities to get a more realistic drum texture.

as far as the sound quality goes, piano could definetly use some reverb and it would sound less cheap, pan some of the synths to get more of defined sound. that'll do for now. i also have heard these sytrus presets and FPC drums over and over again, everyone used them at once, but what i'm getting too is its never too early too start developing your own sounds or just tweaking the synths around a little to give it your own flair. ...so if youre interested, look up "blackhole12 sytrus" tutorial or look up a 3xosc on the web.

sorry if this was too much advice if youre just screwin around for fun, i tend to relay too much information when not necessary. if you didnt understand anything of this feel free to send a shout my way. keep on FL'in it up.

Score: 9

"uniqueness"

submission: escape from reality.

date: August 16, 2008

Wow man, I'm really diggin this track. Some great ambient pads and textures and unique progressions. Really like how the drums worked there way in with the experimental FX in the start, it also carries a really nice beat and I like the Phil Collins sounding snare (with less reverb). Damn, and those oldschool synth sounds made me cream myself. Awesome melodies and sounds in here man. Sick ass track. Very enjoyable to the end. Kinda wish it could be longer, use the last section now to introduce a breakdown, and then build up another section like the previous and introduce a bolder, new synth maybe. But nevertheless, good work, one for my favs.

Score: 9

"freakin sick bro"

submission: Jungle Chase

date: August 16, 2008

Man I'm loving those ethnic jungle samples! nice rhtyhms, I hear a break in there with the tribal stuff works great with a chase scene. great quality on the production too...would like it too be longer cuz its got quite a bit of potential but still would work swell in a flash game. Where did you get those samples from? anyways nice job man! remember me by chance?

Score: 10

"FUCK YA"

submission: doug

date: August 13, 2008

FUCKING BEST SONG ON NEWGROUNDS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Score: 8

"YESSS!!!"

submission: SIDCHIP - Hot Pursuit

date: August 13, 2008

hey awesome track man. Love the lo-fi sounds I can see the red pixel car that looks like an ice cream cone chasing the green pixel car which looks like a tree. Man the melody works, the minimalistic style works, this has so much potential but it just needs a bit more. I'd add a square in there to play an intensive riff and maybe change up the drums patterns a bit more. I liked the phased bits in the beginning, the 808 drums are alright but I would personally prefer a bitcrushed kick and maybe some filtered noise for the hats and snare. Are you going for oldschool, 8bit, or both? anyways, its a great idea, I just think it needs more. i like music like this :)

Score: 5

"well...."

submission: Deadly Tremors

date: August 13, 2008

that opening texture was sick, lots of rumbling sub. Swelling was nice and it definetly has a nice dark feel. But for being 5+ minutes, its goes nowhere at all. The strings dont do the track justice. Theyre just a normal generic texture just playing one long note....

so youve got a nice bass texture filled out buts that really it. needs more for sure. Add some melodic stuff, maybe some detuned piano keys, some higher register background FX, throw them in some reverb and pan them. Continue with the strings, but build chords from them, something dissonant would suit the atomosphere. some subtle experimental percussion might work nice. But for 5 minutes, you definetly need to build upon what you got here.

Score: 8

"decent"

submission: lololok (preivew)

date: August 13, 2008

it was a solid dance track, but nothing seperates it from the other dance tracks

the compression was a nice touch, but your leads and bass sound too generic, I would experiment with more FX but I guess that's just from my perspective. That synth in the second half was real sweet though!

everything flows well, melodies are nice, at some parts they sounded a bit asian which added a nice flavor.

Compression was also a nice touch.

mix is overall solid. good stuff. Just needs a little more spice. Maybe some atmospheric pads and a nice melody played on a warm chorusy sine or something. Keep up the good work! definetly productive for 30 mins.

Score: 10

"heh..."

submission: Tears of Remorse

date: July 28, 2008

never expected to write this much...

anyway, put the chorus FX before the reverb on the FX chain-just experiment with it and see if you like it better. I almost want to say apply a mid and treble boost on the piano but the slightly muffled tone of the keys really serves the imagery in here quite well.

now on to the vision i get...

a father is returning to his quaint home in the countryside, away from the city....he knocks on the door, and see's his (ex) wife in her humble, dirty clothes, with two young children holding on tightly to her dress while staring at their father with large, innocent eyes....the father tries to apologize to his wife but she just scorns at him and says he will never be forgiven. next he tries talking and apologizing to his children but they do not utter a word, the father with a heart filled with blackness starts to cry as the mother shuts the door on his face. The remain portion of the piece shows the father crying on the porch while the young boy stares at him one last time through a window, and the mother comes over with a scornful look and closes the blinds. The greed driven past of the father can never be forgiven. But really what I invision here is two young eyes staring at me, that are so haunting. Haunting, yet so innocent and friendly.

Take care.