Decibel's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[{sPhly} -Under the Surface 70%]

Epic, Nothing More O_o

This is Amazing, you did post only three songs but this one is your best, (In the Top Three -_-) I Liked the intro because it was calming and mellow and not hard to listen to, The effect you gave the piano was simply amazing.
The drums were awesome, they didnt come in hard and with a BOOM, they started off easy and they were very simple patterns but interesting sounding drums.
The Piano, once Again i found interesting because of the melodies. It was creative and not at all generic which i found amazing cuz nowadayz it is quite hard to make a song melody which isnt generic. The Pad at Parts of the song was very good, it didnt overpower the piano.
I presume u Used Fruity Love Philter as an effect no? I think so anyway.
So, heres the catch, submit another good song, and ill fave artist you and convince a friend of mine, a good reviewer to review yer song
10/10
5/5
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Shoephly responds:

Wow, I am amazed that someone in newgrounds actually took the time to really take the time and do some throrough commenting. Much appreciated.
To be honest i liked this song the most as well, and I usually don't like my own creation(except for the three songs submitted). I have a bunch of songs I did like a year ago, but these three that I submitted on newgrounds are the ones I am most proud of (to a less extent tribal trance, only submitted it to see if people liked the concept of tribalmusic fused with some sort of subtle trance) but I am definetly continueing with making music and I'll definetly post another song later, right now though i'm pretty stomped over in real life where exams are coming up and I need to buckle down and study.
And to answer whether I used fruity love filter I did not, only used delay and reverb with an EQ and some simple sidechaining. this song was the one song I did purely on feeling the whole time making it, though during the second half I kind of lacked inspiration which coincidenelty was during the time I started revising for my exams.
This is probably the most I've ever written on newgrounds, only because of such and awesome review, a long and thorough response was necessary.

Thanks a LOT for reviewing, you made my day, was starting to think people didn't like this song :( , (had a few zero bombs as far as i'm concerned) but as long as atleast one person liked it I more than content! :D

[Morning Horizon]

Simply Amazing

This song is art, it sounds fantastic. Classical has really become your Thing. The melody was very good, i loved the flute, it was very calming yet climactic, it takes you to a happy place. The Strings were amazing and really fit in with the flute. The thing I didnt like though was the snare roll, it was very repetetive and made it quite boring, although, The instruments gave it the support it needed to not make it THAT repetetive.
9/10
5/5

Step responds:

Thanks, man! Hehe, happy place ftw! xD. Glad you liked the melody, I tried to do a mixture of minor (the melody is in minor) but majestic at the same time, and well, I think I succeeded :P. Hmm... the snare roll shouldn't be repetitive since I did a 4 bar-pattern and used that pattern only 4 times throughout the song, and then I made another 4 bar pattern with a diferent snare roll and used it only 2 times throughout the whole song. Maybe it's because the changes are so subtle that they're hard to notice. Oh well, whatever, thanks for the review!

[~BH~ The Dark Temple]

A Smash!!!

This is vvery creative, no wonder it's your highesst rated song, the synths sound unique and I Presume u Made 'em NO? The drums sound very video-gamey and I can see this in some Ruins or Sonic and the black knight games or stuff like that.
anywayzzz Ill give this a 10 and a 5 and you are now a fav artist XP

ErikMcClure responds:

Made all the synths myself, yes. My highest rated song seems to change around randomly, actually.

[{sPhly} - Tribal Trance (TEST)]

Good but.....

It's a good loop but the melody is going too fast and it makes you think its a preset arp, the tribal part is good but the trance part sounds,.....not that much.............

Shoephly responds:

the trance arp is not preset, though it has the same keys as pad. It obviously sounds fast since it's 150 bpm and every individual sound in the arp is tightly pacted.
The pad on the other hand I used a preset to make it sound "resonating" (not even sure if it's an actual word) but you probably know what i mean. :P

It's the feel I was going for, didn't want the trance part to overpower anything, wanted it to smoothly blend in the background of you know what I mean.

Thank you for the review :)

[-Orr- 4 Brave Champions []

O_o

Very good, too good for words in fact, actually never mind, here goes :
The instruments varied a lotwhich in my opinion, keeps it interesting and doesnt make it very annoying throughout the whole song. They sound very proffesional, what is it? East/West?
Anyway it got a bit annoying in 2:18 or so but it was good.
The drums were very well made and were not at all repetitive, ive heard a lot of classical songs but this is the one to top them all.

9/10
5/5
<Deejay>

DavidOrr responds:

Hey Deejay! I'm sorry you found 2:18 annoying, that certainly wasn't my intent :P! These sounds are from East West - they're perfectly suited for the genre. Thanks a bunch for the review and your time!

[Cheesy Happy Birthday]

WTFTWROFLMAO

This is Good, It has a cool Mleody and The Background instruments are nice, not to mention the Piano. The Robot Speech was cool but I can't WTF he's saying.
This song is good instrument wise, but then drums, OMG
The intro sounded very very familiar and The drums are presets, I can tell you're using FL studio cuz they spund exactly like. The background drums in the rest of the song are very generic which throws off the good melodies.

SO 3/5 AND 7/10

Falloffenix responds:

thanx man. i pride myself in my melodies and harmonies. but my beats are not great. and yes. i was lazy and just used the presets. lol

[~BH~ Alutia]

Here we go.........

The intro melody's good but the instrument is ear-piercing, i suggest u either lower it an octave or change the damn thing, as for the drums, they're generic and could use a bit of work but other than that this song is pretty good, transition's fINE AND i Like the effects. The piano solo sounded a bit off-tune but when the saw came in was epic
<Deejay>

ErikMcClure responds:

The high instrument is anything but ear-piercing. The drums suck balls, but the piano is perfectly in tune. There is no dissonance anywhere in this song. It would help if my synths didn't all suck, but hey this song is a year old now, so...

[I'm Blue RemiX (Rave edition]

Ermmmm......

This was good but it's need's that unique touch. The drums are good and the Phased melody gave you a good Lead. Still not good to dance to though. The intro was off tune. It could have rocked So, 4/5 AND 8/10

Phyortek responds:

okay, so im reopening the project and working on it yet again....

[Cobra]

OMG

This is One great song, it really builds up a climax and gives that sorta Metal Gear, 'wait behind the corner and cut his head off' feel XD

Anyway this song is spectacularly made, I love the strings in it and the drums were very unique, it does give a rattle snake cobra vibe and the effects truly rocked. This time you've really done it. Hope you enjoy East/West cuz uve Really got a future in music.

SO, 10/10, 5,5 Download

<Deejay>

Step responds:

Wow, thanks man! As for that Metal Gear feel you mentioned, now that you mentioned it, this song DOES sound like that xD. Glad the cobra feeling was portrayed well, I worked hard on making it remind you of a cobra. Thanks for such a supportive and awesome review, and I can't say you don't have a future in music either...
Thanks again for the review!

[D17 - Mortal Kombat RMX]

Hehe

This is gr8! I mean Creativity is one thing but you've taken this to a whole new level, you've merged video game with trance and techno. The vocal samples sound awesome and really give those memories when It was summer and my eyes were stuck to the PSP and not letting go. The drums sound gr8, the beats were a bit repetetive, but ot still gives it that MK feel. The way You varied in instruments was amazing and the bass and piano were the best parts. BTW what was tha main instrument??????? Anywayzez you really should try making more remixes cuz u really have a knack for remixes and they could be really awesome with yer originality and the drum beats, again, need a little work in certain cases. So here it is 10/10
5/5
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And yes, you've done it, you are now on my fav artists list

Echo responds:

Woot! New fave! Tks for the review man!