SmdSkata's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Once Upon a Time, Buckethead_]

Direct In?

Really, its so clean. Not much noise from the line at all. Also usually with the line the reverbs feel unatural and you seemed to get it right. 10/10 and a friendly 5

Boux responds:

yeah i know i thinked the reverb sounded great too, thanks alot!!

[Isolation of Bliss]

Reveeeerb is amazing...

I love the guitar part itself, but the reverb is so settling its enjoyable.

Kor-Rune responds:

Thank you! The reverb was hard to pick from, all my reverbs were so pretty, and I didn't know what size of room etc. I'm glad you like this one!

[We Are Lost (full Vocals)]

Simply fantastic...

Its so smooth. Probably near perfect if not perfect. Story behind this, and the words was I happened to be listening to this last around 1:30am here and I don't know if it was the words to this song or a premonition but I had to urge to flip threw every news station before I fell asleep...not out of the normal, but soon enough when I woke up, I saw that an Air France plane is lost at sea somewhere... I don't even know, but it was ridiculous...

statueofdiveo responds:

I'm getting a new mic... This song is just holy to me and I can't belive I really made it...

[Pain for Pleasure (cover)]

Sum 41 Fan

Haha, man its pretty well mix. Actually quite comparable to the original in a sense. I hear one spot where you messed up on the bass a tad. but no ones going to hear it. I only found because you said somthing about it :)

5/5 9/10

[MH16: TimeWarp]

Solid.

Man I just clicked on your lastest track and flipped to another tab in my browser and before I realized the title, I imagined me just traveling the speed of light through space. The title is spot on. I really enjoyed it. The piano is in a great spot in the mix. Its not sharp out in the mix but it doesn't fall to the back either. Drums have good fills. Only I'd add would be like a middle eastern/african vocal background. I hoped that made sense. This somthing straight out of a Zelda game. I like it. 5/5 10/10

FairSquare responds:

Hmm, i'm not sure what you mean by a ''middle eastern/african vocal background'', but it sure does sound cool :P
Oh, and thanks for the compliment about the Zelda game :D
I'm glad you liked the song and thanks for the review :-)

[Japanese]

It had a lot of Led Zepplein.

Something about the progressions and drums have LZ written all over it. The drums come in perfectly and keep the song moving the whole time. Good job bro, its pretty solid.

Saigon responds:

Yay Zeppelin :)

Thanks for the review.

[_Burn_]

Different

I'm used to the speed DnB. Quite differnt, you gave it an ambient feel. Its nice, but with the high hat, get it a very high roll-off and turn it down a tad. For me, it's feeling in the way. Somthing about that brief melody reminds me of Sonic.

vanguard182 responds:

hey thanks, i'll see what i can do about lowering the hat, it is a tad bit loud. ha now that you mention it, it does make me think of sonic when i hear the melody, now i'm always going to think of that. i guess it's not really a DnB song, i always have trouble figuring out what genre to put things in

[[JD]is coming for you(SCA]

Very nice layering...

Do you have a distortion guitar hiding in the back playing rythym. Its all layered very good. Maybe you could add some drums. Hmm maybe even some bongos/congos.

enders1 responds:

Well... yeah there are more than 4 guitars layered.
I decided to not use drums since I liked the overall feeling of the song and because I suck at adding drums.

[Hyrule Kokiri Party Remix]

Very Good...

But equalize and mix the Clash cymbol, its overcoming the whole song.

itsfoxhall responds:

whats a "Clash cymbol" if you mean the hi hats the level is fine

[~ Calm After the Storm ~]

Transition is good...

I like it a lot...the transition is flawless, goes right along. I do agree the drums need to be revamped a bit. It feels the song needs it. With drums, this song has a lot of potential :)

Catstuffer responds:

Thanks, part of what makes that transition work, is that the high squeeky beeping thing (lol) stays almost the exact same as it transitions out of the storm... and yes, I needd drum help... I'm so lazy when it comes to drums that I don't even change them up musch... I finish the lead and bass of a song then I just copy and paste a kick, clap, and hi-hat over and over... mby removing one for a while, and then adding it back again... I will work on it...