paradiddlesjosh's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Barret's Theme - NES Style]

One of your instruments isn't a square wave.

Sounds like you accidentally left the FF7 French Horn in there instead of using the NES soundfont all the way around, so you can't call it completely NES style. :P

Sound cool, though. Good job, dude.

DarkPortalStudios responds:

That NES Sound Font you gave me has working Trumpets, and they sound good. I only used things from the NES sound bank, so it's still an NES tune.

Thanks for your review!

[No Hope in Stone Tower]

Woot.

Of all the stuff you've got so far, this is by far your best mix yet. Keep up the good work, good sir. :)

~Joshy676

DarkPortalStudios responds:

Thanks brah, that's a pretty cool story you got there. :A

[Endless Confrontation RDX]

I love it!

Just what my evening needed. My twin's inquiring about a transcription/tab of the guitar parts while I listen in case you want to work on it again and get recorded parts.

I liked the original quite a bit, but this is, honestly, much MUCH better. I'm honestly hooked and the piece isn't even through its first playthrough yet! :D

Keep it up, dude. Your work improves with every submission.

~Joshy676

Shiverwar responds:

Hehe, thanks, Josh! Always glad to know you like to keep up on my work. :D

[Downpour Part 1]

We did good, man!

This is why the NGAP needs a collab option in its next update: we do a lot of work together and it would be nice if we could mark our collaborated work as such.

Anyway, time to toot my own horn! This marks the first time I've A) used FL Studio to do all the writing for a drum track and B) used multiple patterns to arrange a musical piece in FL Studio. That said, I can't wait to record the drum track for the whole thing -- I mean, this is, for all intents and purposes, just a tech demo -- because this new drum soundfont is one tom short (and SGM, much as I love it, sound too much like an electric kit for my tastes).

You did a great job on the other instruments and mixing. I also enjoyed the final result on the vocals.

~Joshy676

P.S.:Are we going to put out a tech demo of part 2 before recording the whole shebang?

pixelseph responds:

Yes, and as for your PS, probably. xD

:D

[SSJ3 - Inner Serenity]

It's purdy! :3

I'm not sure of this piece has more emphasis on "short" or "sweet," because it resulted in an abundance of both. Remind me to put this on my [CORPORATE PORTABLE MUSIC PLAYING DEVICE] under the playlist "Songs to Sit Down and Shut Up to." It's really all I feel like doing while listening to this.

Or maybe hang out with a special someone. But that's another story for another day.

Good job again, Shawn. Keep up the good tuneage.
~Joshy676

P.S.: It seems that you're churning out a lot of your work as though using FL Studio as a musical sausage grinder. Will you ever run out of material?

Shiverwar responds:

I have material. I just need to come up with a good recipe for a new delectable song. :P Thanks, Josh. :D

[SSJ3 - Facing The Storm]

Perhaps not a boss theme...

I sat here for the first couple of minutes waiting for a rain effect, rain stick, or some other sort of sound that would mimic rainfall to come in. I was very pleased when you delivered on that front. The thunderclaps punctuate the piece just right.

The opening drum rhythm is another of my favorite rhythms (hi-hats moving in an eighth-two-sixteenths pattern of open-closed-closed, combined with any backbeat). I was sad to hear that it was used sparsely throughout, but it was for the best: rhythmically, this piece is sound.

The faux-guitar work is spot-on, and I found the addition of a piano to the mix to work quite well.

Because the common assumption of music on the Audio Portal is that it may more likely end up in a Flash game on the Flash Portal than in a movie, I think this theme works better as the BGM for an entire short, perhaps focused on one battle, in the rain (natch).

And of course, I happen to pick my AP review omnibus night to be the same night where I should be writing an essay. At least I have good tunes to write along to, as well as music that's not putting me to sleep. Good job again, Shawn.
~Joshy676

Shiverwar responds:

Thanks, Josh. :) I was wondering when you would slap a review on this bad dog. It was even considered for a collab, so I'm eagerly awaiting that day.

[SSJ3 - Fearless]

I'm diggin' it.

This is currently the only thing keeping me awake in my three-way battle between my sanity, the urge to sleep, and this college essay I've neglected for the last week (thank you, procrastination loop). The only thing I can say negatively about it is that, in the headphones I'm currently using, the low-end synth you're using for the basslines is a bit thin, and the best place it could expand into is that low-mid range that nothing in the mix moves into.

On the other hand, I like the theme's variations and chord progressions. The halftime interludes break the monotony very well, though a monotony of 16th-note hi-hat grooves with some neat guitar lines is one I can comfortably live with.

Well done, Shawn. Well done.
~Joshy676

Shiverwar responds:

Yet again, another great review. :D Thanks again, Josh! Glad you like this!

[Ssj3 - Sephiroth! '10]

And another winner!

I swear, Shawn, I think I'm going to have to (once it's FINALLY done) release S-E-P-H-I-R-O-T-H! Perfect: SE, and then release a remix of your remix! Just about everything about this mix is done right. :D

Shiverwar responds:

To be honest, I was not expecting this kind of a review. :D All I did was rework the masterpiece with my own twists and such. You were the one that inspired me to do so, so you owe yourself a major chunk of the applause. :D And I await to hear SE. I will wait 4 or 5 years if I must!! Anyways, thank you very much, Josh. :D

[SSJ3 - Ultimate Artifact]

I second that jawesomesauce. :D

I listened to this one before the New Year, but put off on writing a review on it due to personal problems. Then I forgot about getting to writing it and had another set of personal problems.

Anyway, I will third the gong overuse, but I wouldn't have been able to help it, either. Gongs are fun to screw around with in real life as it is. :D

~Joshy676

Shiverwar responds:

I've had a bit of personal problems too, Josh. No harm done, I wouldn't have minded if you reviewed this on the third of June. :P

Anyways, yeah, the gong IS overused, but as you said, gongs are awesome and fun to screw with. :P Thanks for your awesome and slightly amusing review. :D

--SSJ3-Goku4567 (AKA Shawn)--

[SSJ3 - Endless Confrontation]

Well worth listening to.

I can't really find anything to criticize about this piece, Shawn. You did well this time (not to say your other work isn't also well done, but I think you know what I mean).

I'm sorry I didn't review this sooner; this week has been absolutely horrible for me on a few different levels. I hardly had time to check my own reviews, let alone write one for you. :)
~Joshy676

Shiverwar responds:

I understand if your week hasn't been good. I haven't had a very nice week either. Not even my birthday was the nicest. But, hey, what's done is done.

Anyways, to the point: Thanks for your review, Josh. I wouldn't have minded when you reviewed, hell you coulda reviewed next year and I wouldn't mind!

--SSJ3-Goku4567 (AKA Shawn)--