acheney's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[my final message]

This is kind of short (which is unfortunate), but what you have here is absolutely beautiful! I like how the synth you used has a rather pipe organ-like timbre. Personally, it would have been nice if the chord that hits at 0:11 had an appoggiatura or something else preceding it, because it would have made the new chord much more powerful. You should consider extending this!

[etK - MFTDW Album Preview]

I downloaded this album from your Bandcamp page a while ago. I have to say, it's absolutely beautiful.

[Last Sunset]

An EDM track with no (conventional) percussion? That's an interesting idea, and I'm surprised that you executed it so well here. My only criticism is that the synths that you used for the melody could be more "full", for the lack of a better term. You could try to add more bandwidth, stereo space, or harmonics to accomplish this; I would highly recommend listening to some ambient music to hear a good example of how to do this. Also, you should add some background sounds to the parts where you can only hear the extratone drums; these parts sound kind of boring without anything else going on. Other than these two things, this song is very good! I especially like how you made the extratone drums very soothing, which is otherwise unusual for that type of drum arrangement. I also like how you added some sidechaining to the synths during the "drops"; they add a nice driving pulse in the absence of actual drums! Keep up the great work!

[Road of Sadness]

This is not bad! Although the transitions between the different sections of the song are slightly jarring, the melodic progression is very good! However, the song does sound somewhat empty, and the drums could be louder. Also, I would highly recommend using sidechain compression on everything besides the drums. For your first song, this is great!

[The Musical Imp - A Good Man]

This is very good for your first music project! Although some of the melodies can become very repetitive at times, the progression is very nice, and the instruments sound very good! I'll have to keep an eye on your account to see what else you'll make!

[[House] Sadistic Robot Girl]

I have to say, this song is VERY repetitive. Asides from the fact that I really like the main synth, this is all I have to say about what is present here. I really think that this song could have used some variation or progression, rather than simply repeating the same melodic line repeatedly. Nonetheless, I do like it! It's nice to see you experimenting with new genres!

[i did a thing]

I like it! However, the beginning is somewhat empty. I do like the rapid arpeggio that appears at 1:07, and the piano melody that appears shortly afterward is very good! The drums sound very good, and I also like the filtered drum hits at 1:51. The climax is very good, and it is surprisingly dense. I like how throughout the song, you put new melodic spins on the same basic melody. Overall, this is great; keep it up!

[[Drum & Bass] Angelic Energy [Edited]]

I like this! The instrumentation makes this very beautiful, and I like how you occasionally changed the drum breaks. Although the abrupt drum entry actually scared me, this does not affect my view of this song. This is very good; keep at it!

Dieswyx responds:

I'm sorry that the abrupt change has scared you.
I really appreciate your review. :J

[An Eventful Morning]

This is very good! This song does a very good job at establishing its intended feeling. The orchestral samples do sound very good, and the way that you arranged them here is absolutely masterful. I especially like the density of the instrumentation at 0:50. This would definitely be appropriate for background music in a fantasy video game.

[Parallax]

This is alright. The melodies are very good, but the sound design is rather lacking. However, I think that it adds some charm to this track; it adds something somewhat similar to the feeling that Dimrain47's music brings. This song would benefit from boosting the high frequencies. The variation is also interesting, although using some longer melodic phrases would be nice. Overall, this is not bad!