acheney's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Wettest Secret]

came here from the audio advertisements thread

great work! i like the use of orchestral elements alongside electronic instruments. of course, this can get repetitive, but that's not really a problem

enjoy the scout!

Evernam993N responds:

thank you! :)

[Storm Giant]

came here from the audio advertisements thread

i really love the frantic quality and the percussion in the background. the use of dynamics is nice, and the mixing is superb

don't have anything to say really other than great job and keep at it! enjoy the scout!

Azurenite responds:

I'm a bit late but thank you for the scout, I appreciate it!

I had to rework it completely as it was originally too calm for what I had envisioned for it haha.

[Turing Machine]

really cool concept, and it definitely made some very great music! i love the panning synth that appears around 1:45, and the rest of the sound design is great too! the system produced some great compositions and melodies

i'll have to check out the album when i can

Jabun responds:

Thanks so much and I'm super pleased with the way it turned out too :) That panning part you mentioned was a Tr-808 Hi Hat being randomly triggered by an arpeggiator to either play open or closed, then heavily bitcrushed (if I remember right) and put through a panning flanger. Almost certainly some reverb/echo sends or inserts too! Happy you enjoyed it!

The album comes out in a month (on April 15th), but the Bandcamp page is open for pre-orders and has all the track descriptions and stuff if you want to explore. Hope you enjoy it when it's released, and I'll be uploading the rest to Newgrounds once a week starting mid-April. Take care and thanks again!

[Noise]

beautiful musical ideas, the mixing is immaculate too

Kiiri responds:

my self-esteem says thanks

[Choose Death]

really goes hard, love the robotic vocals

ProjectSoary responds:

Thank you! Yea I figured I'd switch it up and go a bit harder on this one. Had to even out all the softer stuff I've been putting out lately. lol. Thanks for taking the time to listen and comment. Much appreciated!

[Laze]

good, i really like the trumpet-ish melody at the beginning, though i feel like there could have been a riser there. the song progession feels nice, like an actual edm song, though of course it could use a second drop. just add that and some mastering and you could have a banger!

FirechompGD responds:

The Trumpet-ish lead is actually a FM synth preset that I modified
Thanks! Also the song is only made on 10 tracks

[sleeper train]

very pretty and calming, i really like the use of chiptune elements with acoustic instrumentation

Bitbeak responds:

Thanks so much!

[Pure White (Shapes Reveal Themselves, Stirring Something Deep Inside Me)]

absolutely beautiful

are you planning on expanding on this in a future album? or is this an outtake for tatd?

Cacola responds:

I did in fact have an album planned with this song, sort of an adjacent ambient album to go with The Angel The Demon. I haven't had any plans to go back and finish it yet but, I might actually have to change that cause I really liked the idea lol

[Expand (Final)]

really good! i really like the bass pattern. it's definitely a consistently good listen throughout. i'll have to check the album out

etK responds:

Thanks a lot! I'm glad you like it :D
The album will also be uploaded very soon here. But you can still stream it !

[the devil's in pain, i guess.]

interesting song. the piano is calming, in contrast to the dubstep-ish second half. my only gripe really is that the basses could be a little louder with more highs, but it being kind of quiet may be a good thing tbh

also, i feel like the ending shouldn't have been cut off like that, you should've let the reverb tails fade out or whatever, that's just my preference though

i had no idea you're a musician, that's cool! i'll have to check put your stuff

dogo7 responds:

Thanks!