Mattashi's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Dark Nebulae]

Awesome work Ylmir :) Kind of gives me a little Metal Gear Solid vibe at some parts (especially that bass!) This would go very well for a menu.

Ylmir responds:

Thanks a lot ! \o/

[Lament]

Nice work Lone-X! your song reminds me of some of the music from Silent Hill.
Keep it up :)

Lone-X responds:

Thanks, Mattashi, I gotta listen to the soundtracks of those games. I haven't played a single one lol. Glad you like the song!

Peace and love,
Lone X

[La Valse D'Amelie (Cover)]

Lucid, I could listen to your piano playing all day :)
Very beautiful played man.

LucidShadowDreamer responds:

Aww, thanks a lot man :')
You know I could listen for your work for an etenrity (your guitar playing is sooo good too)!

[BTTB - One Small Step EP]

Oh man this is fantastic! It reminds me of those good old skate punk bands back in the day.
I'm a huge Punk-Rock fan and this was really amazing dude.
Did you play and record all the instruments yourself?

Jabun responds:

Cheers man :3 Indeed I did, though I must confess the drums are samples I hand programmed rather than a live kit :3 I had some help from friends with the Gang type vocals too and the guitar on Track 4 "Woof Woof, Nag Nag" was played by Andy Forman (guitarist from another band I was in: Lights, Camera, Attraction!) as he really wanted to help with the record :3 I'm actually writing a 9 track follow-up Album as we speak so hopefully that'll be out by the end of the year :3 Really glad you enjoyed it :D

[Demo Reel Mashup #1]

really cool stuff man, great demo reel!

[Chill House]

This sounds sweet! You don't suck at making full tracks just give it a try, you can add anything you want to it, it's your song! I used to have the same problem, always ending up with making short tracks. Most of the time I felt like I couldn't add anything that would make the song better, but if you experiment and fool around a bit I'm sure you'll get something more going. Maybe add some sort of intro before this part kicks in and have a different chord progression at the end.
You've got an awesome start so far!

[Jake Frost PTD - Entrance Them]

Damn awesome!

Bad-Man-Incorporated responds:

Thank you, sir. \m/

[A Fool's Hope]

Nice work man! great song structure and I like the mix, only thing I would do is make the snare a bit louder it sounds a bit low compared to the bass drum.
Sucks that your PC kept crashing, what DAW are you using? is it a 32- or 64-bit host?
Switching to 64-bit really helped me out a lot with my RAM issues.

DL2Electron responds:

Thanks. Yeah the snare and drums in general were supposed to be a bit quiet and in the background mainly because they were too MIDI sounding.. I extensively use 64bit, have been since FL 11 came out. But once I roll with some heavy sample libraries, I get so many underruns either because either something is wrong with my computer or my inbuilt sound card is pathetic. :/

[String Attack]

Nice melody man :)

Lone-X responds:

Thanks, Mattashi! This means a lot!

Peace and love,
Lone X

[Conquest of the Uncharted]

Wow this is amazing for your first attempt at orchestra! My favorite part was at 01:25 :)
EWQL is pretty awesome, isn't it? Even though some might say it's a bit "outdated" I still like to use it in my projects as well. I really can't wait what masterpieces you will compose next now that you have an orchestra at your fingertips :P
Try not to add too much reverb on EWQL Symphonic Orchestra most of the samples already sound pretty wet (I usually like to add just a slight bit of extra reverb, usually about 20%)
as for panning most of EWQL Symphonic Orchestra is already pre-panned in a way but it's never wrong to make adjustments :)
Also don't be afraid to raise the levels a bit more with the percussion.
Can't wait what more you have in store for us with your new library :)
Nice work man!

LucidShadowDreamer responds:

Hello! And thanks a lot for all the great tips! *takes notes*

Yeah, 1:25 is pretty cool. I tried to do it a bit different from the rest of the song :3
EWQL is very awesome, especially to me, as it's my first actual bought VST, which means it opened a lot of new possibilities!

I agree. I'll try cutting down on the reverb for next time! And I'll make sure to get my panning straight ;)

Percussion volume is to be raised => Noted.

Thanks a lot for leaving a helpful review, and for being great inspiration :D