Belthagor's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Your World Is Unraveling]

Sounds pretty good. I would make the volume levels a bit more consistent though, you can still have variations but maybe not so sharp ones? Composition and instrumentation is great 5/5 on that. I like the electronic orchestra going on. It's a very original idea, has not been done before.

Mixing/Mastering: 5/5
Melody: 5/5
Effects: 4/5 (The part at 50 seconds, when the volume picks up, could be a bit more immersive is the only reason I am not rating it a 5/5.)

[Genesis]

Well made composition. Bright and cheerful. Lovely hints of old dos game tracks and celtic inspiration as the previous comment said. I like the ending the most, and I look forward to playing the game when it's out. :D The retro games usually have a melodic line with mildly annoying sounds in it though, but the tracks are well made so you don't really notice it. See: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4H5M5FAGq0c I think I will vote... 5/5.

wobwobrob responds:

That Space Bats soundtrack is craaaaazy!

[Some Baroque Stuff Going on Here]

Good track but a bit too much repetition. 4.5/5

MajorMusic responds:

It's a Hymn so it repeats twice.

[Runners (Arab Style Heavy Drops)]

I agree with the dynamic range part. The song is really good and has vocals - yay! Maybe some differences in velocity of notes in chords in the piece would make it sound more interesting, for example the highest note plays at top, leading to lowest note least velocity in a single chord, and then the second time the same chord is used, the opposite with velocity. IDK I just think it would sound better that way. The song is a little sharp but that's not necessarily a bad thing. Pan occasionally left and right in an automation clip might be nice as well. Also the song sounds really good the way it is right now.

Aydin-Jewelz123 responds:

Nice one dude, great tips! Gonna jot those down for future reference.

Never really tinker much with velocities of notes, only really on piano or orchestral bits and even then I would never have thought to do what you suggested! It does sound pretty neat, especially to add some flavour to the piece without going through and having to completely change sections. I guess it changes the emphasis right?

Panning too, I usually pan things as I go but here I was more concentrated on just getting a loud, complicated sound and left the panning to the end. By then I'm kinda familiar to how it sounds so didn't do much in terms of panning outside of the sweepers.

Will have a dig at those sometime and see if I can improve the track! Sure does make sense in my mind, just a case of figuring out where to do it.

Cheers dude

[🌆 #2: Troisnyx]

It's pretty good and interesting, but some plain background music at a low volume would help it a bit I think. Pm me if you want an example and I can make something for you to play in the background, as a test.

GroundsPatrol responds:

Thanks belthagor. I think i might experiment with some light BG music in segments that aren't interviews...

[Mechanic chaos]

5/5, Great work. The only thing would be that it doesn't sound very chaotic, as the title says.

Deff-Strife responds:

I agree with you, I have problems with it :)

[Rockwell]

It's pretty good, but I would make the spikes in volume a bit lower on left and right side of wavelength. And make it a bit less loud.

[XentimenT - Neon SpeedWay]

Very nice track! Did you make it in fl studio?

IXentimenTI responds:

Yeah I work in FL. :)

[SolidMovement - K - 6919]

To help you pick a genre: I would choose dance genre. (EDM specifically.) It's very nice and sounds futuristic, although IDK if that is what you were going for. Pacing and tempo is good, changes in tempo are good. I like the fastest parts most. Nice consistant wavelength. Could use more drums, I think it would make it sound more natural, but then again that might not be what you're going for. Did you make this in fl studio? What did you use? Also I know you wrote this isn't game music, but it could be good for a racing game on loop. Idk what else to write, I can't find any obvious flaws in it. Great work 5/5.

-R4R

[A Town Called Mayshire]

Very nice work as usual. Is it based on an existing video game, and did you make this for our project?

MajorMusic responds:

You can use it for your project if you wish, but I made this just because I could.