TurtleBox420's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[At DOOM's gate (piano cover)]

I'm gonna leave you alone because I don't want to discourage you but you really can't post stuff like this as part of your "hire me for your game soundtrack" portfolio...this is just a straight MIDI scroll.

[Ferum]

If your goal is to work on video games I would highly recommend improving every aspect of these tracks, this is very hard to listen to. There's no panning, no mixing, and seemingly no structure.

[Engeon]

This is a really fun track that when broken down really has layers upon layers of technique and skill. I think you listening out the things you've learned while developing the track is great and really helps visualize those techniques in action.

While I'm not the biggest fan of this type of music I've been listening to this on repeat to come up with a nice review on it and I have to admit this is something I could hear commercially and enjoy.

If there's any sort of feedback it might be to maybe experiment with your EQs a little bit, you have such a strong low end here (in a really good way) and I feel like because of that there are only a few spots where your middle to high end really pull up in front.

The panning is good, and I think something you could experiment with is using both panning and your EQ to create a more unique resonation.

This is a really good track though. Something I could imagine seeing success commercially.

PotangNG responds:

Complete agreement on the high and middle end thoughts. Listening back to it, the low ends do overpower the high ends quite a bit. I think during the creation of this song I focused too much effort into the low ends, and forgot to let the melody leads stand out. Good observation, and I'll make sure to let the higher ends stand out a bit more in future works!

Really happy that you think this would do well commercially, I hope you're right in that! Thanks for taking the time to listen!

[Sunny Times Don't Last Forever]

Really groovy, I like the drumming a lot.

[Rickety Records]

This is a pretty fun track, cool. Really nice mix of sounds.

[June is coming - JustiXian]

It wouldn't hurt to mix this a little better, really pull back in the EQ and really let instruments shine in and out and not just sort of all be at the same loudness. It's hard to appreciate one instrument when another is speaking over it.

[Melding Wild Hearts]

Very Trevor Jones, really beautiful piece here.

The-Cupbearer responds:

Thank you for saying so. This is probably the longest I've worked on a piece under 4 minutes so far, so I'm glad it seems to have paid off.

[Therapy]

I would really avoid refering to this as Ambient or Atmospheric, it's a little chaotic and a lot of the instruments don't really go together. I think it sounds really cool, it has the vibe of a lot of Ps1 Zelda clone's, games like Kingsly and Alundra 2.

It just needs a leash, some thought behind where melodies are placed and if it wants to be Atmospheric or Chaotic.

CatDestroyer04 responds:

Thank you for listen the track, i will try my best for get better with time.

[AIM - Nurture]

I wish this could be front paged every day of the week.

[Mooncorn(original mix) by wasterklame]

Probably one of the more original house tracks from the RvR thread. No random breakcore shoved in, just a really consistent beat and strong melodies. The mixing here is also really really good, probably could use a lot of work but it's clear you took some time with the mixing and equalizing.