TurtleBox420's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Forgotten Paradise]

I'm legit happy to see you always improving and releasing strong content.

CatDestroyer04 responds:

Thank you! most of my tracks are past releases, so feel free to hear them when you have time! of course i'm working on new content that will be released in the future!

[Waiting room of 3035]

I would try some more listenable harmonies and explore your EQ a lot, especially in the middle to low end.

Best of luck improving!

Hypersleeper responds:

Thanks, i'll keep that in mind. I didn't know what EQ was lol.

[Cat Destroyer & Lunulata - Journey To A Unknown Star]

I like this a lot, especially around the 3:30 mark and onward. I do however think it needs just a teeny tiny bit more low end in some places, maybe widen the panning just a bit or add a tonal pad under everything.

But I do enjoy your work, this is another great piece from you.

CatDestroyer04 responds:

Thank you, i will try my best for improve on future tracks and collabs!

[homestuck]

Out of all your tracks, what you have here is the best to offer. I would take a walk through how you composed this, what was going through your mind and the steps you took to fine tune it and apply that to all of your work going forward.

I believe you have a LOT of potential.

a3iLhadanalt responds:

thank you so much! i can't say because i normally keep things a secret. but, i do enjoy making things for fun!

[what is indigo park]

This is really good, I'd love to see you potentially explore mixing more, and see you add some notes to your descriptions about where your focus is when composing the tracks and during your workflow.

a3iLhadanalt responds:

i make random descriptions from time to time, so it's not really that much of an issue. thank you for listening!

[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!

[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.

[Unlimited Universe]

I think it's really lacking structure but if that's what you're going for than you nailed it. The kicks really turned me off from this but I infamously don't like breakcore and I guess I don't like Flashcore either.

Either way this is good work.

CatDestroyer04 responds:

Thank you for listen the track, even if you didn't like it, is not breakcore, is Flashcore (speedcore variant).

I always try to improve and offer something that listeners like while working with the genres that I love. I hope to have a better opportunity in the future from your part. Thanks again.

[Mole feet]

I don't understand why this is tagged as heavy metal, it's some sort of gritty analog synth simulation, right?

I wouldn't try so hard to define a genre and just focus on finding where your heart takes you compositionally and go from there. Make what makes your body feel good and don't worry about genres or anything whne you bring them here.

I think the track is okay though, it's pretty different than most of what's posted here.

wons responds:

The thing is that the site required me to specify the genre. i have no idea what type of genre this song is i was making whatever sounded nice to me