Razex's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Dust Storm]

Sounds good! The bass is kind of overshadowed in some sections, though.
Also, I wish you'd compose longer songs.

[Stockton]

Hey, just a suggestion: you might want to normalize the audio of your tracks after exporting, you can tell how the audio is quiet just by how that waveform looks. Aside from that, it's a really nice sounding song!

adaMills responds:

Thanks for the suggestion! That is one area I have a lot of work to do in.

[-Alleyboss-]

Still love this style. It's like a fun mix of chiptune taking advantage of the lack of hardware limitations!

[Cloud Clock]

I have no idea what quartal harmony means, gonna have to look that one up. This is really unique, sounds like it could be heard in some chill place in an RPG.

[Real Reason [WIP][58"]]

Never heard songs from the "Tales of" series, assuming you're talking about Tales of Symphonia and others, but this sounds really weird and interesting! I'm curious on how you made it.

[Aspirations of Hope]

Oh yeah I remember watching that anime! I like this, I think you could've added a new section with a different chord progression to give some variation.

Ed3 responds:

I was thinking about that, but once I hit that 3 min mark I was like "Eh it's long enough" lol.

[Mind Flow]

Really cool choice of percussion, good melodies, all combined kept me interested to listen to the whole thing.
My only suggestion would be to reduce the white noise volume, at some parts it sounds kinda loud, but nothing too bad. Also, the song sounds kinda empty sometimes, I feel like an arpeggio could work here, I can almost hear one in the song tbh, but it's not audible enough.

[Ascension]

The transitions into different sections are very sudden, it sounds like 4 different songs stitched into one.

CasterBerry responds:

Thanks for the feedback.

[Bullet Train]

I like this one, the structure is really nice and it doesn't sound too repetitive. Mixing is alright, but I don't really like that panned kick drum beat at 0:55, I think it's usually a bad idea to do that. Last thing is more of a suggestion, I think it could do with more melodies, played by a chiptune lead, I think that would be really cool.

ArtificialIceCream responds:

Hey! Thank you! I'm much more fond of this one too. As I'm going through these songs again, I do notice that LMMS tends to do that with some patterns and instruments. I may have to pan it the other way to align it more with the other drum tracks.
As for your suggestion, I do agree that it could use a stronger and brighter lead along with other songs I've done. The soft wash I tend to go for on lead does tend to muddy things if there's a lot going on. If you have any suggested artists that show some examples of it I'm totally down to hear em. :)

[Flying Fast]

Song sounds good overall, it's the kinda vibe I like, but that transition from 1:00 to the next section sounds weird, I don't really like how everything stops suddenly as if the song were ending. The actual ending of the song sounds abrupt.
Drums sound good, snare sounds kinda boomy too me, but the kick is really good.
I like the chords, they're interesting, but they sound kinda off in pair with the melody sometimes, nothing too bad, though.
Melodies are okay but at 0:30 it sounds just random. The melody at 01:27 is the catchiest imo, I think you could've developed it more and used it more.
At last, the bass is not very audible and is mostly uninteresting to listen. I think a slap-bass, or just a more funky sounding bass could sound better here, but that's up to what you're going for.

ArtificialIceCream responds:

Thanks a ton for the feedback! I agree with all of it if I'm being honest. I think my overall problem is mixing. I feel that once I'm able to get that down better I could probably start to pick out a lot of the smaller problems that you noticed too.