ChroPh0re's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Parallax ReLoaded]

Lol

The eight minutes make me think of Tiesto, the style makes me think of Oakenfold and Cornandbeans fused together, and the synths remind me of various old .MOD and .XM songs. Fantastic arrangement, nice and diverse (for an eight minuter). It's very laid back and simple sounding (which is good!), it seems like a song that's just meant to sort of sit in the back of your mind as you work on something. The beginning was brilliant - you've got a great voice for this sort of thing. Again, keep it up with the awesomeness!

SkyMarshall responds:

Oh nice, you know what MOD and XM is. Kudos to you :) I actally started out making music in ProTracker on Amiga. Then later Impulse Tracker - and towards the end in FastTracker 2.08. Still use Modplug Tracker for those really cheesy old-school samples. Used it partly in this one actaully. So cool that you noticed. Anyway, thanks for the review man. Fun that people actually have the patience to sit through it for 8 long minutes :)

[Chryogenic Children]

HMm....

Oohh man, I simply love the original, which automatically makes this great! The synths seem fairly weak when compared with the original, but your remix stands out on it's own because of that. Though this is old, I still have to say keep it up! You've got some great stuff man!

SkyMarshall responds:

We both do love the original. Both "Children" and that other one ... uhm ... ah ye, "Fable". Reminds me of the good old school-days. But yes, this is made pretty thin on purpose - just to keep the piano and beat mellow and steady. But Im glad you like it man, alltough it's not my best in my opinion. Thanks for the review :)

[Forever Gamer]

WOW!!!!

Now THIS is good! Excellent sound synthesis, moderately nerdy lyrics backed with an awesome voice... This whole song screams diversity! I absolutely love it, this is some of the highest quality material I've heard here on NG! I'm gonna be singing this for DAYS, simply amazing!

5/5, 10/10, and fav'd!

SkyMarshall responds:

Nice technical review there:) Haha first one to notice the lyrics are nothing but hardcore nerdy - because they are. But there's no shame in that :) Thanks for 10. Love it man :)

[Basic Distortion]

Huh!

Though I'm hearing TONS of presets, I really like how you made this. It's very chill, and everything flows together extremely well. One of the only major qualms that I have about this one is that it starts clipping a bit at 3:26, but everything else sounds very good. The other major one is the drums - I personally think that the clap could've been a bit softer, and that the hihat stand out just a little too much. Maybe cut the highs on it a little, or change it to a slightly softer sounding one. There's definitely room for some improvement, but I really like where this is going. Keep it up man!

[{Hollow Man} Remastered]

A ten, as usual ;)

This is fantastic, just like the original. However, it somehow seems a bit more relaxed in an odd sort of way. It seems a bit less intense. I actually kinda like it a bit more because of that - it makes it seem a bit more like a hopeless final battle for a video game. Simply awesome man!

[.:=Phoenix Chronicles - Ep2=:.]

Phenomenal!

That was simply amazing! A perfectly gripping song with brilliant sound usage and composition. One thing that I especially liked about it was the fact that it gripped me instantly - it isn't like most ambient songs that take a bit to get going. A fantastic job, keep it up!

[Chiron- The Spirit of Summer]

Hm, I'm fairly impressed!

From what it sounds like, you've been getting a lot better. There were many things that this song could have used, but it sounds FAR better than pretty much all of your old material. Me being me, I think that the specific rythms you used for the piano note progression would fit slightly better with a simple saw with a chorus on it, or perhaps even a slightly detuned sytrus saw with unison order of 4 with the unison pitch set to about 45%. It just sounds to me like your music would fit better under the trance category with different synths and a nice beat underneath everything. Of course, that's probably just me, but hey, you never know. Anyway, very nice work!

6/10

You've gotten a heck of a lot better, keep on going man!

-Manmademusic

[Heavy Damage (remix)]

Wow!

Nice, very nice! I like it a lot, it's way heavier than my original! The only thing I don't like is that EVERYTHING is distorted, it starts getting kinda hard to listen to because of how distorted everything is. Besides that, all of the sounds blend really well, and it sound like it'd be a fantastic VG song, great job!

-Manmademusic

Dj-Fanta5t1c responds:

ah thank you man! ithnk you still deserve more credit for coming up with such an awesome acid riff dude! you have some realy skill your self, i like most of your music man! its well developed and well crafted! thank you for letting me remix this man!

[= - - Rapturetasm - - =]

Different, as usual :D

Dang man, your style has been changing a lot! I love the beat and the drums, the snare has some nice SMACK to it. However, one thing that kinda bugs me about it: There's barely any bass. I like the fuzzy feel for the bass sound effects, but they have very little actual bass to them. I personally think this one would have been better with a more analogue kind of bass, one that's a bit more soft sounding with a high impact all the same. Don't get me wrong, I actually like this song A LOT, but I'm having a hard time with the lack of bass...

crud responds:

word. the bass will be the homework.