Thetageist's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Hiya!]

This is weirdly spooky, and I love it a lot! Melody writing and key changes are a ton of fun here!

[Eclipse]

Retro future is one of my favorite aesthetics. I love the vibe here! And I can tell you had fun making new synth instruments on here - there's a lot of creative sounds in here!

[Biscuits and Gravy With Elon Musk]

I didn't know you did voice acting! I happened to see your name in the Fashion Police credits and started looking for a demo reel.

You should post a demo reel of character voices or something, just to show some of the different things you can do. I'm trying to search for voice actresses for a project, and that'd help me figure out if you'd be a good match for any of the characters!

Anyway, the delivery of this is great, and I love the humor in the script.

DrSevenSeizeMD responds:

All I have right now is an awful blue yeti mic. I just ordered a brand new XLR that I ran by @VoicesByCorey first and he approved! So I'm hoping I can do more voices work soon and it will be better quality.

[lolll idk how to delete old songs]

My only critique is that I think you're coming across as too nasally and don't enunciate enough sometimes when trying to mimic Sayu's vocals. Otherwise, it works really well, and you even nailed the "slammin' clams that just don't care" line, which is pretty hard to say at that tempo!

[Quack Hack]

Great sense of pitch and rhythm - you made a loop that fit perfectly with the noise the duck was making and sounds great by its own merit as well!

[Frebb OST: Spin to Win]

I like the concept behind this, though I feel like it could be made more compositionally strong - at this point, I'd rank it below Palmtree Path.

Some of the parts of this feel a bit generic, samey, and/or underdeveloped, and I feel like they'd benefit from the introduction of an overarching melody, a little harmonic fleshing-out (instead of the background instruments being in unison all the time) and differentiation between different sections - perhaps a modulation is in order? The sax part starting at 00:08 also sounds a little random and incongruous, with notes that stick out as weird to me.

What'd you use for this, out of curiosity? I love the percussion, by the way.

AlmyriganHero responds:

Honestly my biggest regret with Frebbventure's soundtrack is just that I pushed myself to make a new theme for basically every level and major character battle. I feel like it all works decently enough as ambient noise when paired with the often dense and atmospheric visual style, but I might've been better off putting more time into developing a smaller set of themes. I haven't counted, but there has to be 100+ tracks at this point (at least if we're counting the time and effort that went into unused ones.)

As for my program, I use the Windows version of LMMS. It was what a friend recommended to me a long, long time ago.

[Frebb OST: Palmtree Path]

I love the retro feel! It seems like it'd feel at home in a Sonic or Donkey Kong title - somewhere between the two.

Small bit: The syncopated rhythms starting at 00:08 feel a little bit blurry with all the different rhythms going on at the same time that don't reinforce each other. Otherwise, it's very fun!

[Golden Hour Lament]

Beautiful composition! It definitely conveys that sense of peacefulness and deep emotion, which is something I don't think is easy to get right.

Tiny nitpick: Do your string and flute VSTs support different articulations (slurring, etc)? If not, I'd recommend finding some from Spitfire - they have a cool function where you can switch between different articulations easily just using out-of-range notes in the MIDI. I think using those might make it sound a bit more natural.

GlowBoyMusic responds:

it dooooes but doesn’t do those things right. (Yikes.) I will be investing in waaaay better strings as well as tools over the year. I am working with the little things I have at the moment, but eventually I will big stuff up when I can!

— Glow

[Supernova]

Absolutely love the mixing of different textures! Definitely gives the spacey vibe you're looking for.

Tiny nitpick: I think the high melody instrument around 00:57 sometimes isn't 100% on the beat and it feels a bit incongruous with the rest.

GlowBoyMusic responds:

Thank you for the review! I shall keep the last bit in mind! To be fair, there was a slight delay in the recording that couldn’t be patched out properly, but its close enough! (I need more VSTs…)

—Glow

[LilSpook Demo Reel (Self-Made - Rough)]

I love the different inflections and depth of emotion here!