OmegaP's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Calm]

Great ambience on this one is great. The mixing is also good, there is a good separation i the instruments, the lead may be a bit loud.

[2014 New Song (WIP)]

I think the hats are a bit loud, otherwise great job.

EPSSounds responds:

appreciate it. Yea, i'm just a loud hat kind of guy. But your right, now that someone mentioned it there. Thanks!

[Eerey]

This is extremely unique and I love that you tried a lot of different things with this track to make it fun to listen to. You also created a great atmosphere. One thing that needs work is the mix, the drums felt kind of buried in a couple spots or like they were really competing with something, the lead could use a bit more grit, maybe use an overdrive plug-in on it? But overall I really liked it, some great ideas in here.

AinigmA responds:

Hey OmegaP,
thanks for your advice! I really appreciate it when people listen to my music and give such constructive feedback! I'll definitely adjust the lead (since it really sounds mashed up, lot of undefined middle frequencies that i didn't even notice in the first place) and the drums!
Cheers!

[Tomorrow's Lullaby]

Powerful as always, I really love the deep sub it is just perfect!

Phonometrologist responds:

I appreciate the encouragement. Did it provide a powerful sleep? I tend to write stuff like this to help my thoughts drift quite a bit. Never intended this to be listened to directly, nor do I expect people to be very productive in their work while listening to it.

[Something Scary]

The musical ideas in this are very good the melody and the harmony work together really well. I liked 1:01 where it kind of had that breakdown with a cool chord progression. A couple of technicals that I think could be improved. 1) the main lead was way to loud at some points it was almost hard to listen to the music because that is all I could hear 2) The drums were muddy and did not sit in the mix as good as they could have, with that said for some reason the breakdown at 1:00 the kick really came through the mix, I don't know if you used a different sample or what, but I would use that kick for the whole song. The snare need to snap more and it was very burried so I would bring that up a bit, esp for drum and bass you need a snappy snare. I like all of the tom rolls in the begging and the end but to make them sit in the mix better I would pan them and also bring them up along with the snare. I think that the claps in the background were great! 3)Lastly some of the transitions in the song were a little weird for example around :37 the lead just dropped out and it made the song feel disjointed. However your use of pads was very could!

Ok, so keep up the good work and I wish you the best of luck :) Also, if you have any question about what I said feel free to PM me.

Wayv responds:

Thanks for the feedback! It was all very helpful! I actually used only one kick sample, and was a little baffled myself as to why it didn't have as much presence at times. I was going for a little bit of a cinematic feel, sort of...? So, I was trying hard not to let the drums dominate the song. I need to work on the balance though, yeah.
Thanks again!

[Refresh your Taste]

I really love the clanging metal percussion it caught my ear right away!

A couple of things that may be helpful to working on and I am trying to take into consideration the genre.
1. As far as mixing goes I feel like everything is jumbled up the middle of the song, like all of the instruments are all clashing with each other because a lot of them are sharing the same frequency spectrum and space in the mix. Things you can do to fix this are A) try panning certain instruments that may clash with each to L or R and I mean all the way not just a little bit, I could tell that you did some planning but it need to compliment the song better. B) With EQ, try getting rid of parts of the synths that you are not using, such as if a synth is mainly used for high parts roll off the bass ect.

2. This may simply be my opinion, but I would try backing off your mastering limiter to give the song some life and dynamic.

3. Lastly, I understand that you are going for a dissonant sound and I dig that, but it is almost to much at the end of the song the scream highs are hard to handle. Also, I really love the little broken solo thing around 4:15 that sounded like a computer talking, that was super cool.

[Bass beat]

I know the low rating feeling :( But here are a couple of things that may help improve those ratings.

First off, I don't think that this is a heavy metal song so try labeling your songs correctly, this may be closer to a hip hop loop.
Second, the song needs to be mastered so that it competes volume wise with other tracks on this site, so at the very least put a limiter on you 2bus.
Lastly, it is boring, there is no change in the song at all if you are going to use loops like this it is always good to add variance and make it a longer so that it is a full song.

Hopeful this helps! But you have a good start.

EuphoriaSound responds:

I picked the "Heavy metal" on purpose this time.

It took 2 minuts to make & I do not expect big surprising ratings.

[Study in D# Minor]

You have some very strong melodies and the instruments blend really nicely, around 1:38 (I think) the strings just drop out and it felt slightly awkward. But very pleasant!

[Thou 9th Circle (AIM2014)]

This is super well done, I think you have done an excellent job with mixing the track it feels very polished in a cold and metallic way and the reverb is just spot on. It really takes me back to the days I used to jam out to combichrist and angelspit. RealFraction is off his rocker I would not change anything about this track, except maybe the length, because I can't concentrate for more than two minutes after years of listening to pop music :)

[The Nightingale Order]

This is a really awesome piece! I think that the melody and the rhythm are spot on; reminds me of pirates of the caribbean or the assassin's creed Black Flag. My favorite part is the string runs; they just sound phenomenal and blend very well with the rhythm section. I don't hand out five stars very often but I think that this deserves it!

LunyAlex responds:

Thank you tremendously! It means a lot!