OmegaP's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

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Very cool, I liked your arp sound. The progression of the track is really good as well, the track kept moving along with enough changes that I was never bored.

OPFX responds:

Being bored would definitely be a bad thing!

[Improv/Prelude in E minor]

I love Chopin's Preludes and Nocturnes, so emotional and expressive. For being recorded with an Iphone the piano really does not sound that bad, the imperfection is definitely felt. The transition from the sampled piano to your recording was a bit awkward, but i think that it worked with the piece. I simply love the atmos at the end, with the crowd, the old organ and band playing a hymn like melody. Very clever.

Great Job!

Phonometrologist responds:

There are too many great pieces to learn, but I keep coming back to learn Chopin and Debussy mainly. I really think Chopin's Prelude sets an interesting tone for the crowd and the Auld Lang Syne song that is heard for New Years. Anything else that precedes it I think would give it a different feeling.
Thanks for taking the time to write your thoughts

[Chasm of Fire]

Great Job! This really reminds me of "Legend of Zelda" for some reason, I am thinking like skyward sword. I would not say that this is a mess by any means, the ending is a bit weird, I feel like there should be a part two?

The mix was great all the instruments sound really good together. Your melodies and transition are spot on. I would love to see this in a game. The only thing that stood out to me as sounding out of place was the "lo vocal" track, it just sounded a bit too fake.

Deemo-R responds:

I actually didn't think about it, but I can see some of where Zelda might come through with this. I was probably subconsciously influenced by it, heh. I had the ending at the start of the song at first, but it kind of didn't lead where I was hoping for it to go. I still wanted to test the effects that these beautiful violin soundfonts could produce, however, so I tried to work it into the song. I can definitely see where you would think that the piece ends a bit oddly. Honestly, I just couldn't come up with anything else, I suppose xP

I'm surprised to hear that you thought the mix was serviceable. I was very limited to the number of tracks that I could make, so dynamics and general mixing suffered for it. Some of the instruments just stick out a bit sorely to me as well. I definitely know what you mean about the low choir sound. it's from Sonatina Symphonic Orchestra, and it isn't exactly stellar quality. Good choir libraries cost a lot these days! You make the best of what you've got, though, right?

Thanks a lot for the compliments and criticisms! :)

[For You]

This is really very haunting, I like the bell hits and that squirming pad thing.

TheComputerHermit responds:

Thank you for your very kind response and rating.

[The Concert]

Wow, this is stunning, simply amazing.

SoundChris responds:

Thanks a lot! Glad you enjoyed it :)

[Supernova]

Super smooth and hard hitting, you have some great melodies!

KabukiTunes responds:

Awesome, thank you!

[You Know Nothing]

Good job on this, I really like the break down strong basses. The diminished chord( i think?) sounds kind of weird, it may be better if the progression did not always go to that chord, but you made it work out.

If you cut a bit of low mids out of a few of the basses in the break down i think that it would really let them shine, i believe it was just a bit mid heavy.

Voltus responds:

Thanks for your Review! It's not really a diminished chord it is just the natural minor cord that formes over the second. I wanted it to stay there that long because with all the pentatonic stuff in modern (pop)music it's refreshing to hear something different imho. And to the mid heavyness: I mixed it to my abilities and referenced the track in the studio so maybe your monitoring setup slightly pushes up the mids?
Anyways thanks again for your Review! Glad you enjoyed your time with my Song ;)

[Pareidolic War]

I love the piano in part one that is such a baroque sounding passage. But I think my favorite part is part two, great build, great chord changes, awesome sounds(that air phasey synth fit so well with the strings), you really have so much talent!

Phonometrologist responds:

Interesting that you mentioned baroque, because I used a chord progression inspired by Bach that consists of three chords.
I do appreciate your kind words! Though, I would like to say that talent is overrated. The emphasis should be on the character that makes any difference. It is what we do with what we're given. You got a lot of talent yourself and so do a lot of people here. Perhaps our worldview/philosophy plays a part as well, but I've known a lot of people personally in how they lost their opportunities in projecting their talent.
I think about the opening line to Allen Ginsberg's "Howl: I saw the best minds of my generation destroyed by madness..."

[Rise]

Great Job on this, the progression is very nice. Also, good luck in ngadm!

larrynachos responds:

Thanks man :D

[Beyond the Binary]

Wow, this is super good! I am always amazed at the level of musicianship that some of the people on this site have. Job well done!

UncommonStuff responds:

Thanks for the review. Glad you enjoyed it :)