MetalRenard's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Succibi]

Wow, you made Dubstep that's interesting to me, a metal-head! :3

[GM - I'm coming 4 u (NGADM13)]

I've had this on my mp3 player for a year, listened at least a dozen times. Deserves the 5 stars, awesome work on the composition and lead guitar but could have been mixed better. Fantastic work mate.

InYourDreams responds:

Hey Thanks! ^_^
Yeah that's the problem when you have only two weeks to write a song for the NGADM. I mixed it again and remastered it, though. You can download the new version for free here (if you download the full EP):

http://inyourdreams.bandcamp.com/

[Festival Day]

Damn, only one major climax in the song, now I have to listen to it twice as many times as before! DAMN YOU, STEP! *raises fist to the sky*

Step responds:

Oh come on, even the older version had only one major climax!

Thanks for the review ^_^.

[Dysmorphiac (Revised)]

I'd say the drums don't really fit in with the mix or style this time around whereas they did before. I have listened to the original around 20 times though (no exaggeration).

steampianist responds:

Ahh I see idk it felt complementary to the guitars still getting use to mixing with distorted guitars then again as a whole maybe an electronic drum kit would be better. Its a good thing I kept the first version thanks for the review man

[She is Lovely]

I love it! I'm not sure it's a love theme, in my mind, but it is really well put together and quite powerful. To me, love is more subtle. This could absolutely be for the end of a film when the hero finally finds his loved one again though.

Bosa responds:

Agreed.

[Tsukikanade (月奏)]

Awesome stuff! I needs a bit of work in the mix but the vocals are beautiful and the piece is mystifying. Great work!

Troisnyx responds:

Thanks, glad you like it. Any specific pointers on mixing would be much appreciated!

[~SW and EW~ Smoke]

Awesome collab guys!!
Since you said you haven't mixed vocals a lot, here are some tips to help you with that:

Reduce the plostives (P, B, T etc) by using a transient shaper, a compressor with a very short attack or by manually editing them all - most time consuming but most control.

Reduce the amount of noise reduction so that it's not audible on the vocals themselves when they get quiet. You can mask some of the sound with EQ (just find where it is and remove that bit of the sound) and that would be preferable to the bit-crushed sound a noise remover leaves behind.

Hope this helps!

SkyeWint responds:

Hey, thanks for the tips. :)

I'll definitely keep those in mind. Going to have to practice a bit more, obviously.

[Capital of Soot, revisited]

Cool tune! Sounds great and definitely fits the description/tags you gave it.
The violin towards the end didn't work for me, I would have used something less harsh sounding to fit the rest of the track. As is, it stands out too much.

I love it!