FortressLord's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[regrets]

I've done a lot of things I regret, and the amazing emotion in this song reminds me of them without actually making me visually remember.

johnfn responds:

Deep sigh with me: 1... 2... 3... sighhhhhhh

okay

[SkyDrive]

As you said it's not your best, like I feel some of your signature captivating flows are missing, HOWEVER I am fond of pluck-like leads, and some chord changes in this piece are very exciting.

The drums are mostly good, but maybe take a bit of bass out of the snare? It sounds a bit hollow when it's fading in.
But still a NEARLY perfect track, so you get a nearly perfect score!

Geoplex responds:

First thing I'd made in about 7 months, so yeah. No surprise there :P

The snare was meant to sound hollow when i'm low-passing it, it's an intended effect that I like. I even cut the highs further on those fades to enhance it, so i dunno.

Thanks for the feedback

[DuoCore - Dignity]

Huge bass, effects and great editing. This is really one of the best Dubstep songs I've ever witnessed. Nice work guys!

DuoCore responds:

Much appreciated!

It was REALLY fun to do. Everything just came out of my head JUST as I wanted them to. And here we are, having a complete track for everybody to listen.

Flow is such an amazing thing when you get it.

[starlight dreams]

Sorry I can't make my signature slightly rambling long review, but I REALLY like this, I even favourited. Those echoey hits that I can't really explain are great, and the pads and effects are marvellous. I can't think of a way to improve this though.
Also, some lovely melodies in the background here!

johnfn responds:

Thanks dude! No worries :)

[Revolution]

All this needs is more... Depth. And maybe drum mastering. And MAYBE the ending leaves me a bit unsated.
But considering the lack of comments until now, I really enjoy this. The melodies are good and all parts work very well.
The drums were one of my negatives above, but I like the style and the actual sounds. The snare is very satisfying.
And as a last point, I really appreciate it when people put thought into naming tracks, which you've done here.

4.5+5 side-rating = 4.75 Average.

LunacyEcho responds:

Depth... I think I might know what you mean, but I can't really explain it either. Sustained notes of the lower and middle register, maybe?

It's interesting that you brought up the ending, actually. Originally, I was toying around with the idea of making it a loop, and I made my decision very late into the song. Because of that, I changed the intro a bit and also created a somewhat unsatisfying ending. However, I stand by my choice. I'd rather have a somewhat unsatisfying ending to a full song than a strange, 3-minute loop.

I recently got my hands on a whole bunch of new drum sounds, and this was the first song I made with it, so I wasn't exactly sure how to implement them. I think I did a good job, though, and I'll definitely try to improve. I believe the word my friends used to describe the snares was "gunshots".

Thanks for commenting, FortressLord!

[80's chase]

I don't know fully what to say, but for a short piece this is very cool. Tension piece for a game or movie?

rainheart666787 responds:

It was for a forum response in the collabs page, someone looking for a 80's throw back for a chase scene. they havent responded yet tho :-(

[Wake Into A Nightmare Reprise]

YES! That's good. You could be hired on to make a horror movie/game soundtrack with stuff like this!

Same opinions as last version, but now I like the guitar. Also, if the loop is new, it's very smooth.

rainheart666787 responds:

Cheers for the review dude, i am actually really happy with how this came out.

[Trapped in a Machine]

WOW that's cinematic!
Also very atmospheric with good melodies. It could be my current mood, but this is awesome!!

Kreyowitz responds:

Hahah, thank you! I'm glad you like it in your current mood! Hopefully it sounds good when your in other moods as well!

[Lockout]

I am VERY tired so my review may be all over the place, and I'll try to keep this short, but this piece is awesome with exceptional mastering and overall quality.
It could maybe use more bass, and that squeaky lead gets annoying/repetitive in places.
I do love this track though, and since I don't know where I'm going with this; Well done!

Lockyn responds:

Yup, that bass :c I'll keep that in mind, everybody is mentioning it LOL. That lead I KNOW it's hard to not get annoying but I tried my best D: Thanks very much FL! :D

[theme for robots in space]

I really love this. Aside from Blue Oceans true constructive criticism, I love the atmosphere and editing, like that one intentional glitch-edit about 2/3 of the way in.

johnfn responds:

The truth is that that was actually a mistake - because I have the trial version of dblue glitch, it lost the original glitch I did. But I liked it enough to keep it in :) Thanks for the review!