phosphorusprocedure's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[-GM- Domo]

All these tracks have great fucking texture. And I'm in love with these drum sounds. They work extremely well for your style. This would be great for scoring a film.

B-RadGfromOV responds:

Thank ya man.

[Smile you Son of a Bitch!]

I agree with thecoreman. Even if you don't have the best recording equipment, you can still EQ the various tracks: what would help the track the most is making a cut somewhere between 2 and 4 kHz (wherever the sound is most grating). A bassline would also give a foundation to the track. Although, given the way the track is right now, it could make good elevator music. I mean, it's a tad fast for elevator music, but it could fill that niche. Keep experimenting, and soon you'll strike gold.

JimmyTheCaterpillar responds:

Woot!

[Wolfie - What I Fight For]

Cool track. Just curious - what mic do you use? How do you use it? How far away are you from the mic when you record? I'm wondering because I was listening to another one of your tracks and it had a similar problem - the vocals are really nasally. I'm pretty sure that's not how you sound in reality, so I think it could be an EQ issue or odd mic placement, or a cheap mic, but I've heard you rerecorded these tracks? I tend to put a sock right over the mic so I don't blow into it and get that noise. Then I have my mouth right up (less than 2 inches) from the mic, and it generally sounds pretty good. Then again, we could have completely different setups. Anyway, cool track. Love the beat. The snare has this clang quality to it that kinda bugs me (it sounds like someone hit the snare and a tom tom at the same time) but it's not too big an issue. It's probably an old-school hip hop style motif. Nice rapping. Interesting music. Keep up the good work!

Wolfie responds:

I use Blue Microphone's Snowball, a USB mic. To be honest, I don't have a fancy set-up (or any set-up, really). I just kinda have my mic up on a platform high enough to reach my face, and I just record. I stand roughly about 4-6 inches away, with a pop filter inbetween. It -could- be an EQ issue since I recently decided to mess with my original EQ settings. I probably never noticed it sounding nasally because I got used to how it sounded, I suppose (and boy, if I -do- actually sound nasally in real life but just never noticed it, then that'll suck lol). I'll have to look into it. And yeah, I've re-recorded my stuff, so they'll all have this problem, probably.

Thanks for the review! You know about this stuff much more than I do, so I appreciate reading your tips.

[quitness of jungles]

I really really like this. I like the flutter that flute does. I had no idea you made ambient music, let alone it was your forte! Damn, dude. I'd love to hear more stuff like this!

Shredator responds:

Thanks, i very appreciate this!

[Wolfie - As I Howl]

Damn, I love the keyboards and the chord progression. There's this odd contrast between the snare and the keyboards though - like, there's no reverb on the piano, but the snare does reverberate. It's got an inconsistent space, you know? Try messing around with the reverb on all the instruments so it sounds like all these sounds are coming from the same room. The kick sounds fine, though. Cool drum pattern. In the recording, your voice sounds a little nasally, but with EQ that's a quick fix. I forget the frequency range, but it's in the mids somewhere. Cutting that back will make your voice sound a little better. Cool song, I like it!

Wolfie responds:

You give real in-depth reviews, phosphorus, real technical stuff. I appreciate that. I'll get on making these adjustmentss right away. Thanks!

[End of the line]

I really like when the kick comes in. It seems like the volume of everything else drops when the kick happens, like a gate or something. It sounds cool. What synths did you use? They sound cool as hell. Are they analogue or plugins?

Bobeo responds:

Thank you sir.

The kick thing is sidechaining, quite a useful tool.
The bass was made in nexus it's just two presets playing together.
And the synth is just a basic EQ'd SAW wave with tons of flanger added to it.

[.:Z:.Dressed to Kill]

Sounds like the soundtrack to Breaking Bad. Really cool. How'd you get the percussion to sound like that? I might want to try and emulate it.

[Radiant Shadow]

How exactly did your friend inspire you?
By the way, nice track. When the drums came in at 1:39, the thing really came together. Cool arrangements.

Ragezero responds:

Well she really loves the creepyness of horror. I was trying to make something new though, so I thought, what would be nice in this case. Also the name of the track came from a dnd character of hers, which is split in light and shadows. Therefor there is a distinct difference between the first part (shadow), second part (light), and the third part (battle music). Yet again, it all fades away in the end, as it should!

[The Fight]

This is really cool. It's really rough around the edges, but it's grunge, so it works. I liked the slow build up to 1:18. I liked how the build ups led up to a crescendo and then the volume would die and there'd be a little bend wiggling in the background. It's great mood music. This would be good for a slow-motion bank robbery scene in a movie or something like that.
1:18 was a really cool switch up.
Hate to state the obvious, but this could benefit greatly from drums. Not shitty 808 drums, but a live drummer. That's the only thing I could imagine that would fit with the grunge theme. You do blues too? You'd play some killer blues. The only beef I have with this music is the riff's kinda just 4 notes played over and over. I'm sure there's some blues out there with crazy chord changes and lots of opportunity to improvise. That'd be cool to listen to.
The bass sounded really good.

Hexol94 responds:

Yeah sometimes I can get to repetitious in the moment...but thanks :P I think drums would be nice too.

[Swooshes {7x}]

This is really cool. I like the warm synths. The drums are nice and bouncy. Lots of nice layers in here.