phosphorusprocedure's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[DOTM - 3 - was unsustaina]

Solid loop, man. I liked the way it climaxed at the end and seamlessly looped back to the beginning. Very coherent statement. The staccato notes at :33 are an interesting choice. Loved the last 3 chords around 1:01. Great use of panning, too, although panning the bassline at around :54 struck me as kinda odd. Solid work all around though.

Calamaistr responds:

Love the staccato, came to me by suprise trying something else initially so left it in. Gotta love how the best stuff comes with a whiff of luck. (like my closing piece wich is already 99% done, but putted it on a shelve till i finish the other tracks xD )

And about the progressions and their lines, yeah im a oddball. I am allergic to generic progressions, i sometimes finish a track and still change some basslines so the progression sounds more original ;)

Thanks for your review(s)
-cal.

[a happier end]

Sounds like something that would be in Hotline Miami. Very hypnotic feel to it, even as minimalist as it is.

[When We Left Earth]

This is excellent. Digging the drum pattern. Very Boards of Canada feel to it. 2:40 was a strange interlude, albeit an effective transition to the next section. Nice wash of synths.

[Going Home]

OOH shit, that dense layer of synths reminds me of the Noveria track from Mass Effect. And then the drums come in, and it sounds like Pet Shop Boys and New Order or something. Then I heard a vocoder, a violin at some point, holy shit. I'm busting. Too much good shit in here.

[Misunderstanding]

Intro sounds real cosmic - nice filter sweep, or whatever that was. Cool use of that crash around 0:50 (sounded like a crash, but sidechained or otherwise messed around with so it jumped around the drums). The piano is chopped real smoothly. I sorta wish the drum pattern was a bit more complicated, with more than kick, snare and hat, but at the same time, it was important to maintain the whole smooth quality of the track. Superb track, sounds like it was mixed with headphones in mind. Good shit.

DJDureagon responds:

im glad you like it. Im a simple guy when it comes to drums. Thanks for the feedback.

[Pizzabuttnoscope360]

Smooth. Nice bassline. Cool flute part at 1:25. Whatever happened to the tracks that were labeled as "Metal" but basically turn into the Benny Hill theme to mess with people? That shit was hilarious.

[Born Stars]

Man, I didn't realize the track had such a martian vibe to it until you had that echo on your voice in the intro and it sounded like you were in space. It fit really well, though. I can't imagine it was an easy beat to rap over, since there was so much shit going on in the track. But alas, lots of big words and polysyllabic type shit. Good shit, man.

xxxZigZagxxx responds:

Thanks you're too kind. your beat helped make my voice sound better.

i wanted to go for a Shabazz Palaces kind of feel, but my voice is too wimpy. i wish i could have a good mc voice but i don't lol, so i make up for it with using silly effects like pitch-up and sidechained reverb/delay lol

thanks

[DOTM - 1 - for that dream]

Love the part at 0:28. Really elegant movement. 1:05 had some cool antiphony thing going on with the high and low voices echoing each other. I dig it.

Calamaistr responds:

Thank you, did you read the operatext on it too? :)
-cal.

[DOTM - 2 - browser on .]

At 0:24 the melody had a really weird movement (wasn't expecting it to reach that high) but otherwise, I really dug the melody and chord progression. What synths did you use?

Calamaistr responds:

magical 8bit mostly, they are technically the most generic chip sounds i could find, i also have famiconchip and some more but i prefer the first every time, i do sometimes use other packs as second voices in the melody or to make little effects with though.

-cal

[over there is a guitar]

Damn, loved the moment when the choir came in. Great drum pattern too. Nice LFO on the synth. I liked that half step motion at 0:53. It sounded totally against the choir, but it had this man vs machine vibe to it which really worked. Reminds me of Scream Phoenix. Good shit.

xxxZigZagxxx responds:

Cheers bro :D