phosphorusprocedure's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Wyze - I Am Crazy ft SJD]

Fucking love the synth at the beginning. I thought the drums would go harder. They're just kind of mushy. I was still nodding my head, though. Nicely done.

Blasphem-E responds:

Glad you liked it. And ya, I probably should have made the drums a bit heavier.

[Awaiting the Answer]

This is nifty. Could use some structure though. I have a feeling you did this just to mess around, but this could actually be pretty cool. Like, I dunno, you could have a music video of singing TVs or something, all singing the blues, and you have white noise coming out of them, or whatever. All I'm saying is, don't let the guy below me discourage you.

Urobach responds:

Well, it was made a bit out of boredom. I like the idea with the video, and I would consider it, but I'm no good with flash technology or movie making. I'm just a guy with a computer and sick mind. ;)

And come on. Who would get discouraged by someone who can't even type? :D

[Wanderer]

Whole thing reminds me of Sufjan Stevens. Guitar sounds really cool - has this percussive quality to it. The mix didn't strike me as particularly dirty, but maybe my ears just suck. I didn't really notice the white noise until I read your comments about it. 1:58 had sick fucking harmonies. You have a nice voice. Nicely done.

Linktrx responds:

Thanks so much for the praise :D The "dirtiness"of the track comes from a lot of bleeding from one track to another by which i mean that when i would record a new track i let what was already recorded be picked up by the mics. The result was some extra resonance which you can hear if you listen close and the white nose which you picked up on, but i suppose it might not have had such a noticeable impact as i thought haha. Again, thanks so much for the review :)

[-GM- Diamonds]

I love the way the bass sometimes curls up to the clap. It has this cool triplet/sixteenth note effect to it. The chords from the synths are excellent, too. Really glad I stumbled on you. If you're interested, a lot of my stuff is kinda similar to yours, so if you want to listen to it, feel free.

B-RadGfromOV responds:

Thank you I will certainly listen to your stuff!

[-GM- The Flipside]

I'm ecstatic over the beat. Reminds me of Daedelus. The beat's so off-kilter, the way it starts and stops, and has these wacky instruments. I seriously dig it. I think you have so many instruments that they tend to occupy each other's frequency ranges, so you got some overlap (I think this because the way the kick and bass interact seems kinda weird. I can't put my finger on it. The drum loop is good, but the way it sounds is kinda odd. Maybe too much bass? I've no idea.)
Breakdown at 2:01 was excellent.

B-RadGfromOV responds:

Yes, you touched on the tricky parts of this beat. the drum sample was really hard to work with. I almost scrapped this beat cause of it. and leveling everything was a bitch. BUT, I have worked on this beat since I posted it here. It's sounding a lot better, but that's for the lyrical version ;)

[Wolfie - The White Knight]

Love the sample at :33 (or whatever the instrument is). The piano's great. The drums sound pretty good, but something bugs me about the snare. Part of it sounds crunchy, but I keep hearing this water bottle quality to it. You might be able to tweak the EQ around 250 Hz to fix that. And at 1:47, a similar problem with the hat/snare thing - around 3 kHz, there's definitely something you can suck out. If you listen to that sound enough, you'll know what I mean - there's this pang to it that'll give you a headache after a while. Like I said, attenuate somewhere around 3kHz, it'll fix that completely. Otherwise, nicely done. The kick sounds fucking fantastic. Your voice sounds good, mixed well. I dig the bassline. Nice work.

Wolfie responds:

Hah, yeah, I like the guitar at 0:33, too.

I've re-recorded the verse, so I was planning to upload the song again. Before I do that, I'll be sure to take your suggestions and improve the instrumental. I meant to give the drums a lo-fi-like sound at 1:47, but I didn't mean to make it a bother to listen to, you know? So I'll be sure to address that.

I appreciate the critique, thanks for that!

[Roma [Int.]]

Really like the dissonance at 2:41. 3:26 sounds like Knocks Me Off My Feet by Stevie Wonder (I've no clue why I heard it like that). Overall, the piece was very interesting and had great structure. Impressive work. And great research too!

samulis responds:

Hey there,

Glad to see you like the piece, it was a lot of fun to write honestly, but I have to hand it to Steven Saylor for writing such a perfect and expressive novel... I find it rather entertaining you found the start of the third movement sounding like Stevie Wonder. XD

[The Trecherous Knight]

Nice. I first heard of you from the Zelazon collab. Nice work you did there. Anyway, I quite enjoyed this. If it wasn't in 7/8 (or whatever crazy time signature it was) the intro could've fooled me into thinking it was Coldplay. Might I ask: where do you get these instrument sounds from? I have a hunch it's one of those bajillion dollar Kontakt packs or something, but I could be wrong. My strings sound like junk so I never use them. Also, the piece was structured really well - I mean, whenever it jumps back to the beginning of the loop, I don't notice it. Actually, I think you're going to the next NEXT part of the piece, and then I look up and it's at the beginning, and I'm kinda disappointed. This thing could definitely be fleshed out. Nicely done - cheers!

samulis responds:

The instruments are from EWQL Symphonic Orchestra, which fits in your description of "bajillion dollar packs", although it isn't designed to work with Kontakt.

After I finished the first part on the strings, I did think of Viva La Vida, but the progression is different and the orchestration considerably different as well. (VLV is in 4/4, not 7/8, I believe).