carboluka's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[AIM - FEARMONGER]

Well done. But just so you know, the minimum track length to be eligible for participation is 3 minutes, you are 5 seconds shy of that. I guess you could make the start slower (so that it also fits more with the first transition) to fit that in, but otherwise good song

WAVESS responds:

They said they would accept tracks that are 15 seconds too short and too long + I'm already in the approved entries list ;) TYYYY THOOO <3

[AIM - The Good Times]

Una corda?

Everratic responds:

Noire Felt

[AIM - Night Sky]

Knocked it out out of the park. Good luck in the contest 👍

MusicBySpektral responds:

thanks! I'm glad you liked it :D

[Crab Hunting]

Love me sum tropical vibes. The transitions are really clever, it catches you off guard but by the right amount. Really nice chords and harmonies, great job

ZaazNG responds:

Thank you so much for your kind words, super glad you enjoyed :)

[Two-Headed Calf (Demo)]

Wow. I love how you mixed the drums, I love the guitar roars/screams, I love the rough feel of the subtle metronome's rec, I love everything about this. It reminds me a lot of Flanafi, you might wanna check him out. All around great 👍

Glassedhouse responds:

thank you for the kind words! going to try and keep this same vibe on the studio version. i'll be sure to check that band out as well!

[AIM - Nadejda]

This is a top contender imo, not what I was expecting but it somehow fits really well. Good luck!

Silnava responds:

Thank you so much! :D

[We Called Him our Monarch]

Very nice song. Where can I find the solo violin?

Edit: oh wait, it's an erhu isn't it 💀

YoannBB responds:

Yessss it is! It's the amplesound erhu to be precise. However it's hella expensive so I had to wait for a huge discount :/

[AIM - Frenchantress]

I checked out the image, pressed play and it was 100% what I hoped it was gonna sound like. Not in my deepest dreams could this sound any better or fit, insanely good job. PS: that guitar solo is sick, did you play it yourself?

Cresince responds:

Thank you! I really tried to capture the scene. And yes, I played all the guitar parts with my Ibanez hollow body : >

[AIM - Roaming The Golden Plains]

This has really great potential: really somber and warm guitar playing, beautiful arpeggio, and the repetition of the motif to recall the repeting landscape.

The mixing is almost there, but for now it sounds like there is no solid hierarchy among instruments, so they keep muffling each other (the ambient noise too).

The sound selection is good, but the violin isn't giving this track justice at all; besides sounding pretty choppy, maybe the orchestral violin doesn't fit too much with the folkloristic vibe overall: if you have a solo violin in your sound library i recommend you give it a try!

Good luck :)

Flamadour responds:

I took your advice and adjusted the mix. I swapped out the string ensemble VST for a Solo Violin, and a Solo Viola (I couldn't choose between the two so I chose both.) I then put a maximiser on the guitar since its the foundation and basis of the track (It was the only real instrument utilised for the composition and the first instrument used.)