FinaLee's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Uh Oh]

Cool, quirky, and huge! I love those little stutters in the drums. Reminds me of a bunch of crazy breakcore tracks from back in the day. Heavy as hell, dude!

Zanzlanz responds:

Thanks a ton, FinaLee! I've been trying to make something more heavy lately, and I feel like the drum beat finally satisfies me :D

I definitely like crazy/complicated music, but the average breakcore is too insane for my taste XD

[Derelict]

You've come a long way in just a year, dude! I think you used to be called icyflamez or something when you were asking around for help in the FL questions thread. Now here you are throwing out some pretty legit trance tracks on the portal. I'm in love with this one. The level of atmosphere in this is almost tangible.

Lethal-Input responds:

Wow i'm surprised you remembered my old name! Lol thanks for the comment!

[On the trap]

This is really awesome! All the instruments are sitting together nicely from what I can hear. It sounds like a pretty low quality mp3 though. Did you export it at 320kbps?

lgj2056 responds:

Thank you! I think i did (I cant memory some things well;;) export it at 320kbps. However, I am not expert to select ganre, did i select correct ganre?

[We Were (Idea)]

Sounds like a good start to a chill tune! I really like how the vocal fx started to pan after the stabs came in. The stereo effect on the snare was a nice touch, and I really prefer to hear them on the side a little bit in a mix. The plucking guitar sounding instrument kind of adds a little bit of a pop feel to the track, and I'm totally digging it. :D

As for things I think you should watch out for if you decide to follow through with this, the first thing I noticed was how many of the other instruments were sitting in the mix. Towards the end of the track, you've got three different instruments playing in close proximity on the middle EQ spectrum: the piano, the stabs, and the E. piano sounding synth that fills in every few measures. I would probably try to EQ down one or two of those instruments in the lower middle end so you can avoid having a muddy sounding mix.

Also, I think you should try to make the vocal samples a little more prominent/louder, as I find them to be the most unique sound in the track. These are just my opinions. Good luck!

[XODUS]

Sounds like you got some inspiration from a certain thread in General with that intro there. :> Lyrically, it sounds awesome, but the beat is kind of whack. Everything sounds too close to the vocals and it makes the whole mix sound kind of muddy. I think you should try to pan out the instruments a little more and scoop some of the frequencies so the vocals have more room to pop out, since they're usually the main focus in hip-hop.

Out of personal preference, I would suggest using a little compression on the drums so they don't sound as...lazy, I guess is the best word to describe it. Keep at it, man!

[He Was Me]

I love it, man! Was a little unsure if I liked different acoustic guitar tracks all the way on one side, but it felt pretty alright once the vocals eased in.

fearing responds:

thank you thank you! :)

[UFO Technology/Ambience]

Pretty cool way of getting a cavernous little track going! Since you intend on people using this for a project of some sort, I feel like I should point out that one minute is really short for almost any project that I can think of that would involve an ambient piece. I think this would serve better as a loop, honestly, but that's just me! :>

Syrupmasterz responds:

I probably should have made this track loop, as I made the noises become quiet towards the end, and then ease in at the beginning. It should loop fairly seamlessly, but I see what you mean when it's only a minute long.
If I redo this one or make a new ambience track I'll make sure to make it longer.
Thanks for the feedback. :)

-edit - It now loops.

[Albert - Caprice in Gm [REMIX]]

A great quick banger, man! As RangerInTheWoods said, the intro was a little messy, particularly the fifth to eighth measures, but I'm sure most other people can overlook that when they hear the guitar solo and drop. :>

[Melee!]

Amazing rendition of the menu theme! Everything's sitting nicely in the mix. One criticism I have though is that those woodwind trills sound pretty fake, which isn't inherently a bad thing, but because everything else sounds super legit, I thought I needed to point this out. :>

Barzoom responds:

You riiiighhhtt, I literally have trills somewhere in my library too. Guess I was being lazy, haha.

Probably will update them sometime soon :0.

[Our Wildest Days [Reprise]]

Love it! What all fx did you use for those chill guitar chords? Also, I guess you liked Interstellar? Lol

Kor-Rune responds:

Haha I soooo wanna see it. Looks amazing x)

I think I just recorded it direct in and put som modulations on. Thanks for the review! Glad you like it :3