Arponax's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[House Of Immolation NGAIC Layer 3]

When i saw Doom metal i thought it supposed to be as in DOOM eternal music XDD

Metal was always a big unknown for me and i think ill still prefer rock or more melodic and rhythmical music :D

BUT DAYUM THAT GUITAR SOLO XDDD i love it so much, you really did piece of good work here.

[FD - Requiem for a Dying Universe]

I really like this......i personally have big problem to not like make something over the top hype song XDD and since i want to focus more on cinematic music its kinda problem XDD

You told really nice little scene with these sounds, really curious about the fourth layer.

I was thinking what could be added but its already done so well......maybe here and there could fit some subtle cinematic drum rolls or some little string riffs to fill the void or help with setting the mood for specific sequence....but it really hits nice. Good job.

ForgottenDawn responds:

Appreciated, thanks!

[Blemish]

this one big chill piece, i like it. Tbh not sure what could be added.
From what i think is that vaporwave tends to be more blurry than synthwave, it could be cool to have some sort of development where the first part feels blurry, similar to how it is now and it all becomes clearer and more discolike with how the song progresses :D

Anyway good job.

[(NGAIC Layer 2) THE PROJECT (unfinished)]

Oh boy, thats what i call technical dnb, the second half with that plucky bass feels like some cool scifi movie song.

I dunno if youre planning to look at this project sometime and finish it but it could be really cool to just add some spacey fast pluck melody in the second part of the drop.

Anyway really cool concept, has alot of potential.

lilyyan responds:

This is one of my best latest ideas so of course I'm finishing it! I could add a fast plucky melody in the second part of the drop potentially although not entirely sure whether or not I'd necessarily like it. And anyways, thx! Glad you appreciate the track as much as I do.

[FD - Finely Aged Space Cocktail]

Tbh, i never really heard of intelligent Dnb, is there like difference in how the beat changes or the bass?

on the other hand its fun to see how different people imagine basically the same style of music, i like this alot the fact that you developed the bass in the last part and went for more wobbly and distorted sound....the drums you used really reminds me of Prodigy i dunno why XD

did you made the drum break yourself? or used a sample, just curious.

ForgottenDawn responds:

Hey there, thank you! I recently grabbed a bunch of drum breaks and Massive presets from Rhythm Lab. Really neat stuff, highly recommend if you're looking for drum samples that have a dusty, organic quality and have some cash to burn.

It's funny you mention Prodigy because the style I took inspiration from used to circulate around their time (mid-to-late 90's). "Atmospheric", "Intelligent", "Ambient" is all label lingo that refers to the same laidback and more sparse kind of jazzy 90's Jungle/DnB. You can find loads of mixes on Youtube if you look it up. I just made everything sound more lo-fi because I guess that's my thing. Cheers!

[夢幻のStarship]

I already heard it on Discord....but dayum those sounds its just like 80s or 90s music XD.
Youll have to teach me how to make something like that someday :D

One thing that came to mind could be to make some short sequence to just go nuts with those bass slaps, somewhere after the first chorus maybe. :D

Anyway i really like it, great job.

[Cosmic Ocean [8-bit]]

Lol it sounds like some videogamey lullaby XD
The original sounds very nice too btw.

Since its very simple i dont think i could add anything to it, it does its job pretty well. And the fact that its made in FamiTracker i didnt really had patience to learn with it so i respect for that XD

[YendorNG - I Like That (NGAIC Level 2-2023 Entry)]

definitely an interesting piece, even tho liquid dnb is not my type of dnb, i think you could play more with the drum rhythms and some more percs to make the overal vibe more interesting.
maybe some more instruments too, like some lovely subtle pad...uh or maybe some synth to like layer with the vocals that could be interesting :D

afterall apart from the fact that (to me) it sounds a bit empty its not a bad concept, i like it.

YendorNG responds:

I'm used to writing Happy Hardcore tracks (which is DnB's bastard cousin), I get what you mean by the missing synths but I am not too experienced with creating gentle ones over vocals, just hard unison-y ones during the instrumental bridge. Thanks for the review. :)

[Robot Transcendence]

really reminds me of those old times ive been listening to NightKilla XD good job.

[rosetta_stone.mp3]

We have a masterpiece in here......