Arponax's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Sudatory]

Lol this just gives me sort of really hard type of synthwave :D the kick, the snare and the synth, mmhm yummy.

How you did that bass movement...is it some sort of filter? or just automating distortion strength? sounds really dope.

those little drum rolls are a cool element too, i personally would expect some larger change in the second half where it just changes in that complete banger and the bass just goes completely crazy or something XDD its a techno tho and that tends to be simple, so really nice job.

This too sounds very videogame-y tho :D all those songs i reviewed in this layer sounds like it should be in a game.....maybe its because composers tend to go for more underground and experimental genres when making music for games? who knows :D i find it interesting tho.

Mechanical-Head responds:

the bass indeed has a filter with sync mode in vital, which doesn't actually do that much, it mostly sounds like that because of sidechain hehe. And yeah, I agree the track could've gone a LOT crazier, but I basically made this in a rush because of time constraints :/

Glad you enjoyed it though! :D

[Anathema]

Calm piece, i like it.
I love the how you did the percs in this one i should experiment with these kinda perc loops too XD
It kinda reminds me of Terraria Otherworld OST (unreleased game, the soundtrack is really dope tho).

Maybe the kick could be a little more present? a little distortion on it or maybe just louder just to make it more forward in the mix.

Aside from that really nice track i like it alot, just another kind of inspiration from this challenge :D keep up the good work.

[vaping music]

Listening to this im kinda realising how interesting the gaming/movie music can be.....like, even tho you didnt really meant it to be in a game(or atleast i think...correct me if im wrong), it really feels like im going through some sort of biome in terraria or maybe a a little bit trippy kinda dungeon in some Rogue Like game.

I would most likely not listen to anything like this but it is something i would like to make for a videogame one day. Like this alot gives me great inspiration, good job.

As Retro said this could be followed by some more pumped up track for a little bossfight or an event :D

[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