larrynachos's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Bad Scientist (Personal)]

Right off the bat, I would have cut the high frequencies out of that synth sequence. There's a high pitch that's making my teeth hurt like when old pencil sharpeners would screech. The rest of the instrumental was pretty tame, typical techno stuff.

The half life samples made me chuckle, although they don't have a catchy groove for the most part. I feel like if you took another hour to just play with chopping up the samples it'd be truly a banger xD The "A A A A A A AAAA" kinda sounds like a deer scare sound lol

Also, did he just say "I am looking forward to your nuts"???????

This is certainly the most "Newgrounds" song I've heard in a while, so kudos for that haha

I really wish you had submitted one of your metal songs for the NGUAC, you have a ton of great tunes but you chose to showcase a shitpost ;-;

2/5

RichardCynic responds:

How often does the NGUAC happen? I can only use songs that I exclusively worked on by myself, which I have a lot of for ATP, but that is going to be changing as ATP is going to become more of a collaborative effort between me and the guitarist.

[JollyWorld - Karlsergic]

Definitely does a good job of creating a dark, sinister atmosphere! The subtle dissonances, the melodic elements like the distorted guitar, the high pitched whine that faded in and out, it all works together really well! The drum patterns, while somewhat stale, definitely fit this kind of track.

I do wish it had more going on, it kinda just drones on and on the whole time. I wish there was something in the middle there to break up the flow a bit. Also the ending is kinda abrupt and lame :/

Spooky lil track! Would definitely shoot friends in Perfect Dark to this song! :)

2.5/5

CrimsonKero responds:

This song was made for the JollyWorld level "KARLSON: Milk Quest" (linked in the author comments. It's meant to sound like I took 4 doses of LSD while making it.

As for the abrupt ending, that was an attempt to make it loop more seamlessly, while at the same time not cutting out the intro.


I'll probably update this real quick.

[MMX : A Neccessary Recentering]

Bold of you to kick off your track with a nasty alien fart xD

The vocal chop groove was interesting, but got old FAST. The weird wompy pluck thing that replaced it wasn't doing anything for me either. The house drum pattern felt sloppy, especially in the hi hats. They were sporadic, as if they'd been placed at random and quantized. Another thing that kills the energy is the lack of sidechaining. It seems the kick is sidechained to the bass, but I can't hear it affect anything else.

The lack of a proper transition from the first section to the bit at 1:14 bothered me. The vocal chop groove got a little more interesting, and the switch from that house drum pattern was a welcome one, but was short lived as you then duplicate the first bit to use as your conclusion, with little or no modification.

Looking at your other tracks, I'm confused as to why you chose this track to be your audition for the NGUAC. "Her Righteous Introspection" bumps so hard!

This is an interesting track, but the stagnant energy, grating sound choices and general lack of color or character is making it hard to enjoy. I know you're capable of far more, so I wish you luck in this year's NGUAC! :)

1.5/5

Anchorwind responds:

I agree i have stronger tracks on my album. Honestly, I just wanted to get some more listens. I'm not concerned with winning. Thanks for taking some time with my work.

[Silhouettes (Instrumental) | AlphaStorm]

I hadn't seen the genre tag when I started, so the jump from chiptune to metal was very unexpected but a pleasant surprise for sure!

The guitar riffs and drum patterns are so awesome! The noisy ambient lead at around 1:17 needed to be placed a little better in the stereo field, it's taking up the same space as the guitars and gets kinda smothered as a result.

I think the drums could use a little boost in the mix too, although I understand how tricky it is to get the right balance, especially with rock/metal where you're usually mixing the drums as a single layer instead of being able to tweak the response of each part of the drums.

I really enjoyed the calmer break near the end, although I wish it was closer to the middle to help break up that huge first half and give the ending a little more time to shine.

Awesome track! I feel like I don't dive into the rock/metal side of Newgrounds as much as I should :)

3.5/5

AlphaStormMusic responds:

Thank you very much! All of those things are what I always really struggle with, just generally. I’ve only just made a drum sound I’m happy with, and I’m still refining everything. I’ve always felt my strength is songwriting, so for years I slacked on the mixing side, meaning it has a lot of catching up to do.

Again, thank you very much!

[The Force Shall Free Me]

Oh heck yeah, new audiolion baybeeeeeeee.

Awesome track! Hard hitting, intense, great work!

AudioLion responds:

Thanks larrynachos! Honestly, I wrote this in 2016 and just never did anything with it. I'm going into the old archive and just putting up whatever I find.

[fleur sauvage]

Gorgeous work! Sounds so professionally done <3 The guitar bit reminds me of the background music to rollercoaster tycoon 3 haha, triggered some nostalgia.

Great track! Shame it didn't succeed as a pitch but glad we get to hear it!~

Troisnyx responds:

Thank you for your kindness. 🙏🏽 Between myself and the friends who helped and/or advised me, we did our best.

[Welcome to Ram Ranch - Cloppin' Clyde]

CAN I GET A YEEHAW

AlesBrewery responds:

YEEEEEEEHAAAAAAW

[Enclave]

Awesome work! Love those arps and heavy beats <3

JDawg00100 responds:

Thank you :)

[March (Acapella)]

bruh who tf zero bombed this, I saw it in my feed as 0.5 stars >:(

great flow!

Cyberdevil responds:

I didn't even notice, seems you brought it up before I had a look at it!

Thanks man.

[I Can Smell the Greed on You]

This song goes so hard! The sound design is delectable! Incredible work :D

Kingbastard responds:

thank you