McGorilla42's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Piledriver]

Killer as always, Jamie. Excellent work!

TSRBand responds:

Thanks for checking it out! \m/

[Stray]

How...how are you so good and only 16 years old? This blew my mind so hard. I can't describe the level of talent and skill I'm hearing here and the fact that you're only 16 makes that reaction a hundred times stronger. You are an utterly phenomenal talent and I'd love to hear how you got to this point. There's room for improvement with the mix and obviously better VSTs would help, but those are minor in comparison with the level of skill required to create a piece with such a well-thought out arrangement and composition. Stunning, remarkable, fantastic and honestly quite unbelievable work.

Also, teach me pls.

Miyolophone responds:

I'm a terrible teacher tho ;-;
Thank you so much! I finally did an age reveal to score extra sympathy points with the judges in NGUAC, not that it really did much to help haha but I'm happy it ended up impressing somebody, anyway... and to be fair, I did spend quite a long time composing this one. Patience always helps, of course.

[Circutronics - NGADM]

Very full arrangement you have here, but it's mixed really nicely so it fits together. The parts where you automate the low passes and the song dips down before building up are great. I also love the progression that hits at 1:17. And that drum fill around 1:28 is juicy as hell.

Good luck this round and great work with this track! :)

Spadezer responds:

Alright, all kind words from you. I got a little nervous seeing all of that text from you lol.

Again, I wish you luck. This is shaping up to be a great round

[NGADM 2017 Round of 32 Podcast]

I really enjoyed this, Chrono! Thanks for taking the time to make it. I agree that you have a great voice for podcasting. Hope to hear more from you in future rounds!

ChronoNomad responds:

Aw, thanks a bunch, McG! As long as you guys enjoy them, that's enough to keep me making more of them throughout the duration of the Newgrounds Audio Deathmatch. One per round seems to be working out nicely.

And more voice compliments! Jeez, you're all so sweet... I think I'm getting cavities! ;D

[Sunrise Adventure]

Fantastic work, guys! It boggles my mind that you guys are able to pull this sort of thing out of the bag last minute. I love the blend of orchestral and more modern instruments and synths; it works amazingly well.

I hope you guys do really well this round! Good luck.

johnfn responds:

ty mcgorilla =D

all deadline trolling aside, we _did_ actually finish most of this track a week early. the rest of the time was spent touching up, mixing, stuff like that.

[Anima]

Beautiful, EW. It was such a pleasure being allowed to hear this piece take form over the many versions I heard over the last couple of days. This is absolutely phenomenal and I can't wait to see how everyone else responds to it! Good luck in this round :)

etherealwinds responds:

thank you again for your help! wanted to try and up my game with my mixing and i learned a lot from you, so thankssss and good luck to you this round too!

condragulations, you are the winner of this challenge xx

[Surreal Traipse]

This is great, Adjeye. I don't listen to this type of music very often so I can't give an educated criticism, but I enjoy the energy of it. I especially like the drop at 1:30, but also the quiet bridge around 2:30. There's an aspect of musicality in this piece that shines through and gives a breather to the more technical synth production and fast-pace that is often neglected with this sort of music (from my very limited experience). Great work!

I hope you do well in this round! :)

Adjeye responds:

Most of the work in these tracks are in sound design and drums, it takes hours and sometimes days before I myself am satisfied with the produced synths/sounds. I am glad you noticed it :)

I hope I will make it to next round as well, but CloakedSoup is also really good and I fear the worst for this round!

Oh well, being knocked out doesn't mean I won't be able to produce any more, so you will still keep hearing from me :)

[Discord Server On Saturn]

I wanted to write something nice, but you said I shouldn't until it's finished. Eagerly awaiting the final version! Glad you're still in this, 1f1n1ty! :)

Onefin responds:

Aw but now that you've left one you won't be able to leave the better one later

[Frailty and Hope]

Really great and interesting piece, Spadezer. I enjoy the melody of the music box and the way it builds into something bigger and more orchestral. You've created a great atmospheric piece and I really like sparse, but slightly driving percussive section that appears in the chorus.

I see what BlueOceans was saying about the pad's fade-outs being a bit abrupt - I think you could slightly increase the release, or possibly extend the notation so that it overlaps the next section, but then fade it out with automation to achieve the desired break that you're going for. Correct me if I'm wrong, but it also sounds like you played it on a keyboard and didn't release all the notes simultaneously (totally normal for live performances), but the pad thins out as different fingers pull off the keys, and because of the short release time, it makes it sound a little clunky. Luckily this is a tiny discrepancy that can be fixed in five minutes!

But yeah, overall, great work! I hope you do well in this round :)

Spadezer responds:

Thanks for the review. You know what it's obvious what you guys are saying now and now I can point a finger at one part that sounds awkward.

You mention the release times of the pad. It's funny because any sort of recording that I did was edited or placed with a mouse. But either way the pad timing wasn't intentional.

Unfortunately I'm boarding a plane right now so I won't be able to edit it before judging. Thanks for the feedback. It's always appreciated

[Move Around]

Damn, this is cool. Really nice, wide mix and the layering of all the various sounds or 'instruments' you're using is done very nicely. The drops and transitions into them are great.

The only thing I'd say I have an issue with is the outro (like the last 8 seconds of the track), but otherwise, very nice work on this! Hope you do well in this round!

MrKoolTrix responds:

Thanks for reviewing. :)