McGorilla42's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[-Omniocity-]

Good, man! Your song has a solid structure with the intro/verse/pre-chorus/chorus very clearly defined, with good dynamics and weird-ass bridge that appears after 10 seconds of silence haha (maybe cut that out, but it could work as a brand new song - it's not inherently bad, it's just a bit outta place). You have a melody, a good chord progression, a nice little beat.

I don't want you to get a big head, but I'm genuinely impressed that you're only 14 and making music on this level (sorry to keep bringing up your age). Stay humble and keep learning! You're on the right path.

Squeegee4554 responds:

Thank you dude! that is amazing!

[Turkey Revenge]

Hmm...I'd recommend checking out some music theory and learning a bit about scales and keys. This feels a bit all over the place and every part is playing in a different key simultaneously.

Stardust-Nation responds:

Yeah, I think the lack of consistency in structure was a big shortcoming.

[STEREO MADNESS REMIX]

Despite what the other guy said, I just noticed that you're only 14 and you're making this kind of thing already. KEEP IT UP! I don't know what this is a remix of, but you're doing really well for your age. This is very simple and repetitive, but everything is in key, it has energy and a melody, nothing in the mix is weirdly loud or muffled, which is A LOT more than what I can say for many people on here.

You're doing well. Keep learning and keep going, man :)

Squeegee4554 responds:

Ok! Thanks!!!!!

[Tracks for Unfinished Games #1 - Rainforest]

Wonderful. I'm sure you'll be able to find a use for this elsewhere. Agree with 1f1n1ty that this feels a little more space-y than rainforest-y, but it's a great track overall. I love the small touches (like the tinkle on top at 2:00) and they really add to making this piece being quite special.

P.S. I love Massive, too.

ABitApe responds:

Thanks for all your comments Stratocaster. It's really fun to get to know what people actually thinks of your music. It gives me a lot of motivation to fight on as well! So, thank you :)

And yeah, I understand the naming can create some confusion. The reason for the naming is that the musical clusters were based upon rainforest sounds and bird singing.

Also, massive is great! But, if you liked Massive, you should really check out Serum as well. That's also a great freakin' synth :)

[Place-Time Continuum - Sir Knight']

This is some 5/5 battle music. I could totally hear this in one of the original Pokemon games!

ABitApe responds:

Haha, that's a fun response to it! An idea was to have this as a boss theme for the game it was made for. But, we didn't really have time to add a boss, so it ended up being used for the most hectic part in the game.

If you like reaction based retro-games you should check the game out. It's free to download, link in the description ;)

[Place-Time Continuum - Super Construction Bros.]

Your stuff is killer! :D

ABitApe responds:

Thanks man! :D Happy to hear that :)

[Undertale: God Of Hyperdeath (Epic Orchestral Hybrid)]

Absolutely fantastic, as is the rest of your work! :) I hope you garner some more attention because your music is top-notch. I wouldn't mind chatting some time about your education with orchestral music, which library you're using (Composer Cloud maybe?), and your opinion on how important having a good sound library is! Keep well and keep making the great music! :)

TristanGray responds:

Honestly there isn't much to say about my "music education", I never went to a music school and learned music theory by myself, and I'm still learning more advanced subjects. That, and I just listened to a lot of orchestral music since I was a kid. As for libraries, majority of the instruments indeed comes from East-West composer cloud. And honestly, having good libraries is not as important as having actual technical knowledge. Most of the self-taught composers out there seem to think that higher quality libraries will solve everything, while you can spot the basic mistakes in their music... while it can help and improve overall quality, it will not help with the lack of effort and poor mix.
Have you heard about Vienna Library? Honestly except a good quality of the samples I don't think it's all that good. Lack of separation between different mic positions, low number of round-robbins makes it sound repetetive, and by itself it's not particularly flexible. And now there are far better libraries out there. Yet it's good enough for someone like Danny Elfman (when he's not using real orchestra, but he himself stated in the VSL interview that he often layers real orchestra with sampled libraries). And that alone says something.

[Downtown]

Oh baby. I like it! That bass sounds wet as hell. Great work :)

TIMETRAVL responds:

thank you :)

[Cyber Ryder]

Man, this is so nostalgic. Reminds me of being a kid twenty years ago, playing my Sega Mega Drive with my buddy on the carpet. Mind me asking how you made it? (DAW/plugins etc). Absolutely love your stuff :) I can tell that you are a skilled musician who pays attention to every detail of your work, especially your basslines which are all fantastic.

tripledigit responds:

Thanks a bunch! I'm glad you liked it. This was made in famitracker.