Cyberdevil's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Sunlight]

Ooh this feels epic straight from the intro, something grand about to build, something so much bigger than but the light from the sun... though maybe there is nothing bigger than the rad radiance of that fiery orb up in our cosmos after all!

The breaks come at suitable intervals, the build keeps going... it feels a bit like the theme song in that Tom Cruise movie when the same event plays over and over again, in a great sci-fi battle across the pond, so maybe that's why I correlate the sound to a special kind of epicness...

The dubstep's definitely all new though. :) Yet the clarity and light stays with it all the way through. Bit loud though, you maybe lose some range there.

This was cool. Cool how it keeps evolving across the duration of the track too. Never stagnant, never still. Rays playing and rising, great and enticing...

Great track.

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[Unidentified Fancy Object]

Such a happy and joyous song. :)

It feels reminiscent of something. Some game intro, some anime, something I've partaken in at some point in time some time, though I can't seem to place the similarity...

I love the vibe though! Upbeat and reminiscent both, with a tonality that seems both merry and melancholy at the same time too, like a grand adventure that's come to an end. Like the music that plays as the credits start to roll, and you recount all the awesome experiences you've had along the way...

Sound quality's crisp and airy too. Good mix; good melody; good everything here!

Love the title too. XD

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[GenesisY2K TRANSGRESSIONS Master Loop]

This was dreamy... appreciative layers and nuances to the sound. A good pace, somewhat psychedelic sci-fi vibe, an almost knife-like kind of percussion... the sound's great, production's great, the loop though... it doesn't loop does it! Not perfectly. Considering the title you'd think it'd be seamless. ;)

Dope work though.

I could see this working well for a soundtrack of sorts too...

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MrSignmeout responds:

thank you. this was gonna be used for an old project thats been indefinitely put on the backburner cuz ive lost interest for now. the "loop" part was more for my idea of using the four segments individually but here its all stitched together

[unfamiliar]

This one's a bit all over the place isn't it! :D Wasn't expecting the total shift around 2:18, but dang it gets even better than! I do love me some good dnb...

Initially it's atmospheric, and melodic in a strange kind of way, but when you start upping the intensity there I get into it all the more! It shifts again... or rather merges melodies? Combines both the new intensity and the initial melodies? But I must say I liked that middle part most out of all of them. Beginning and end feel a bit strange and chaotic in comparisson, but the middle segment's straight up PERFECTION.

You chose well with the name. :) Goes well with the music. Vocal samples are perfect. Glitches on point. Production quality's solid too. I may not like all parts equally but the production and sound design overall is impressively intricate, and for a solid minute it's an impeccable banger...

Dope work.

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[Void Fragment]

If that is a skewed Drake sample you're playing it a bit dangerous with this one man! And that other one towards the end. Sounds good though, suitable slow and heavy, atmospheric backing, solid vibe... and it really moves though a few phases before the end. The vocal shifts then are pretty crazy - in a good way.

In a way it feels like there's a missing red thread throughout though. It doesn't follow a typical song progression at all, which may not be a bad thing but... I feel like I'm missing something. It's like fragments more than a full piece. Like different ideas that got jumbled into the same song - even though individually all bits sound amazing.

The vibe's great, the production's on point, feels like something's missing though...

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[VISXGE x Skorde - BANDERA PHONK]

Tough! After that intro this sure took a turn. XD Wasn't sure what to expect but it goes places fo shizzle!

Seems like the audio clips a bit; the mix is a bit too loud overall here too, but not overly so, and you get a pretty cool distortion because of it, and the echo's heavy. Love the style and vibe overall, the build in the beginning and the raaage around the 0:37 point, but overall mix... wish the frequencies did have a bit more room to breath here too.

Dope work! Samples work so well.

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[hello_world://_ [F/C WHITRANCE 02]]

Clear and airy, like an aerial ferry, soaring through the sky through times both serene and hairy, moving through this life...

The mix is solid, open and airy, instrumentation vibrant and melodic... there's no particular part of it that really stands out to me though, though nice to listen to I don't think it'd be easy to remember this, feels like you need some form of differentiation; something more than the norm. A more prominent melody? Some unusual effects or instrumental choices? I'm not sure what, it just feels very... common.

It sounds great, but a bit more distinguished sound might really bring it to the next level.

Keep up the good stuff!

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[DESTINY]

A little loud mix IMO; a little clipping with the vocals it feels like, though this was good otherwise. Intricate mix.

Vocals are a little hard to discern the words of too, though you clearly hear them, seems they're a bit distorted; far back in the mix.

Overall this was pretty chaotic too! The lighter bit with intro and outro seems more suitable the theme, and it builds in a nice way initially, but for most part of the track there's little melody or rest, it gets intense in a way that I at least personally don't find that gratifying, maybe just for the lack of range and repetitive low notes, it's like House, but with a very restrictive palette of notes, and no room in the mix for reverb or higher frequencies.

Initially though, there's plenty of room. I love how it starts, I love how it ends... love the beat too, otherwise: a bit too clipped and chaotic for me! Understand optimal loudness levels are subjective of course but that's my personal opinion. :) Feel this would've been fantastic a bit toned down.

Keep up the good stuff.

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[Starry Night]

Reminds me a bit of the Parasite Eve soundtrack this one... it goes apart after a while, but initially very reminiscent. Though the source of inspiration's apparently a very different one. :) I really like the idea of improvising audially upon visual art like this, classics no less, it feels... enrichening.

And the fact that it's improvisation is fascinating.

The combination of major and minor keys in the song is an interesting mix too, feels both dreamy and nostalgic with the major ones, and a little off-putting with the minors; unsettling as you'd be with for example a dramatic movie scene. I wonder if old movie soundtracks are a reason minor notes give that kind of impression though, or if they just resonate with us that way...

Anyway the piano playing here is spectacular, and quite the journey, it doesn't seem to follow a specific pattern - even though there are re-occurring elements to it - it really takes you along for ride. The views of the city, star-lit streets of the night, beady blotches of intergalactic nova's that sprout and sparkle...

Mix quality's not bad either. Nothing but piano; plenty of room for reverb and range.

Very nice work.

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