Cyberdevil's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Hug Me To The Stars!]

Impressed with how much sound such a slim waveform can really bring out... when everyone's going for as much loudness as possible it's refreshing too with an approach that really lets all frequencies be heard; play to their fullest; loudness be more so up to the listener than the maker of the mix.

Name really goes well with this too... amazing journey, soft and pompous at the same time, the main instrumental layers almost like the hug; the percussion a hearbeat of nearness.

Awesome work! :)

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[Philly Nice - Friday Night Funkin' OST]

Another crazy clean one. :) Nice.

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[Newgrounds Rumble Theme]

An epic tune too! Doesn't sound like what I'd expect 'rumble' to sound like, not as dark or thunderous as such, but definitely epic! Good kind of energy; build; sense of adventure. So clean a mix too. Awesome work.

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[Pico - Friday Night Funkin' OST]

That was awesome. :) More a new take on the classic than just a retake too, so fresh, so new, so clean, so few! Can master music like you do!!! Super catchy.

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[Slow Motion]

Love the instrumental, and the lyrics, and the overall tone of it, but feels like the vocal processing doesn't really match; sometimes gets lost to the music? Seems like a somewhat grungy/modern/heavily processed style that contrasts maybe a bit much with the upbeat/airy instrumental. Imagining that a bit brighter, clearer, more in the front, without as heavy effects or autotune, and it'd maybe have that nostalgic link it seems it might be intended to have? No idea how to best emulate the vocal style of old but that's the one bit that feels a bit off to me here.

Going by the 'all in one vocal processor' question I hope maybe you're thinking the same; this isn't exactly the vocal style you were going for, in which case above suggestions may seem misplaced. :P I do not know of any miracle one click things of such sort unfortunately! Would be nice though.

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ADR3-N responds:

You know, I actually laid down the vocals while my roommates were having a party in the next room over, and a loud phone call was in the kitchen LOL. So I'm about three inches from the mic with the input turned all the way down. And to top that off I was really sick. I was going for a more industrial vibe and then realized at the end I'd written a K-Mart drum track hahaha. So I guess it's a fusion of 80's pop, 2000's Imma Be vibes, and modern pop.

The closest I've found to a one click is Butch Vig Vocals from waves. I found myself falling in love with distortion on literally everything, so that's primarily what I use it for. Then I use ERA-R and ERA-N for removing reverb and noise. They also have a delay remover I thought about putting on. But too much of them and you get a hollow tube sound that sucks the life out of your vocals. It's a game of experimenting

[Piché - Here We Go [Full Album]]

Soo crisp production quality on this! Solid beats, impeccable flow for the most part; smooth; ambient vibes all the way... feels like one of those albums you can easily keep looping. Hella catchy; quality mixing! And a full album just like that... impressive.

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[sweden - Plastic People]

This is great but... I gotta ask about sweden? As a Swede this clearly caught my eye. :P

Love the vibe. Love the crisp and somewhat saturated style of sound. Vocals sometimes maybe a little unclearly enunciated but overall you got a great voice too. Music's all but plastic here!

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TheRealFool responds:

Thanks! Sweden is an acronym by the way, you can fill in the first two with whatever you like, the rest is every day, every night. :)

[The Brave Front]

Tagline pretty much sums it up perfectly. :) Intense! With a little comical tone to that one little bit. If only it looped perfectly too...

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[His-Etat-is-ON]

Soo trippy. XD Love it.

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