Cyberdevil's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[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

[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. :)

[Understand]

Now this one's really solid! On beat. Not too generic either. Next step maybe vary the notes a bit? You could have phases, a few bars with different ones, so as to give it a bit more breadth. Also feel like maybe some additional layer here would add depth. Something that flows constantly, a synth or similar? bass? Getting better and better!

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HyBridRiley responds:

Thanks for the idea!

[Credits Roll]

It's like the graduation song but with a bit of a hiphop twist. :) I love this. Also really feels like this'd be perfect for this one thing, I'll get back to ya in a couple days here, hope you approve...

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larrynachos responds:

Thanks so much cyberdevil!

Also now I'm excited! 👀

[Dedicated to the girl reading this no.3 (Classical orchestra cover)]

So beautiful... I wonder how it'd be with a softer tone though, a more soothing/ambient softness to that classic sound... just saw the ninjamuffin one in my feed too, inspiration catching on fast! For a moment I thought this might be like that among us trend I've been totally missing out on. Maybe it is now becoming that next big thing hmm...

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VortexSupernova responds:

Thanks... the melody and the chord progression really got me to make this. It sounds like you are exploring your own childhood but in a song!

[sythe-10]

Ironic that it ended with this one this year... that wasn't the plan was it? Bit of a peak on the volume in the middle, distracts a bit, but otherwise maybe the most introspective one yet...

I did enjoy these! Feels like both intensity and articulation kept improving since the beginning too. That's how I've been feeling with each one of these so far, consistently getting better and better, that it gets easier and easier, eventually the stress of putting out a new one each day starts going away... but then at some point it also stops feeling as inspiring. Gets harder to really push yourself to keep going either way. Like the early anticipation was a part of that pressure you also lost. But, you just have to keep going anyway, that's how you really surpass yourself...

Relate heavily with this. I'm not sure my ratings are all fair with these, conflicting impressions in regard to audio production and to the message itself, since the latter's been solid with every single one of these. But I did enjoy all. Easy; inspiring listening all the way...

If you feel like trying this again, again do let me know. ;) Would be fun to follow.

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davidpuralocura responds:

lol i didnt notice i stoped with sythe kinda like i killed it it it has been killed
the plan was to keep going till the end but idk things change
thank you for enjoying these

[valorant-7]

Feels like a real effort in articulation with this one, nice!

Is this inspired by a particular game...? Curious which one if so...

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davidpuralocura responds:

valorant and i play omen

[this dude-4]

Ah man the consistency with the message and whomesomeness with these so far... on point. Regarding structure I wouldn't mind a more poetry-based style of speech with this, it goes well with the format I think, if you want to opt for rap entirely it might help to try to keep a consistent/similar amount of syllables with each line, that's generally how you can manage to keep a flow that's also consistent. Either way though so far these are pretty inspiring...

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davidpuralocura responds:

yeah you are right that i am more experienced on poetry than
rap but not much people like lisening to poetry rap is kinda more fun in that way

[start]

Hell yeah! :D Great message. Seems like articulating everything in English might be the big challenge for you though, the writing's great, the pace too, though seems you get stuck on certain syllables/pronunciations a bit along the way. Curious if you tried multiple times on this? Is this the first take entirely? When I do these I usually end up recording around anywhere from 3-20 times on each one, sometimes more depending on how complex the structure is, it's not easy to get it right away even if you're used to the language, and I feel at least a few takes works as warm up, so your tone gets a bit deeper and more prominent too. Sometimes. Sometimes it doesn't work anyway! Just gotta put out what you have regardless then... of course there's something special about it really being the one and only if that's what you're going for! As real as it gets.

But this is what it's all about! Really cool to hear you jumped on this, and especially when it seems you might be getting out of your comfort zone doing so. If you do jump aboard next year too let me know and I'll tune in from the start, could maybe swap some inspiration along the way, didn't realize anyone was doing this in parallel this year, been too busy with my own...

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davidpuralocura responds:

ineed i dont have the best english
it is kinda inposible to get in on the first try
but eventualy i get something decent

[Battle Me (nachomix)]

It's that Nachomix with the sickest dips! For the business kids with the richest bids! Who like beasts all feast on cold beats like this while they roll down streets smoking reef. Err.

Running out of tolerable rhymes with each one of these wallopings I find but: this is dope! :) Thanks for making this too!

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larrynachos responds:

I haven't noticed the slightest decline in your sublime rhymes! Finish strong!

Thanks for the opportunity to work with you! I love what we've created here!