8-bitheroes's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Electrostatic]

i like the effects going on and that gated stuff. the melody lines need some layering up imo. Anyways scouted you.

Flaytic responds:

Thanks! Yep, polyphonic stuff aren't really easy but I'll try my best in layering the stuff!

[P2P: Hit 'Em Hard]

I really like this one mate, like that bass line. How did you go about creating your kick?

EliteFerrex responds:

My kick is a combination of two different 8-bit instruments with a negative sweep, at varying rates of sweep time.

[SWeissen P - Drop Me]

Those are awesome dark vibes there. I like the reversed melodic sounds in there and a really nice drop that follows. The snare isnt my cup of tea though it sounds a bit lifeless to me and doesnt seem to do the rest of the track justice imo.

[Phoenix Dawn]

I like the melodys, and although sounds a bit robotic i do like the sound of the acoustic guitar, nice and bright. Theres a couple things in the mix you should check out though, one being the level of the fx/big hits which tend to over power the mix when they come in. Two being the high frequency content which imo is a bit too loud, try referencing it on a laptop speakers and you will see. I like the instruments but for this length of song could of done with some melodic or structural variation in there.

EctiBot responds:

Glad you liked the track :).
I tried to turn down some of the overpowering frequencies of my hits, and i turned down some of the high fq content in the hats. Hope that it's better now.
Agree that there should be more melodic variation in this. I'll keep that in mind for next time :).
-Ectisity

[Sereve Cold Valley]

This is terribly distorted and ear killing. The melody itself is nice and would sound better with a soft piano and some reverb.

balancedbirds responds:

You're not the only one who say that.
I will try to reduce the music by the way that you describe.

[Breaking]

I really like this one, that intro is nice and that bass is a beast, at times a little too hairy for my tastes but good work!

Voltus responds:

Thank you :)

[Xtrullor & Panda Party - Sheol]

While the sound design and mixing sounds pretty good, i couldnt help but feel the arrangement is over crowded and alot of the different sounds seem to just mesh into each other and not really have much impact because theres not enough space for them to breath. I like the pads and atmospheres you got going on, it does have that epic vibe, but there really needs to be more groove going on with the basses imo. Groove is not just about what you put in but also what you leave out.

Xtrullor responds:

Thanks for the input. This is definitely one of the aspects of music I've disregarded a lot, and it's time to fix it.

[First Sunrise]

The mix quality is sounding pretty good to me. What do you mix on man? It is a bit too repetitive to me melody-wise. I guess thats what this genre is usually like? the rises and falls work really nicely but i feel that you could of mixed it up and maybe added an unusual spin to this style of music.

EctiBot responds:

Glad you liked the mix :D. I just use Fl-studio native plugins like parametric EQ and a bit soundgoodiser to mix. You're right with repetetiveness. I wanted to try doing this genre by the book, then trying to add my own twists later ;).
Thx for the feedback :D.
-Ectisity