Dutonic's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Irreverent Bloodlust]

The section at 4:50 is super cool. You're really good at making those super fucked up scifi impacts/fills.

[Shockful Haste - Sci-Jewel OST]

The Bejewled 2 OST is one of my favorite albums of all time. Awesome to see some modern composers still inspired by those games. In my humble opinion, the third game's soundtrack just isn't on the same level as Bejewled 2.

For this song in particular, I felt that the bass stabs may be out of tune? Some of them sound a bit like hitting the low end of a piano with your elbow haha. But it's drowned out by the more melodic stuff in the mid/high range.

I do think you could sharpen up the track a lot simply by removing elements. Sometimes, less is more. This is something I also struggle with as a composer. Wanting to capture an intense feeling without creating clutter and too much overlap.

Cheeming-Bepis responds:

Thanks!
Will def go ahead and fix it once i get the chance! :P

EDIT: ok tysm for pointing this out! because i found out by checking that the bass was completely discordant, whoops, ty for the feedback or else i wouldn't have genuinely found that xP

Edit 2: so yes after checking... yes you were 100% correct on those bass stabs!; there was a certain note causing clashing in those chords, so i decided to fix that... also removed the bleps that were causing clashing to make the song overall cleaner, tysm :]

[Dangerous Infiltration]

Getting some old school nintendo vibes

[Call of the Void]

WOW

[Qual (AIM 2024)]

I hate this song. But I've never heard anything like it. 5 stars!

[The Flesh]

Insanely good control of your low end. Big improvement in your mixing!

[tida]

Nice one! I think you went a little heavy on the reverb. It drowns out the clarity of the piece at times. Maybe add some more pedal breaks.

[Press Start!]

Nice mix! I feel like there’s a bit too much reverb on the lead at 0:52. Just a small nitpick. I think using a subtle pad in the same range and sidechaining the lead to the pad would have a nicer effect. Really loving what you’ve done overall. Feels fresh.

[Tryptamine]

The beginning sounds like the breathing of a mechanical Great Old One

[3manon - Voyage (Full EP)]

I love the thought you put into the purpose and narrative of your songs. It's always a good feeling to feel like you're composing with a purpose. You do a great job at it. I could definitely see your story in my mind while I listened.

Your orchestral VST is a little on the weaker side, but that's totally fine. My main criticism of your EP is in the mix, theres too much low-mid (80-200Hz). And your music loses a subtle clarity due to the mud. Just managing your EQ a bit better would improve this. Chapter 5 has a lot of mixing issues, the sounds are just not coming together nicely. It sounds like you may be just turning up your drums instead of side chaining them as well.

Keep working at it and you'll go places. Good luck in your studies!