Kwing's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Makuta - Collision]

... Dude what? The majority of the instruments here are in different keys, and not in that intentional bitonal way. The individual parts actually sound quite nice, but I'm at a complete loss as to how you could combine them into this and overlook how horribly they clash.

MakutaMiner responds:

Until recently I had no understanding of music theory. Now, I have good plugins and synths, and most importantly, have a base understanding of music theory. My newer songs (currently uploading them) are waaaaaaayyy better...

[To Battle]

With epic metal songs I usually notice the orchestral elements having poorer quality. In this instance, I think the guitar was actually the straggler, which was weird. But aside from that, this sounds really nice, especially the different layers. A few musical phrases here and there seemed bland to me, but just as many were interesting. The only other caveat I noticed was the ending seemed very abrupt, almost as though you were rushing to resolve it and just slapped some finale-like sounds into the last few measures.

[New Loop Thing]

Not going to lie, this was kind of boring to listen to. It's really just the same few chords on loop and a few effects here or there, and the chords aren't really great to begin with. I feel like I've written too many reviews today saying this, but you can click most anywhere in the song and here the same thing. That strikes me as a serious compositional flaw.

[Aloof]

I'm a big fan of the funky/jazzy theme of this. The music sounds a little choppy at times - I would have liked to if some of the parts slowed down a little so I could digest what was happening. A few parts get redundant and could probably be omitted or modified to keep things interesting, but it's never a huge issue.

[Farewell]

For as melancholic as this was supposed to sound, it just didn't sound that sad to me, probably because sad songs usually use silence to their advantage. This is gentle, but too ambient, constant, and also too fast-paced to really capture the mood. Instead it just kind of meanders, and since this is more of a moody piece than a technical one, it ends up becoming stale kind of fast.

[Sea Drift]

Not a whole lot going on here, but as a background piece it's not bad. I could imagine this in a game where you're exploring a town or otherwise not in combat. A few points off by virtue of this not being very complex.

KnockVoltage responds:

Thanks for the feedback

[The Visions in 140]

I wasn't a big fan of this. There's really no progression at all. A couple phrases here and there are kind of catchy, but it's more like you can just bob your head to a groove for 20 seconds before the song randomly goes somewhere else.

Katnip18 responds:

True, it's an unconventional track. Wasn't meant for dance/radio but it was more experimental with a dim electronic sound. Appreciate the feedback though.

[Preheat]

I like the sounds and different tracks here, but they sound kind of awkward together. I can't tell if it's the timing or what, but it sounds like a bunch of good instruments were stuck together with Scotch tape. The part at 2:10 feels especially awkward, probably because one of the samples is cutting the other off.

[dontwannagohome]

I'm really not sure what to say about this one. I like beatboxing but there just isn't much variety here. When you have all the tools of your software at your disposal, I really don't recommend improvising to go up against people that are using their full creative arsenal, and that's definitely going to hurt you. Aside from the different sounds not being terribly diverse, your mic quality just isn't up to snuff. A few mixing techniques could have fixed these but it sounds like your hardware might be the real limiting factor.

[Jeffbeard - The Other Thing]

I'm not sure what to say about this. It's mostly the same note droning for two minutes with little variation, and it's hard to describe that sound as anything other than annoying.