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[Halo Theme Guitar Solo 2]

Insane stuff.

This belongs in OCRemix, man, it's too good for Newgrounds.

But hey, nothing wrong with NG haha. This thing is amazing.

I can't really give you crit because it's just perfect. Crazy playing and appropriate background music. The effects on the guitar wonderful. Only complaint would be that the guitar at the end is too loud.

May I ask two things though?

What did you use for the piano?
How do you record your guitar into the computer? I have my own Lexicon box, but it's either horrible or FL just wasn't made for recording live.

Keep it up.

Kor-Rune responds:

I played the piano through a USB MIDI controller, using sounds from the Edirol Orchestra VST, including their "concert piano" sound.

For guitar, I have a unidirectional dynamic vocal microphone touching the mesh of my Line 6 Spider III 75w amp. I steal it from my sister whenever I need to use it, haha.

Thanks for the review yo! I would try to get it up on OCRemix, but I simply just don't make that many remixes. I'm more for original music. I like to produce more complex and unique stuff.

[Voice acting demo 1]

Sir...

Please lay off those energy drinks!

This is very cartoonish and it's got the right amount of energy a cartoon requires. Best part is how obnoxious you can sound! That's a good thing if you're looking for randomness. I love the "dog shit" part haha.

But please....PLEASE. Don't EVER sing again. Please? ):

Thanks for reviewing one of my songs :D

Stalagmite responds:

i am sorry for the singing. i have not got a good voice... at all. ever LOL. i only sang because it is for my puppet show. and i needed something else to keep the kids engaged. You must be a singer then lol. normally people who dont sing can spot people being out of key. I am sorry! lol.
Well, my fav bit in this is definately the "dog shit" part as well. and my Obnoxiousness... yes. lol. most characters are based on what i know best LOL.
thanks alot for your great review and score. :D

[S.A.N.C.T.U.M.]

Amazing.

You know what sucks? Having a guitar that costs more than all yours combined, having twice your playing experience, and still sucking at playing haha. This is beautiful man. The distorted guitar introduction screams John Petrucci. All the elements incorporated here are incredible.

How's that vibrato wanking treating you? Great job on that outro.

Keep it up, good sir.

Kor-Rune responds:

Haha, thanks for the review!

Actually, the idea of the song was inspired by John Petrucci's casual lead 4/4 track called Lost Without You. I love listening to Sir JP play <3

The outro was yeah, just wankery with my whammy pedal, stompbox with too much distortion, and floyd rose, that shit can get fun as fuck.

Thanks again for the review yo! Glad to see a fellow guitarist!

[Shiro'ken]

Three days?

For three days, this is pretty decent, good sir. The song itself isn't groundbreaking or inspiring, but you've got what it takes to get better.

Now, onto actual crit.

The bass is way too high. It's drowning out the melodies, should lower that. The drums seem overpowering too, but it was a nice detail, I was actually surprised to hear drums on this. I can tell that you like glitching, it's pretty decent. The melody is too repetitive and lacks the variation a 4-minute track needs though.

You actually remind me of a guy called Nubbinownz here. Keep practicing and you're gonna get great someday.

z-bentinel responds:

Hey thanks for the tips, I was wondering if you mean just lower the volume of the bass? or if there are any dial that I can tweak to make it more subtle, I've been playing around with the song and I've improved it slightly so far and Ive had a play with the bass, but I still need to get used to making it sound the right level.

and yeah the drums are too high I think, but thanks for the honesty, I'm probably going to add a few more synth and piano parts in for the variation (maybe some sort of breakdown) and re-upload it at a later date.

and thanks for the ending remark. Ill go check that guy out.

[New Psychology]

Pretty good.

Rather simple song but very pleasing to the ears. I can tell your picking technique is great just by hearing how those strings sound.

The only problem the song has is the recording quality, but that's a minor issue. If you could fix that, it'd be an amazing 4-minute ambient track.

I hear some percussion in there, might be your hand tapping the guitar. Whatever it is, it's subtle and I like it a lot.

Keep it up and thanks for the review.

Boux responds:

Hey thanks alot for the review, you're right on the quality its a built-in microphone it get better with big headphone on, I do tap the guitar but i never used a pick since i play guitar, its all fingers, i dont like picks i think they put limits on what you can play.
Since you like this one try my song ' A song of Melancholy ' i bet you'll like. and too i'll be looking foward to more of your stuff especially if they sound like that ' close to heaven' of yours.

[[R.22].People Storage.]

Wow.

Fuck hoes, money, and gangsta shit; let's rap about how cold it is!

I love you.

RoobyKillAll responds:

Just rappin' about real problems. Really glad you liked it man, thanks.

[Final Fantasy 7 Rap]

So...

I got a PM from some random person telling me to check out this song. While I'd normally respond by telling the person to shove the song up his ass, I'm feeling nice today. Then I realized that it was rap and that feeling came back again. But I tried being unbiased. Then I realized it's about FF7. I hate that game and most rap.

But then I realized that this is pretty damn good. And that I'm hyper. And then I voted 5.

And then I laughed at War-Spawn :D

Bitchin', sir. Love it.

Lejin responds:

PROS UP!!! noobs DOWN!!

["American Dreams" - NR]

Well

I like the drums and that lead synth you used is quite simply one of the sexiest synths I've ever heard in my whole life. If you made that, congrats. Great melody too.

Nice DnB track, I like the vocal samples you used and the blast beats. Not a fan of the pad, that could have been better.

Keep it up.

Sonicist responds:

I will spend some time mucking about with some pads, cheers mate.

["Flare" - NR]

HEY

I told you I'd comment sometime >:O

Didn't know what to expect at first from the intro. Great way of introducing the drums and the faster lead. Orgasmic bass sound. The kick, the snare, and the cymbals sound pretty decent. The hit hat sounds horrible though, you should try getting some non-Cubase samples.

I feel like the song is way too repetitive for a 6 minute track. Half of that would have been enough.

Still, pretty good.

3.46 / 5.00 (+ 0.051)

Sonicist responds:

It's not a Cubase sample, it's from a sample pack. I shall remember to avoid that hat in the future =P

[Sentinel94 Acecombat Acting Ad]

I love it.

I played Ace Combat Zero and immediately fell in love with it. Your voice fits AWACS nicely and you reminded me of Red vs. Blue at some point.

Honestly, I'd ask you to record some lines (not lyrics, just one-liners) for a song, but I don't have anything worthy at the moment.

Question. How'd you make your voice sound radio-ish? With an Equalizer?

Sentinel94 responds:

Special Filter effects. If you play around on FL or whatever you use, you're sure to find something like it.