Free2Play's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Silent dream]

Originally I was going to rate this a 4, but I wanted to give you a 5 so hopefully you'll get more reviews.

I really like this, its a simple but effective ambient song. There's nothing that just doesn't work at all, in fact it has a nice atmosphere to it. It is very dream like lol.

I will say, even in ambient songs its okay to build to something. Like there could've been one more instrument added around 2:45, like a violin or something. That would've been a nice counter to the guitar, and then you could do something different before ending the song.

That would've probably been what would make me give it a 5 instead of 4.5 lol.

Keep making music dude!

[Remix: The Mother in the Jungle (Dark Side Mix)]

I like this a lot, it's very cool.

If I were to say something that might make it a 5 for me its that maybe the song should've had a little bit more going on. I really like what you did with the high wails in the background and stuff, it had a sense of like Silent Hill type chaos but faster and more dnb. But maybe a short changeup or something or like a different breakbeat for 20 seconds could really be fresh air for the listener and make them like the rest of the song even more.

Just my two cents though lol, I really like what you have here. It's sort of cinematic, which I like.

Keep making music dude!

Anchorwind responds:

I appreciate the thoughts and your time, genuinely. || I gave this some thought, and there are 4 different beats across 2 competing textures: 3 of them flow back and forth and 1 is an obvious contrast intentionally. I apologize that wasn't enough.

[Subdued]

Dang dude, you've gotten to where I can't add much at all lol. Very cool track that I'll most likely play in my car to relax lol.

I especially like quick jazzy chord synth at :10. Overall you really used your instrumentation well, they all play with the groove nicely and blend to a sweet relaxed sound.

[The Clouds]

It's always super fun when you click on new music and find something super sweet like this.

Great track dude! Way above my level, I don't think there's anything I could add lol.

[Go Go Gambino gadget]

Simple but pretty effective dude. When it comes to sampling stuff together this sounds pretty cool. I do think it could be mixed a little better (I know its hard when you've got two totally different songs), and also its cool to add your own little instrumentation or drums that can tie them both together.

Pretty sweet though dude, keep making music!

roflsandwhich responds:

Thanks for taking the time, man! I guess I'm currently lacking the technical skills to make a clean sound if i add too much to it. I did add my own drums and bass, but maybe it's too subtle and gets lost in the noise. I will keep trying this shit tho :)

[F-777 - Adventure Fantasy]

Yay! Let's dance around and fight monsters and jump and shoot and stuff!

Really though I love this song, it's super cool of you to still be stickin stuff on here when you're so good lol. You're writing and ability to make sweet synths and mix and such always blow my mind.

[REMIX! (Need an opinion)]

The 2nd part sounds a bit awkward, but in the grand scheme of things it might make a nice swing break or something in the song if this is just the building blocks to the whole thing.

Nice little riff by the way, simple but effective. It's actually usable for flash stuff lol.

D-Chain responds:

Thanks InfernoZN!

[Ruby/Sapphire E4 Champ]

Okay so you did pretty accurately hit most of the notes from the game, but you coud've used a midi file so I can't say much for that.

See the trouble is I can't tell if you're going for a realistic feel or just trying to make slightly updated version of the track. The thing is the low bit version of this still sounds better.

I think I'm gonna point you to one of my favorite examples a doing a lot with a little, my friend Taylor Mefford used an assortment of free soundfonts to make an amazing score. It shows you how much you can do with fx and such to make convincing instrumentation.

http://musicbytaylormefford.bandcamp.com/album/an-experiment-with-an-air-pump-original-score

I would also check out ocremix.com, they have a few helpful materials on this kind of stuff.

[Encounter]

Okay so the loop is not like garbage, but man you gotta do more than what you're doing.

Having only like two synths with a few affects and one kick was driving me crazy. And the synth was mixed sort of heavy where it was actually making my ears hurt.

You did hit the right notes though and it sounds a bit like the encounter theme but I would totally not listen to it over the original. You have to add more, more instrumentation, and something more than just two synths (or maybe one, they play the same notes) and a kick.

It's not the worst thing I've heard, but there's so much more you can do with a theme like this.

Keep making music man!

AlxEllis responds:

Thanks for the review, but 2 stars?

It's also based on the original MSX games not the MGS games as those were much simpler themes, hence only 2 synths or it becomes overpowered, there were actually three synths but one was tones down as it was overpowering others. The same beat was kept since it's a loop and will only be heard for about 30 seconds at most.

Thanks for the detailed review!

[I miss you]

Man I keep bumping into those pesky tracks made by artists who are better than me and I can't offer much advice.

Your composition is fantastic, it's not unique but you obviously know how to write and all the synths and such really flow together beautifully. It ends up being a nice calm track.

Maybe if I were to offer advice I'd say the song doesn't have much risk to it (except for using the default FL snare), it's like it follows a pretty regular pattern and sounds nice, but never does any WOW type stuff. You rise and fall as expected and everyone goes home feeling great because its exactly what they wanted cause its what they've heard before.

You have a lot of skill and it'd be cool to here you add something new, add some flash, add something that's totally unique to yourself. A lot of my favorite artists take a few risks and do something out of the mold, like Madeon and his super upbeat writing and in your face mixing, and Andrew Aversa and his mixture of real and unreal instruments. You have a lot of talent and with something more you might ending being some of people's favorites.

MaSterAsSter responds:

Honestly, I didn't spend all that much time working on this track. :p I mean, I did want to add some "WOW" to it when I started, but as it went on I found myself adding less and less to the track. I probably should've waited a few days and waiting for a second burst of inspiration to hit before uploading the track. Maybe i'll work my way back to it. :p

Also, I like you. I'm going to hit you up with a message. I'm also going to be following you from here on as well as listening to your work.