speedmetalmessiah's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Tuesday Sucked]

Bwahahahahahaha

I love that opening scream. Sounds like you were trying to go towards power metal with it, haha. I Can't wait for next Tuesday to hear some more.

You know...I need to pester you until you can really sing powermetal now that I think of it.

Bad-Man-Incorporated responds:

haha, man..just screaming in frustration is all. hahaha. Anyways, no need to nag. I've been practicing a lot. Hoping I can get good enough for you to write something to. I still sound a bit like Kermit, but...practice practice practice.

Thanks for the review, and Next Tuesday should be as shitty!\m/

[Your Head Here]

Hmm

Well the vocals might have been good, but I can't tell all that well since the mic you used seems to be quite bad. What kind of mic are you using? YOu might actually be better off using a decent pair of headphones. The drums and guitar were also fairly quiet compared to the vocals. The cymbals are hard to hear as is the bassdrum. So overall with mixing and new vocals this could be pretty decent.

newskies responds:

awesome! a review by speedmetalmessiah!!
Thanks for the tips, well it sounds fine on my dolby surround 5.1 system... oh well

[Evil-Dog - High Speed Crash]

Nice man

Pretty sweet to hear some double bass with a punk riff. All in all it was a cool track.

Evil-Dog responds:

Thanks man :)

[Super Nova (The Journey)]

Nice

Like you said th emixing isn't great, but oh well. It's nice to see you back.Drums are good, I really like the kick and snare. You use Drumkit from hell Superior right? The clean sections were pretty enjoyable and the acoustic sounded good. The bass sounde dgood though it was a little low in the mix. All around a cool tune, hopefully you'll be submitting again for a little while at least.

[Rig - Fightin' Freddy]

Cool tune

I like the drums a lot. High energy and great sounding samples. I can't really imagine making a track like this, I really wouldn't know where to start. I liked the shaker, it added to the beat nicely. The synth are quite awesome, how many layers of synth did you end up having on this tune? All in all it sounds like an obscene amount of work. Great job.

Rig responds:

Thanks, man! Actually, it took me roughly four hours to do (he needed the song that day :P)
So here's what's in the song:

Drums - 4 or 5 layers, some sliced-and-diced loops, and some built with CM 505 and FPC. I ran them through two tracks, one of which had SupaTrigga.
Synths - Saw and long synth both made with Nexus, and the one at 0:54 made with FabFilterOne.
Bass - The grinding bass part was made with RigBass, and I added a sine sub with 3xOsc.
Background stuff - Processed ambience loops.

Now YOU can make your very own track! :D (by the way, I started with the bassline.)

[==(Goodnight)==]

Wow

Very peaceful. You could use this to put babies to sleep. I really liked the piano, what vst were you using? The drums served the rest of the song well and the chimes or whatever they were sat nicely in the mix. The synth over the top of everything was nice, though I think it would have sounded a bit better with a little vibrato on it. All around though it was a really great tune.

[[Let Me]]

Nice

Your samples sound decent though the beat was pretty plain. The piano is decent and the strings work well. The vocals are very clear though they sound a bit dry to me. I'd throw a bit more reverb on them. Maybe even double a couple of parts, though that isn't too big of a deal. All around I think it's a good track that could use some more interesting drums.

Sp1r1T responds:

I tried some reverb, but I guess it didn't come out well :P

Thanks for the review :]

[Try Breathing Without Lungs]

Hmm

The intro synth was too loud, and the drums are too quiet. I could hardly hear the kick or the snare. The synth themselves aren't that bad really, you actually did a decent job of programming them. They are a bit repetitive, but I can get over that. Really though this track just needs a lot of mixing done to it. Try putting a compressor on the kick and snare. Especially the kick to give it some punch. Even a bit of distortion wouldn't be a bad idea. I'd also turn down the synths quite a bit and pan the ones that kick in at 1:36.

SysRq00 responds:

Distortion on the kick and the snare or just the kick? I think both would sound good, I'll give it a shot and re-upload. definitely under mixed on this one, I guess I was just anxious to get this one on NG. All I really have is just a couple filters on the synth leads. Thanks so much for reviewing, I'm a long time fan of your music.

[---Down The Road---]

Wow

Was a bit of a surprise to hear something like this, but I like it. Your acoustic is very clear along with the shaker and the harmonica. By the way, was that you playing the harmonica? I really liked the blues guitar you were playing. I also like that you didn't overdo it with your drums. You never fail to impress me with your tunes. keep up the great work.

rocker206 responds:

Yup that was me on the harmonica...I still suck ass at it but I'm slowly getting there lol. Without the condenser mic i got awhile back I probably would've never done a song like this. Anyways thanks for the review! \m/

[Metalish Crap]

Fuck

hey man, how have you been? Haven't talked to you in a while. Shit still going well with your band? Anyway your sound has improved a lot. From the drums to your guitars it's all really clear. Also did you sample your drummers drums? These definitely aren't the samples you used to use. Sounding quite awesome Ken, hope you start submitting regularly again. Hopefully I can catch you on MSN as well.