VWT's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[[W] Xtermination]

Great Track!

Hey, I enjoyed this a lot. I wish there was more quality hardcore on this site like this track. Your kick drums were crunchy and pounding (I liked the variation in sound about halfway through, too) and the synth line was pretty unique. I would be interested to hear what the synth would sound like if you added some distortion to that as well. And the vocal samples were classic.

I had to take off one point for the snare, however. I understand that you need a rather high-pitched, treble-y sound to get it to stand out from the massive kick drum, but it seemed both too loud and too weak at the same time. There a lot of ways you could fix it, like adding some chorusing, reverb, delay, or any combination of the above to both thicken the sound and smooth out the mix. Or maybe you could just put a little more midrange on its eq, or matbe even some compression. A relatively minor complaint for an otherwise great track. -5

(If you like dark/hard/fast tech, feel free to check out some of my own work, by the way)

weemeee responds:

ty for all the feedback :D:D

[Giblets]

THIS WAS STUPID AS HELL!

But it made me laugh. Nice job.

[{Sun} Computa]

Hm.

I'm really conflicted about this piece. You've got a really great melody on the lead synth and the other synth lines work very well with it! Unfortunately the production on this is abysmal. The lead synth drowns everything out, and there is no impact to the percussion at all. My advice would be to go back and try some compression and reverb on the synth sounds and mess with the eq to balance the instruments so they aren't fighting each other to dominate the sound. Really, this song has a lot of potential, though. Keep working at it!

[This is my domain]

Great!

That sample at the beginning really cracked me up, nice and cheesy. Your kickdrum sound is great, too, real thick and fat. I'm not sure what's going on in the last twenty seconds or so, it sounds like it's becoming a different song entirely, then it just fades out abruptly (this is the -1 point). Maybe you should expand on that last part (or even just fade it more gradually). Whatever, great production, dark vibe, good work. -5

[Unsteady Freddy]

Nice

I'm a pretty shit guitarist, so I can't comment on the more technical aspects of this, but I enjoyed this piece. I have to say I liked the first half a lot better, it had a cool western/desert kind of feel while the second half was a bit more typical rock. Your playing is great though, professional sounding but with a lot of feeling. -4

[BLAMMED-226]

Trashy

I dig the blown out sound.

226NeXuS responds:

Lol thanks. I'm not worthy!

[20 Second Tech Metal]

Not Bad

You're guitar and compositional skills are really good, but I would definitely add a bass guitar to this (even a synth one) and maybe add some room reverb to the drums. I'm not going to comment on the vocals as I hope they're supposed to be funny. -3

[Dead Body Face Down]

Terrific!

I see the body floating in a murky swamp of hazardous waste as I listen to this. Excellent balance of rhythm/melody and chilling noise, vocal treatment that sets it apart without being unintelligible or cliche, and professional sounding production. This really made my day. I'm adding this to my favorites.

[Johnny B. Goode]

Jesus Christ!

Tune that bass!!!
Otherwise it was alright as a little jam on one of the most overused riffs in the world.

[Edirol Test (El Carnaval)]

Edirol Passed the Test

I'm mostly going to limit my review to the first half of this song since I don't really consider myself qualified to review traditional techno (just not my thing), but as far as the structure of th piece as a whole, the contrast between the two parts was great and the overall mood of the melody stayed consistent over the two diverse styles, which is also a big plus.
I'm not familiar with Edirol, but the string section sounded very realistic. The instruments worked well off of each other and the melody gave it a really exciting, cinematic feel. Great work! -4