etherealwinds's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Call of the Warrior]

Some very nice melodies here! I enjoyed the pace of the track too and the choice of instrumentation. I can't say that I've heard many instances in which a church organ and synths are fused. Awesome stuff!

Spadezer responds:

Thanks eterealwinds. I guess I'm now the expert in combining unnatural instruments/rhythms into pleasing listens.

But, I may have this thing for organs. Especially church organs

[Safe at Last]

I love the piano and strings in this! The background ambience is also quite interesting but could perhaps be even more atmospheric with a nice wet echoey reverb. Gorgeous track!

BlazingDragon responds:

Thanks mate! I usually cake on the reverb pretty thick, but it looks like I might have been too conservative this time. XD

[Subterranean Dungeon Theme]

Welcome back, my man. You've always got a place here, and you were so welcoming to me when I joined here!! This sounds great.

BlazingDragon responds:

Thanks so much Jordi! I'm still easing back into music-making, but it would be an honor to collaborate with you in the near future if that's something you'd be interested in.

[Kytoon - Look What You Do]

This. Is. Gorgeous.

GhostLawyer responds:

:3 :3

[NGADM 2017 Round of 64 Podcast]

Goodday sir and thank you for another podcast! I could listen to your voice for hours B)

Time's ticking on it seems! Two weeks actually goes by pretty quickly. I better get to work... *googles how to make a masterpiece in two weeks*

ChronoNomad responds:

You are entirely welcome, my good man! Aw, and that's such a sweet thing to say. :D

Time is indeed rather merciless, and it somehow seems to move even faster when there's a deadline involved. Tick-tock, tick-tock... And hey, I know Google's good, but can it be *that* all-knowing?

Yeah, probably. Thanks for the review!

[Peaks]

I enjoyed this thoroughly! Beautiful piece. Definitely deserving of such a high score! I really enjoyed the instrumentation, particularly.

Onefin responds:

Ey etherealwinds thanks for dropping by

we should talk and stuff are you in the chipscompo discord? you're not, right?

[NGADM 2017 Auditions Podcast]

<3

ChronoNomad responds:

D'awww~! Thanks, Jordi. <3

[Horatio's Beach]

I've scouted you for the audio portal! I understand that you're quite new to making music, so starting off simply is always a good idea. Get a feel for the sort of structures and sounds you like to experiment with. This is what you've done here! It would sound very nice as background music in a game. It can get a little repetitive but it's very nice nonetheless. I don't think the repetition for this sort of track gets on my nerves or anything.

tackypoop111 responds:

Yea. I'm working on learning how to do key changes properly and make progressive music as well. I still don't 100% understand music theory though, I just kinda look up scales and chord charts and go by ear. Thanks for the review, and thank you so much for recommending me for the portal. =D

[BrainDead]

Hehe hey Spadezer! I was going to echo what Connor said. I would say that there are better techniques that could be used to separate the synths. Different stereoshaping and different EQ settings. It doesn't sound so noticeable listening on speakers, but on headphones it's as if there's very little in the centre of the field. Saying that, compositionally, this is a really great track! I particularly enjoyed the dubstep parts and the tempo shift! Very nice! :)

Spadezer responds:

Sweet! Thanks. It's cool to hear such high praise from you.

About the stereo shaping, I tried out a maximizer that I've never used and I guess I got careless with the panning in that, but I don't feel it detracted to much from the main enjoyment. I could be wrong though. Thanks for the feedback

[Dark's Adventure, prologue]

I heard this in the trailer and I really enjoyed it, glad you uploaded it!

Troisnyx responds:

Eh, thank you! ^_^ To me it's no Mio/Homura, but an outpouring nonetheless. So thoroughly overjoyed to see you again, and glad you enjoyed it.