etherealwinds's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[BRUCE: In the Dark]

Okay, I need Stormdrum 3, I've decided. I could meditate to this, although some of these sounds make me feel weirdly anxious! That grandfather clock, for example, gives me the shivers. This is really well done in my opinion. I'd love to see what this is played in! I'm sure the atmosphere is amazing.

LucidShadowDreamer responds:

Aaaaaahhh! how did I miss this D: ?
Good thing I checked in on it now; wouldn't want to leave you without a reply :)

Yeah. I like the multitudinous intruments that Stormdrum 3 offers. They are very easy to use for most kinds of orchestral or atmospheric tracks. You can probably find a lot of uses for it in other genres as well! If I recall correctly, SD3 is like... 80GB o.O

This is indeed meant to be a tad creepy/unsettling, but I can see how you could meditade to it too (it uses some meditation bowls, after all XD).

I'm super happy to hear that you liked this. I will be waiting to see the finished project too, even if it might take a while. I still have a lot of pieces to write for it, too!

Thank you for the review :3

[.:{Crystals}:.]

Oh man, this is just mesmerising. It's incredible to witness how amazingly you've developed your music, even in the last year. Honestly... you definitely inspire me. I'd love to record some vocals for this, if you'd want? I feel super inspired by this! Thank you!! <3

larrynachos responds:

I'm glad you liked it, man! I composed this song with you in mind <3

Definitely feel free to add some vocals to it! You can upload it and add me to the project as the composer, and maybe put a link to the original. I would love to hear what you have to add. Good luck! Love you :)

[本当の青空 - Hontō no ao]

I am in love.

LucidShadowDreamer responds:

Thanks a lot, Jordi :3

[Mrvl]

I wish my first ever track sounded as nice as this to be honest. Glad to see you on here. This is mrvlls. C wut I did der? //flies off into the sun

Yogojo responds:

You're very strange aren't you?

Thanks :)

[~{ The Clash of Kingdoms }~]

das ist gut ja!

larrynachos responds:

Thanks dude! I'm glad you liked it :D

[The Prodigal]

Reminds me of The Civil Wars, particularly their song Barton Hollow! This is really amazing. Well deserving of such a high score! I love it!

bassfiddlejones responds:

Thanks man! That's a compliment coming from you! :D

[To Zanarkand (Piano Cover)]

For this, you have my love.

LucidShadowDreamer responds:

Sorry for the late response!
And thanks a lot :3

[As Stars that Shine (FULL)]

Hey Trois, hope you've been doing well!
As a composition, this is one of my favourites from you. The warm, deep piano chords are really lovely. That synth loop is really nice! Reminds me of Crossing Those Hills (world map theme) from Final Fantasy IX. The sound design in this is really spot on too, the electronic effects. What did you use for those? ^0^ As always, your harmonies sound divine. One thing I should point out though is making sure you really focus on the very final details. For example, at 0:07, you can hear the sound created by saliva as you open your mouth xD just little bits like this that would take a second to highlight and silence when cleaning up your vocals would really wrap this up! :)

In terms of the paintbrush percussion, I remember somebody on here gave me some really good mixing advice, though I can't remember for the life of me whom it was... Anyway, they told me to turn the volume of a track down as far low as it can go until you can only hear one instrument. Once you can hear the loudest instrument, the one that stands out above the rest, turn it down slightly until it no longer overwhelmingly stands out. If I take my headphones out and pull them as far away from my ears until I can only hear one instrument, the tapping of the paintbrush is pretty overwhelmingly loud. ^ ^ A technique for you to try sometime!

It's so nice to hear more music from you. I think the thing that sets you apart from the very many musicians in the Audio portal is that you have your own very recognisable and unique style. I'd like to think that I'd be able to recognise your compositions, even without any vocals, if somebody showed one to me and didn't tell me it was yours. Congratulations on the frontpage too, well deserved!

Troisnyx responds:

Heys. ^_^ Lovely to hear from you again. So far, so good. We really ought to catch up -- there's quite a lot happening on this end at least.

Thanks for the immense detail in your review; I am certainly going to try it all out. The synth loop was something I sequenced (8-bit square wave), and the electronic effects are Hatsune Miku's voice. FL has a fragment of Miku's voice in the demo projects, but there is no mandate that no-one could make a similar chopping of Miku's voice anywhere... But yes, I will admit, that paintbrush is just too loud. XD

It makes me really glad to hear that you recognise my style -- sometimes I cannot even tell what sets it apart. But that may just be me being blind to what I can do, something I've struggled with for a long time. Thanks again, and speak soon, my friend.

[Wind Requiem - Chill Mix]

I have so much respect for your talent when it comes to the manipulation of sound design. This is brilliant.

ChronoNomad responds:

Aw, thank you so very much, Jordi! That is quite the compliment, and I hope to continue making music that you enjoy for a very long time to come. ^___^

You are immensely talented, yourself! I am always looking forward to your next submission.

[The Journey Begins]

I'm not really sure what rayman1220 is talking about, sort of an odd comment to make. This sounded almost like a Disney reprise, very nice! The mixing feels like it gets a little muddy at times, mainly due to the frequency of the cymbals if my ears don't fail me. Really lovely though!

SteveSyz responds:

I totally understand with the final mixing being muddy, it hasn't gone through a professional master yet haha (maybe one day!). But thanks overall! I'll definitely look over the cymbals and underlying percussion in the future :D