SyMTiK's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Treacherous Grotto]

hehe, really liked this one. I work on orchestration myself, but i make more dark sounding stuff and action stuff than i do happy stuff. I really like the work here from a musical point of view, the bassline to me brings about a mood of curiosity and mystery, and then the little chord progression that comes in from 0:20-0:40 brings in a mood of conflict and problems, while the major mood of the whole piece kind of keeps a little bit of a cheery side to it. really enjoyed it :) may i ask since this is labeled as video game music, if this is for a video game, where might this be taking place in the video game?

WarmanSteve responds:

Thanks! This is actually from a fantasy themed breakout game I'm working on with a small group. I went a bit overboard, but I really like writing dramatic fantasy stuff :P

[Hardstep2 - Neo_ EVA]

i think you have something here musically, but i found the mix to be a bit sloppy. the highs were a little too high in the mix for me and the instruments kind of mushed together at certain points. also, it sounded to me like there was a limiter squashing the dynamics, particularly noticeable when the drums came in around 0:22 seconds. atleast thats what it sounded like to me, but i dont know im not the creator :P overall i think you have some good ideas, but it could use a little bit of help in the mix to improve it to its full potential :)

[shotz n sweetz]

kind of has a 90's dance vibe to it, i like it :) if you i were to change anything, i would change some things in the intro, particularly the hihats at 1:04 and the kick fill at around 1:20. i dont think the hihats added much to the song, and found it to be a bit random, but thats just me. i also think you could have done something different for the fill at 1:20, I just dont think thats the best fill you could have done. other than those two things though, i enjoyed the song, and i also reallly liked the acid bassline :)

JMSy responds:

hi i have a totally new version you may like ill upload just now thanks much for your thoughts and fedback and listening..much appreciated man..yeh im stuck in the 90s chit lol

[Race (WIP loop)]

catchy! I definitely like what you've got going here. I might suggest adding something in there to fill out the whole frequency spectrum, I dont have perfect ears but i think its missing something in the mid frequencies. great idea though, flesh this out into a full song I definitely think its got potential :)

D-Chain responds:

Thanks man, yup the mids need a little something. already boosted the freq a bit as i 'speak' and added just a little something extra to make it more 80s/retro :)
i will definitely make this into a full song. ever since a little kid i was in love with those catchy 80s analog synths and beats. so, im not just gonna let this pass by.
Thanks again! :)

[Demolished]

really like the string work, they sound nice and convincing to my ears. my only suggestion is they sit a little awkwardly in the mix for me, and could do with a tad less reverb as well as some eqing. however, i really liked the progression, and I also liked some of the glitchy elements you added in there, really gave it a nice chopped sample kind of feel. all in all it was really quality stuff, good job!

jmerk800 responds:

thanks for the feedback! always appreciated!

[Transform]

Really liked the idea, the mix was pretty great too, no complaints there. only gripe is i would have liked it to be a bit longer, 2:21 is a bit on the short side. other than it being a bit short though, really good job i quite liked it :)