Pingu's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Behold... B.E.!! [NSFW??]]

Pretty funny. Overall the audio quality was alright, but it seemed like the mic was competing for the background audio. I might suggest recording the vocals in one go, and then adding the music as a second layer and lower volume so it's there but not competing.

Vinsionary responds:

Oh, you think so? I thought the music was at a sufficiently audible volume that still couldn't drown out the voicelines. I even tried to pace the voicelines during the lower notes of the song... but okay, I'll try to add the background sounds separately from now on.

[This Is Halloween (a capella cover)]

Did you do all the depth voices? Well done. You could also put this into the "Voice Acting - A Capella" genre if you'd like, it definitely fits in there.

There was a little bit of breath distortion caught on the mic after 2:12, but otherwise it was really well done.

LunaticDancer responds:

Ueah, it's all unedited recordings of my voice, I've been making them all. Thanks a lot!

I didn't catch that at all, thanks for pointing out. There are many things I'd improve, but I was in rush to have something done, the new microphone really hyped me up.

[Impressions: Jesse McCree, Crocker, Sam Elliot yogi ,boo boo,kennedy and more!]

I think you nailed the McCree voice pretty well, hopefully someone will find you for an Overwatch animation.

I've noticed that all your submissions have the audio balanced to only come though the left side, and I'm kinda curious if that was by design?

Jesse-R-Asner responds:

Yeah mate! Yeah I fudged up recording and had it in stereo instead of mono. And I realized that I did this for almost every single submission thus far. I'm trying to post something every day and am still learning the nuances .Thanks for your feed back Peregrinus!

[Ken Clark/Clutch Roadagain Demo Reel]

Followed here from the Open Mic Thread, and hoping to give some constructive feedback.

I liked the gruff character at 0:37-0:50, I have no suggestions for it as it was consistent and had good range and depth.

I'm less fond of the opening sequence's investigator with the mild lisp, as it feels less natural with the dropped letters on the words. "Let us just humour this..." has a lateral (wet) lisp which flows naturally, but then the character changes his style of speech to gain a weird inflection ("a-solutely cl-eh-shes") and frontal (TH) lisp. After listening to it a few times it seems like there is a take cut between "moment/simply put". That seems to be where the character's style of speech changes. Lisps are based on natural tongue position, so it's likely that someone would have one of the two styles of lisp but not both at the same time. I honestly only picked up on it because my son had a TH lisp for a while.

There was a little bit of pop/peaking with the sports announcer (hard F "feel that one", hard D and T on "downtown). I'd suggest maybe lowering the quality a bit in this section. I know that sounds weird. There is usually a bit more ambient noise in an announcer's booth of a stadium which competes for the microphone, and more so for an announcer who is ringside at a fight. It's a bit nit-picky, I know the intent is to show vocal talent more than overall production. Just a thought for future demos.

I look forward to future demos! Cheers.

xXProAudrey2007Xx responds:

Hi, sorry for the late response! But thank you a ton for the feedback, it's greatly appreciated! I'll keep it in mind the next time I put together a demo!

[[TEASER] COSMOCRYSTAL II ~ clalliss re leat, maya re pat ~ 映放紡色]

There's a really nice range of styles in this. I remember hearing Ocurp Omnis a little while back, so I'm glad that it's coming out with the rest of the album. I really want to hear more of solstine, the teaser is rude to cut off right as the violin starts :)

Also, I'm glad (and sad) to see that all the pre-order copies have sold out. Will there be a second run, or a place we can buy the full album for download?

Troisnyx responds:

I hope there will be a second run, I will ask ell (ARM's publicist) about this. If you're willing to wait until June -- the soundtrack will be streamable and purchasable via APOLLO, which basically allows this doujin stuff. Don't ask me why June though; its intakes for submissions seem to only take place in June and November, presumably to tie in with Comiket / M3 / the likes thereof.

I will admit to not expecting all copies to have sold out on the day, oof ;; If we're going for reprint -- and that's an *if* at this point -- it'll hopefully be for the Summer Comiket next year. So glad you enjoyed what you've heard so far!

EDIT 30 Jun: The album should be purchasable on Bandcamp now; I've included the link in place of the Isukado one!

[Peanut Butter and Jelly]

Fairly short, but seems to be a good Harley voice. (moved from A Capella to Voice Demo, since it isn't singing in harmony...)

DeathCrystal responds:

Thanks for the review. I might have to redo it. with more dialog since this was a snip it from an audition I was doing.

[A Trip With Grandpa]

Stuck in the woods with a dead body seems to be a better alternative to being stuck in a basement with one.

Really funny. I was initially shocked at who could talk that way to their grandfather, but it all makes sense now. Good work!

[Dorkus The Wise (Fancy Edition)]

I had to look up nerdcore, I admit shamelessly. I can definitely see how this fits into nerdcore, it's definitely a blend of hip hip and what could be fantasy elements.

Not really sure how to best describe what I'm poking at here: the three sections you can see on the waveform as being distinctly different, I know the drum line is important to the hip hop side of it but it may be interesting to subdue them a bit during those three lower sections. It may add a bit of a variance between the more traditional hip hop beat and what ends up being closer to medieval instrumental.

Still struggling for the concept: rap battle of hip hop vs medieval, each one takes a lead in sections as the song progresses until they come together for a climax. In one corner, Eminem. In the other corner, Prince Arthur's finest bards.

LexRodent responds:

Nothing wrong with learning new stuff :)

I see what you mean on your suggestion, it's not a bad idea at all. It will be a relatively simple modification that may give this piece a better feel.

That rap battle sounds like fun, specially if the bard sings using old English.

[Narration Project Thing]

Interesting story. There's a few points where the background music overtakes the vocals, do be careful there. Try and modify the vocal layer to be a bit louder, and then have the BGM as it is or a bit more subdued so that it's there but not upstaging the vocal.

4:15 to 5:21 could be cut out, as there is no content there. I'd look into Audacity for general clipping (cutting out dead space on the first run of vocal) and Acoustica Mixcraft for an easy way to fix up the vocal parts (the free demo is fine, no weird restrictions on it).

[Spirit]

Some really great voice acting in this, the mousey woman and the sinister male voice. There's a bit of crackling in the bells in the start/mid/end, which may be able to be tempered off a bit. Overall, good work from everyone. There's a lot of amazing talent packed into the submission.