Pingu's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[An unexpected Halloween (VAC13)]

VAC13 Judge Review

Jack had a wild night. I like the range of characters in this, and you tied them together with the narrator quite well.

This was a nice radio drama, with many complimentary sounds. Just be careful that the music and sounds don't overpower the narration and dialogue.

I appreciate the built in acknowledgement of the time penalty, I haven't come across that before.

Good Luck!

JoshDytonVO responds:

Glad you liked the acknowledgement of the point deduction. I like to think outside the box and try to make my work as unique as I can. Thanks for the feedback I will take it all on board when I start another project.

[[VAC13] The Minecwaft Connection]

VAC13 Judge Review

Cardio is important, and so is foley. Recording yourself going up and down stairs worked really well as there wasn't a weird difference in audio style or quality which might be an issue with stock sounds.

The overall feel I get from this is a modern Monty Python sketch. Timmy gets a shock from seeing a zombie and then gets whiplash learning the zombie will be his step father.

I might suggest lowering Timmy a bit, as he peaked a few times.

Good luck!

Little-Rena responds:

Thank you! This was my first time experiment with making my own sound effects, so I am glad that they worked out!

[Phantom Anus VAC13]

VAC13 Judge Review

I'm glad you broke anonymity and decided to dive into the contest! I enjoyed the sarcastic banter between the man and the ghost, and the idea of suddenly being confronted with a ghost and offering them a Snickers.

It would be interesting to play around with some echo on the evil ghost (peeling skin), but you did a nice job of getting a soul-rending voice out there. I'd have a coughing fit if I tried the same.

The pumpkin slap didn't quite fit in, but I appreciate you doing the trip effect yourself.

Good luck!

Moderatedevil responds:

Me promise next one will be a lot better, er maybe

[Tales to The Grave- The Sacrifice (Halloween Contest 2020 Entry)]

VAC13 Judge Review

For 5 days into voice acting this is well made. You've chosen an interesting contrast of the Derek gruff tough guy and Aaron the skeevy dude (who reminds me of Grima Wormtongue from LotR for general creep level). Aaron has a nice minion vibe to him, and the muffled background struggle during the sacrifice lends well to the theme.

To improve, at 1:15 where Derek seems to have a hand over his mouth. There doesn't seem to be a clear instigation of the struggle, as he goes from talking to muffled protest. Something like a sound of scuffling or a meaty sucker punch to instigate how a character I visualize as being a brodude gets bested by someone likely half his size.

Sent you a scout invite, welcome to NG. Good luck!

TheAngryCurlVoice responds:

Thank you for the review Peregrinus. I definitely wasn't ready audio engineering wise but I had to try anyways.

Yea, that makes sense. Tried to add in clothes ruffling but it wasn't very audible. It was actually the older cult guy that grabbed him but that makes sense.

Thank you again Peregrinus!
Edit: Also, I have no idea how to accept the scout invite lol. I don't know anything about it, or that whole situation.
Edit 2: Nevermind, I found it. Thanks again.

[PlanetDrewpiter - VAC13 Submission]

VAC13 Judge Review

You have an eerily good Papaw voice, which conveys a nice creepy vibe as a narrator for a Tales from the Crypt themed show. The Monologue by the man in the bed was a great way of showing your emotional ability and writing skill. I liked the overall format as a way of conveying multiple voice styles.

The music selection was fitting, but I found the creaking (rocking chair?) a little distracting at 0:40 where it became less of a background effect and overtook Papaw a little.

Great submission overall, good luck to you!

PlanetDrewpiter responds:

Hey! Thank you SO much for the listen! I guess Papaw just needs to grease up the 'ol rocker! :)

[Mecha Kitten Trooper X]

Lex, I'm pawsative that the first meowsynth line purrsuaded me to give this a full listen. This gave me a strange feline inside me. You've taken a nyaverage robot day and dropped a dose of heavy metal catitude. This track left me feline good about things, and I'm not one to be kitten around when it comes to this sort of thing.

LexRodent responds:

The nyamount of puns purred into this review it's catstounding !

[Persona 5 Royal Awakening Challenge - Ian Carroll]

Good range of emotion and range in this piece, well done on that!

I would ask that you nerf out the Persona 5 music in favour of something the creative commons. We can't host copyright audio on NG, even as background for voice demos. I saw your other demos have no BGM or stuff in CC/royalty free so those are fine. Cheers.

JoltIanVA responds:

Thank you, I'm glad you enjoyed it!

As for the music, I completely understand and will change it as soon as possible for something else. Thanks for the heads up so I'm aware of this rule for future uploads.

[Legally Tender - a soap opera of sorts]

I like that you went the extra mile to record a woman's voice, it added really well to the soap opera acting. You had six voices in here, which went beyond what was required for the contest guidelines. It's wonderful to hear, and it really helps with displaying your range. The voices fit the characters, and the music was spot on for corny soap opera mockery.

There was some good back-and-forth conversation, and some nice one liners. I liked how you had an interruption and annoyed pause, that sort of thing is harder to do well when you're voicing all the characters but I think you executed it nicely.

Sound quality wise, I've listened to this four times now and I haven't caught any major issues. The voices were clear and enunciated. Macho Man's "Oh Yeah"s didn't cause any peaking or crackling, so your setup seems solid. The "Whyyy" was a bit distorted, but it seems that was intentionally done.

Audacity is an underrated program for being free. You mentioned recording in it, do you do the editing in it as well?

Overall, great work. Oh Yeah!

Plasmarift responds:

Thank you for the review! Yes, I do the editing in Audacity as well (is there a better program I could use? I'm not too knowledgable on voice recording/editing software). I really do look forward to the next voice acting contest!

[CURIOUS? LISTEN TO THIS FIRST]

So what happens if I listened to this second? You can't force me to un-hear the previous upload dangit!

Looking forward to future episodes!

GroundsPatrol responds:

Peregrinus, I swear to God if you don't MIB-style memory flash yourself right now.

[Omega]

Sounds great! I've wondered and don't know if I've asked: are you playing the guitar and then bringing it into FL, or making it all manually? It's very smooth either way.

LexRodent responds:

Thanks. I usually compose this kind of tracks on guitar, then I make the drums, bass and synth parts from scratch on FL, and export them as separate audio tracks. I use the tracks to record the guitars on ACID, add the needed plugins, mix and master there.
If my computer wasn't a toaster I would probably record the guitars straight into FL.