Pingu's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[[TEASER] Ocurp Omnis]

Very interesting. I can't comment on how impactful the lyrics are, because well, I don't speak Hymmnos. It sounds lovely, and the beat is nice. It has a nice buildup in it, it would be lovely to hear the whole thing some time. If there's ever a music video with it, I picture fairies in a forest near a waterfall.

Troisnyx responds:

Funny you mention that, the cross-fade of CC2 Side Blue looked fairy-like and waterfall-like, but just with a stream of souls and things, a tree, loads of flowers and some butterflies. Side Red would be a more energetic parallel to it, I imagine.

[Ghosts]

Nice beat for a potential lyrical hip hop track. It isn't too in your face, so it won't override any potential vocal stem. It does need a slight adjustment to loop seamlessly, but that should be an easy fix if you wanted. Good work!

KnockVoltage responds:

Thanks!

[Corkscrew - Rigel (Orion EP)]

Lovely blend of piano with DnB. The pacing was fast and upbeat, bit it had a nice breather midway. I liked how it rebuilt back up to the same level instead of just shocking into it. As the final notes came, I found myself wanting more. Good work!

ItzCorkscrew responds:

Thank you very much <3

[Don't Know What to Call This]

I'd suggest "Time marches forward" for a title. The beat has a bit of a marching theme to it, it's upbeat. I can picture a character moving along a forest path towards a distant castle.

Roydley responds:

That's a good suggestion. I can totally feel that. All the songs that I made were supposed to have a cool adventurous feel to it.

[Desert Adventure]

Ask and you shall receive. Cut out maybe seven of the nine second trail off. This is more of a DnB than it is Ambient, so there's that. And finally the snares at the end seemed out of place, due to the "ambient" genre, and length of track.

All that aside, it's a good start to some good stuff. Take my words to heart or not, but keep on creating. Above all, create for yourself and self-improvement more than what us weirdos on here say.

StaminaNG responds:

Thanks, I changed the genre.

[You've Reached The End]

I like the mournful piano opening. It was interesting to hear the odd processor sound coming in on the right side of the balance, I don't think I've heard one in a while that seems to split the stems like that. Many people just do a back and forth, and I think this worked out well!

The simple introduction of the chiptune was nice, I found it helped ease into it. Chiptune doesn't generally come to mind when I think of ambient music, but they way you worked it in worked really well. Congrats on the frontpage, short as it was!

FateModified responds:

Hi, thank you for the review!

I've been experimenting lately with placing different instruments in different positions in the panorama in order to get a more interesting and clearer mix. I think maybe little by little I'm starting to get a better feel for how panning can improve my mixes.

When I started making the song, I didn't plan on the chiptune, but I stumbled upon the setting in Massive and found that it fit really well. It's funny because the way I make music is just by experimenting and trying different things until something sounds good to me.

Cheers! :D

[Hope for the Future]

Open source programs are great. Cakewalk by Bandlab is now free (down from $500) so maybe look into that, though I found it a computer process hog.

This is a nice ambient track, I didn't find it sounded abrupt. It had a nice soft open, muted ambiance throughout, and it didn't just cut off without a little trail at the end. Good work! I'd say keep doing what you're doing.

VortexSupernova responds:

Ahhh I tried Cakewalk, but -- Fucc... my happiness is completely disintegrated when I knew it is only for 64 bit. T___T I'm trying out a wide variety of DAW's and audioware including OpenMPT (tracker) and Finale demo & MuseScore (notations).

And also thank you, never knew even unscouted this did get noticed and got nice comments :)

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Nice tune, definitely fits into vaporwave. I'm not super fond of how it just cuts off at the end, something to make it trail out to the silence I think might be a bit better for the feel of it.

JuztZhero responds:

m u c h a p p r e c i a t e d

[Abstrackt Traum]

Nice build up to the drop! There's a nice variation in the track between going all in and giving a recovery space. Anime-sounding injects were an interesting touch. Good work.

charliux210123 responds:

Thanks for the feedback :)

[endK - Automaton Squad]

Very upbeat! I have to admit, as I watched the inspiration and read the description for it, I was really hoping for some kind of "acquired the floppy disk" sound. I know that would be out of place with the track, but the music went so well with the art that I briefly thought I was watching an animated short. Good work, good luck on AIM!

endKmusic responds:

It worked! :D
Thanks, glad you enjoyed it. :)