Pingu's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Haunted Dance Party]

Considering the title, I wasn't expecting such an upbeat track. Good beats and tempo throughout. Around the 0:34 mark has a Sim City feel to it, but I can definitely see the ghost party side as well. Good work!

[The New Road]

I like the buildup at the 0:15 mark. Good mix of piano and synth notes to keep it interesting all the way through. Not much of a fade out, but you did a good job of removing enough elements to know the song was coming to a close. Good work!

[Warm Up]

This has a nice vibe to it. If I was to draw a comparison, I find some inspiration in the music of Boards of Canada. Good unifying beat with some nice ambient/experimental flavours. Good work!

[Somebody just told me]

Good use of shifting the balance to left/right output, it comes across fairly well on headphones but has the side effect of lowering the volume in the off-shifted side. You've done well at keeping a good base line while also adding or taking away various elements to keep it varied but also tied together. Good work, keep it up!

Alyctro responds:

Your response is appreciated! I think i know what you mean.

[The Electric House]

Pretty good for a first submission! You seem to be getting a good handle on FL Studio, which will hopefully lead to more audio submissions. Do check out the rest of the site as well, NG has a lot to offer.

I'm curious what the seven seconds gap from 2:17-2:24 is about? I've seen them before where they have a very low-intensity something to keep the track linked together instead of silence.

EyeBricksStudios responds:

I agree that was a bit of a random gap. I didn't realise until now that I didn't have any Tape Delay on the sounds(echos) which made an awkward silence. The thing that was the most difficult was the mixing. Every now and then when all tracks were playing, they kept drowning out others.

[Quasar]

Starts out by diving you right into the deep end, which can be good if you like the ear-shock of your 7.1 headphones at max volume. That's on me, though I'd be curious to see some of the buildup of the 0:55 mark on the front end to allow a few seconds of adjustment leeway since there's already an 8 second lead out at the end.

Nice buildup to the 1:49 mark, and I can definitely hear where you got the title from, as it does have an interstellar feel to it.

Good beats all the way through, with some well placed changes in tempo to keep it from being repetitive.

Found on NG Radio. Nice work, faved.

DJ-Doty responds:

Thank you so much Peregrinus! I'm really glad you liked it. Also, thanks for your input! I hadn't noticed 0:55 it until you mentioned it, I'll look into it. :)
ty for the fav! Have a nice day! :D

[The Gift of Grace]

Nice track, it came up in the NG Radio feed.

I know I've heard strings in a trance song before, but I don't think I've ever heard piano in one, and I love how well the two go together. The transition to and from the piano solo was nice, and led to a great buildup back into the trance portion.

The strings were a great way to intro/outro the track, it helped avoid feeling jarred with a sudden start/stop.

I'll check out your other work, this one's gone into my faves!

[Crying Soul (Scratch RMX)]

I like it

I like hearing a good new take on a good song. Dance isn't a category I dip into often, but when I hear submissions like this, it makes me want to hear more.

It's good that you added you own twist by replacing the "Die bitch" with your own opener.

I gave this a 5 and a download (damn you! Now I have a "Dance" section to my library!)

nal1200 responds:

It's like a dance virus!

[-=z3=-Cold]

Nice

A very smooth song. I don't really know how to describe my feelings towards this song; it's a good track, and it invokes certain images in my mind. I can't really describe them, but whatever.

You have the potential to be a great artist with works like this. I hope to check back in the future and see more tunes like this from you.

5, and a download :)

Zn3tz responds:

Thanx man! Now that you want more I just have to speed up my work :)
thanx again

[Psybot - Heaven cries 2008]

Very Nice

Very nice work. Smooth transitions, clear sound, good catchy beat.

I'll be sure to check out you other submissions. :)