BrokenDeck's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Impromptu - Spring]

I absolutely loved this song. The delicate piano melody was the thing I enjoyed most however, and I think you should compose more piano songs. Keep up the great work!

BlazingDragon responds:

Thanks BD! (Speaking of which, it kind of bothers me that our user names share the same initials... >.<)

Piano songs definitely come easiest to me, so I'll upload more in the future.

[Nice to Meet You Here]

I loved the intro and melody! The overall feel was awesome, and the composition was strong.
However, I wasn't found of the production quality itself, and the sample usage was weak.

CheckeredZebra responds:

Thank you for the review. =)! I'm glad you liked the ideas that I had. And yes, sadly mixing is my obvious Achilles heel. :( Although, could you go more into depth about sample usage? I'm not sure what you mean with that.

[Sinking Island]

There's a clash of leading synths at the beginning that the additional drums just further help distract the listener.
However I like the song better once it's past the intro. The mixing is a bit off however, and the song stops unexpectedly.

OpenLight responds:

I got a lot of reviews from last round that told me to do things that are getting scrutinized this round ha. But I agree about the intro. The intro sounded a lot different before I uploaded it here and I'm not sure why. I'm looking into the possibility that my file didn't save under the same name or I used an old file when submitting this track, but either way I agree that the intro could use some tweaks.

As for the unexpected ending, I did that for impact since I don't like having all of my songs drop out or fade out. But, since you brought up the ending, I'll take that as it doing what it was meant to do haha. Though it is all preference when it comes to this and other aspects of my piece, and I knew before I submitted this track that it wouldn't necessarily fit in with the dubstep-heavy audio traditionally all over Newgrounds.com.

As long as my track was original in some aspect, I feel happy with the piece.

Thank you for your concise review! I appreciate it.

[Descent (MSB)]

I love your usage of vox in this song, and your production values are top notch. I dont have anything to nitpick about this actually. I really like it.
However, the lead synth was a tad too present.

GrantBowtie responds:

Haha well my excuse is that I threw this together in the last minute for the contest. But I'm glad you like

[Children's Overture]

I really loved this piece. It reminded me of an opening title sequence for a animated cartoon.
However, the ending was odd and the snare needs to be more lively. Otherwise, I loved the melody
presented in this song.

BlazingDragon responds:

As I've mentioned in other responses, the ending was forced in ten minutes due to running out of time. I'll try to start earlier this round! >_<

Thank you for the review! I'm glad you enjoyed the piece. :)

[timeslip]

I loved your usage of saxophone in this piece, something I hear rarely in NG contests. This gave me a overwhelming relaxed and chill attitude, and I can see myself listening to this while sitting in the den. Don't fret too much about the drums cause they sort of have a "in the background feeling" to them. Like the night is winding down in a jazz / blues club, and you're one of only 2 or 3 patrons left, and the band is playing it's last song before the places closes up for the night.

acmeDyne responds:

Thank you for the good review!

[What's Ahead (NGADM 1)]

For some reason I scored this a 2.5 during the judging process. I thought composition was decent, but production wasn't nearly as good as your audition song. Also, the entire song doesn't seem to have much in terms of dynamic range, in that the entire song sounds like it's at the same emotional pitch.

CheckeredZebra responds:

Thank you for the review! This song actually took much more time than my audition song, even though (based on other judges' reviews) that one was more liked. (Audition song took approximately 3 days to make in total, while this one took a week + a few days of tweaking.) Interesting how it all works out.
I was worried about the song coming off as too much of the same thing. Seems I halfway messed up at that despite efforts to the contrary (without resorting to sudden calm spots, which I wanted to avoid because it went against what I was aiming for).

I definitely agree in terms of dynamic range, and I'll look into getting education in mixing/technology. The actual software is becoming pretty hard to pick up, although I'm working on picking more unique instrumentation to break up some of my weak points. Sorry this song did not impress you, but the feedback I've gotten so far will help me longer down the road. =)

[Isis]

I can see this being used in a discovery / exploration scene in a film o flash. It's lack of melody is it's shortcoming, but also leaves room for many different angles of interpretation.

BenTibbetts responds:

OK, thank you for your analysis.

[King Bosa]

It thought this song had a sufficient melodic variance to it, like following different parts of an adventure story. I get the feeling that this was what you were going for. Samples were decent, but I feel that what you lack in sample quality, you make up for in compositional skill. Great job!

samulis responds:

Everyone always says my EWQL samples are decent. Must just be my mixing and selection. >_<

Glad you liked it, thanks man. :)

[Clicky]

I thought this song sounded unfinished. I feel that the clicks don't really fit in what might otherwise be a pretty chill and relaxing electro/ambient track.

TheBenjerman responds:

Hey man, thanks for the review. I was going for sort of a hybrid, but it's nice to know if people think it works or not. Cheers! :)