LucidShadowDreamer's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[City Scape (Vocal)]

This is really cool! The production is impeccable. It's definitely a difficult task to mix in vocals with the rest of the track, especially if you're not used to it. You've done a great job with this, although more experienced producers do a better job. The singing seems slightly distant from the rest of the track somehow; I'm not entirely sure how though. You still pulled this off far better than I ever could :3
The music is very good in and of itself too :)
It definitely helps that Anja is a great singer! :D

EctiBot responds:

LUCID!! How I've missed ya XD. Welcome back from the army :).

Really glad you liked the track :D. Yea, I know that the vocal mixing isn't really of the highest order, but I've improved at least I hope that I've improved a bit from before XD. Gotten a couple of reviews mentioning that the vocals sounds a bit distant from the rest of the track. I think I'll try looking in to it :).
Thanks for the feedback ;).

[Tron: The Son of Flynn- Remake]

I really like this version of the piece; I can't really decide which is better, the original, or what you've created. They are so alike, yet so different o.O You picked your synths well, for sure. The peice really starts getting great at 1:24, imo. Gotta love those strings that enter at 1:56 too, along with the one at 2:08. Those really high notes are perfect! They don't bother the ears at all, as the volume is so well balanced.

The percussion is nice too.

Summary; I have nothing to complain about, exept for the fact that I personally might've tried fading in the strings at 1:56. It's nothing you notice if you simply listen to the piece, but if you're purposefully trying to listen to the strings, their entrance is perhaps just a tiny nod abrupt :p

Phonometrologist responds:

Yes I agree. The approach was for me to cover the original note by note, and then have my own take afterwards which is what you're talking about at 1:24.

Regarding one of the string parts, I get what you mean at 1:56 as well, but they never really stopped playing from when they start at 1:43. Thanks for pointing that out though as I wouldn't have heard it myself. Thanks for the review!

[Sleazy Gentleman]

I definitely like it! It's always great to go out of your comfort zone.
I really love your style, you create pretty unique stuff ;)

FinaLee responds:

Thanks, LSD! It was really fun making it.

[ごOh!]

It's a bit weird, but I like it :)

Oh-Sama responds:

Yes, I agree with you. I was following some tutorials this week and I realized most of my mistakes. I was doing my tracks without big interest in musical theory. Now I understand the use of the mixer and especially the parametric eq 2, my best tool to shape the sound waves :D
Thank you friend :)

[Losing A Draw]

Whoah, this is awesome o.O
The sfx sounds are used perfectly, and the music itself is incredible. I fell in love in an instant :O
Shame about the cut off in the ending.
You've earned yourself a new fan ;)

FinaLee responds:

Thanks a lot LSD! I promise my future stuff will include a better ending.

[Fifty Winks]

This really reminds me of old anime music. Like animes from the 80s. I guess that might be since New Wave music started coming up in the late 70s... Either way, that means you probably succeeded with capturing the genre ;)

Another piece you worked on a bit too late ey? Once again, I have a total understanding of your tags >:D

"too lazy for ending"

=> Still better than several of johnfns endings, am I right? ;)

LunacyEcho responds:

BRUH YOU GOT FRONTPAGED LIKE IN FRONT OF ERRRRRYONE
CONGRATS BRUH

=> animes =>

Newgrounds has far more anime fans than I would've expected. Anyways, not exactly what I was going for, but definitely a great compliment! Thanks!

=> tags =>

0 hours of sleep. Good enough.

=> johnfn =>

:) lel.

Thanks for the review! One day left and you can break your daily review streak.

[Evil Angst]

You certainly don't have the best quality instruments, but for using those you had, you sure did do a spendid job! I would know too, as I come from the land of metal ;)
Those drums especially were awesome. Even better than I'd expect; it really shows you're a drummer :p

The solo is nice too. If only you had great vst instruments...

LunacyEcho responds:

=> land of metal =>

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Finnish_heavy_metal_musical_groups

I can tell. :P

=> drums =>

Thanks! I tried doing the best I could with default instruments. I really hope what I lack in instrument quality I make up for in composition. :D

=> solo =>

I know the solo "guitar" (heavily modified synth, actually) sounds bad, but I'm actually pretty fond of it. Not quite sure why. :/

Thanks for listening!

[Advance 4U]

Lol, those four chords are possibly the most used chord progression there is. That means they are good chords though, so no need to worry ;)

The production value is pretty great, imo. You know what you're doing on this front. The transitions are smooth, and all the instruments work well together. You've got a nice formula going.

That said, I find this piece to be slightly too repetitive. It's not only because of the same chords being used all the way through, but beacuse the piano keeps playing them in the same way. I think you should've totally ditched the piano in some parts (you did it for a few seconds in some transitions, but that isn't enough). The reason I think this, is because even if the volume levels are perfectly balanced, the piano gets a bit overtaking. I actually lost myself in a trance where I was only focused on those same chord hits with the piano, and missed all the other cool stuff that was going on! At least change the way the piano plays the chords, if you want to keep it in; there's nothing wrong with making a piano heavy piece, but if you're going to do it, be sure to make the piano interesting.

Other than that, I don't really have much to complain about, exept for the lenght. Not every piece has to be long, but as LunacyEcho said, the end comes a bit abruply, right after your interest for the piece had just grown again. That's a splendid key change btw!
The transition into 2:30 was really cool too, so it would've been a perfect place to add in something entirely different and continue the piece.

The percussion is nice (better than mine, although pretty basic), the synths are amazing, and the melodies are pretty okay, some more than that.

I hope I was of some help :p
Good job dude ;)

kinggrinyov5 responds:

This information will come very handy in the future,
Thank you very much!

[Drowsy Blues]

"You know you're not obligated to review every single one of these, right? :D"

=> LIES! I see it clearly now... You're working for the ILLUMINATI!

Not much to say here. Cool bass line, poor vst guitar, pretty abrupt ending. AND AN AWESOME ORGAN XD Except for the quality of its sound.
I can understand that you're too tired for proper mixing though :p

Nice work ;)

P.S. For once I totally understand what you mean with your tags XD

LunacyEcho responds:

=> illuminati =>

Welp, that's my cover blown. Bye!

=> organ =>

I kind of liked the organ melody. It was stupidly repetitive, but it was still pretty groovy. I've always liked stuff in the blues scale; shame I didn't work more on this song.

=> tags =>

sleeeeeeeeeeeep

Thanks for listening!

[LL (Old) -Synthetic Plutocracy]

This is awesome!
You had me at the beat in the beginning already :p
Great instrumentation overall.

I personally liked the vocal styles.

Congratz on being featured on the frontpage today, you definitely deserve it ;)