sylace2's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Our Future Seems Bleak]

Texture is gritty but the production is clean, whole thing sounds seamless. Sounds like hardware synths or you're good at making in the box stuff come to life. Any chance you'll give us a peek behind the curtain?

baryiscool responds:

It's actually just one of the free flstudio vsts,i make my own sound design though!!
ive been thinking about making quick video's explaining how i do things
but never really do them.. i should do em sometime though

[Enter The Ether]

why 444?

Flamadour responds:

Good question, it's meant to equal C at 528Hz which is one of the Solfeggio frequencies. Plus I like the slightly sharper sound.

[monsterpiece]

@ 1:30, I can't believe that is from '07...

maximusmonk responds:

LOL, I'm not sure what you mean by that. I forgot this track was still on here. My mixing/mastering skills back in 2007 weren't the greatest... I wonder how it would sound if I remixed it now.

[Cheesy Sitcom Music - Study 1]

The internet and movies have ruined me. All I can picture are horribly matched things, Jason running in slow-mo, an entire dinner table crashing to the floor, a dog eating a school project, I've been doing this for 3:30 now... Great song!

ItsBurner responds:

Thank you for the short story xD

[One Cool Cat]

I was a little scared by the waveform, but you've got that distortion domesticated. You've got the whole ensemble falling in line on this one, wild instruments eating out of your hand. Is Maximusmonk a reference to the FL plugin?

maximusmonk responds:

Thanks. I appreciate the descriptive review. Maximusmonk is NOT a reference to the plugin. It's a silly name I came up with many ages ago when I started tinkering with midi software and had no clue what I was doing. I think I'd recently watched Gladiator (hence the Maximus), and I liked the alliteration with Monk, which reflected my theological interests and my affinity for Gregorian Chant. When I got back into music mixing and got serious about it, I decided to resurrect the old name, even though it's probably kinda dumb. :)

[New Way Of Life]

Drums sound a little dry but I am loving the tones and textures. Reminds me of the snow biome in Terraria. Nice work, sounds like you know what you're doing.

boza44 responds:

Agree need to work on bringing out the drums somehow. Thanks!

[Black Mirror Reflection]

Dry but good. Almost too busy after 1:35, but I'd say any song you can listen to all the way through is pretty good. Gotta love those nostalgic vibes.

NoStereo responds:

Thanks for checking out one of my oldies! I'm glad you liked it :)

[discovering pitch automations XD]

Is that Autogun/Ogun? Sounds familiar. You're starting to see how little differences go a long way. Try EVERYTHING once. Delay on a kick drum... Reverb on the master... If people say not to do it, do it once and see why you shouldn't. I'm not a big fan of the 1-2..3-4--- pattern, the one at 3:00 but I like the main pattern, at 2:15, 4:00. Changing up the bass a a few times would be a good variable. I found the lead suprisingly easy to listen to. Don't forget to take breaks cause your ears get tired and tell you to do weird shit.

CattyxExtras responds:

that are my old songs XD