xxxZigZagxxx's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[TbT: Puzzle]

0:00 I like this synth and how it reverberates
0:10 OH WOW i love this piano line
0:17 HAHA it sounds like Ghost busters... please don't make it too similar!!!!
0:29 I like the little chords here... sounds a bit Sylenthy, though
0:38 Really good chords
0:42 OOOH i like those bells
0:49 This is extremely feelsy-sounding. i like it.
1:02 oooooh i love the flute coming in
1:10 everything is so synergistic. and progressive. so brilliant. THOSE SYNTHETIC VOCALS. i am favouriting you and the song
1:10-57 my favourite part with the synthetic choir..... so brilliant
(what is the choir vst by the way lol)

love it! so good. 5/5 i was blown away. favourited you and song.

Regards
Zig Zag

[Gojou's Theme]

Wow. The melodies in this are fantastic. You're right in saying this is Mega Man-inspired. It is beautiful and every little bit has its purpose.
0:22 This part is fantastic! Well-done. So brilliant.
0:31 Wow! Those stabs. I love it. So good.
0:43 I love your composition. Don't know what much else to say, this is brilliant on all accounts. From the drums down to the riffs and bass lines, every thing is so well-thought-out and cohesive.
1:13 The synths here and how they bend are so ecstatic. I'm FAVOURITING you and this track.
1:34 those stabs kill me. so good.
SKIP to 2:26 much of it is the same but it is still fantastic. love it.

This was an extremely well composed song and i love how cohesive it all was. Synths well-chosen, drums were consistent, and the stabs killed me. loved it <3 favourited both for artist and song

ZigZag

Sodapiggy responds:

Thanks so much for your support! I'll be posting some new music soon, so stay tuned!

[Power Loop]

The snares are a bit much, and the kicks aren't mixed very well, but at least it's a kind of start. It's got some kind of fullness. Even though I've heard that guitar sample so many times. Good start to learning FL.

Axolotl responds:

Yeah, there's a lot wrong with it, but it was a good learning experiment. Creating a short melody and doing percussion and whatnot was difficult for me since I had never really used it before. I have *no* idea how to mix stuff or master it correctly in the program, and I'm still barely able to use it, haha. I need to sit down and really learn the ins and outs of it someday.

But thanks for the review! Appreciate it!

[Ominous Factory]

0:00 This bass arp. It's kind of overwhelming.
0:16 ok i'd like something to come in here it's getting a bit tedious
0:25 the drums are really weird, not sure if i like them, they are a bit tedious
0:38 i am waiting for something interesting to happen
0:48 ok so the hi-hats come in
0:55 there needs to be a bit of interest in this song
1:00 ok the repeated loops here are a bit more interesting and experimental i like it
1:13 i like this riff right here
1:19 the randomness is killing me a bit though, in a bad way
1:30 the hi hats seem a bit random and i'd like there to be a bit of logic in the way this is set out, or at least i would like to sense some as the listener
1:50 it's getting a bit repetitious
1:55 i like this version of the beat where you repeat the same phrase without snare, i think it is
2:10 and the riffs where this mostly high notes
because the low notes aren't very well mixed
2:20 ok now we're hearing a bit of variation

still this is a very repetitious piece that could do with a little difference. needs something more, in my opinion, to flesh it out.

zigzag

Evy-Devy responds:

This was one of my first soundtracks I did a LONG time ago like I wrote in the description. I do wish it wasn't repeative but that's because I was using the demo version of FL Studio and had to do the song in like 1-3 days. So my old songs are repetitous because of that and inexperience. Though I hope to redo them in the future or use the notes from them for new songs. I did put a lot of interest in the song and some people really liked it.

[Factory]

0:08 Wow that drum loop...
0:14 The bass loop seems a bit random. not sure if i like it.
0:22 it drives along interestingly, though
0:28 i don't like the open hi-hat it's too piercing and random in the mix
0:37 you got unnecessary distortion here
0:45 but a lot of very good melodic components
0:52 i wish the drums would stand out more, and the kick drum weren't so muddy
1:01 interesting progression. at least there's some kind of grime to the beat here
1:11 the randomness of the riff is not very appealing
1:17 ok sometimes it hits, and it feels good
1:23 other times, it doesn't... i like the slow strings here
1:30 the plucks would be nice if they didn't distort terribly

Overall it's quite a static piece and it does have that factory flavour, however i would've like a little bit less distortion and less muddy mixing on the kick drum. it does have a nice progression, but certain points feel largely underwhelming. a bit of improvement could be made on this.

zigzag

[hip beat yo]

Dense. Nicely done. I like the bass. Good loop. Groovy. Hip hoppy. Toms on lock.

Hehe, nice one Father-of-Death

Father-of-Death responds:

yeeeeee thanks maaaaaaaaan

:)))))))))))))))))))))

[Afraid of the Dark]

0:15 Fantastic manipulation of that voice synth.
0:30 That panning is great.
0:45 "Are you?" I think it saying. I think I prefer
0:55 "Maybe you can turn on the light, can you?"
1:05 Wow. That vocal manipulation... so good. I gotta get on these vocaloids.
1:15 Powerful. Love it. It's really good.
1:45 The way that vocal goes downward... so pristine. ^_^
2:00 The earlier reviewer is right, that I don't understand all the words, but I don't understand why that would be such a huge issue when the tone of the voice is so good.
2:25 All of a sudden the electric gats get messy, but in a great cacophonous way.

Fabulous. Loved it from start to finish. Cacophonous but yet also you've got the pristine synthed vocals coming through. Bravo. <3 You've got a new fan.

<3 from ZigZag
~This has been a review 4 review~

unidentified0110 responds:

thank you so much :D cant wait to check ur music out!

[Pace Away]

0:00 I like the piano. A little bit clipped, but the playing itself is beautiful.
0:17 Oh wow. I love this vocaloid tune. So beautiful. I think I might need to download "AlterEgo" right away, then. (In fact, I might steal your rig there for a couple songs, lol.)
1:00 Sounds wonderfully analogue. I'm in tears. Love. <3
1:15 I love this drop. Exceptional. You're favourited, and so is this song. :)
1:27 I really gotta get vocaloids for my songs.
1:35 Wow, love that little addition of the hi hat, or shaker.
1:45 Very full, especially with the electric gat in the background. I want to know how to replicate this sound. It's so beautiful!
2:05 Grooving along. Love it <3
2:15 Ooh! Fantastic vocal riff in there.
2:30 Key change. Transcendent. *kisses air*
2:50 The synthetic combined with the manmade - it's evocative. This is like a robot that passed the Turing Test.
3:23 Sweet ending.

As you can tell, I loved it, and I want to know how to produce in this style. It's so pleasing to the ear! I'm going to try out AlterEgo now... even though I get the feeling that some of the reason why it sounds good, is because you know how to use it well. ;)

Love it!

unidentified0110 responds:

wow this is the most detailed review i have ever got! (*´∀｀) thanks so much! regarding AlterEgo, you might have hard time setting it up for the first time, you will get a few delayed notes, unclear voices, well what do you expect from a freeware programme? haha but this is the second time i use alterego and figured out to zoom in the piano roll and drag the delayed note a few millisecs earlier~ so that is it. (*´∀｀) i hope you are having a fun time with alterego just like me too!

if you have any problem regarding alterego setting you can always ask me

[RIP Rand]

That solo is the best thing ever, elevated this hugely. love it.... much love, phospho

phosphorusprocedure responds:

Thanks, man. That's my Cock Fight pedal with the bias control cranked all the way down. Dying battery effect. Sounds really cool.

[Nah nah nah nahhhh]

0:00 Nice. I like the static. And the background vocals.
0:09 Quaint time signature. Neat guitar plucks.
0:20 OOOh a sweet spot. i like that part.
0:26 a little bit of finnicky playing there
0:31 this is sweet. you're a big fan of the beatboxing background aren't you?

Quaint. Sounds nice and smooth and subtle.

phosphorusprocedure responds:

I was using my laptop mic instead of my usual mic, it's got way more noise.

Time signature was 4/4, like almost everything I do. Maybe I was accenting some notes in an odd way.

The riffs were mostly improvised. Sometimes I can't decide between 2 notes I want to hit, and I guess that's where I hesitate. Or get wonky. One of those.

Always gotta get the beatboxing in there, man! Haha.

Thanks for the review, man.