xxxZigZagxxx's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[~SW and EW~ Smoke]

0:06 That mic. Interesting voice.
0:20 Nice remix Skye
0:26 Not a huge fan of his voice, he seems to over-breathe, but it's pretty OK. And he says stuff like "tit you ever stop to think"... his d's are too pronounced
0:53 But your reversed guitars and all that jack are awesome.
1:00 Ooh those plucks
1:05 Yes. I love the claps and the way things just revolve around.
1:25 OK i liked his falsetto there. I want him to reach higher notes now.
1:36 OOh. ambient. I like.
1:42 Yes. that's nice. i like that part of his voice. reminds me of Rhye.

Hmm this is a very nice piece. I liked the moodiness of it. Reminds me of Rhye and it's really slow. But it also reminds me of Enya, and that's not always a good thing. Sorry if you're a fan of Enya.

Buuuuut you handle the reversed components and reverb and all that crapp really really well and I liked that part of it. Decent remix of a song, even if, as you said, you didn't have much experience mixing vocals. I suck at it too.

Favourited both of you tho. Keep it up kind of thing.

SkyeWint responds:

Remix?

I made the original piece, this is just adding vocals. :P

The overpronounced d's are probably a result of my adding high-end reverb.

This was definitely on the low end of his vocal range, from what I know. Up higher, it's really great. The 'claps' are just impulses of processed white noise, and the plucks are just basic oscillators under a volume gate.

I'm glad you like it! The reversed components and reverb are some things that I work hard on - sound design and mixing.

Hope we can get some more good music out for you in the near future. :)

[Cloud Powder (loop)]

0:00 Hmm. It's pretty loud!
0:09 The synths aren't mixed that well, but the composition's OK
0:17 Hmm... seems a bit crowded. And the bass is overwhelming.
0:33 Yeah I think you can do a bit by EQ'ing that will solve a lot of these problems.
0:00 loops well toh

Ok a nice loop, but it gets a bit annoying after a while, and you need to learn how to EQ the bass out of your synths to make it less annoying. Like, it has this really piercing vibe that's hard to shake. Other than that, it's a good stepping stone. Just needs work.

TinyLobsterFace responds:

Thanks for the feedback, though I don't know how 'bass' can be piercing.

[found]

0:00 OK
0:20 I'm not that experienced with Grunge, but this sounds cool. Reminds me of when people used to have bands in their Garage.
0:37 Pretty tight work with drums. Some is a little offbeat but that doesn't really matter when you've got a nice sound. Especially when you hvae the fills, it takes just a little while to come back just like an inexperienced drummer. But it reminds me of Meg White, and coincidentally Meg White is one of my favourite drummers coz she keeps it simple.
1:29 It's pretty nice. I like the 4-hit snare roll you do sometimes. Perhaps don't do it after every single beat, otherwise it might get a little old.
1:51 Yeah there we go, it's changing up.
2:05 OK let's see if it's staying like this for ages.
<skips about the song>
4:15 ooh i like this part. it's really solemn nice guitar playing, but it's so quiet you can almost not hear anything.
4:57 reminds me of oldfield or something. pretty nice.
<skips>
6:00 lol lots of extraneous sound. oh well.

Pretty nice demo. I liked it. I'm not experienced with grunge but it sounded good to my ears. Kind of like Nirvana meets White Stripes or something. Garage rock and Grunge or something.

Cool stuff.

sixshadowsix responds:

THANKS!

[It's Been A While]

0:04 OK, very bassy, but still melodic.
0:11 I like your sense of composition.
0:14 WOW that swoosh was way too loud
0:21 The drums could use a bit of energy. It's a bit too... boppy for my taste.
0:33 You've quite a lot of harsh frequencies making their way through... piercing ones. Maybe you can EQ them so they don't seem so piercing
0:54 OH GEE THAT SWISH way too loud
1:00 I do like your melodies though. Very fresh. I think you need better synths though.
1:10 That kick is a bit too... bassy and its release is too... short or something.
1:24 I like that synth. It's very short and nice and cuts through nicely without being brash.
1:35 that swish. man, your swishes are terrible.
1:43 Hmm... not too sure about that synth that stabs on every half a note. It's too... dominant. It doesn't flow.
2:06 OK the melody might be getting a bit old now... or is it the chord progression. Probably the chord progression. You can change it up for different parts of the song, you know.
2:28 Hmm. This is nice and calm ending.

Overall, a good song for where you're at. Maybe you need to work on flow, groove and other things, but right now I suspect you're learning so these things will come to you in time. Overall, very nice. Needs improvement, but nice.

SolarFloss responds:

Wow, okay thanks for everything! :D

[water+]

0:00 Nice loop. The mixing is a little funny. Not sure if those are real chords.
0:11 I can hear a little voice loop in there. Funny.
0:19 If anything this sounds like experimentation. I don't mind experimentation.
0:28 It's slightly hilarious.

It is repetitive, but kinda catchy. But it's just experimentation, and it gets really jarring after a while with the really off-putting chords and such. Needs a bit more to push it past average.

Cool!

Tarteviant responds:

Thanks for the feedback.. my ears can't really do everything by themselves lol appreciate it loads guys.
The mix is mind boggling. It sounds like some simple little loop but I have to compress this, reverb that, eq this, quiet that, just for it to even sound bland enough to not be a pain.

But yea this was an experiment,

yea..

[Traphouse4]

Interesting new style. I want you to keep trying stuff like this, even though the synth isn't that well mixed. The snare is nice though. Your kicks are a bit over-bassy and the snares clumsy, but your overall progression is tight.

ThaKidd responds:

I don't care for trap so I said fuck mastering haha

[Every day of Every week - Zieg]

I do like your flow quite a lot on this one. You've got a very cool voice for rappin and stuff ^_^

If you had a better mic it'd be even better. And you're good at lyrics too. The song's got a general theme of hustlin :)

ZigZag

SinZLazTWordZ responds:

Thanks ZigZag. I appreciate the review man. I dont think the problem is the microphone though. Its what the microphone picks up... its a fantastic microphone but I dont have a secluded closed off room to record in. Picks up other sounds sometimes. But I know what you mean man.
Thank you again for taking the time to review.

Ziegie

[Goodbye-[Cinematic]]

This song blesses me in so many different ways. The composition lifts my soul with grace. I feel weighted no longer by concerns of death, but by the promise of life. A weight is lifted off my shoulders. I feel lighter. The world surrounding me looks brighter. I stare into the distance, the grains of sand coarse between my toes, the sunlight beating down on my forehead, the wind blowing across the desert landscape. I can bend time. Life makes sense now in this universe. I am no longer encumbered by all that crap I used to think was important. I cut off my heels and ascend into the sky.

keepwalking responds:

I hope you notice what you just wrote there. Such deep words, man.