xxxZigZagxxx's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[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.

[Dog Eat Dog]

0:05 Oh wow this is fantastic. Those drums slap so well!
0:13 It's dirty. It actually reminds me a bit of Kanye's "Gorgeous" beat in its composition.
0:29 WOW THAT IS FANTASTIC
this is one of the best beats i've heard from you. it's fantastic.
0:43 Very well produced. I can picture someone rapping over this definitely.
0:50 WOW LOVE THIS. it gets even better. this is amazing
truly one of the best beats you've ever made
1:05 Please someone rap over this well. It'd make my day.
1:15 This could even be a great rock song, like a kind of Arctic Monkeys "Suck It and See" type composition. Apologies if you hate that album... it's a guilty pleasure of mine :)

Love it. Love love love it. It's fantastic. One of my favourite beats of yours, ever. putting it in my favourite bank ^_^

ZigZag

phosphorusprocedure responds:

Lol, this was before I realized I could plug my guitar directly into the computer, without that weird electrical noise thing going on. I don't know what to use my amp for. I tried incorporating my amp in my setup yesterday, and it didn't sound different at all.

I think I took boring 808 drums from some sample pack, and cranked FerricTDS on them, and that's how they sound. EZ, haha

My friend was bugging me to listen to arctic monkeys. I'll def put it in the list.

Thanks for digging the track, man!

[My 4-Track Came in the Mail]

0:13 This is cute and bouncy. Like it. As you said, it's pretty hissy. I wonder if you can use a Fruity Limiter to reduce the noise using a gate? Either way, it's groovy and neat.

Love it. ^_^

phosphorusprocedure responds:

If I used my preamp while recording this, the hiss would've have been a problem, but at the time this was recorded, I didn't have it.

Oh well. I could use a gate, but I'd have to rerecord each of the 4 tracks individually and re-combine them, and I just recently discovered that the tape machine has audio sync drift, so different tracks slowly drift out of tempo. That was surprising, lol.

Thanks for the review, man!

[Jelly and Jam]

0:06 The groove is real.
0:10 I can hear a bit of distortion. Is that just me? If it's there, it could be removed a little?
0:23 I like the phaser's rhythm. Is it gross beat? Either way it's cool
0:35 OOH this is a sweet spot.
0:39 Love the progression of this beat.
0:44 A bit messy just prior to this timestamp
0:54 I love the riff.
1:02 Sounds exactly like Jelly and Jam :)
1:09 OOH this is so cut. LOVE IT
1:16 yesssss those chords

Love this beat. So good. I'm not sure if the distortion is merely on my end but either way, the composition was great. love it.

phosphorusprocedure responds:

Yeah, it's distortion. I had the guitar coming in a little too hot into my 4-track. I guess at the time I thought it sounded cool and payed no mind, but now that I'm listening to it, I guess it's a bit much.

Yeah, that chord thing is gross beat. I used to use fruity love philter for all my tempo-based gates but gross beat works way better for what I want.

Thanks for digging the track, man! (lots of reviews, holy cow -- i'll get to them as soon as I can. Thanks, zigzag)

[Uno]

0:11 I like the progression here. Very nice. Those strums are in the background
0:20 I love the lo-fi feel
0:25 OOOOH the progression. Cuttttt
0:32 So neat.
0:37 gotta love
0:40 Ah it gets better.

This one's brilliant. Needs to be made into a beat. Simply brilliant.

ZigZag

phosphorusprocedure responds:

Chord progression is Cm7 Am7 Cmaj7 Amaj7
I thought it was cool because a) the C A thing repeats, but
b) in the middle of that pattern, the key changes. Am7 and Cmaj7 fit into C, but Cm7 and Amaj7 fit into... some other weird key I guess? Mentally I'm thinking C A C A, but it's really like ? C C ?.

The guitars had fruity phaser on the subtle preset on there, which made it sound pretty cool.

[-GM-Phos- Reach]

1:16 Hot beat. Sick beat. Utilizes sample well.
1:23 I can't see much wrong with this. Mixed extremely well. You've got a new fan. FAVOURITED
1:40 I wanna see someone rap over this. This is very solid.
1:48 I wanna be able to make my snare pop like dat.
1:54 OOH filter time
1:58 Yes. Boom baps.
2:03 Gat solo. woot.
2:08 yeah boiiiiiiii. strings would be awesome to layer.
2:15 ooh that stuttering of the beat. supah hot fire.

This is great. Love the beat. FAVOURITED you as an artist. looking forward to what you have to offer in future.

Cheers!
ZigZag

B-RadGfromOV responds:

Thanks very much :)

[doodooberries]

0:03 OOh yes i like that riff a lot.
0:08 OH yes. I love the progression. Yes.
0:16 The delay on that lead is too good. More of that
0:26 AHHHHHHHHHHHHH yes please
0:30 This is fantastic. Where did you get those samples from? They're so good? Are they you?
0:42 Is that G-Snap i hear? It's fantastic sounding no matter what
0:51 YES love it. love it to bits.
0:57 love this progression..........
1:03 i just want more. and the below reviewer is right. it'd make a great beat
1:15 love these vocals

I love what you did with this, especially the vocals. They're so fantastic. I'd remix this if I felt I could make something out of it. I might try... maybe... either way, it's fantastic. Love it! :)

ZigZag

phosphorusprocedure responds:

I think the higher vocals are FL Pitcher and the lower one is GSnap. I tried improvising 3 or 4 vocal parts, but it went kinda out of tune, so I pitch-corrected them. Pitcher works better, but it taps out if the input is too low in pitch. Gsnap sounds kinda sketchy, but it has a wider range in which it operates.

Delay on the guitar was a new thing. It sounded pretty good.

Thanks for digging it!