Chemiqals's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[1989]

Love the retro vibe. Gets me in the mood to play Far Cry: Blood Dragon and watch The Terminator!

AliceMako responds:

Glad you like.

[Bull Sentinel]

Excellent song! It sounds like an excellent boss theme from a great game. You really feel the tension and drama. Honestly I don't have anything negative to say. The instruments sound great and the mixing was well done. The only thing I might change is the ending. I'm personally not a fan of fade out endings like that but that's just my personal preference. It may work perfectly in the context it's intended for. Nice work!

Cell-Void responds:

Thank you very much for your kind words! It means a lot, especially coming from a talented musician like your self. Once again, thanks!

[Pillars of Valo]

Fantastical! Really makes me want to play Ni No Kuni or Nier!

DanJohansen responds:

I LOVE Nier, brilliant game with brilliant music, I dig Joe Hisaishi and the soundtrack he made for Ni No kuni, inspired me quite a bit!

[Tsumugu Kinagase English Voice]

Hey a fellow voice actor! First of all, you have a fantastic voice. The texture is unique and appealing. And your acting is certainly good. As for feedback, I'd suggest slowing down a little bit as your read your lines. You slurred a few of your words. Nothing too bad, just something to work on. Also, I'm not sure if you have a pop filter or not, but either way I'd suggest backing away from the mic a tiny bit or talking slightly to either side of it to reduce the slight amount of popping you have going on. Overall it's really good! Nice work!

OldManCricky responds:

Thanks a bunch! I'll make sure to pace myself with a new pop filter, hopefully this'll improve things further. Thank you again my fine fellow voice actor!

[Penumbra's Fate]

This is absolutely beautiful and haunting at the same time.

AshleyAlyse responds:

Thank you so much. :)

[-+[Scarborough Fair]+-]

Mmmmmmm.... that's nice. =]

LadyArsenic responds:

^__^ Glad you think so. Thanks for listening!

[Osaka Groove]

Probably one of my favorites from you so far! Love the groove! =)

jawalker213 responds:

Chemiqals thank you very much for your support and positive words. Look forward to your next one, as always!

[Dance of the Groovy Dragon]

I REALLY need to learn how to make drum patterns as awesome as yours! Love it, as always!

VideoGameManiac responds:

Thank you very much!
Just play around with those drums :D

[Taken Away]

Very cool overall! I have a few suggestions...

-I'd try adding some reverb or some compression to the string/pad that comes in at around 0:27. It sounds a little off because it's a little quiet but also because the piano has a great stereo effect going on making the pad feel small.

- The claps that start around 1:14 are fine at their volume. I don't think percussion needs to be at the forefront of every song personally. That said, I think some reverb would sound great with these claps.

- Finally, I'd really like to hear the Arp at around 2:53 be much more prominent. I think it sounds great and it's sad to hear it get washed out by all the other synths. I actually think it could be the main hook towards the end of the song if you get rid of some of the high end on the other instruments.

Just some personal suggestions! It's a very nice song overall! ^_^

Lethal-Input responds:

Ah yes, I don;t know why I didn't at least think about reverb for that. The only reason that was the way it was is because my friend wanted me to sidechain the violin, but the better sounding violin sound I used didn't sidechain well because of the attack on it. So I ended up using I worse sounding violin for that part. Thanks for all of your feedback!

[Approaching Destiny]

Regardless of what genre this may be, I love it! I'm not a fan of labels anyway! The melody is fantastic and so are the instrument choices. As for the soundgoodizer, I used it all the time when I first started out as well. It's a nice way to quickly make things sound more full. But as you learn more and get better with your tools, you'll find that it's much better to EQ and compress everything with more robust plugins. You'll have a lot more control over your sounds and you'll expand your options ten fold. If you're just using it for a few things because you just like the sound, there's nothing wrong with that! But I definitely recommend checking out as many EQ and general tutorials on youtube as you can if you haven't already! You can never know too much!

Lethal-Input responds:

Thanks Chemiqals! I'll definitely look in to finding better alternatives for mastering for my future tracks.