NekoMika's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Pokemon - Fuck*ng Aagron]

I found this to be downright hilarious! Possibly inspired by the "Bitches love Dragonite"? On a side note, used to love using Aggron in Ruby, Sapphire, and Emerald because that thing had an awesome attack power. Hilarious little vocal skit!

RicePirate responds:

I'm not familiar with it, it's actually based on an online fan-made poster. Glad you liked it :D

[Sanctuary]

Loved how this told such a dynamic story of trying to find safety despite all the dangers they kept encountering at each one that went to, it was almost always an adventure that they had to keep trying to survive and no matter what, never giving up either to find a place they could call home or sanctuary. And reading the description.... 49 instruments?! That's a lot of patience and I still have demo and usually just stop after trying to get a bass rhythm to go with the drum set up which seems to overpower the bass or synth for some reason.

The drums here have a nice little feeling to them and give that truly dynamic feel of never truly being alone and always having to hunt for a new place to stay. No matter what, something is likely there trying to get them. However a lack of drums at the end gives that feeling that they did find a place of peace and that they may finally be able to rest for once and stop having to look for a place they can rest in safety. Wonderful way to end it.

The harp reminded me a lot of Final Fantasy VIII when going to where the minotaur brothers were for some reason. The bass felt kind of like a bass guitar but it was a cello instead right? Very nice on the ears to listen to. Can just picture a whole orchestra actually playing the song actually.

The violins give that feeling of constant peace and strangely make me think of Kingdom Hearts credit music too, cool I suppose. The trombones, trumpets, and others of those sort make this song truly a joy to listen to and very nice on the ears as well.

Overall, lovely to hear how this one turned out, excellent work, looking forward to more!!

Step responds:

Wow man, thanks for the long review!

"Loved how this told such a dynamic story of trying to find safety despite all the dangers they kept encountering at each one that went to, it was almost always an adventure that they had to keep trying to survive and no matter what, never giving up either to find a place they could call home or sanctuary."

Haha yeah that's pretty much what I had in mind. Although the scene I initially had in my head was one person desperately searching for a sanctuary rather than a whole group, but whatever :P.

"And reading the description.... 49 instruments?! That's a lot of patience"

Well, my CPU had to certainly be patient with me. It was a pretty insane project file!

"and I still have demo and usually just stop after trying to get a bass rhythm to go with the drum set up which seems to overpower the bass or synth for some reason."

Haha, might just be because you've got "Fruity Limiter" set in your mixer's master track. Hit File > New from template and find "Blank Slate". From then on, use that setting and you won't get any overpowering or anything.

If you don't have Fruity Limiter on, then I can't help you with that I guess. It just takes a bit of practice!

"The drums here have a nice little feeling to them and give that truly dynamic feel of never truly being alone and always having to hunt for a new place to stay. No matter what, something is likely there trying to get them. However a lack of drums at the end gives that feeling that they did find a place of peace and that they may finally be able to rest for once and stop having to look for a place they can rest in safety. Wonderful way to end it."

That was entirely intentional so I'm happy you pointed it out. I wanted the song to end on a satisfying but soft note to indicate that at last the troubles are over. It was made to indicate that the protagonist finally found a sanctuary although one of the reviewers of this song got a bit creative and interpreted it as the protagonist dying and finding peace in the hands of death... which was a pretty cool interpretation, I thought :3.

"The harp reminded me a lot of Final Fantasy VIII when going to where the minotaur brothers were for some reason."

I'm not so big on Final Fantasy (only ever played the VII on the PSP) so I can't relate, but hey, you're comparing this to game soundtrack so I won't complain, haha.

"The bass felt kind of like a bass guitar but it was a cello instead right?"

Depends. At the very beginning there's a double bass playing which might be what you're comparing to a bass guitar, but at, say, 2:21, there's a cello playing. I find that strings are really amazing at giving bass and depth to orchestral songs, so in every orchestral song of mine you'll find that there's always a double bass/cello/both playing chords in the background.

"Very nice on the ears to listen to. Can just picture a whole orchestra actually playing the song actually."

Cool!

"The violins give that feeling of constant peace and strangely make me think of Kingdom Hearts credit music too, cool I suppose."

Haven't played Kingdom Hearts either. Yeah I'm not much of a gamer :P.

"The trombones, trumpets, and others of those sort make this song truly a joy to listen to and very nice on the ears as well."

That is quite good to hear because in general I'm not very satisfied with the brass my East/West Symphonic Orchestra Silver VST has to offer. Well I mean they're recorded professionally from real instruments so they're LEAGUES better than most other brass samples, and the French horns sound great, but the trombones and trumpets in the VST do sound a bit iffy, IMO. East/West Symphonic Orchestra makes up for that with amazing strings, however.

"Overall, lovely to hear how this one turned out, excellent work, looking forward to more!!"

D'aww thanks :3. Again, I greatly appreciate the detailed review!

[==(Buoyant)==]

Really enjoy how this has a soothingly calm beat to it. Sounds like something I would hear while relaxing for a day just walking around outside and enjoying how things are going. Excellent song, kind of reminds me of some older songs with the way it sounds. Very enjoyable.

The bass gives that smooth feel and sounds really low in key too giving a nice sound that does not overpower any of the other instruments for this track. The drums are nice and have that simple vibe to them giving a feeling of relaxation while hearing the beat. The synth sounds nice and I like the up feeling tune of it just making it feel like another good day to keep on going.

The guitar used here sounded pretty nice although in a way it feels a little lighter than it should but that might just be me. Sounds really nice though.

Overall, a very nice and relaxing song. Really enjoyed it!

[Album Preview: Intensity]

This is an excellent sounding preview and I enjoy it goes through a medley showing what all is on the track. The songs seem to have a rave and dance mix to them which makes this an excellent preview. Positive that the album will be well worth listening to for all the songs, how many tracks did you put on the album by the way? Excellent medley track showing the previews for each song there. Have fun with more in the future!!

[TIGER M - Honey Hive]

Sounds like a Hive mind kind of thing and the tune has a nice -_-_ kind of sound at the start with the bee buzzing effect I am hearing. Slowly and surely other sounds come into the song and make it all the better to enjoy as time goes on too. Once the buzzing stops the song gets really neat to hear.

The drums have a pretty nice beat to them, the shuffling and clapping seem to go well together for a beat. The piano in itself has a soft rhythm with a hard note from time to time which seems to be pretty awesome here for the song.

The guitar sounds like a live recorded one which is pretty cool. Sounds a bit like it has a computer chorus effect applied to it on the amp giving a cool sounding effect to it as if bringing the bees all together for the song. Guitar sounds really nice to listen to. The bass seems to be really soft here providing a light backing for the song which works rather well for this song.

The distortion effect I hear later in this song around the four minute mark is rather interesting since it gives a feel of distortion as if something was happening to the hive for a moment. A slight delay on the drum track actually turns out nice since it sounds much more alive when hearing it.

For the rest of the song the rides along smoothly and gives a feeling of the hive working together to gather honey and fend off creatures trying to take the honey from them.

Overall, interesting song to hear.

TigerM responds:

Thanks for taking the time to review m8! ^_^
Remain amazing and stay remarkably YOU! =3

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-3:25 AM (3/30/2012) [Eastern Standard Time, North-of-Equator]

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[CLAB - AxTekk vs FatBeats]

Really lovely background beat, sounds like a mix of rock and rap which is pretty cool. I see AxTekk just suddenly jumped right in and the random sounds make him rather interesting to listen to as well. FatBeats comes in but he has much stronger lyrical skills in this song which is most interesting to me too. Strong workings too and then when AxTekk comes back on it sounds like he is trying a little harder to get some words in. He does well when coming back in though. Layered vocal use is cool too anyways.

However, for overall victory, my vote goes to FatBeats for lyrical rhyming and great comebacks. Excellent background beat too, pretty awesome!

[CLAB - BSerious vs Scorch]

Hear the beat and I liked it quite a bit which was great. Scorchpoknee had some great rhymes but his voice kept making me think of a cyborg speaking strangely, maybe it was his speaker? Not too sure there. Then B Serious pretty much comes in wit ha very strong entrance and comeback to him. Then Scorch comes back in with some good comebacks and rhymes and very fast speaking too. But as for him, he sounds great but would recommend cleaning up how his microphone setup is unless that is how he sounds every time he raps.

For the winner of this round... B Serious.

[CLAB - Jakobe vs Klazik]

The backing beat gives a feel that these two are standing atop a stage with a DJ while they look at each other trying to keep going. Listening to Jakobe he has a great voice for doing this kind of a vocal battle. Sadly Klazik kind of sounds like he was being random and disorganized with what he said which didn't flow well with the beat and just sounded pretty bad sadly. Should work on rhyming skills and come back the next time.

As for who wins overall, Jakobe without a doubt. For KlazikNadi, I recommend doing some more practice and then trying again.

[CLAB - Obsideo vs Raven]

Hmm, I listen to them both and Obsideo comes very loud and clear and I like how his rhymes roll together like quick sand ensnaring you in and then keeping you in to listen. MC Raven kept me highly entertained though because his accent sounds pretty awesome, really well done too. MC Raven had some pretty lines too and then Obsideo would come right back and get right back to him.

Obsideo - Great lines, great comebacks, excellent
MC Raven - Excellent comebacks, pretty awesome.

Pretty tough for me but my vote goes to...... vote goes to MC Raven!

[CLAB - Flip P vs TehSlap]

I really like the background beat and pretty sweet to see that you can credit where you grab audio from now as well. While listening to them both. I enjoyed how they both went but sadly TehSlapHappy seemed to be sounding a little off leaving flippoint just kept on keeping the words going strongly. Perhaps better luck next time to TehSlapHappy, Flippoint seems to have won here in overall content and keeping on beat too.

Vote - FlipPoint, best of luck next time TehSlapHappy.