NekoMika's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Dead Inside(A clipping song)]

Excellent metal track

Actually sounds really nice and I like how it sounds too. The vocals and the filter on them reminds me of King Crimson a bit too. Really nice short song and it is just completely great sounding. How long did this one take to write and create?

The guitar sounds great and I love the heavy crunchy sound it has to it. The bass is nice and I love the smooth rhythm to it. The drums are also nice and have a solid easy beat to them. Great vocals and lyrics too, excellent metal track!

Overall, great song!! \m/

Bad-Man-Incorporated responds:

Thanks man. Glad you dug it. haha...it took me 1 hour. From scratch. lol. Inspiration is a good thing. haha. Especially when I'm not being finicky about the clipping instruments. I recorded them all clipping, but adjusted the volumes on the mixdown.

Thanks man, glad you dig it!!!

[Now you're a hero]

Wonderful song

This song tells the tale of a mockery to most platformers but at the same time the song makes you feel so happy for helping save everyone in that game. The tune here is great and I love how upbeat and happy it makes someone feel when they hear it after beating a game. Love how the lyrics suggest you should try playing again. Wonderful song!!

The guitar sounds great and I love how simple it feels. The bass rhythm is simple and sounds like it would be fun to play on bass. The drums are simple as well and have a well balanced rhythm. The vocals and lyrics are the best part too, excellently fun sounding piece. The aquatic feeling synth at the start gives that moment of happiness.

Overall, great song, beat that boss, burnt that rope and saved them all. Wonderful tune.

Reachground responds:

You have a talent of words my friend. Thanks for the kind comment!

[Bruce Willis Overture]

Dub wub wub yea!!

Tune sounds pretty bouncy and really cheery at the same time. Sounds like it could be the start up to some kind of epic boss battle too as it progresses and keeps on playing. Really nice sounding beat, great work on this.

The piano sounds calm and pretty wonderful here. The synth has a nice light rhythm here as it comes in and out of the song at different times to keep things interesting. Drums seem to have a most wonderful rhythm and it sounds like you had layered snare hits which was pretty neat. The dub sounds were great and it sounds like when it goes to full blown dubstep that it would make an excellent boss battle piece.

Overall, this is a pretty great song, nice dub sounds.

ThunderHorseL responds:

Thanks for the review, friend!

[-A New Leaf-]

So wonderful and refreshing

This kind of makes me think of watching a film where you watch the person cry for a moment as their last problem falls away and they look to the sky wondering if they can start it all over again and just be happy for once in their life hoping everything will be alright. Very beautiful composition.

The piano carried a nice melody and I liked how they almost sounded like there was a slight echo effect there for a moment giving that charismatic feel of knowing everything will be alright as you walk on and begin to leave the city and just enjoy the afternoon in the fields as some rain begins to fall.

The drums here sounded like there was a lot of enthusiasm and energy put into them too like the person playing was overjoyed to see it was all over. The drum beat was great. What drum sounds did you use here? The bass also carries a nice rhythm and sounds quite calming. The guitar is great and sounds like it was being played live.

Overall, this was a great tune. Has a very happy uplifting feel to it.

Step responds:

Hey man, thanks for the feedback. I haven't received any reviews in a while so I appreciate it!

"This kind of makes me think of watching a film where you watch the person cry for a moment as their last problem falls away and they look to the sky wondering if they can start it all over again and just be happy for once in their life hoping everything will be alright. Very beautiful composition."

You know that's an excellent observation because now that I think of it, that is exactly what this sounds like, haha.

"The piano carried a nice melody and I liked how they almost sounded like there was a slight echo effect there for a moment giving that charismatic feel of knowing everything will be alright as you walk on and begin to leave the city and just enjoy the afternoon in the fields as some rain begins to fall."

Yeah I'm quite fond of the piano here. It's actually the first thing which sparked the inspiration for this song, because in fact I got the melody by doodling on the piano.

"The drums here sounded like there was a lot of enthusiasm and energy put into them too like the person playing was overjoyed to see it was all over. The drum beat was great. What drum sounds did you use here?"

The drum sounds are random drum samples. They sound good because I spent ages fiddling with their sound frequencies and reverb :P.

"The bass also carries a nice rhythm and sounds quite calming."

Glad you like it! That sound is actually a free soundfont. It doesn't sound very good so again I had to mix it right to make it sound decent along with the rest of the instruments.

"The guitar is great and sounds like it was being played live."

Well the VST I used has guitar samples which are recorded from real guitars so yeah.

"Overall, this was a great tune. Has a very happy uplifting feel to it."

Thanks for the feedback!

[Under the Stars]

So calm and serene

This piece feels rather calm and almost as if you were exploring a dark past of yours and seeing how you went from having a best friend to feeling like everything is working against you. You wield your customized swords looking toward the night sky as you feel a rain drop on your cheek and wonder where things took such a dramatic turn for you. You look forward and hope that maybe you'll have a friend again who cares but until then you aim to keep the city safe. Wonderful tune. I like it.

The guitar sounds really clean and I like how it gives me a feel as if I might be playing Silent Hill and just looking for a way to survive in that world where nightmares suddenly become a very real reality for you. The violin makes you feel calmed and as if for a moment maybe you can relax before going back to helping the city.

The beeping up and down synth has a nice touch as it gives that feel of you just roaming at night and feeling happy even though you are alone. The piano is beautiful and I love how it sounds. The drums are calming and I notice a smooth rhythm as it keeps the song going and feeling happy at the same time.

Overall, this is a beautiful ambient piece. I like it!!

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ChineseCommando responds:

Thanks for your review!

[KKS - Parkour Jam]

A boss maybe?

Sounds a lot like the start up for a boss battle actually where you were warped to a separate dimension to do battle with it against your party. Still pretty interesting though since it seems to have that dark and yet ever so quick feel to it like if you were to blink the battle could be over for you. Very nicely done and quick paced drum and bass song.

The drums sound nice and I liked the slight echo effect they seemed to have from time to time. The violins give that classical bit of hope to the song as the battle wages on. The bass here was really wet feeling and almost felt a tiny bit like dubstep too interestingly. Liked around 2:16 where the drums sounded a tiny bit like one of the instruments was underwater.

Then it picks back up into a darker yet more calm part. Kind of reminds me of Armored Core which was also a pretty fun game. Nicely done beat.

Overall, nicely done drum and bass piece, sounds great!

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KKSlider60 responds:

Thank you! :D
Most of my tracks are very videogame-sounding, especially my more action-packed ones. I think any track could be used in a videogame as long as the whole is enough interesting.
Thank you for your interpretation and review ^^
KKS

[Twilight on Blackwolf Mount]

And forth they went

This does sound like something you would hear while exploring a mountain cave and trying to find the person who is rumored to live there. You find them yet they ask you to leave and explain they live there for they were strong and quick in defeating their rivals when they were assassin and have retired yet feel that cave is the only place they will ever get peace from kings and queens asking for him to help. Really smooth and classical tune.

I like the slight whistle like sound I hear that is mostly a flute sounding instrument. The vocals are nice and give a feel of having found something most wonderful and calming. The wind pipe sounds are also nice and kind of make me think of Final Fantasy. The guitar here sounds really classical and nice on the ears too.

Overall, wonderful adventure feeling song.

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samulis responds:

Excellent imagery... I almost like yours better than mine. XD

I really had more fun doing the instrumentation than writing the melody, which is actually an older one I created about half-a-year ago (I've been trying to finish a lot of old pieces lately). I'm honestly really glad it worked out well, at least in your ears. :)

Thanks for the great review,
-Samulis

[Netherscape]

What a story

This is an incredibly long piece but at the same time it feels like it paints a landscape along with a story showing what all is going on in that place too. The tune seems to be really good and mastered well. Really nice trance song and I like it too.

The drums here seem to hold a simple rhythm and make you feel as if you were doing many little things building up onto a bigger picture and trying to keep it all going. The rhythm of triplets coming forth with the hats was nice and the bass kicks are very calm and help build up for the song at the same time.

The bass line seems to be a really simple rhythm of several long notes and then the short notes to help transition on and keep going forth with the song. Really good.

I loved the synth getting incredibly happy sounding as it made you kind of feel like floating on endless clouds just feeling happy to be there and that people care about what happens to you. The rhythm of the synth seems to be really happy and quite bouncy as well too making it really great to listen to.

Also not too sure but I kind of feel like I am also hearing very light vocals but that might just be the secondary and lighter sounding synth doing that. The song does sound incredibly cheery which makes it all the better to hear. The slight use of backward sounds actually makes it feel kind of weird.

Tempo and mastering here seem to be well done and sounds like you spent a good amount of time on this too.

Overall, excellent sounding trance piece, really dreamy feeling.

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AEye responds:

Thanks for the incredible feedback. :D

Makes me wanna go and review things myself.

Happy holidays bro.