Crankis's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Eclipse[Finish]]

Honestly...

It was a very chill track, I'll give you that. Problem is, it was pretty boring. A lot of the stuff sounded the same, just a little repetitive. Other than that, I kinda liked it.

ShinRok responds:

Kinda like is close enough for me xD

[Metal Acoustic]

Helen Keller

Has a similar name to Keller Williams. Love that thumpin' shit. Great harmonics, absolutely amazing playing; as metal as the acoustic gets. Nice work.

CyriltheWolf responds:

Yeah, thanks! Glad some people understand. >:-D

[Wait]

Wanna be like Ed?

Pretty cool little ditty, some good old wanna be Van Halen. The drums were atrocious, however. I think just the first half of this is great. Really like that tone, too.

ZephMan responds:

Thx man, the drums are loops from garage band, I don't have a goddamn drum program!!!!!!!!

[Welcome to raibow(short ver)]

Welcome indeed

Not a fan of dance music, but I still enjoyed this track. The bass lead is great, sounding all sucky, if you get my meaning.

The only criticism I have is that this track would probably work a little better with a more consistent drum pattern, as well as the standard offbeat hats. Pretty solid track, though.

Yourz-Truly responds:

if u go into my fav the full track is there so take a look on that 1.

[A new hope=)]

Absolutely amazing!

This is amazing trance track. I have no complaints whatsoever about it. Really enjoyed the builds, and the lead instruments are perfect. Terrific track.

Yourz-Truly responds:

TY keep an Eye on me i gots better 1s comeing soon

[Swagger]

Nitty gritty

This is an interesting track. I like the dissonance created by the instruments, as well as the thick layering you have on here. The bends on the keys are especially enjoyable, as well as the hi-hat sizzles.

The only real issues I have with this track is the amount of time it takes to build. Not that it's a bad thing in this genre, but the track is a bit boring at times. Also, some dynamics would probably help tremendously. Looking forward to hearing more of your work.

kevs91 responds:

The bends and "sizzles" are examples of why I like working with hardware so much ("pops" are an example of why I don't...)... it's stuff I couldn't really do with the software I was working with before. So thanks on that.
As for build, yeah, I guess it's not really such a buildup type track, more of an ABAB type thing. But I'll work on more movement. The "sizzles" you like are a result of varied dynamics in the drum machine, ironically, but I'll work on more variation on other instruments and on overall mixing.

Thanks for the review.

[Ballerina Nightmare]

Since there's a blizzard...

Well, there's a blizzard here in the great midwest, and this song seems to fit the winter mood. Very nice loop, very relaxing. The choice of effects worked well with each other, great loop.

No complaints.

GronmonSE responds:

Thanks mate!