EctiBot's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Abyssal Depths]

A really nice soundscape, though I'm not sure if this actually can be called music though.
Isn't a really a proper melody throughout the song at all.
Still was a pretty nice soundscape though. It's something I can imagine being in a game or a movie, but it isn't something I would listen to alone for pleasure.

3.5 stars

[100 Years Of Spring]

Wow. The amount of work you put in this, really reflects itself in the piece :D. Great job. This really gives me the feeling of a forest in spring. Felt that it was missing another layer with strings though.
Could also be more powerful at the parts with the most tension. This is probably because of the lack of another, more deep, string layer.

Pretty nice and ambient piece :). Will definetly remember this.
4 stars.

[Godlike]

Pretty boring piece. Felt like I just heard the same loq quality instruments play the same melody over and over again :/. It has a good concept with some interesting ideas in it, but as it is now it really isn't good. You should work a bit on song structure and switch out the instruments.

2 stars

N1nj4X responds:

The same thing...

The main goal is make something minimal and experiemental(seems like it don't have worked at all, meh). However, I'm improving my skills so, my next song will sounds better(I hope so, lmao).

Thx4daReview.

[Around 19]

Nice. Liked the melody and the mixing is good.
I did feel that you could have done more with this song though.
Add a couple of more layers over the lead, work with the song structure, change up the instruments at some points etc.
I did like the song, but it was kinda disappointing that you didn't ellaborate further on it.

3 stars.

[Forgotten Secrets]

Sounds awesome :D, Was really fun to listen too and I never got tired of it :).
Wish that the lead had one more powerful layer, but other than that I loved it :D.
Loved the synths you used :D. I oved the part at 1:04

A really great atmospheric/ dancey piece :D.
4.5 stars and favourite.

Spadezer responds:

This makes me happy to see that someone really enjoyed this. You might enjoy my second AIM submission a lot more though. ;)

-Spadezer-

[Breaking Crystals]

The intro was amazing :D.
When the guitar comes in though I feel like the track dropped in quality. The guitar sounded really low quallity really low quality. Lowed the drop though. Really like this kind of melodic dubstep :). Wish you had varied this a bit more though. The clap sample you used also sounded bad. They sound like the basic Fl studio claps which I honestly have learned to hate from the bottom of my heart :3.

Anyways I loved this track except from the clap and guitar. I liked the way you used the guitar. just didn't like the sound of it.

4 stars.

aCreator responds:

I made a huge mistake with the guitar that's right... The problem was that I recorded with the microphone input of my computer. Was really a stupid idea... Now I bought an interface and I can clearly hear the difference! Huge difference...

And that's a reason I really like Newgrounds. The people here know their stuff and help each other. That's really great :)
(And I'm sorry to disappoint you but I use Logic Pro, not FL Studio. But that doesn't change the fact that my clap sounds like crap)
Thank you for the nice review!

[Winter Weary]

Felt like the piano at the beginning could have been better.
Really like the melody though. It's a really pretty piece which very well varied
Though it's also a bit repetetive some times.

Sorry that I can't do a long and proper review, but I really liked this piece :).

4 stars.

[Poems for Darkness]

Nice :D. Sounds like a true classical piano composistion one of the true masters would make :D.
It's amazing that you managed to perform this live in one take :o.
This piece reflects the artwork really well :D

A nother true masterpiece :D. Had a fitting length to it as well :).
5 stars.

MetroPiano responds:

Thanks for the review!

[Light in the Darkness]

Beautiful :o. A real masterpiece :D.
Sounds really professional.

Lol I have a serious problem now Xd. Got like 15 tracks that are my favourites in this contest XD. Will be near to impossible to only choose 3 of them :(.

Anyways, a true masterpiece. Felt like it could have been a tad bit longer though. Kinda stopped at the buildup.
Thus, 4.5 stars :).

Emid responds:

I specially stopped it as I wanted to maintain the integrity of the innocence in the art. It was to show that innocence stays innocent even after winning the battle with darkness. She (the girl in the picture) goes back to the swing like nothing happened. It was her innocence.
Many thanks for the comment. Really glad that you enjoyed.

[A last Cigarette]

A really nice, video game-ish ambient pice :). It's incredibly soothing and I love the feeling it gives me.
Feel like it gove built up into something biggger though.

Nice piece. 4 stars.