EctiBot's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Thou 9th Circle (AIM2014)]

Lol, this is epic :D. The vocals are awesome and I love how the powerfull the track is.
By an accident I manage to rate this "1" So just wanted to tell you how I really feel about the track :/.
Sorry bout that.
Only con that I have with the track, is that it's too long. It's pretty interesting with the dialouges and the background stuff that happens, but honestly I got tired of the track halfway through.

Still a solid work though. 4.5

Lich responds:

Thanks for the review.

[Riffin']

Awesome :D. A tiny bit repetetive, but still awesome and amazingly chill to listen too.
One of the most funky tracks I've heard in a while. Just loved that bass and the drums are pretty nice too.
I love the small pieces of "ear candy" you place at different areas of the track. The fact that you do that make it so it dosen't matter that the melody itself is repetetive because each bar of the song sunds new and exciting.

5 stars and scout :).

EasyEvil responds:

Thank you very much. I try to keep my tracks interesting with lots of twists and turns. The only downside is it takes ages to make just one track.

[and the moon]

The concept is good. I like the melodies and I loved the intro, but there is a huge problem with the mixing. The frequencies clash and make grating sounds also, some of the instruments seemed to be panned slightly to the left as the song sounds louder on my left spear than my right one.
Also it's very repetetive.

This does sound very much like a song from the 80s though because it is pretty low quality so if that was what you were aiming for you did a good job.
I still can't give you more than a 2.5 on this one. If the mixing was better and my ears didn't get tired of listening to this after 20 seconds, I would have rated it higher and even scouted you.

Yes-eye responds:

Thank you, im still working on it.

[MrO- Emperor]

Sorry to say it, but I didn't really like this that much.
The reason why I didn't like it was pretty much because there were no buildup and therefore no drop either. It seems like the song just started on the drop and for me, it was listening to a 4 minute long drop.
Also, if you are going to make such a long song, you should try varying the melody a bit more. Even professional Electro House producers does it. The melody was catchy but I got bored of the track like 2 min in. There were also no proper bass or subkick which Electro House is supposed to be known for.
Also, like RF said, it's missing some layers. Even Electro House musicians layer their leads just try to listen to some of them like Afrojack.

Sorry, but I am familliar with this kind of music and honestly I think it deserves something along the lines of 2.75, but as that dosen't exist I'll give you a 3, but I honestly think you can improve alot more. You got the basics down. Catchy melody, good progressions etc. But at least in this track, you lack some of the more basic stuff like layering and song structure.
You got alot of potential though And I really think you will be able to evolve fast if you just take my review into consideration.

Mrobeymenow responds:

Thanks for the insight! I really appreciate it. This was my first ever attempt at this sort of genre, and I plan to do more and get good in this genre. I'm still experimenting a lot with this kind of music. Thanks for recommending Afrojack to me I've heard a couple songs from him, and will listen more intently. I'll take your advice into consideration and try to apply it well. Also I think you're rating was very fair for the downsides and upsides of this song, I'm just glad I didn't get another one star. As I said before I've never done this type before, and I'm still learning. I hope you enjoy my upcoming electro house songs.

[Mountains to Climb]

Without even looking at the picture this gave me an adventury feel.(Though my imagination was a child wandering in the rain) which shows that you have done a really great job, reflecting the art.
This has alot of potential. Personally I would have added some other instruments as well and made this into an orchestral track. As it is now it get's pretty boring after a while.
You build up alot of power throughout the song and I really feel like it needs that "BAAM" where a dousin of trumpets, cellos and violins comes in.

As it is now I can only give you a 3 but you have a lot of potential as a cinematic musician and If you just learn the techniques I'll imagine you can be a known cinematic producer in no time ;).

[Ocean View]

Sorry not a big fan of the synths used in this. The drum samples aren't really that bad ,but the synths dosen't seem to fit the song at all. They don't seem to be very well eq'd and the sounds.
The two synths I especially disliked was the one at the very beginning and the one that comes in at about 00:30. They just sound a bit wierd.
Other than that the track is pretty chill. Could use some more variation, but the melody is good, sweet and soothing which really brings my rating up alot.
If the question was if I liked the track or not I would say that I loved, but I pretty much love every melody I've never heard before so I'm afraid I can't give you a full score only cuz I love it.
If you just tweaked this a little bit it could be absolutely amazing :).

As it is now I'll give you a 3.5. Keep making music :D, your awesome and I wish I was able to make tracks like this :).

Everratic responds:

Thank you for the review!
I love the synths I made and I think the guitar one actually sounds good, but I understand why you feel they did not fit the song. I should have used non electronic instruments.

[Life]

"Fun" is probably the world that explains this track the best. I had great fun and in my head I actually imagined twocreepy ghost kids playing in a fun park which was very close to the picture it was inspired by.
As RealFaction said I also think it needs a bass synth. Either that or just a really bassy subkick :).
I absolutely love it and even though it's repetetive it's not a bad thing in this case.
4.5 and favourite.

[Glitch,Blues.Baby!]

! ! If I could have made one of those "Hot girl incoming" whistling smileys I would have put it between those 2 exclamation marks.

Anyway This was amaaaazing :D. Absolutely loved the glitch effect and the drum beat was awesome.
Melodic groove was still probably the best thing with the track. My only complaint was that it was a tiny bit too repetetive.
It's incredibly chill and groovey and this will be my first time actually calling a song "smokey".
Reflects the art really well as well :D.

4.5/5 because I didn't really like that it was so repetetive, though this is only my personal opinion.

YouriX responds:

Music is very subjective.So i understand where you are coming from.
This is also the first time someone said that my song is "smokey" hahaha pretty wicked :P
But all in all i am very happy you liked the song! :D

[Lost in Deep Space]

Beaauutiful. It got a nice and soothinng sound and the melody is so nice and relaxing.
I do, though, have one single complaint about it :/. The instrument that comes in at around 1:50 dosen't really fit with the piano and the synth that comes in at 2:25. It just sounds out of place. Hard to explain it but I think an instrument that gave off more of a steel drum-ish sound would be better. That's just my opinion though.

The rest of the song is awesome and I love how good you vary the song as it progresses. You always add something new to every part of the song. the second half of the song that started around the 3 min mark was probably my favourite thing with the song :).
I'll give you a 4.5 rating.

Chemiqals responds:

Thank you for the feedback! I'm glad you enjoyed it =)

[Random GB Stage]

This is pretty awesome :D. Really feels like a retro gameboy game. The main riff was incredibly funk at made me wanna dance which is awesome :D. Didn't even notice it looping and I listened to it loop about five or six times without getting bored of it which proves it's an awesome loop :D.

Deserves all five stars and a favourite :).

SinclairStrange responds:

Thanks! :). I guess the aim is to try and make the listener not aware it's looping as it's for a game. I'm glad ye like the tune! ^-^