EctiBot's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[New Dawn]

Sorry. Didn't really feel it.
Sounded very chaotic and random throughout. Just never understood what way you were going with the song and I didn't really listening to it.
The sounds used are pretty good though and it is really ambient which I like, but honestly I didn't really like this.

Have listened to alot of your other stuff and I know that you can do alot better :/.
2.5 stars.

DESHIEL responds:

Judging from your own work I absolutely understand why you didn't understand nor like what I did here.

It's alright, I can't satisfy everybody. ;)

[JustnotEnough]

Wow you got talent. this piece really is beautiful. Feel like the mixing could use a bit of work as the piano gets drowned by everything else.
I pretty much agree with Aero and RF.

The part at 1:25 was way too random for my liking. There were no buildup to it and you just suddenly changed the song from having an acoustic feel, to an analog/digital feel instead which I didn't really like.

The Piece is still pretty and beautiful. I like the percussion though it could have been better mixed. The melody is pretty nice and chill :)

3.5 stars

bolisa responds:

Yeah, i have to work with the mixing, mixing is not my strongest point.

Thanks for the lovely review!

[Crime FighterZ]

Felt like the main lead needed a bass-ish synth layer to it. Other than that I loved it :D.
Fits the image well and reminds of a track that would be the theme song for a game or something :D
4.5 stars.

DuttonsaysHi responds:

Thanks! yeah I had a pretty thick lead to begin with but I changed to to the more high pitched synth since it created less clutter and gave everything a little more breath and space.

[Children of Saturn]

LOVED IT!! :D. The intro was amazing and I loved those sounds. When the Kick kicked in at around 0:40 I wanted to start rave :D. and when the buildup started at 1:10 I was only thinking "Flawless".
And 1:30. Holy cow and 1:30 O_O. Almost threw me out of the seat becuase of how awesome it was :D

Glad I participated in this contest or I never would have gotten to hear bout you :D.
Haven't gone through all the songs yet, but this is probably going to be one of my tree fan favourites :D.

Instant 5.

JoshuaHughes responds:

I'm truly humbled, good sir! Making stuff that makes other people enjoy themselves, however slight that is, feels great!

[Diskovr - Flight]

Awesome :D. Loved the synths, and the mixdown is pretty. The melody is awesome as well :).
As stated earlier by RF it is a bit too repetetive and the happy, upbeat feeling it gives, dosen't fit the image of an abonded planet, but it dose fit the image of being in space though.

A great piece :D. 4 stars and favourite

ksthultz15 responds:

Thanks for the review and the fav! :D Im getting better at my mixdowns for sure. Im glad people are noticing. As I stated earlier, this was my first attempt at such a genre, so I have much to learn. Though I do appreciate the feedback you guys are giving :D Thanks again!

[Gray...]

Loved how the instruments sounded in this one. Feel like the vocals could have been louder or mixed better though. At some points the vocals also sound a bit off like on the part around 1:10. Basically the vocals could have been better overall.
The melody is pretty calming and if it weren't for the vocals this could have been a good lullaby.

3.5

dominicocollora responds:

Oh yeah the vocals were intentionally wonky at 1:10 lol. I try to keep my experimental side in most of my songs even though I strayed away from most of the weird stuff.

[Starfalls]

Beautiful is all I can say :D. It's really calming and ambient.
The vocals are awesome and really well mixed as well as the rest of the track.
Didn't really like the piano panning though as I feel like it distracted the vocals sometimes but at the same time the panning made it sound really ambient and calming.
I also feel like this. Could have been longer. It ended before the song really got to build up.

Anyways a soothing and calming piece. Best of luck in the A.I.M :). 4.5 stars

CeeeX responds:

Thanks for the feedback. I have to say, I'm not fully satisfied with the track now, because of the exact same reason you're having.

Will definitely extend this track and add allot more variety in it to make this track even more dynamic than it is.

Also there supposed to be 4 pianos playing if people would "cover" this :P

[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.