Rig's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[St. Thomas - Sorohanro]

I remember...

...playing this in my high school jazz band. Brings back fond memories. :)

Good mix, and certainly fits the objectives of the 3 instrument challenge. It sounds kinda thin in the beginning, but you thickened it up with your great piano programming. Keep up the great work!

sorohanro responds:

hey, how that I didn't knew that you were playing in a jazz band ?
thanx for review, actuallywe plan to make a thinner live version, without piano
I've heard also just sax and percussion, that was cool (I guess I'm in a very minimalistic mood these days)

[g a m e . o v e r]

Perfect!

I love it - it's perfect for any lo-fi game or animation. Keep up your awesome work!

snayk responds:

:)

Thanks Rig ^________^

[+FACE+ "She Can't Repeat"]

A comment!

Sounds like a solid band you have on your hands, but it suffers from poor mixing. The drums and vocals are barely audible, and it sounds like everything but the high hat is in mono. I hear no kick drum at all. Try spreading out your guitars in the mix and keeping the vocals in the center, and turn up your kick drum! Do you have a bass? If so I can't hear it. Post some lyrics, too.

Otherwise sounds like a pretty good song. Just work on those mixing skillz ;P

jay-kellom responds:

well the drums are brushes... suppose to be really soft. its just me and a drummer. i do have a few different mixes with vocals. its a very basic recording. drums, one main guitar, and one with licks, and vocals. nothing fancy, suppose to be really gritty haha. thanx for your comment though, ill for sure focus on those on the next few songs.

[Polaroid (DnB CTSG type thing)]

Automation!

Great start, especially with all the automation you're doing to the bass and the lead. I love just fooling around with 3xOsc!

But there's no bass to speak of, the drums could be worked on (too busy, actually), and it could use some pads. Still, it's a fun little piece. :)

WritersBlock responds:

Yeah, it's pretty basic, and I coudn't lower the bass and keep it in G without it sounding like shit, that was a bass VSTi I used for the bass, and not 3xOsc, but the lead was 3xOsc. Yeah, I could mess with it some more, or maybe make a full song out of it, I dunno. Thanks for the review, Rig.

[Lejin - Rig 16 Xposer]

Um...

I'm afraid that any score I could give this song is negated by the fact that it contains a copyrighted sample. :|

Lejin responds:

so why you stole it for? lmfao

the truth hurts, floppy.

<<BANG>>KO!!

[Guitar Challenge-Mj]

Crazy shreds! :O

I always look forward to your entries in the Guitar Challenge thread. I wasn't disappointed this time - great interwoven tones and soloing!

Awesome work! I wish I could critique it more...I'm just not a guitar player. :P

Metaljonus responds:

Thanks man! I had fun with this backing track.

[Archon68 - Broken Dreams]

Aphex-Twin-y

Those plucks and piano in the beginning sound eerily similar to one of my favourite Aphex Twin songs. Awesome!

I think that the delay on the piano was distracting at times, but the song has a great ambient feel despite that. That violin sample you have going could have been given the same sort of processing as the piano - I think it stood out too much.

Archawn responds:

Really? I know the piano delays can be quite distracting, but the violin didn't seem like it needed fixing up. I guess I can be aware of that in my later work. Thanks for you review!

[Milk{Sytrus!}]

Not the best example of Sytrus's power

As a raw demo of Sytrus, this song doesn't do it enough justice. I could make the same sounds with 3xOsc. Get deeper into the program, man! Utilize the envelopes, all that modulation, filters, everything. It can do TONS of stuff.

As a song, yeah, it's pretty generic. But hey, you get points for the effort. :D

Mrmilkcarton responds:

Theres alot more it can do. For starters though it gets the point across. You can see this as two point of views. One being you can make simple but whole sounding synthes with less effort. Two being its not very complicated, the matrix can do a ton more.

I agree with everyone including you. It's not the best demonstration if you want a good demonstration go to the FL site they have some nice demos.

Though there are synthes in the song achievable by 3XOsc the quality of that synthe is harder to reach then it is through Sytrus. Little mixing was needed to achieve most of these synthes. I just wanted to show people a fairly nice sounding song could come out of sytrus without using presets or understanding it all.

Once I understand it more I'll make a song comprised of only Sytrus, which means no samples. Thanks for your input and truthful score.

[Just why]

Smooooth

I love the exclusive use of the piano and violins in this song. Very jazzy, and great effects on the drums. What VST did you use for the piano? It sounds great!

Some things that bugged me were the fact that the snares sounded really thin - I think a little more punch was needed. And you say it's loopable, but it doesn't actually loop. haha

Otherwise, it's a great piece and I hope to hear more from you soon!

No1r responds:

Hey Rig, thank you so much for your review!
Well piano is a Steinway Grandpiano (soundfont format), with some reverbs :)
Yes, snare sounds really thin but in my opinion it's ok..the melody should prevail in the song.
Loopable means that if an audio artist need this song - looped - i can do that :)
I'm glad about your review, so thanks again.

[Now you're a hero]

lolololol

This is one of the best end-game songs ever written, rivaling the genius of Still Alive from Portal. :D

I hope this isn't just a one-time thing, and that you upload more to NG! Seriously, I have to listen to (mostly) crap all day - your stuff is a breath of fresh air. Keep it up.

Reachground responds:

Thanks a lot! :)