MockOff's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Ocean Glide (Preview)]

Really nice and dreamy. I like your bass, its nice and fat. The intro kind of reminded me of something I'd see in a japanese rpg like Persona or something. Its only a preview so its hard to judge much with the abruptness that it ends at and everything, but this is a really good start. Its nice and chill. Thought it was starting to get repetitive before it ended, but you add a piano to the left speaker so its not a big problem and in this genre repetition works well.

alanisnotcool responds:

Thanks buddy for the valuable feedback =)

[ID ( Tn Remix )]

Might be a tad hard to critique a remix when I haven't heard the original, but I'll do my best.
I'm not big on the first 2 minutes or so, but I like when the new synth comes in around 2:40. It adds in a new dynamic that the song needed. Reminds me of Avicii a bit. While I'm really enjoying the piano (or piano sounding synth?) parts playing, I feel like the stuff surrounding it could compliment it better. Not that it doesn't fit in here, I just think some more melodic basslines would sound pretty neat.

The track is about what I'd expect from a trance-y tune, so good job there.

[Fisherman's Fantasy]

I like the intro, even though a tad trite sounding it still builds a nice mood. The intro kind of felt like it dragged on being at about 2 minutes long. I mean it was nice, but it got a tad boring after being on too long.
I'm not really sure how I feel about the vocals. They sound too robotic, monotone, and ehh. They just don't do the song justice in my opinion, so I'd work on that a bit.

I like the guitar bends that I hear coming out of the right speaker. The drums and whatnot seem rather standard.
Overall good effort, but some work could be done.

SourJovis responds:

You can't just throw around words like trite without arguments. What's trite about the piano part? The chord progression is nothing I've heard before. I don't say songs with a similar progression don't exist, but at any rate it's not common. The melody is nothing straightforward either. 2 minutes for a full song can never be too long. Especially not when there isn't any repetition. I think that's just your attention span. Sorry. You say you got this boring because of my song? That's a bold accusation. As far as I can tell from your other reviews and your own songs you've always been boring, so don't blame the song. If you don't like the vocals because they are too robotic I can understand that, but how can you call them monotone? It spans a range of 19 semitones. I can only sing about 4 semitones higher than this without switching to head voice (and I can't do that well), and I had a lot of trouble with the lower 2 notes. I know I'm an untrained singer, but you can't expect much more range from an experienced singer. If you call a compound triple meter with constant drum fills standard, then sure as hell these drums are standard. Oh man…

[|R|Night of the Zombie]

Right from the beginning the inspiration is pretty apparent. I'm not really sure how I feel about your instrument choices. Your synths sound a bit too flat, maybe too trebly for my tastes. The low end doesn't feel like its fully there, giving a kind of empty feeling.

I like your drum sounds and piano though. Piano notes were nice and I liked the heavy kick. The outro was a bit too abrupt but I feel like you meant for this to loop so that isn't an issue. Transitions were kind of hit or miss for me.
Song was decent though and could work for a title theme.

Radiationator responds:

Thank you for the review! :)

I will take your advice in and try to improve on it!

[Chant de l'Eveil]

Never played the game, but I'll review nonetheless. You have a really nice voice, sounds really professional. I haven't heard the original song so I can't compare it to that, but you did really well with your instrument choices I thought.
I can't really complain about anything, this is probably the most professional song I've heard on the site. You did well.

Troisnyx responds:

Thanks -- I do recommend you look up the original; it goes by two titles: "Song of Awakening" and "Ballad of the Wind Fish". It's Gameboy sound, but that's the reference for this piece.

Glad you liked it! ^_^