Setu-Firestorm's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[_-={An Ambitious War}=-_]

Wonderfully done

Very well composed and executed as well as mixed.

I'm not surprised to see that you've scored several projects here already.

I mentioned it previously, but I'd really be interested in knowing what VSTi you're using for this. If you say this was Edirol, I'm going to cry. =P

Awesome job, keep it up!

MaestroRage responds:

I used Edirol for earlier works, but not this one my good sir, I use East West Symphonic Orchestra Gold, but to be honest FL doesn't operate that well with it, so I will probably resort back to Edirol and other sources.

I'm glad you enjoyed the piece, thank you for the review!

[Overworld]

Interesting piece

I personally would've done something with that distorted saw synth; it was okay, but it does seem like it stabs this piece right in the gut.

Other than that, great piece. It's definitely suited for a futuristic set game.

Johnny-Beat responds:

thanks, firestorm. opinions such as yours help determine the ubiquitous mindsets that people have toward music. On a level I can agree with you, as the saw is very blunt. Contrarily, i wanted it that way in order to properly emphasize the breakdown in the middle of this peice. However, I can conclude that through remastering I can tone it down a little, AND keep it noticable.

Thanks for the review!

[DK3 Breakbeat V2]

Great work

Okay, when I can pick out several of your songs at random and find them awesome, that says a lot about you!

Great job, and good luck on OCRemix. I hate those bastards. They have a notorious habit of rejecting good mixes and accepting annoying crap.

cornandbeans responds:

yay :D thanks man

so... the judging is gonna probably start tomorrow..

and I completely agree with you about OCRemix. I've already been rejected twice. :P

[BUD]

Not bad, but not complete

This piece is not very well mixed (it shows that the song either is peaking or did peak before you applied some sort of limiter or peak management plugin). Other than that, it needs more than just two instruments going. You really should layer more on top of this.

Not a bad piece of music though, just build on it.

VegetarianMeat responds:

There were more than two instruments, but they were just for atmosphere. I know what you mean though.

Thanks for the review :)

[Dreamerz: Machines Will Fall]

Great for an action scene

If you're not scoring anyone's flash movies/games, then these people are really missing out on some really good work.

This piece would most definitely be suited for a mecha battle scene.

itsameyayo responds:

Hmm, I'll have to advertise to do that then, never really saw the potential in this stuff : D

-Thanks!

+ImperfectDisciple+

[Dreamerz: Fading Into Time]

Excellent Ambient Piece

Wonderfully done. This piece creates an auditory vision of the idea and mood behind the title. It takes a lot of talent to be able to pull that sort of thing off.

Keep it up!

itsameyayo responds:

Wow, thanks much! I'll be sure to kick off a track on Tuesday night, and another sometime in December :D

+ImperfectDisciple+

[Tremolo Attack]

Great!

I use Edirol Orchestral for all of my orchestral pieces (I believe I submitted some to the AP as well).

This was a good execution, and it would be well suited for a survival horror game.

The transition from the slower creepy music into the intensely moving music was well done.

TheAmateurAnimator responds:

Thanks. I like this song(it was the first actually good thing I had made with EDIROL), but I think I made it too short.

[Mystery Temple]

Well defined and executed

In the composing of this piece, you seem as though you knew exactly what you wanted to hear. Just listening to this, I feel I can see what you were seeing that gave you this inspiration.

While this is a simple piece, simplicity in music is never a bad thing if it is done under the right circumstances.

Great work.

TheAmateurAnimator responds:

Thanks.

[Mario Beat *demo*]

Needs more to it

You have an interesting mix here. The timing and variety of samples is astoundingly good, however, add more instrument lines, perhaps a bassline and some techno synths. Don't let these game sfx samples drive the piece; let them complement it. I would use this current piece as a foundation and build a song on top of it.

Kasualty responds:

Keep in mind that it's only a demo.

[-Joyful Glory-]

Good piece, but could use more meat

This was indefinitely a good piece. Now, this is only my opinion, not a critique. I would have added something more to give it more meat. Maybe either a rhythm guitar line or even a warm pad or any synth pad that would fill up the small gap in the midsection of the spectrum.

Otherwise, great piece. I look forward to hearing more of your work in the future.

Father-of-Death responds:

thnx man!!!

you rule!