LaserVision's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Summer Afternoon Chill]

Sounds like something that would appear at the end of a film. The female voice is way too loud in my opinion. I like the build-up and the way the instruments join in. After 2 minutes it sounds repetitive, mabye if the drums stopped playing somewhere before the instruments fade out. The fade out should be applied 10 - 15 seconds earlier as well. Overall it sounds alright

rootless responds:

Thanks for taking the time to listen and comment! Actually, the female voice is not part of the song, it's a watermark added by the site MotionElements.com, where the original file is available for download.

[Pleasantries]

Not a fan of the way the instruments sound; especially the strings that play throughout the whole thing( I assume that you didn't have access to any other). It is a very short track. There is nothing particular to it. I can hear mabye about 3 - 4 instruments?? Not bad though; I just personally didn't find it appealing. The melody fits together with the rest. The mixing is alright also.

himhim2340 responds:

Thanks for the review,
I'm laughing at your "I assume that you didn't have access to any other". I specifically went out of my way to find a harpsichord soundfont to use here. Oh well.

[Aftermath]

Is sounds a bit apocalyptic. While not as good as 101 in my opinion it is still strong and it has a similar vibe to it. Also, do you have any plans to re-record vocals in the future?

LexRodent responds:

Nice to know you are enjoying my tracks.
I would like to give voice to this tracks again, unfortunately, I'm bad at writing and singing.
If I can find some singer(s) / song-writer(s) I'll sure give it a try.

[Nightfall]

It should have more reverb and instruments, especially percussion. It sounds too empty and it is too short.. it does not sound bad but i think it has a lot more potential

Georgisen responds:

Thank you LaserVision I am working on a new one and promise will focus on more percussion.

[Hectic restraint]

Wow I cannot believe you made this without having played an instrument prior to this.. It does sound very dynamic. The mixing sounds somewhat horrible though; as by now you probably have much more experience

BlastBeats responds:

When I made this song I had no idea what mixing was. I layered so many instruments that even a pro wouldn't manage to mix them correctly. Some months later, after I learned how to mix, I tried to "fix" this song. Consequently it lost its dynamicness, power and flow (although the mix that time wasn't too bad), so I didn't upload a better mix. The flaws in the mixing and mastering process made the song sound cool. At the moment I try to make a well mixed song sound as dynamic as this one, for I believe that my other songs lost dynamicness because of my mixing. The irony...

[101]

As a bass player I really love that bass tune! Good job with the sound mixing! I wouldn't change much about the track except add some clean vocals for it :P, it would sound less boring around the 1 minute mark. The riff at 3:34 - 4:02 though.. easily the best part!!

LexRodent responds:

Thanks for listening and reviewing.
This track (and the others I'm rebuilding) used to have vocals, but all the voice recordings went lost when my old PC fried on a short circuit.

[Final Mood Maker [WIP]]

I find it somewhat hard to review most of your songs, since many of them are still WIP :P I've never played final fantasy, probably because I'm not much into RPG's.. I didn't really find this song to be interesting. To me it seems to be some thing to be played on a loading screen :P However I don't believe it is fair to put a bad rating just because I'm not into a certain genre, so I'll give it an average score ;)

BananaBatN responds:

Thank you for the review! Yeah, the thing about WIPs is true, I uploaded these WIP projects just to be able to show the different style to some NG-friends here, who want to listen to my music before they want to decide that they want me as the composer for the game. This is just basically a short idea, just to make a basic mood for any kind of game that need this kind of mood, I don't really know how to say this in English, next time I will try harder! :) (although I really plan to make a finished and polished loop out of this later)

[Green (Prod. by misterscoops)]

The vocals could be improved slightly, as you admitted yourself. You did a great job with the lyrics, summarising the dark shit of the american society. Respect bro!

hellomynameisjunior responds:

Thanks man! I plan on recording the vocals again this weekend. Then spend a day mixing them a bit. I'm still a novice at audio production, so my emphasis recording this time is really going to be on strengthening my flow.

[8-Bit Boss Banger [WIP]]

I would love to hear this in an actual 8-bit RPG!! My suggestion is that you try to make it so that the end of the song fits together with the beginning, that way, when you loop it, it sounds uninterrupted.

BananaBatN responds:

Sure! :) Make it loopable is on my to do list!
Thanks for your suggestion, I will let you know by tagging You when I can came up little bit more advanced loop version of this thing :)
(Btw, I'm still not satisfied with many things in it, I'm still learning this style, but hey I guess that's how self-teaching goes :))

[Tiger]

Damn.. I wish I could say that I made this. The mastering was spot on too!

Felocai responds:

Thats so nice, thanks!