NyxTheShield's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Ascent]

I might be a bit biased because this is the type of music i LOVE, so i will try to be neutral.

I love the first minute build up, that alone could have been made into it's own ambient track, i loved the tone that you got on the... (I can't say for sure, Xilopphone? Marimba? Glocken) , is really pretty and works amazingly, same for the piano. I am not enterely fond about the string that enter at 3:00 though, aside from that, this is perfect.

Btw, Scouted you, this is great ^-^

erlendflatin responds:

Thank you for your review, really appreciate it!
It is in fact a Glockenspiel, I think a Kontakt 5 patch.
Thanks for scouting :)

[The One to Save Us All]

I really dig the progression that you used, it doesn't get repepetive to my ears and is really nice, i also liked that choice of synths used, the mix is also pretty clean on my setup, the only fault i can see in this track is the percussion. Specifically, the splashy snare. Even when you changed the percussion in every segment of the song, that splashy snare took all the attention and made it sound the same for the entire duration of the track. Aside from that, i really like this.

aCeta responds:

I've been futzing around with the snare, and I think I've come to a final. It's still splashy, but panned off to the right a bit and silenced. I also cut the tail off a bit and killed the clap along with it.

I should be uploading it soon here.

[No Reservation]

My only complain is that the songs lacks of dynamism, the same base loop repeats for the entirety of the track, with only embellishments entering (Like the strings or the synth) to add a bit of variation, but in the end we have the same pattern repeating for 3:27, and then a fade. A drop or a break would really help this track (for example at 1:40, you could have gone for a build up then a heavy drop, with a reverbkick or something, and it would have really made a difference in the pace of the song)

Aside from that, the mix is pretty clean, the strings sounds great, same for the synths, i can hear everything clearly and the vocal are on the spot, with some changes in the structure of the song this would be really better. Keep up the good work!