attemptedperfection's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[-Paranoid- Apocalyptic]

good stuff

I gotta say, I'm not a fan of synthesized guitarwork, but you did a pretty damn decent job of it. I would've liked to have heard maybe another guitar part, or maybe a bass line, or something in adition to the melody & drums, but it holds it's own as it is. nice work. great ending. 8/10. 5/5.

Para-Noid responds:

Yeah Your right you should have heard the bassling before because its a sliced up sample I used from a site I got it from. Plus I never thought this song would do good because I really think I can't make metal. No good samples or drums...nothing. But yeah thankz for the review and I thought my ending was cool too lol.

Para-Noid

[{Culpa Arpi}]

very very nice

I like it.
I like it good.
seriously, though; I could hear an amazing backbeat that was just itching to emerge from those jagged synths... and the fact that it didn't emerge made it all the better. you're good. the whole thing, all three parts, very good. you have a way with ambiance; some people just stick random notes here and there and let them linger... you've got a good feel for it. very nice work.

SineRider responds:

I was thinking of putting in a beat, but I thought it took away form the whole aspect of the piece.

Thanks for the review^_^

[The Depression Independance]

wow.

you certainly have a way with chord progressions;
dude, seriously...
very very nice.
lots of emotion.
beautiful work.

Sevanimation responds:

Hey thanks,
I surprised myself with the chord progression.

[The Kakariko polka (0:59)]

yee-haw

Those banjo samples are oh so wonderfully crappy, what is there to do but fifen? It's like a Zelda hoedown... and the strings in the middle there sound like an arrangement straight out of Mario 64... which certainly isn't a bad thing. well done, sir; well done.

WinTang responds:

Yee-haw indeed!
Thanks - I knew you'd appreciate it :)

[Slight Discomfort]

awesome.

I listened to your first 6 songs or so, and this one was my favorite... although the broken-ego track was amazing as well. You have a darkly-unique style; keep up the good work!

ShinDenjin responds:

Thanks man. I try sometimes^_^

[Lower Norfair (2:39)]

as usual, well done!

I never had the chance to play the old-school metroid games much, but I do recognize the tune from the gamecube version. The vocal synths are an authentic touch, adding to the whole metroid-like atmosphere. Overall... what can I say? This is a stylish rendition of a classic metroid theme, with a heaping pile of funk thrown in for good measure. It sounds like there was a good deal of effort put into this, and, as far as I can tell, it is essentially flawless. awesome work.

WinTang responds:

Thanks att.perf.! I don't know the GameCube version, but from the SNES one the vocal synths are the only thing directly copied - ironic that you would point them out as the authentic touch... *grin*
Thanks a lot, your review made me feel GEWD!

[Paradigm--_--]

hmm...

I think it needs more bass drum...
also, it's a little too chill for my industrial tastes... but, then again, maybe you're on to something...

PERVOK responds:

Yeah, the bass drum was quiet, but I turned it up as much as I could before the song distorted.

Also, when you review, it would be easier if you didn't review to suit your own tastes, but reviewd to the amount of skill that it took to make the song (not saying that this song is overlly amazing, or even good for that matter).

Thanks for the review, and i dropped you one.

[Hitler hacks LINUX (5:33)]

muy bien

I wish you hadn't added the German-speech samples, as they seem to add an air of novelty to the track... and not the good kind of novelty... Other than that, this is a superb extension of the preview, and you even added an additional segment of that organ melody I liked so much! The new, quieter section was a nice change of pace, while not being too much out of place, and the speed-up afterwards was great, though I wish it would've gotten just a tad faster and ended in a screaming mountain of awesome, instead of just a loudly-speaking pile of awesome. Still, a very good piece of track. Still 5/5.

WinTang responds:

Thanks dude, I was looking forward to this :)

I hear ya on the speech samples, though I like them very much myself, especially in the interlude. I like to be able to put this on a CD and then credit the vocals to Helmut Kohl. Heh. But I can see how it may seem a bit pretentious and can be interpreted as some kind of moral message, which is far from what I meant - I just wanted it to add a little hint of human intervening with the chaos.

A further speed increase is a cool idea though. I'll experiment with that and see if I like it.

I liked your awesome-metaphors a lot, btw. However, the only way I see making it "scream" more without totally fucking up the clarity, is adding more voices there... but if you have a better idea, please e-mail me.

Thanks a lot for your useful comments again, and for the 5/5 (although I think you forgot to click the 5 because my score has been exactly the same for a few days now...)!

[Hitler hacks Linux (preview)]

awesomeness.

I think the bongos would be very much in place if you simultaneously introduced a light bass-drum/percussive-rhythm over the same rhythm as the intro synth... but there is definately something about that bongo part that I like, and I would hate to see it completely done away with; perhaps just de-emphasized.

Anyway, this one is deliciously chaotic, and chaos makes for the best kinds of music in my book. I love that organ line; it reminds me of something out of the sega-genesis videogame "DeCap-Attack," which is a compliment of high caliber, since the game has music to rival the likes of Sonic and Mario, yet with a dark and twisted edge.

Can't wait to hear (and download) the full version; 5/5

WinTang responds:

Thanks a lot! I'm glad you categorized your compliment yourself, because I have little expertise in the world of videogames :)
I did not really understand what you meant with that first line. It's too late anyway, because it's finished!! Check it out, right away!

[Start another dance REMASTERED]

Hooray for panning!

aw man... so friggin' cool... I'm not even going to try to analyze this one, for fear of loosing track of the overall groove... or maybe I'm just lazy... either way, awesome stuff!

WinTang responds:

:) :) :) :) :) :) :) :)