midimachine's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Stuck with me]

god, the vibe you're going for here is immaculate - big men i trust vibes with the low slung beat, clean chorusey guitars, and sweet ethereal backing vox. i really love the ending, especially right at the end how the vox reverb tails off, very lush sounding!

i think the drums feel too clean and could use some tape saturation or something to give them some more character. generally everything in the mix feels like it's trying to pop out and cut through and i think this track would benefit from a more subdued tonality - start with lowpass filtering and bringing the bass guitar down. love how the guitars sound overall - i think the lead needs some delay or a low plate reverb or something, but only just as the vocals come back in to smooth this transition and give the lead some unobtrusive sustain.

i appreciate the intimate and vulnerable sounding main vox but i think they're too dry and forward, and would benefit from a more naturalistic approach to pitch correction. and also some tape saturation. honestly just blast the whole track thru some tape sat, it's such a vibe here haha

[Emerald Funk]

gorgeous jazzy atmosphere and great riffage with a deft arrangement, mix and master. love the shuffle on this - got me making stank faces when that that resonant little raindrop synth comes in at 1:42. saxophone solo is nicely recorded and sits really nicely on the mix - maybe needs a soft long reverb on it? my main complaint is the abrupt ending which makes this feel rather unfinished, otherwise i really enjoyed this!

Walpang responds:

Thanks!!

[Techno = Club]

definitely has a classic house/techno vibe about it, love the syncopated 909 toms and snare. a lot of more modern kind of sounds in this too which is cool to hear. some of them work better than others - i love the growley FM siren even though it's a little too forward, but i don't like the very crispy tone on the main off-beat bass synth. the sub bass that sits under the kick is a little too loud and too sustained. the track feels very messy when everything starts playing at the same time towards the end, would be nice to have the saw. lots of potential in this style though!

[Runner]

really great dark synthwave tones and some excellent sound design and mixing. the master feels pretty great too. i don't think there's quite enough going on to fill out the full 4 minute runtime and the vocal samples just annoy me - the dystopian cyberpunk atmosphere is already self-evident in the music so it feels like i'm constantly bashed on the head with the theming every time someone talks over the music.

[Omniscience Of Gods]

very unique track! wasn't expecting it to be so cinematic, but i like the direction you went with it. the amens sound really tight and are very nicely arranged, and the instrumentation is really nice - love the tubular bell/supersaw unison for the main melody. the backing strings & choir are a little too overbearing. the track starts to feel very repetitive towards the 2 minute mark, so it would be great to have a quieter middle section with a softer breakbeat just to break up the constant wall of sound.

[FACUNDO GARDIOL - Slime Girl ( Future Bounce )]

really great sounding future bounce track with a really tight melodic melodic theme and great mix/master. the sound design is quite nice with a lot of small details and nice layering. i like that there's a melodic variation in the 2nd section but apart from that the two halves of the track feel too similar so it would be nice to have a completely new melody or solo in the middle to break the track up more and have the 2nd section feel more refreshing than repetitive. great work overall though.

SPIRALi responds:

Thanks!

[The Morality of a Crayfish]

nice effective use of odd times, throwing in the odd bar of 15 amongst a 7/4 song is always a nice touch. the first half of the track is very repetitive and overly simplistic, and the oppenheimer sample doesn't seem to have a thematic tie to the track except in the name of the track. the sitar-ish solo is nicely written though and i like that there's some development in the track - just not enough to really keep me engaged against the off-kilter sound design and mixing.

[RyuiY - Pianystem (feat.花隈千冬)]

i really enjoyed the main vocal melody and the clever usage of black midi techniques on the piano track - the whole "sTaRtInG pIaNsYsTeM!!" theming at the start is extremely corny imo but you do you i guess.

i would prefer a tighter kick drum sound and less aggressive mix going into the master bus as it feels overcompressed, especially when the vocals are playing. i found the constant, seemingly thoughtless retriggering in the middle section very irritating and it undercuts all the great work put into the piano sequencing in this section. the ending is really pretty though.

RyuiY responds:

Thanks for listening! :D
I was rushed when I making this, so it sometime has bad quality...
Thanks for amazing review :) It very helpful for my next music :)

[QWAZDYN - That Night]

fun take on early dubstep/grime sounds with a solid mix/master, i especially like the arpeggiated kind of sounds like at 1:14. nice atmosphere in the builds and breakdowns. i really wanted more distinction between the first and second drops, and felt that the sound design is too simplistic overall. also don't really like the long fade out ending, makes this track awkward to mix into a DJ set.

QWAZDYN responds:

chur

[there are voices in my head]

this track is a really strange experience. on the one hand it's very clean and well written. but the overall feeling is very quiet and overly subtle, like the EDM equivalent of singing under your breath because you're embarrassed of other people hearing you. the sound design is fine but far too simplistic overall - really lean into the chiptune elements as i think you're already pretty good at utilising them effectively.