Anima-Theory's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[200th Epic]

More ambient than anything....

I wouldn't really call this trance :P

But hey, its a good song, more ambient than anything

Good work on a nice track :D

Anima

Qwertyuiopasd responds:

Yeah, I have some trouble labeling everything properly.... or I did at least. I know the genres better than when I submitted this.

Thanks for the review, It's an honour, as I've always liked your music... time to check out whatever new stuff you have :D

~Qwerty

[Disarray]

Not bad....

Not bad for a quick song :D

The crash is a bit too loud I think though, but thats pretty insignificant.

The song is mixed well, the drums are nice a subtle, the overall tune was good

Well done :D

Anima

vman456 responds:

Thanks a lot.

The reason why it's so inconsistent is because I was a little out of it at the moment I was composing this one. I was just trying to translate my experiences into music.

[Square Face]

Flower Pot :D

Nice man,

Sound almost scary :D

This distorted noise sound sweet, and the nice humble bassline adds a lot of ambiance. The "lag" thing you do in some parts sound great, how did you do that?

The only thing is the drum beat at the end does not fit at all and sound pretty crap :P

Other than that, friggen awesome song, you made me penis ejaculate :D

Well done :D

Anima

TimeBender responds:

its extremley complicated goodnight!

[Obscurity]

Nice Track :D

Hey, I'm friends with one of your friends...Joobles

So, I'd like to begin with saying nice track, and I'd like to run through the things I liked about this song, and the things I didn't.

First, the things I liked;
I like the slide with the organ at the beginning. The basic tune is very nice, as is the more complex bass line. The instruments you used for this song fit really well. What are they exactly? Not much else really, its a pretty short song so there isn't a lot of points to make :P

Things I didn't like;
There seems to be a lot of clipping, due to the kicks over power. If you want the kick to be more predominant on a small system, bring the bass down and the volume up, if you'd rather have it mastered for a big system, then raise the bass as much as you can without clipping. In this song, i'd bring the bass down a bit. The only clipping problem you have is with bass, which in my experience is the easiest to fix. The worst is mid range clipping I have found. No wait...I lie, you have some mid range clipping with the lead instrument, but from the sound of it its only due to volume, so that can be easily fixed.

I also think you should put a FL DIST on the clap and snare with a big reverb. When using an FL DIST, you need to bring the instruments volume up, but bring the FX volume for the channel which is linked to it down, other wise its loud as hell.

The kick sample used is also pretty crap. You definitely need to get a better one.

Also, at the end of every 4 bars, or when you bring in an instrument or lose one, you don't have a crash. I'm not saying you NEED one, just they tend to add a lot to music when they are implemented.

Ok, I think that is all :D

Overall, a very nice sounding track, only a very few problems, but if you fixed these it would make the track A LOT better.

Well done :D

Anima

Spazbunny responds:

thanks for the lengthy review. points noted!

[Feel Good]

AMEER!!!!

You suck ass :P

Well done though on a good song :D

Your mastering skills are getting A LOT better :D

Anima

TimeBender responds:

YAY ANIMA! omg where would I be without you? probably in a well.

[Western Gun]

Best track so far :D

This is your best song so far in my opinion

I like the hats, they sound very professional. The slides you put in sound very good, and add a lot to the song. You don't seem to have any clipping problems anymore which is very good, well done on that. Sometimes it takes me a good 2 hours or more just to solve clipping problems. I'm glad you got rid of that shitty clap sample :P The tune is bloody awesome, I might steal :P I also have noticed you stopped using the "deep" sound effect, which is good, the tempo change sounds awesome as well, your percussive skills on this song are great. The flute sound awesome as well, i just noticed that on the second play through :P

On the other hand though, the piano sounds to much like fruity loops, if you brought up the higher frequencies and brought down the mid, and put a nice warm reverb on it it sound a lot better. The opening sound effect should be played as long as it does in the song, and gets a little bit annoying, in my opinion. The snare drum you used, should have a big reverb, high bass, low mid, and highish frequencies. I can't really hear much of a bass line either, but that could because I just woke up :P. A filter on the master channel to stop high piercing frequencies should be used as well, cause sometimes you don't hear them at low volumes, but play high, you almost blow your brains out :P

Not much else to say I think, only minor tweaks are needed in this song, well done on your best track I have heard so far :D

Your friend,

Anima :D

Joobles responds:

Hmmm, thanks for the suggestions, I'll try those out. But to be honest, I don't have a flute sound in the song= ) The only thing i can think of that sounds like a flute is the higher strings part. And I didn't really have a bassline, it wasn't really appropriate(in my mind) for the "old" style of the song. I'll try and see if I can add one though, but...

The tempo change was a suggestion made by my great friend Matt Mullins. He has some music here on Newgrounds under Spazbunny. You should check him out, review him some. Especially our collab, Obscurity. Thanks once again!

[Joobles- The Deep]

Well Composed....

Ok :D

The problems as I see it are; You seem to have A LOT of clipping problems. That explosion noise needs to have is midrange tuned down. The bass line needs its midrange turned down as well, to give it a nice deep hum. You really need to put some more effects on the instruments other than what i think is a reverb and delay. Like a multiband compressor. An effect called a soft clipper should be put on your master channel. I think the Rave instrument needs a flange or a chorus effect. I really dislike the stock FL clap :P. The lead bell instrument around 1:40 needs a filter put on it to stop the really high frequencies from blowing your ears to pieces when played at high volumes :P I think....In general, the mid range frequencies of this song need to be brought down, to stop clipping, and all the instruments, other than the bass, need to have A LOT less bass. I also think the cymbals at the end of the song need to be quieter.

Now :D

The good points; As far as I can see, the tune is friggen awesome and the movement from different "feels" or "ambiance" in this song is really well implemented. I like how it changes from a happy mood to more of a dark one. The selection of instruments is nice and fits the song nicely. The reverse clap thing you have going on sound magnificent. Overall the song is composed very well. The percussion is great and doesn't stay boring, the lead instruments vary a lot, but work very well with this song. All of the intruments flow together very well.

So in short, well composed, poorly mastered :P

If you concentrate on your mastering skills and work those up, you'll be a VERY good artist my friend. Hope to hear more from you :D

Your friend,

Anima

P.S If you could do a short review on my later stuff it would be appreciated :D

Joobles responds:

Well, hell, of course I'll review your later stuff. And thanks, once again, for the review. I'll definately try to fix all those thindgs, that's exactly what I needed.

[F.y.e Loud!---review!]

Well done my friend :D

I like :D

Pro's
-Nice loud bass
-The arping instruments sound awesome
-The strings sound really well done
-The trance at 3:03 sound good as well
-You use a lot of good and well implemented sound effects

Con's
-The instrument at 2:36 almost hurts my ears, It's way to high pitch.
-I don't like the sound of the lead up snare drum
-I also don't like the sound of the hats, and the crash sound a bit like "stock" fruity loops samples.

Overall, wicked song, generally nice mixing and nice sounding samples. Well done my friend :D

Anima

Dj-MilK responds:

thank you very much for the review...totaly agree with everything said above...room for improvement is there...
thanks again
keep on mixing
dj-milk

[Astral Eclipse (better)]

Pro's and Con's :D

Hey dude :D

Lets start this review off with a little "Pro's" and "Con's"

Pro's
-The opening sounded awesome, with all the intro effects.
-The basic tune was good, I really liked it.
-The lead instrument sounds quite good as well.
-The percussion is quite well done as well, the parts where a double kick plays sounds nice.
-The tempo change at 2:06 is a nice concept.

Con's
-The drums though well composed, sound average, due to the crappy samples.
-You have a lot clipping problems, and this tends to be seen at the end of the song.
-There really is no no bass line.
-The tom fill at 1:55 doesn't fit to well, and could have been done better.
-The instrument at 0:24 second is good, but you should have made it sound a bit different to the preset.
-A string, or at least it sounds like one, enters at 1:29 and sound out of key or something.
-The loud explosion noise, I think called "Deep" from memory, is a good noise to use, I have used it many times, but you should have EQed it a little so its sound a bit more real...or at least different.

So thats my review, overall the song, though had some parts which needs to be worked on, is good. The tune is nice, the drums are well composed. The only thing is the lack of good samples, effects, and general EQing. The bass line stood out to me the most which needs to be fixed. You need to make it deeper but not interact with the other instruments if you know what I mean. You already have a lot of instrument up in the mid range and high range frequencies, you don't want a bass line cluttering up that space, or it'll end up sounding bad.

However, well done on a nice song, 9/10 and 5/5 from me, hope to see more of your stuff in the future. If you do submit anything else, send me a PM and I'll review, otherwise I'll forget to look you up :P

Good luck man :D

Your friend, Anima

Joobles responds:

Wow! Thanks! Now that's what I'm talking about. The bassline was something I kind of threw in to fill the sound, and fucked it up majorly. But I was just to lazy to fix it. Funny enough, this song was my failed attempt (and my first attempt at FL) to do an experimental remix of Paul Winter's "And the Earth Spins". Oh well. Anyways, thanks for the great review! I'm probably going to try and redo this song in the near future, making sure to fix all those cons. But until then, piece out.

[Another Day cover]

You sound like me :D

Woah, your voice sounds almost like mine :P

Nice song by the way, the piano was nice and moody. The vocals were warm, a bit too quiet though, and maybe should be sung at a higher octave.

A nice deep bass line would add heaps of ambiance to this song. I don't think drums would work though.

Other than that, awesome song, well done :D

Anima

InsaneSmilie responds:

Thanks for the advise, will definately put more volume on the vocals, I don't know if really could do an octive higher on the vocals. I've never really had that much luck singing above the tenor range.

As for the drums this song is just made to go with drum, check out the origenal and you'll see what I mean (I <3 Mike Portney)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EUPgSO wTIAA

Thanks for the reviewing.