octopus58's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[thorn]

It's repetitive, but in a nice way! It changes just enough every time to keep it interesting, but the samey-ness of the track instills a feeling of familiarity and calmness. It's a compelling contrast to the intensity that persists through most of the song, kind of creating this calm-intense atmosphere. I also like the instruments you picked, they added a moody layer of sorts to the song. Great stuff, keep it coming :D

[afterlife]

What's interesting to me is it doesn't feel like an ambient track, yet I understand why you labelled it as so; the melody does sound like a more relaxing/ambient type despite the intensity. With that being said though, this clash of things makes for a very unique track! The instruments you chose are not ones I commonly hear be used together, yet it felt perfectly executed to make a really interesting atmosphere. Great stuff, keep it up!

[metal exercise]

I honestly sometimes prefer songs without lyrics over ones with haha, this one was really good! It sounds menacing, and would probably fit very well for a cutscene when confronting an antagonist in some videogame. The percussion was very well suited for the already established intensity of the guitar melody. Great work once again, keep it up :)

[The Connection]

The song has a great funky start! It proceeds to lead into a beautiful melody all up until the very end. It kinda reminds me of Sonic music a bit for some reason haha (adventure era Sonic at least). Feels like the perfect track to put in a video game in a chill night time city or something like that. Awesome work once again, keep it up :D

BusanBlack responds:

Thanks! Yeah I could totally see a night time city for a game. Running through the town and just kickin' back. I had a crazy thunderstorm over my house while I was working on this beat and the flashes were wild so I had to make something upbeat but while also staying calm to haha.

[Midnight Ride]

Как обычно, супер трек :)

Мне нравится направление этого трека, он звучит особенны по сравнению с другими synthwave треками. Очень подходит слушать такую музыку в машине когда смотришь через окно. Супер работа, жду следующего шедевра :D

[schism]

Always nice to hear something cool made in a tracker lol, this song has a great happy energy to it :)

The progression is great as it is varied, and when repetition of motifs happens it still sounds fresh and nice. The instruments you chose were very acid and ravey, which fit super well together too. Keep it up :D

wineplume responds:

if you master a tracker you can do pretty much the same stuff as in a regular, traditional DAW :)
classic old trackers like protracker, fasttracker ii, octamed, impulse (schism) tracker have a lot of limitations, but there are modern ones - renoise, sunvox, openmpt/modplug (the one i use) - they support vsts and are generally powerful.
i also really like openmpt for other reasons:
1 - it's super lightweight and very stable
2 - vertical playback is great: easy to sequence, everything is super convenient to control in the "patterns" tab
3 - a quicker way to make melodies (piano rolls look like a nightmare these days LOL)
4 - patterns can be absolutely ridiculously long and wide. i love that. i love when there is a lot of open space.
5 - it's open source!!!1!!1!
thank you for the review!

[goblin swamp loop]

Would easily fit in some kind of videogame, this is so groovy and catchy. Nice stuff once again :D

[nightsnake]

So much instruments in this sound like they are from classic 90's euro hits, I love this! The melody is really fun and exciting, the progression is great as well. Keep it up as always :D

[weak hopes.]

Как обычно, очень красиво :)
Атмосфера трогательная и сонливая. Мне нравится :D

G2961 responds:

Спасибо! Как раз-таки я его делал в тот момент, когда очень хотел спать, хахахаха

[continue?]

I like the vibe, it's like a game over screen but with some action to it lol. Great stuff, keep it coming as always :)