octopus58's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[A Bit of 16Bits Music [Full Album]]

YM2612 4 lyfe!111

But for real this is amazing! I mean even without my bias towards loving the genesis FM sound, this is crazy good. So much variety in each song, every track is just something amazing and special on it's own. If I could give 5 stars for all 8 songs at the same time, I so would! This is legitimately some of the best 16 bit music I've heard in a while and feels like it legitimately came out of a genesis game too. Thank you for blessing my ears with such amazing stuff today haha

Keep up the amazing beautiful work!!!!

Dieswyx responds:

Such a culture person <3

Thanks to you for listening and taking the time to reviewing these tracks!

[Go foward!]

Sounds like a really enticing and exciting intro sequence, I like it! The multiple layers of arpeggios in some parts of the song give it a very full feeling. Otherwise each phase also has a good transition into the next before the repeating segments come in. The ending was also really pretty! Great work, keep it coming :)

HiddenVris responds:

Thank you so much for your review! Glad you liked it!

[Homeworld (PixelDay23)]

Very cute and happy, nice! I like the lightheartedness of this song, and the melody is beautiful. The occasional portamentos really give the song a lot of personality, and the bass/percussion is pretty punchy too. Could work very well for something like a menu, intro level or credits even for a game. Awesome work, keep it up!

OVERSCORE responds:

Thank you! Happy pixel day

[Fm8 Konmex - End of the Line]

This sounds amazing! For some reason as soon as the first drop happened with the metal sounds I got reminded of Risk of Rain 2 OST, but honestly this feels very unique and original. This is such an interesting mix between almost cinematic/symphonic music and dub step, I don't think I've heard anything like this before. The long (but beautiful) intro really felt worth it when you got to the drop. And the harpsichord that comes in at around 3 minutes was sick too. There's a lot I can say about this but honestly just great work, keep it up!!! It's awesome :D

FeroCatfish responds:

yoo thanks for your long and inspiring review! I honestly still impressed by what I just made lol

[high as the sky]

This is cool! Sounds like a level theme that could easily play in some chill sky level for a platformer or something. I love the wide echoey chords you have in the background, and the main melody is really nice too. The different use of synths you have throughout are also really nice. Great work, keep it up!

GuitARBEn responds:

I'm so glad to read this comment! Thank you very much!

[Sleeping by the Campfire]

This is so beautiful! It makes me relaxed, happy and sleepy. The instruments you used are so nice, I love how they blend into each other. I also love the mixing and the effects, it really sounds spacey and open. I just love it all around really, keep up the amazing work!!

NitroOrient responds:

Thank you so much!

[Frustration]

Да, действительно грустно звучит. Но зато очень красиво! Мне жанр тоже тяжело распределить, Лоу-Фай самый близкий. Но звучит очень классно, как меню в какой то игре даже! Я надеюсь что ты больше не грустишь :)

MicroMusician responds:

Спасибо! Впринципе да, я уже не грусчу, всё таки Новый год на носу, поэтому эта музыка была лишь чтобы успокоиться, да и выплеснуть из себя всю грусть, поэтому сейчас я чувствую себя хорошо!

[If Scanimate Was Music]

This was pretty nice, I think I can tell what you were going for :)
The main synth being detuned was a good touch, and it's kinda cool how much you can do with just that and the percussion. My only nitpick is that it feels a little repetitive at times but otherwise it was a really nice listen! Great work, keep it coming :D

VPJHuk responds:

Thanks for listening and giving me feedback! :)
As for the repetitiveness you mentioned, I can definetly understand. I kinda ran into a roadblock of ideas when making the second drop, so I just left it as is.

[a cat sits on your lap and you're now eternally sealed in your seat]

This does really sound like a cat theme haha, great job! It's something about the instrument you used for your chords, it just sounds goofy and fits perfectly. The melody you introduce about a quarter of the way in is really cool, although maybe it ends a little abruptly? Regardless though it's great and this song is really nice, good work and keep it up!

TBAdriel responds:

Thanks! The entire song is actually entirely constructed with one instrument, that being MeowSynth. It's actually the inspiration for the song idea in the first place. As for the melody, you could say that was intentional.