octopus58's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Sonic Legacy - Undercooked Underling]

This sounds so fun and exciting, I love it! The bass is popping, the synths and leads are full of life, it's just such a great villainy song to listen to. The harmony really helps bring this to life too I feel, so this is really great. With a composer like you I'm sure this project will get crazy popular, keep it up :D

AvizuraNG responds:

Thank you!

[Empty Streets]

Wow, this sounds spooky, chiptuney, phasey, and so many other things at the same time! A mix of things like this is surely to be unique compared to a bunch of other beats in a similar style. One thing I really like about this beat in particular is that it doesn't stay static. It's not just a repetition of the same thing over and over for two minutes straight, but you made it sound different as it goes on while still keeping some kind of root melody or pattern in the back. Great work, keep it coming :)

Casper responds:

Thanks for the kind words!

[Spaziergang]

Really creative use of actual audio from a walk to mix in with the music! The melody was also very unique and interesting, not like usual house I'd hear. But it was very interesting, and the instruments you chose made it sound like a very jazzy kinda walk. Really cool and neat idea, keep it up!

Drop17 responds:

Dude thank you for writing this. I was really unsure what to think of the song. To see this comment, knowing that I did not waste my time creating and actually getting explicit praise for my efforts really made my evening!

[-Spectral Dunes-]

I like the mix of lofi and more of a rock-metal ish style, very creative! I feel like I even hear a lot of other sub-electronic genres too in this. This could definitely work for a game level for sure, and it has an awesome progression throughout the whole track. Very beautiful instrumentation and variation as well. Keep up the awesome work, you do great at it :)

Preds responds:

Thank you so much!

[H~ "Preview of some kind"]

Oh man I wish this was longer, it sounded so nice! You set up such a great ambience there, the train track addition was definitely a good idea too. I like the mood, the set up, and the lead pluck that comes in a little later. I hope you turn this into a full song eventually :D

ssymboint responds:

Thank you. I will. :)

[Desolation]

This sounds like a mix of so many different things, in a very cool way! I can hear dance, trance and hardstyle all in one. It's also very climactic and impactful, yet chaotic and crazy, just all over the place. The mixing is surprisingly pretty good for a hardstyle song too! Keep up the great work :)

HelliXScream responds:

Glad to hear that, thanks!

[Soverney - Coral]

The progression on this song was very unique. It was jumping from one place to another in such interesting ways, I thought it was really cool! The dynamics of this felt very perfect, as well as the mixing. The sound choice was also pretty unique which helped the piece. In general this was a very nice listen, keep it up :)

Soverney responds:

Thank you so much for your interesting and detailed review! :)

[ntfrl 2021]

I love the melody and progression of this song! The beat was really cool too, and some of the sounds spooked me because I thought they were coming from somewhere in my room haha. I love the purposely grainy instruments too, they're pretty cool. My only feedback is that sometimes the very loud parts sound very fuzzy but otherwise I really like everything else. Keep it coming with more great stuff :)

Beighty responds:

Yo! thank you so much for your review, will def try to work the mixing and mastering a lot more, thanks!! uwU

[7/4 Time signature Electro House]

Man the 7/4 time signature is crazy but you did make this sound really cool! I was skeptical if I'd enjoy it at first because a lot of the attempts at this kinda time sig are usually a bit unbearable to me, but this was super funky! Super dynamic, very awesome progression, and perfectly adhering to 7/4. The sounds were also very clean and popping, mixing and mastering was great as well. Keep this stuff up, your work sounds awesome :)

Engin3music responds:

thank you so much man! i've been really obsessed with the idea of complex time signatures and feel that EDM is rather barren of them, so i thought i would give it a shot! i'm so happy that you thought it sounded good! i plan on doing more weird time signatures in the future (only they wont be glorified in the title)

again, thank you so much for listening!

[Reload Ammo]

Oooh I love when the strings kick in around 0:25, it gets a little emotional there which is pretty neat! And the additional instruments that kick in around 0:50 also get kinda funky and nice. My only criticism is that it feels a little repetitive at times but otherwise its really nice sounding. Can definitely work very well in a game too, or animation. Keep up the great work!

Viraxor responds:

thanks for the descriptive feedback! I appreciate it!