SymbolCymbal's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[[Speed Rap]- Fastest Rap]

KICK ASS

Good shit dude. reminds me alot of The-O

JonH2O responds:

Oh, The-O. Yes...Hm.....I'll figure that out later.

[RASTAFIER]

Im diggin... like 75% of it

That 1,2,3,4 Synth that starts at 27. I dig what you are trying to do with it. But i would seriously put a reverse effect on it .. just to fill up the ambience and give the synth some character.

The siren.. i love a siren as much as the next guy but you can really add some dynamics to it bu choping up the sample and adding a delay to it.

I would definitly say this is a form of dubstep. Your song structure kept it moving .. but it really is missing alot of character.

Start adding effects such as delays flangers and rotary cabinets. youll see a huge difference in the track just by sitting there for an hour or two and doing some serious automation with certain effects.

All in all its got great potential, i would really like to hear this track sound more spacey and ghosty.
My favorite part of the track is the simplicity of the drums.. you had used the perfect set to go along with the track. At some times it reminded me of what a drugged out robot would sound like on a dance floor.

I have recently been effin around with dubstep. its a simple genre to produce but the secret is automation reguarding producing, unless you are using ableton .. then in that case you can just record live automation.
What DAW are you using?

superuberinsaneausm responds:

thanks for the advice, i use fl studio 8 i really agree with you on the aspect of reverb on the drums, i tried to add some but i was afraid i would overdo it

[-PdG- Kirby Rockstar REMIX]

FUCK le bomber le zzzero

This is a great adaptation of a kirby song.. i put my headphones on to listen to this and is just cascades through my ears and into my mind...

The side chaining was really good as well i didn't feel is was overkill as most FL studio users do. You truly took this song and complemented it. in that aspect........MISSION ACCOMPLISHED!

And dude dont worry about zero bombers .. they will always be there.. newgrounds is a place to build up your musical resume... just communicate with flash artists and try to be featured in successful flashes and one day if your serious about music production then you will have a slew of experience..... a remake like this is a perfect example of raw talent thrown into the competitive video game musical genre on the internet...

never give up.. PM me whenever you have a new song.. ill def toss you a constructively criticizing review.....

But back to the song... thats why im here right?....

the piano roll was done perfectly.. no sloppy arrangements, also the side chaining was at a perfect level to keep the bass and pads on the upstroke. the analog synth had a nice glide to it without overdoing it.. i really cant give you any advice because you perfectly executed this... i really mean that .. and thats why you get a ten. i almost went with a nine because it doesn't loop perfectly but who really thinks about looping when making music

shit dude im favin this cause you did such an awesome job with this remix. i know you sat there with headphones on getting the reverb and side chaining perfect... i can respect that
now just put this emotion int our flash experimentation and BRAVO.................... your a fuckin HIT

Prodigal responds:

Sat here with SHITTY headphones and got it all right :D

My friend is actually using this in his Kirby Collab menu, believe it or not. I like to use Gross Beat for sidechaining because I can basically monitor everything form there. it's quite fun :D

The melodies themselves were a pain in the ass to actually fit with a bassline because of the key change >.<

I honestly don't care about the zero bombers anymore. I've accepted the fac that there is and will always be stupid people on the internet.

thanks for the lengthy review :D

[The World's Greatest Magician]

Its a shame

Its a shame that you dont have better sounding synths. Your playing and composition are top notch but your synth sounds just dont match your skills.

Love this song, very well executed and a great silly and tense feeling theme.
The title and story go along perfect with it. Great musicians can put pictures and scenes into the listeners mind.
And it loops nicely as well! :D

i would give you a ten but the mix and the synths just dont do the composition justice.

Awesome work
5'd
9'd

EmperorCharlemagne responds:

Thank you for the kind words; from an accomplished dude such as yourself I appreciate that very much.

I too wish for better sounding instruments; I scrounge the internet for free soundfonts and I take what I get... I don't know how to use VSTi's and I have no budget for the more professional things I'd like. The best I do is that every new song I experiment with FL filters to try to get a better sound, but it don't always work. But enough with the sob story.

Again, thanks for the review; I'll keep on workin' harder!

[555 drum thing]

I like the ambient touch, but

Some stuff irked a little bit.
Some of the programed drums were a little off time. I know you were probably making the drums kinda off time and a little amen ambient type glitchy, but some of them worked and some of them didnt. The beats were awesome and EQ'd nicely but sometimes the use of cymbals was a little too much to bear. Since it happened a bunch of times i gave you an 8.

Now onto the good.
This is an extremely relaxing track, The drums that didn't go overboard were very smooth. I would suggest those parts where you had tons of cymbal sounds lined up in a row replacing them with panning clicks and low snares and hi hat. The beats were very interesting and i give you a definite thumbs up for that. It is basically what kept my attention to the song and made me write a review. I especially when you dropped just a simple hip hop beat here and there, it definitely gave me a nice head bop moment. i also the nice slight pauses you had near the beginning.

The actual music:
I love the simplicity and easy touch. When you started harmonizing the chimes it really smoothed out the track and even though you continued the same line alot it really kept it placid. The little mono-synth leads were also perfect and flowed VERY nicely. My favorite part was at around 1:30 where you meshed the lines together and eventually broke it apart again to go into the fade out ending.

Personally if i was working on this track i would repair some the drums and even extend it. For some odd reason i feel a distant ambient soulful saxophone would really put a great spin on this track.

All in all i really do like this track. you get a 5 from me because this deserves a higher score. Normally i would have given it a 4.
(Dont let the zero bombers get you down).

But seriously awesome work. I really hope you work some more on this track because it has so potential to be amazing.

5'd
8'd
faved

talkinwalrus responds:

hey thanks for the review! I'm going to redo most of the drum beats, and practice syncing up things better. I recorded this on the fly composing as I went... each section of beat had it's own button assignment as well as each section of the music. This is my first attempt, I will definitely keep working on it. I was really depressed after getting 0 bombed. Thanks again.

[Kaleidoscope (NG Edit)]

Very Funkay!

Damn dude. I lovve this track.
The 8 bit synths and the harmonies used just go together great.
At 1:00 i noticed the echoes are just a hair off time though but its a nice little break moving into a buildup.

My favorite aspect of this is your lead lines. you really jazz funked out your lines.
if this was done with realistic sounding instruments and some organs i would be jumping all over the club floor. Regardless i love your use of synth sounds here.

the buildups are great but they seem to go on into a great buildup that doesnt seem to deliver the punch that is expected. I can understand a need to tone it down though so you can build it up again. WITH THE EXCEPTION of the one at 4:00.
That buildup was pretty damn solid but once it comes in it goes into a fade out in the ending..... i would have love to hear you jam out with that funkay disco 8 bit lead again for a bit longer into the fade out ending

I would give this a solid ten but i think the arraignment needs a little work. the buildups just seem to lack a blasting out at the end of them. But from a minimalist point of view i would say you nailed it without going overboard.
This is awesome electro house.

Other than that i truly have to say that this track is fucking awesome and you did wonderful work on it. I love hearing talent like this. You kept this track very interesting. I was constantly feeling where is was going next and suprised at how much better it sounded as it went on. Seriously solid groove on this track dude
im gonna go check out your other stuff now :3

RAVEN responds:

Heey SymbolCymbal, thanks a lot for the review, I really appreciate the feedback! I'm glad you enjoyed the track dude, I wasn't sure what kind of response I'd be getting from this track. I will admit I have a lot to work on when it comes to arrangement because sometimes I think too far ahead of myself or perhaps I don't think far ahead enough to arrange my music in an organized manner. I've always had difficulty with organization and prioritization in general, but I'm getting better at it little by little. Thanks again for the review. Peace! =)

[Piano echo (extended)]

For what it is

ill give it a nine. It sounds like an awesome intro to an awesome song.
Your just missing the awesome song after the intro LOL.
but for whats there. i love the crispness of the piano and the echo effect.

i would really expand this into a nice song or even a loop that is a little longer.
i had this playing in the background while i was surfing and i was kinda disappointed with the length cause it built up into something that i thought was going to kick ass.

If you ever extend this into a full song or a working loop PM me

BreakingProdigy responds:

Hey SymbolCymbale,
First of all, thanks for your review, I really appreciate it :)
I'm happy to hear you like it.
I might expand it or make a loop out of it, time will tell.
Ow and try to check out my other songs aswell :)

[narcissistic]

reminds me of MSI

its ok .. i think if you spent more time changing your effects and doing the lyrics with a little bit more anger in them this could be an awesome piece. Its kinda hard to take take your lyrics seriously when you sing them so apathetically.

i really think you should redo this

IzakFlashMan responds:

Thanks for the review. I haven't had a lot of practice being angry. Ha ha. It usually just boils below the surface. =P
But definatly ill give it another go.

[(NUB)Sinking Weightless]

EXtemely relaxing

I have had this looping for about about twenty minutes.
It really is an amazingly relaxing and center vibe piece. It really gets into the primal soul of meditation and relaxation.

I noticed you kinda held off on the percussion being off time and sparsely dense on this one.. you truly played for the ambience and the feel of the song.... 2:25 ... awesome beat change .. .. your EQ-ing and creation skills still amaze me. you just keep getting better and better and better!

The wizard creates another masterpiece.

Awesome job august

nubbinownz responds:

the wizard !? I dunno about that hahaa thanks a bunch dave. Haven't heard much from you in a while man, what have you been up to !?

[~ Please Don't Go ~]

LOL.. Holy shit---

You actually covered this... AND as your second submission no less.. ill be perfectly honest with you.. you did a very good emulation job... the bass line is really solid.. and im impresed you came up with the lead lines.. Not one layer of this song was missed at all.. Although i hate this song you really did an awesome NewGrounds version..
You didnt cut the end off the track to get rid of the silence at the end... for that you get an 8.. sorry for breakin your balls

Sweet job
4'd 8'ed

Catstuffer responds:

Yea, I even covered this... Thanks for the review! This actually is my first submission ever, it was my best at the time!