GrapheneKid's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Chocnoon - Salsa Sin Nombre (DI)]

¡Este musica es picante! Pero no me gusta los voces roboticos.

name responds:

No me alcanzaba para comprar voces normales xd

[Oh, this again? - Chiptune -]

Great track! Reminds me of all the time I spent on my Game Boy as a kid. I miss that thing.

[Remnants]

I would have loved to be a fly on the wall for this recording session. Sounds like a pretty legit piano. Nice job with the sampling. The warble feels a little too rapid for my liking but that's honestly my only complaint, the rest of the beat is solid

[Chiptune Jam]

This is nice! LOVE the percussion. Have you used famitracker much? I've always wanted to try chiptune stuff that wasn't just square and triangle VST plugins. I think I tried fiddling around in Famitracker or another NES tracker but got intimidated by the interface and put it down. I might have to give it another try though.

xanxoepico responds:

This was made in famitracker yes! I've used it to make remixes in the past, I definitely reccomend learning to use it more, I myself have trouble with tracker interfaces afyer getting so used to DAWs, but they offer an interesting music making experience

[JAMUARY2024 4: Post-Disaster]

I've only been around for two Jamuary events but horror is a fascinating genre to explore during this, I haven't seen anyone else try it. Definitely feels like a cinematic piece. The percussion is nice, I love the stings where it comes in loud. The rumbling sample that loops throughout is REALLY good, it doesn't feel like it has a consistent safe rhythm, and it anchors the entire song (kind of like the grinding sound heard throughout Resident Evil 4's "Ganado I" theme) and serves as a good jumping off point to layer other sounds or have some effects come in and out.

I'd definitely be down to hear more of this type of stuff in Jamuary as it's a nice break from all the electronic and hiphop beats I've seen submitted thus far.

[Refractured]

I'm surprised you make a unique album cover for each song in the event. This year and last I just create a single piece to represent the entire event. That's dedication right there.

The song's cool too. The airy, ethereal mood is appealing to me. Love the how you doubled up the bass synth, it really tickles the ears.

[Counting Steps and Scales]

This is a great track for a tutorial. Bright and simple while still having some quirky energy hinting at things to come.

[HypeJam]

God this guitar sounds so fucking sick

[March of the Hopeless]

The string plucking reminds me so much of MIDI tracks from mid-2000s games. Nice job overall, it definitely feels lifted out of an old-school CRPG. Some of the hits are a bit off-tempo but for the most part it stays on beat.

[What You Don't See]

Nice work with the percussion, gives the song a real "aloof" feel. I like the pad chords a lot, gives the song some atmosphere as well as an aura of mystique.