triplebarrel's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Qshunt & Affilliate - Nyquafed]

I absolutely VIBE with this, reminds me a little of Black Sun Empire but I haven't really heard too many of their tracks. A minor nitpick is that I wish that the outro wasn't as sudden as it is, might've just took 2:55-3:17 again and placed some reverb right at the end. Otherwise, really solid tune.

Qshunt responds:

Thanks very much for the kind words!

[Remix of a Remix [REMIX REMIX, [DOUBLE REMIX ALL THE WAY]]²]

Awwe fuck it I'm giving this track a high rating again, still loving the sounds here but thought it sounded a little samey throughout - even with the drum variations. That story is also interesting, didn't know you had multiple experiences with people using stolen shit tho. ̶b̶t̶w̶ ̶w̶a̶n̶n̶a̶ ̶c̶o̶l̶l̶a̶b̶?̶?̶?̶1̶1̶1̶o̶n̶e̶

Jokes aside, solid work.

Quarl responds:

Honestly, there's always people uploading ambiguous content to the audio portal. Sometimes it's for geometry dash. Other times users will assume identities and try fitting in. Always burns a little bit when you get close to individuals that assume an identity using content they didn't have permission sharing. I kind of keep Newgrounds users at arms length because of that.

I like witnessing artists grow. When someone starts posting content on Newgrounds and it's amazing from day one I can't help but wonder if the content belongs to them. I fucking hate that suspicious feeling, sorry.

Sorry to vent triple, I'm just a little exhausted. Nap time...

[Machine Elves]

Not really sure what to think of this track, to me it sounds like a pretty rushed imitation of phace's tunes with some of the synths and the snare especially sounding off compared to what I'd expect. The snare here seems to lack some high end and most of the synths aren't as plucky as I would've hoped. Best thing here seems to be the bass hits and vocal chops, but I also think they could benefit with some more compression and high end. All of those are the only problems I could really find with this track, so it's still pretty good imo.

Demonicity responds:

if i release this to a label meph will probably help me make the track sound more juicy

[Rat Bounce]

Whew, the atmosphere here is unmatched. The melody and arpeggios are beautiful. The only real complaints I have here are me finding the fade out outro to be a little lazy and the drums to be a little too unnecessarily punchy for how weak they sound compared to the other synths in the mix. Overall though, it's lovely.

maBanks responds:

i agree the outro is lazy lol, but i ran out of time for the contest! had to do something ya know? thanks for the feedback homie

[A Step Into Terror]

This track grooves pretty hard! Everything here's great, asides from the point mentioned by DJ-Cassell - I also think the piano's a little too harsh, especially near the end. Asides from that, solid work!!

Jumbs responds:

Ayyyy I'm gonna invest more in this mix later this week. Maybe I should try some different compression settings for that piano. I set it a little high since its playing the melody, but maybe its a little much when its comping chords. Thanks for the review dude!

[Void Monsters]

This track's pretty neat. The pads create a chilling atmosphere which is complimented by the vocals, but there was also some things which didn't really work out in this track's favour.

I found some of the sub notes to be a little bit high for this track, maybe tone some down a fifth. Another thing I didn't really like was how weak the main drums are compared to the arpeggio's volume for how punchy they seem to be, so the arp might need some sidechaining or volume adjustment. The second drop was also pretty similar to the first, with it only being longer. Not really anything wrong with that but hearing essentially the same section twice in a 6 and a half minute track can get a little mind numbing... for me at least. It's still nice.
-triplebarrel

HypercubeRecords responds:

Thanks for feedback!!
I will try to improve in next!

[diZZy @OTHERFXST 2021]

Parthenon is such a good way to end this set, I can't really describe how overwhelming the atmosphere of it is. I'd love to see it uploaded as a single here, same goes with the 8:13 ID.

also based

dizzyOfficial responds:

Thank you so much! I was actually thinking about releasing those soon! I just need a name for the 8:13 ID :)

[Sand Castles]

I can easily say out of all the time I've been on Newgrounds, I have *never* heard a Drum & Bass piece like this until now. Shit's weird, I dig it tho. The only real problem I have with this track is that I find every song element to be very compressed to 0db, a little too much for my tastes - lowering the volume of some instruments but still keeping the limit to 0db would be a 10/10 from me, but...

9/10, Nice.
-triplebarrel

Quarl responds:

Totally legit crit. I never know how things sound, creators bias. Thanks for telling me to lower stuffs <3