Rucklo's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[PandoraTranquil - Dance! BETA]

Hey man...

... its been a while since we spoke. This sounds really good, i hav to say. youve grown musically, this is waaaay cleaner than what im used to hearing from you. It also have a touch of darkness over it, wich i personally like alot. Anyway, there might be some fiddling here and there with EQ to clear everything up even better, but its pretty good allready.
That piano brought some cool vibes into the song, but i not quite sure about the frequencies about it... maybe one octave higher would change it enough... It kindof canseles out by the allready dark synth. I´d try it a lil brighter (=higher freq of course).
Peace out mate.

/Rucklo

Pandora-Tranquil responds:

rucklo!! its been a while since we talked man, thank you a LOT for reviewing this now old file of mine, I hope you are still on newgrounds and stuff.

thx again

[DJ Runaway - Method Solaris]

Awsome...

...Runaway, really nice bounce in this song! Makes me wanna daaance yo! fifened! Cant be bothered to revieww properly, sry ;)

/rucklo

[Helix - Vigilance]

It would be unfair...

...to give you lower scores just because I think you actually start to repeat yourself. Productionvice this holds as high class as anything else you´ve made. Very clear and crusty, but your style is really starting to repeat itself. Allm,ost the same riff-rythm is used as in some other songs of yours, the breakdowns an transitions aren´t that exciting if one has heard your other stuff here on NG... BUT, however, like i said it would be totally unfair to compare with your other songs too much, I am trying to judge this song compared to all other stuff on the AP, therefore you get high scores, and of course, it IS a smashing good song!
You mentioned its a "new oldie", i hope you experiment more on your new to come material. Really looking forward to hearing that man!

(high score oroginality is due to the fact this is YOUR style, it doesnt sound like much else...)

Keep em coming man!

/Rucklo

Helix6 responds:

I agree that some of the tracks I have up here are way too similar. I am working on some different things, but all of my newest stuff is incomplete and unready for release. Hopefully the next track up will be a change of pace for everyone.

[Corrupted Sinner]

Even though you...

...reviewed your own songs/have two hardcore fans this stuff is pretty cool. I like the whole talking real fast thing going on. The disted guitar synths sounds fairly crappy though, especially the one panned to the left. The whole track would probably feel alot better if you eq´ed it some. I understand you probably want a muddy sound for this song, but the piano just goes away when the song starts, some mastering would take care of that. Keep it up mate.

/Rucklo

JoshxTrance responds:

Thank you

[Night Indulger]

I can see...

...some good ideas in this tune here, but it still feels like a very empty track. You should really try to use some effects and more instruments to fill this song up. And try to vary the beat some too... just one loop wont do, im afraid. The synth thats glitchy sounds pretty cool, but some synth in the beginning feels like its of note. Whats that noicy pad all about btw? it could have been cool to use as an effect, swirl it around, make it stop and break and so on... But as it is now it just get annoying. What program u using btw? Quality is quite ok.
Keep working, like i said, basic idea sounds pretty cool.

/Rucklo

[Sinking Point Unit]

I´m sitting here and...

...downloading as you upload. This stuff is really good man. What equipment did you use making this?
Anyway, theres really nothing to complaint about. Im in the library writing this, so its difficult to review the quality, but form what i can judge its really good. The buildup on the song is really good, the instruments work fine with each other. It does get a little too mouch in places, maybe some more balanicing out on the instruments might set the mix free a little.
I liked the softer part in the song, in my opinion you should have had a big fat beat drop there, to make it really, well... big :) Judging on the filtering that follows, there is hardware incvolved in this stuff, right?
Anyway, nice song, mate. Ive just downloaded all ur songs, gonna listen to them on my way home afterwards :)

/Rucklo

dj-padman1 responds:

I appreciate your advice, it makes a lot of sense. Drum and bass and breaks are all about the 'drop' really. It's something I need to really work on, for sure!
It is a fairly dense production, I was going for kind of a Crystal Method thing. They often have 3 or 4 strong sounds competing for space but I reckon with their mixing skills they can pull it off.
Hmm..the song is composed entirely in software, Ableton Live actually, so I made liberal use of the really great filters and effects within in to enhance (or jeopardize) the song. The glitches, stutters, etc were most likely performed by Beat Repeat, again, that one is built into the software. I can usually manually edit volume on the master channel to get some gate type effects.

Keep watching Rucklo, one day I'll master the drop. Or at least get a C+ on the subject!

By the way, thanks for taking the time to listen to the music, I'm really happy that it gave you some satisfaction and thanks again for the observations :)

[eternal Life]

This is really...

...good, you are a good guitarplayer indeed. However, there are some sour notes here and there, but its not that important, really. The recording however, isnt the bet, quality brings the song down a bit unfortunatley. But i heard on the radio that youre a poor bastard, so i´ll leave it to that :D
NAh ,anyway, you should hook up with some beats and a bass, and make more out of it I think. Or perhaps just a 100% instrumental guitar-solo with some freaky synth-sound effects... but than youll have to come up with a liiiittle fresher sound qual on the guit. or simply distort and detroy the "clean" sytnh samples :D
Anyway, nice playing man. Ship ohoy!

/Rucklo

mhb responds:

thank you. and yeah i hate the fact that my quality sucks, but alas i am a poor bastard. maybe i'll just make a guitar track so distorted that it sounds normal.

[The Final Battle--_--]

First off the beat...

...twas a really juicy one, the bassdrum really pounded my eardrums good, thatone goes out to Jarrydn, of course.

And as fo the rest of the short battle song, its a very good compostion and feel extremley battle-ish indeed. It´s fast, and things really are going down indeed. The intro with the pizzicato and the aaaah thingy going on created a great expectation for the listener (me). The "efefcts" and bells in the song made it really full and powerfull. Great job here, Z! Its a 5!

/Rucklo

[Khuskan - Generic Menu Music]

This is a...

...soft song, it has a nice feeling to it. Allmost like... MENU MUSIC OMG!!! :D
But to be honest, the beat didnt feel like it belonged there 100%, the hi-hat should perhaps go to 1/4 instead of 1/8, or simply change it to an egg shaker. And for the bassdrum and the snare, theyre both a tad too reverby and stand out too much in the mix, and it makes the othervise so good composition turn a little... gay.
Nah, thinking of it, get that beat out of there goddamnit!!!
But like i said, the compostion is really good, this is a PERFECT menu song. Or preloader, or something similiar. Good job.
(but god i hate those drums, man...)

/Rucklo

Khuskan responds:

The drums were made for the sole purpose of offending you.

[-MrMaestro- My Vision]

Nice intro...

...that alone wanted me to jump up and shake it, but im in the library on a public comp, so ill better keep it down...
I liked the phased synth that came in after the vox sample, it felt very alive. But it also made the other instruments (stringsynth in perticular) sound fairly flat. The piano felt a little too too high in the mix, didnt quite make a good lead there... and in my taste, song is actually a little too slow.

The chinese blipp took it up a whole lot though, the reverbed "aaaaaah" with the cool buzzing synth and the octave shifting bass felt reaaally nice. At that spot, the piano felt just right in volume, probably cause it was the lead.

Overallmix was OK, but it did feel like it suffered a little from quality being reduced (to fit NG?). Especially the hi-hats, and whatever that has a higher hertz...Bring them instruments down to perhaps 10khz or even lower if you intend on just putting it on NG. But its difficult to tell since im not on my computer (even thpough i have my own headphones :)

Anyway, this is a good song, i like it, and it gives me a good dancing feeling. Nice job mate!

/Rucklo

DavidOrr responds:

Thanks for the in-depth review!

Yea, the piece did suffer a big quality-hit being reduced to 96 kbs. I would have gone it and screwed around a little more... but in all honesty I didn't care that much :P.

When I first started making it, it was a bit faster, but then I slowed it down. Maybe I'll revisit the idea of speeding it up again a bit.

Thanks again!