Rucklo's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Connection (Chapter 4)]

Yeah, I DO like the song...

... it´s really chilled out, and feels like "the time between the battles collecting ore looking out for an airassault" from red alert :D The repetition some pandora spoke of here is first of all totally up to the artist, the buildup is an imprtant part of an artists creativity. There ARE reasons not everyone like this kind of music :P
Still, for me the "repeating" serves a good purpose, it welcomes the changes and boosts them even more.
A couple of technical stuff i noticed; It´s really nice when the beat shows up, personally i´d make it even more noticable (lowering volume or have one or another breakdown just before beat kicks in. But thats me :), and the basedrum-base or whatever, sound(s) sounds quite overriding, unless u´ve distorted them in a way that gives a weird crunchyness to that sound. That´s easilly taken care of with some eqing. The voice is really suiting, but the backgroundnoice created by the mic uve used is quite annoying. Some can be filtered and eq´ed away of course...

Still really nice song. I gotta check the other parts of the 18 min song out too.

/Rucklo

Gillenium responds:

Yeah my girlfriend recorded the singing herself. I actually DID edit most of the hiss and fuzz out of it, lol, but I couldn't edit any more without it sounding like she was underwater. It was a REALLY crappy mic. Glad you enjoyed

[[Loop] Underwater Victory]

This loop...

...has a high videogame feeling to it, and thats why i liked it! U´ve captured the underwater-feeling niceley thru the distortion, and the whole composition gives me the feeling of some tsunami-risen monster from asia somewhere.
It don´t seem to get boring, because the lead is so everywhere! Nice job.

/Rucklo

JonH2O responds:

Right on man. Thanks alot for your kind words.

[*Night Train* [ZeRo BaSs]]

Too bad...

... u feel ur work don´t get the attention it deserves, but that kindof goes for everyone in the AP, except perhaps paragonx9. If u aint keeping up, u really dont know what artists are good, and there are many music n00bs submitting stuff here. That´s cool, though, but it´s easy to disapear in the masses. U´ve been around for a long time, and many ppl know about ya so u really don´t have to promote yourself that much here. Personally I try not to care so much anymore, submitting a song like once a month and get some reviews... when i´m making music, i might aswell submit it :P

About your SONG then :D
The intro was very good, it built up a nice excpectation, wiht the bass coming in. When the BEAT came in, shit, it all took an unexcpected turn, and wen totally insane! The "sounded like phone-beeping" came in, before the drumsolo, just WOW. This song is REALLY good, man, one of the best I´ve heard from you. So far, I hope ;)

If ya leave ng, good luck to ya. If ya stay, we got a lil more good stuff to look forward to :D

/Rucklo

ZeRo-BaSs responds:

Thx man 4 your nice review...and congrats for the weekly #1 =D... u deserved it..

[Shillin' Out]

Eyyy...

... chilled song. Sounds like something from an old Sega Megadrive game, or perhaps background music for a gamlinghall :D A lil softer beat, and SHWOSH its a goddamn elevator hit!
Cool stuff man!

/Rucklo

RyanChampion responds:

lol
elevator music hit, :P does sound quite retro though

thanks :)

[Running Down a River]

weee...

... this was really good man! I like your (experi)mental side alot man! good shit! The beat was awsome, and the lead was really out there as well! the mix did feel a little ... hummm perhaps some more work on the eq would be good... dont get me wrong here, it sounds pretty damn good as it is, but that should be the constructive part of my review :D

/Rucklo

crud responds:

thanks Rucklo! i know you've got an ear for correct mixing or at least like to make sure it all flows sonically perfect. most times i just leave it as is and hope it doesn't overpower one another too much. DnB is so good for you and me!

[Housed]

Yeah!...

... it´s been a while since I checked ur stuff out, this song is really good man. I like it alot, the delayed blipp sometimes brings some asian-feeling in to the song.
It´s a very good song in its full, but some things irritated me with the mastering; its overrideing in some places, and some places felt pretty ... uneven, compared to other... could be filtering along the way, or eq or whatever, i dunno, it just felt a lil weird. But then again I´m mastering a song myself now, so my ears are at full attention here :D

Drop by n check my latest stuff out if ya have the time man! :D

/Rucklo

crud responds:

yeah, some bass sounds might seem muffled, but in all real probability, it's probably the fact that i had to record it at a lower bit rate for shrinking the file size. lo-fi sound increases. you got some reviews comin' your way my friend.

[PaNdOrA-Chamber of Hate]

Oh yeah...

... now were talking man, this shit is pure evil, I really liked it man1 Ya should make more dnb I reckon! Nice work man! gettin better n better all the time u are :D

/Rucklo

Pandora-Tranquil responds:

thx rucklo, yep its evil (for once) lol

thx for your review

[A monster is lurking about...]

this was ok...

... but what i really like was the title. "A monster is lurking about..." royal!!!

THe song dont sound complicated at all, and it actually sounds like the loops are a little un-tight, drums in the beginning, or should i say perc.

Anyhow, a very good title my man!!! :D

/Rucklo

pigzelner responds:

Thank you a lot for the review!
I have a big problems when it comes to creating loops. The music app I use doesn't display the notes, nor allowing to edit them after a record, so I have to play perfectly on my keyboard and start over if I'm not satisfied enough. I'll get a better tool soon, I promise ;)

Anyway, thanks again!

[Cheese City (3:17)]

Well...

... this was ok... but what i really like was the title. "A monster is lurking about..." royal!!!

THe song dont sound complicated at all, and it actually sounds like the loops are a little un-tight, drums in the beginning, or should i say perc.

Anyhow, a very good title my man!!! :D

/Rucklo

Denvish responds:

lol@reviewing the wrong song

[Dark Electronic RiziaN]

Hey man...

... this song was really good! I really liked it! There´s really nothing to complain about, I liked it, simply! :D

/Rucklo

SpacLock responds:

Thanks. I didn't think anyone would like since i made it so fast at the last minute.