WingoWinston's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[A Simple Love Song]

I like the sound you have going and I can hear what you're going for and I know this is a work in progress so I'll tell you what I think,

With any piece really that isn't complete you need more substance. It sounds almost as if one hand can play the majority of this piece. Stick in some sweet melodic chords here and there. One of my favorite love songs is Theme of Love from Final Fantasy IV. Awesome love long, check it out and I'm sure it will inspire you to make this piece kick some butt.

cantinera responds:

That was exactly what I was aiming for actually. A cinematic love song, but I'm having trouble with adding more layers that are useful and not overpowering. As always, you managed to hit nail right on the head.

I'll look up that song for some serious inspiration. Thanks again!

[Tribal Dance Night]

Not really too much to this piece. Its just vwoomps and pum pumps. Needs more substance. Add something that rattles, also more depth to the drums, deeper rumblings.

RevReefer responds:

ok, I'll check into that.

[Dreamy Night]

Where'd you get that voice sampling? Unless its real in which case I liked her voice, but it gets a little repetitive. But still a solid loop.

RevReefer responds:

the vocals are samples that came stick with the mixer.

[Advent of the Myriad Dawn]

When the strings first come in the sampling isn't all too great, the melody is awesome though. Then the part with the bells is excellent, I had a Fable shiver, then the following part to the end was pretty sweet too, I just feel with better sampling this piece would have had a better effect on me, plus there was no epic ending!

I'd like to say though I loved what you did with percussion and bells and the sampling sounded really nice for those two at least. Good job!

4ltF4 responds:

Thanks for the review!

I know what you mean about the sampling. It's low quality orchestral VST but it's the best for what my computer is capable of handling so I make due with what I have. Actually, it's funny that you mention getting a 'Fable shiver' because that's where the influence for the percussive part there came from. Sorry about the ending, I'd had this piece sitting around for a few months and I figured it was time to wrap things up so I could only sum up a few more measures of work. I'll consider doing a follow up piece with more emphasis on the epic.

[OG - Viewer Aeries]

I'm agreeing with the review below this. Listen to Jeremy Soule's work. He did the music for Morrowind, Oblivion, Skyrim, Star Wars games, Warhammer, Guild wars, he is the master. If you want inspiration he's your man. You got that perfect Winter/Wilderness Ambience going on and I love it as it is, but you've definitely got the potential for loads more. Keep up the awesome work!

Ogt2 responds:

Thanks a lot for the review man!
Now that you mentioned Jeremy Soule also made the music for Guild Wars and Oblivion, I remember some of the ambient themes in those games were really to my liking. How awesome! I'll definitely check his work out.
If you want to check out more of my work you can head over to my YouTube channel (I'll send you a link by PM ;) )
So yeah, thanks again, and cheers :D

[TTCD -8- Barrier of time.]

Can't help but think of Chrono Trigger. Especially with the sampling used for the brass. I loved chrono trigger and nostalgia will always bring out good things. It seems a little out of place at times, but overall I still liked it, especially with the theme you were going with in you description. I could see you postins pseudo chrono trigger music that could nab a lot of attention. Keep up the good work!

Calamaistr responds:

track has been fixed, and reuploaded, should be listenable any moment now if the updates are swift.

thanks for your review, check back and tell me what you think of this fixed version. :)

[Own the light]

Liked the sound of it. Sometimes I found the percussion a little annoying though. But other than that still a pretty good piece. Keep up the good work!

mosquitoproject responds:

Thank you for your comment, I really appreciate it :) and thanks for the advice are useful for me ..

[Hungarian Dance No.5]

Purdy Awesome. Only think I'd say is when the bells come in, to quiet them down bit. Otherwise I dig.

cantinera responds:

Thanks! The bells are pretty obnoxious.

I was thinking that too. Lol

[Baroque (or Reverb, FTW)]

Horror-isj

Sounds like something I'd hear playing in a horror film. Something like "The Omen". Give it a watch unless you already have, you'd see what I mean. Maybe its the hight pitch low pitch thing or maybe I think the piano is just a tad too loud, maybe make the piano forte, guitat mezzo piano/mezzo forte sort of thing. But I still dig this. Awesome job.

cantinera responds:

The piano is noticeably louder than the guitar, but the guitar is actually turned up higher. I'm worried that if I change the ratio to favor one instrument, the moving action by one instrument will be drowned out under the other.

In hindsight, I don't think that using a very staccato piano and finger-picking guitar was the best idea in the world.

lol. Thanks for the review!

[Conversing With Gluttony]

Eerie as F***!

This is one of those loops that I could scar a 6 year old with. I'm getting a Shadowman/Zelda/Devil May Cry kind of feel. So I could definitely see this fitting in with the whole "Gluttony" theme. Awesome!

portraitII responds:

haha thanks, (sorry for the late reply, I haven't been really active)
just wondering, where does it fit in zelda, though?