BenElliottSound's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Exterior]

You've been showing me the WIPs for this, but the final version is awesome, man! Love the textures!

Hikari responds:

I'm glad you like it! I'm hoping that it wont be too distracting in the final work. :)

[Out of Time]

Killer ambience, dude.

Hikari responds:

Thank you!

[Will of the Wisp OST - 01 - Maybe Tomorrow (ft. sai)]

Holy cow! This is incredible, especially for the apparent limitation of three days? I mean getting vocals and everything? The instrumentation as well is beautiful. I'd love to know what libraries you're utilizing here.

[AIM 2020- Among the Dragons]

Fun stuff, man! The first thing that comes to my mind, especially at the beginning though, is that the pizz feels really, REALLY dry. I think the piece could do with being put through a little reverb. Just like, a hall you could route all the instrument lines into. Would give it a sense of space.

Otherwise, I like the fantasy vibe you're evoking, and I think did the picture you picked some real justice!

[glittering gold sand]

Killer stuff! Good use of minimal chord movement, with an obvious time constraint from having to dish this out in a day, haha. Only thing is I wouldn't have minded hearing that reverb tail ring out more! Kinda cuts off the end, lol.

Troisnyx responds:

Yeeeee, notes taken. Thank you 💖

Sadly, HTML5 players don't work very well with loops, as has also been the case with SoundCloud: the cutoff at the end looping back to the beginning is very much a feature and I wish it weren't there. 😥 No removal of the initial silence present in MP3s seems to do the trick.

[The Forest]

Really groovin'!

["Under the Stars" - Jessie Yun]

Really beautiful, powerful stuff! Great phrasing on the melody! Very emotional!

JessieYun responds:

Thanks a dozen for the comment! Glad you enjoyed it :)

[Adventure Battle]

You showed me this, and a couple of variations of it through DMs, but I just wanna say here that this is seriously a major bop, haha. You've got an incredible knack for melodic phrasing, and can make some serious ear-worms even in just the span of a minute, like here.

Hikari responds:

I appreciate you <3

[Give me a break]

Pretty boppin' stuff, man. Only thing I'd say is the mix of things feels a little centered. Wouldn't mind maybe having some more instruments panned to the side, especially the ones doubling/paraphrasing the melody. Maybe even try experimenting with full on hard-panning. Like, just one ear. Results might be more interesting than you'd initially think. That stuff can really bring a sense of space to the overall arrangement, haha.

RealMrSnuggles responds:

Hey, thanks! I was actually considering this after listening to some Beatles.