TheGoldenProof's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Chocnoon - Obscure Obsoleteness (CDLXIII)]

2:08 bro's got that https://youtu.be/8Ajedeud_K8?si=IBuTt-QC5SmZphD3 Mega Drive - Acid Spit rizz.

What synths/preset are playing there (and on their own at the end)? I've been searching for both those sounds forever.

name responds:

I don't remember that sound, but I think it's from Sytrus. I'll check it when I get home.

EDIT: It's Electric 1 from Sytrus.

[Taotie's Avaritia]

What do you even do for 80 hours!? That's insane! Sounds great though.

death2go responds:

cast different ideas for different sections of a song, spend too much time on it to try to make it sound good, realize no matter how much i try it just wont for that melody, delete and remake a section or melody, repeat 3 times per section for the entire song lmao

[Heian Alien (Electronic remix)]

sounds like the unholy Galaxy Collapse

MicroMusician responds:

Yes, but it's the unholy Heian Alien

[Second Reality - Mega Drive Version]

id be interested to hear this with loads of compression and fx, could actually sound more like a mega drive song than your other one

edit: wait, is this Mega Drive as in the artist or Mega Drive as in the Sega Genisis?

KDan responds:

As Genesis ofc ^_^

[Misty Lake (Orig: Lunate Elf)]

The overall mixing and composition is pretty good. And normally I wouldn't say anything about this, but it kindof important to the genre... the drums aren't very liquidy. I don't know the first thing about how to make them liquidy, but maybe some stereo width somehow?

Febbs responds:

Hm. Well I think you're onto something there. But I'm going more on a solid drum beat than using vinyl breaks to accompany this. I really like how it works in this arrange, honestly. So I just stayed with it. But thanks for pointing that out!

[Flowering Night (Wing Tech Remix)]

notes as im listening:
- the notes at the beginning are long. both the lead and that background thing. it sounds too smooth for the very rough sounds used.
- impressive loudness, stereo image, and general mixing
- that said, that "bass" (?) playing the long notes like at the beginning sounds weird in general, and the sidechaining/compression is part of that.
- the vocal is a little too repetitive. its too long and recognizable as the word "go" to be used like a percussion instrument.
- the horizontal composition is good. none of the transitions stood out to me in a bad way. it flowed nicely.

Winkwing responds:

That's the wing tech style baby! So close to being right but always fucking a few things up!

I kid, thanks for the feedback, planning on showing off what some of my FLP files tend to look like after a remix is made if you're interested.
Either way, constructive criticism is always welcome!

[A battle of Renewed Strength - Touhou-styled Original]

this song could use some stereo work:
- the drums could use some stereo imaging (give each "drum" its own panning).
- the instruments themselves sound fairly mono. I haven't figured out how to make a mono sound wider, but by doing that, you could get a ZUN-style sausage waveform.

you might also make the drums a little quieter and everything else a little louder, but that might happened anyway if you do some stereo stuff.

SeleDreams responds:

Thanks for the advices, ngl I myself would like to make my songs more stereo, but it's a bit hard to make it "balanced" when playing with panning

I'm soon going to get an SD-80 which would allow me to have access to more accurate touhou 6-like instruments, as for this song I used the Soundcanvas VA vst which is an equivalent to the SC-88 pro while good it doesn't have all the instruments used by zun (who uses the sd-90, which is the same as the sd-80 just with another form factor)

[Choking Evil Seeds ~ Waterfall Encounter]

I'm ashamed to say this when you're so proud of this song but its not quite Touhou 6 until the very end with the trumpets. Zunpets were the huge change that made 6, 7, and 8 so iconic. What this sounds a whole lot like though is Seihou. (If you aren't aware of Seihou, its a bullet hell series ZUN made the music for between the retro and classic windows era.)
I really like the sound of the Seihou songs, but I don't really like the melodies and song structures of most of them. So, the fact that you made one with a good melody and structure is (IMO) the real pride of this song. And don't get the wrong idea about this. Its a good song. I usually hide my scores regardless of what I rate but I'm not in order to emphasize this.

Fantasyck responds:

Nah, don't worry, I think I get what you're saying. Touhou, Seihou... either way, hearing that I nailed the "early ZUN MIDI music" vibe means a lot, and I'm glad you enjoyed the way the song played out (even if it's technically based off of a pre-existing song lol). Thanks for the kind words!