TomBanks's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Arpegio Study no 1]

Wow

Those are some cool arpeggios.

sorohanro responds:

thanx
i made it for practicing (first as a loop) and then tough ... why not record the exercise i made up and post it ?

[Guitar Challenge - Cyril]

Sweet

Sweet tone, great solo - I thought someone was singing at first, your guitar sounds that good.

CyriltheWolf responds:

Wow, thanks.

[==(Ice Desert called Eart]

Subtle and powerful

Yeah, the rhythms and tones and everything, great. I really like what you do with the flutey sound, especially when you do that subtle crescendo and tone change thing like at 1:46.

[»§« Coming Home]

Smooth the sweetness with reverb sustain?

Yeah, it didn't seem off key to me; I liked it, very nice.
The vocals have sort of a different sound than the instruments, a different atmosphere - dryer, crisper. What if you put more reverb and echo or something on the beautiful voice to make the vocals seem to be in the same place as the rest of it, to melt them out over everything and stretch them out, and make the vocals fill up all that space even more than they do, and surround the listener. I sort of feel like the singing is dwarfed a little by the accompaniment. Just an idea - it's great as is.

MaestroRage responds:

Yeah, I know. Ragey was actually the one who wanted to polish the voice and make it sound the way he wanted it to (he hates it when I add my own special effects =/ ). Anyway, yeah, I get what you mean. It's a good idea indeed. Thanks for listening!
With love,
LadyArsenic<3

[flaws:ellipse]

Great!

The bass at the beginning is heavy and scratchy in a good way, all pulsey and complex, a great thing to listen to - and then the other instruments come in, and they're so rich and smooth and siney, sort of in contrast to the fat fuzzy square harshness of the other. I like the melody, interesting, not a boring moment, developing the whole time. Lots of good harmony - love it, thanks.

[Veff]

Cool

I really like the sound of all your voices, really nice - the melody and beat don't sound like the same old thing to me at all, they're interesting and original. I don't think it's overly repetitive - sounds just about right to me. I can't say I noticed these alleged flaws, but then again I don't know much about this style of music.

flaws responds:

Gah, too many people saying flaws.

[Dark Egypt]

Cool

That bass part is pretty good, dark and heavy; I don't like some of the voices you used, especially the snare - it just sounds cheap. Man, I always get frustrated at the crappiness of the drum sounds available whenever I go to use them. The sound at 1:29 is bland and cheap to my ears also. Otherwise, pretty well put together.

SonicJ responds:

Would you happen to know where I could aquire some better snare samples :( ?
If you do, that would be awsome thanks for the review. I have to agree though, I was pretty unhappy with the snare myself.

[The Hype]

Interesting

Solid bass; I like what you did with the reverb on that wood-block sounding drum at about 1 minute. There's a pretty nice variety, but I wouldn't have repeated each patern for as long as you did.

explode-a-tom responds:

ya i never realized that the song was going to be that long.

[triste: a snayk tetris mix]

Interesting

I agree that the main tetris melody could be better; but to me, this song does a lot of real cool stuff that the bike song doesn't.

snayk responds:

I think I see what you're talking about. I assume you're referring to all the glitching going on. I only began experimenting with it a while after my Punch-Out! mix, but ever since, it's been a technique I commonly employ within my songs (mainly because it just sounds so cool).

Thanks for the review!

[.:Something Soothing:.]

Nice

I listen to this, and I think, "When did so many great musicians get on Newgrounds?" Enjoyed it, thanks.

kchrules responds:

Your welcome. And thanks