Ceevro's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[-Starfight-]

Haha! Loved it! So very not my style...kinda comparing apples to wildebeest, methinks.

But I don't envy the judges who have to decide who does it better!

I'd love to collab with you when the competitions are over!

Preds responds:

Thank you! Glad you love it ^^

Best of luck in NGADM :)

Yeah we should, its going to be interesting to hear your style with mine!

[Peachymaiden & Javier Anibarro Z - Hidden Lines (Original)]

So nice to hear a softer side in this competition! Good luck!

Jabicho responds:

Thanks so much, Ceevro! :D

[Rushing into Deepness]

Friendly hint...I'm not your direct competitor yet, so I don't mind offering a little advice:

Adjust the volume of your lead-line during the loud sections. It's getting overwhelmed by the percussion.

Solid track, overall! Good luck in the NGADM!

Adjeye responds:

I have lowered the volume a little bit of the drums, but not all to much.

[-Hopper-]

Huh...your style is about as much of a contrast to mine as I've ever heard! That is not to say that you don't have talent...you clearly have style for days!

Looking forward to going against you in NGADM17!

Congrats on making it this far!

Preds responds:

Aww yeah!! Good luck in the NGADM17!!

Yeah, your style is pretty different to mine, but is also great! This is going to get real soon!! xDD

~ThaPredator

[NGADM 2017 Auditions Podcast]

Huh? People know me? How'd that happen?

ChronoNomad responds:

Of course they do! You're that world famous Sing-Along guy...aren't you? But seriously, those are awesome. Haters need not apply.

[endK - Bouncing Squad]

Huh...this like nothing I'd ever personally compose...and yet it hits the artwork right on the head, IMO. This almost begs to be a level in a videogame about the picture! I'd play the shit out of that game!

endKmusic responds:

Thanks a lot Ceevro, enjoyed your Rothgar piece so much. :)

[LL (Old) - Enslaved To The Pain]

Wow! Just WOW.

[the girl i fell in love with]

I am enjoying the overall composition, but the recording quality leaves a lot to be desired. You've got it compressed to the point where it sounds like it's all underwater. And while I am 100% in favour of live-recording, you will find that you benefit greatly from a more high-quality microphone and a dedicated recording space. At the bare minimum, you should have a padded backdrop for your mic to filter out ambient sounds.

But like I said, the composition itself was highly enjoyable. You sing and play well, and it was a great mood.

[The Dark Desolater]

Thoughts while listening:

Starts out VERY Tim Burton. Somehow turns all Slender Man, while retaining that Burton quality. Love the drop! Makes me wish I'd pulled out the headphones for the first listen! Methinks I'm gunna hafta have a convo with you on how to make dub...I wanna, but I keep failing. Do you use a keyboard while you record, or do you do the qwerty thing? Or what I used to do when I still used FL - manually click in each note on the grey grid?

I am totally getting down with this! Needs a strong voice shouting a hook. Maybe some kinda mass of people.

Thoughts after listening:

Welp. You gots the dubstep, there is no doubt. While I am personally not a fan of overly digital-sounding FX, you've used them remarkably here! When the competition is over, if you'd like, I'd love to put an electric guitar track in there for the melody line! Methinks I should get into contact with you to maybe start learning a bit more about the genre. I love good dubstep, but dammit, I can't make my DAW do what's in my head!

Full marks, my friend! Good luck in AIM!

Spadezer responds:

Much appreciated, and thank you. If you want, sure go ahead and hit me up. I'm not sure how much I'll be able to help, especially since I still feel like I fight with making what's in my head play out well in a DAW. What has helped me though with the first time I really tried making a dubstep piece, binge on listening to some dubstep songs and try to listen to the details. What I found is dubstep requires a lot of attention to the small details to make the whole. For example, I watched "We are Number One (Dubstep Remix)" for inspiration and found the drumming generally in Dubstep is a lot more minimal than what I was doing in my other stuff. Also, dubstep tends to separate sounds a little more than what I've done in other pieces too, like there's less harmonizing among different synths.

As for what I do, I have a keyboard to attempt plucking out what I hear in my head, or I use it as I'm messing with knobs to play with the sound of the synth. Otherwise I'm doing a lot of clicking either because I know what I want or I'm cleaning up what I record.

Thanks for the compliments and good luck back to you.