HoboKa's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[The Resurrection]

And another under-appreciated tune at NG. Great vocal sample - love the haunting distortion to it. Reminds me of some Western RPG's made in the early 2000's. Actually, I'm also feeling some Chrono Trigger in this. Like a VERY remixed version of the Queen Zeal theme. Lots of applications here. Oh! Great production too, especially knowing that you used Sonatina Orchestra - some good use of freeware for sure - that takes talent :)

BakiTheFox responds:

Thank you, I was having a lot of issues working out the mixing for it but I got it as good as I could. I think maybe there's some phasing issue but eventually I might go back and fix it.

[Party at the Decrepit House (Sega)]

YUS...gimme that Halloween vibe - inject it in my veins!! Love me some Sega chip horror vibe. Ghostly for sure. Reminds me of Splatter House a bit.

BakiTheFox responds:

Halloween is my favorite holiday, I didn't get to do much for it this year due to being sick. Next year I'll make something way spookier!

[Lost Chronology - Robot Paradise (instrumental)]

The retro gating effect is just killer. Yeah, this is legit synthwave imo. Reminds me of Axiom Verge at parts. Also getting Tron vibes. It's a bit stagnant in terms of pacing, like at 3:39, I'm starting to get a bit bored. Thankfully 3:55 varies it up. 4:21 Nice!! Now I'm getting Silent Hill feels lol. Briefly. 6:14 harkens Trent Reznor feelz. Nice. Got some Industrial stuff going on, another genre that I dig. 7:04 that cymbol sure is dry and low-fi...maybe a better sample? 7:22, not a huge fan of the pluck synth thing, something that can boast a more reverb-delay would probably be more fitting - or maybe a saxophone/reed instead?? Just some ideas there. So yeah...it's not bad over-all. Bit long for my taste though haha. 8:40 is a cool throwback.

[Cloak And Dagger]

I hear some Bebe's Kids in the bassline at parts LMAO. Though the rest sounds like beat 'em up games. Maybe some Earthworm Jim vibes! Real good chip-work too.

BakiTheFox responds:

Thank you! I really enjoy the music from games like Bebe's Kids. To a lot of people those games are obscure, but their music all deserves a good listen!

[Spooktober [2A03 + VRC6 + MMC5 + N106 original]]

Mmmm I love this style of beat. It has a get wrekt-son vibe to it. I love the 3/4 sort of ballad swing to it at the 1:23 mark. Evolves nicely and organically. No negative crits here!

[HexCeed - Weightless]

Strings are a bit stilted on the velocity/start, but the rest is super kocher. The pad adds a lot to this. I'm bad at pure orchestral myself, so I really can't cast stones, but I felt I should point string-thing out, in case you are in a position to fix them. If not, I'll overlook it next time.

Natcl23 responds:

No, I know what you mean, I often have problem with that, but I'll see what I can do, anyway, thanks for your comment!

[Paranormal World]

That is one eerie swing-type dirge lol. I like it!

[Mechadata]

I think its the reverb amount. Reduce it all on every track by a fair bit. Then ease it up a tad, once everything sounds less pushed back. Boost the percussion by a fair bit and bingo! You can do this! 1:20 I think a half-tempo snare hit would do a lot to keep the intensity going, even on the slower breakdown. Same deal with 2:00 area I guess. Maybe some sort of rhythmic sequence to aid the slower parts feel more intense. That, or very Low piano and string notes. Pardon the edits :D

RealBlargMaster responds:

I can't edit this anymore. I'm not able to save my projects in FL

[New inspiration?]

Love the almost swing-like vibe to the structure. Would love to hear the full version.

[MEGALOVANIA (Beepbox Remix) ((again))]

Pretty decent, the bass is much louder than the rest of the mix. I think I get the intent here, but the other instruments might want to be brought up a bit I think. Also noticed at 5:03 that the guitar sample was much cleaner sounding without the bass, so I think the bass is also hogging a low-mid frequency as well. Other than that, this is pretty cool.

RealBlargMaster responds:

If you think that something is off or doesn't sound quite right, feel completely free to click on the big ol' link in the description and mix/master/EQ the song how you see fit. It's fun