HoboKa's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Born Cursed (ft. Fossegrim)]

Great vocals. Great production. Great flow. Liking the drums especially. 2:20-2:24, I think there is some clipping or some other form of distortion that may not be intentional. The mix is maxed out at many parts, so difficult to pinpoint exactly.
3:20 is a solid breakdown. I like that the vocals were pushed back as an ambient feel. 3:55 set off my ASMR nicely. Not easily done, just cuz I listen to so many tunes.
4:15 it gets even better. Awesome E-guitar work.
Solid work.

[-Metallic Madness (Sonic CD) [DJSG Remix]-]

Nice blend of low-fi with hi-fi. Little too detuned for my tastes, but there's clearly a lot of work put into this. Lots of pitch-bends and fun little articulations kept me engaged. I especially liked the bit at 4:30 onward. Some clipping going on there at parts, but eh.

[Full Moon Lunacy]

Dat 90's spoopy electro house/EDM. Gotta run away from Myers again damnit...

[sakura Hz - Perfect Breakdown]

Killer production. Had to download to be able to listen to the whole thing. Must be a playback glitch. Anyways. Mood changes confirmed. They flow nicely. Good vocal (synth?), either way they work really well. Great progression. Never felt "lost" like some progressive stuff does to me. Nice work. And that exiting filter effect. Mmm mmm. Dag yo.

jpbianchini responds:

Thank you so much!
Hmm, yeah it seems to be glitching here too. Only happens on NewGrounds tho

Glad you enjoyed the mood changes! Yeah the vocals are Vocaloid, so yeah, vocal synth.

Ohh I'm really happy you enjoyed the way it ends. I guess most people don't really notice that part too much, but it was pretty deliberate on my part to have it end like that.

It was inspired by the way ANGEL VOICES by VIRTUAL SELF ends. Definitely recommend checking that song out.

Anyway,
Thank you for the feedback and the rating!

[Winter 2020]

Pretty good. Tics all the boxes for a good Trance song. Groooovy~
(I kinda get a Scott Pilgrim vibe. Weird.)

[Smoke On The Water 8bit]

Swaaag. Rly good groove and all the right retro vibes.

[UFO]

Lovin that theramin vibe and chippy leads. Doesn't wander around more than it needs to and varies things up nicely. Clearly a fair bit of work went into 'UFO'. Noice.

[Roman-T & Ásum | Cosmología [Melodic Dubstep]]

Synths are dope and liking the little trills, wobbles and fx. Good melodic work too. Everything fits nicely.

DarkInRed responds:

Thanks bro!

[Divinity]

Quite a huge preface there, definitely leaning more to ambient. I kinda preferred it more as an ambient than a dance tune though. The lead synth isn't quite my taste. It's aight.

Stilactic responds:

Yeah I wasn’t too happy with how this turned out but it is what it is. My next song will be more consistent and easier on the ears

[Dune]

Nice touches with the piano reverses for transition fx. 1:20 is especially good when that bell comes in. Might be too much reverb, and the lower ends feel a tad muddy. What DAW did you use, out of curiosity? If it's FL Studio and you're using Fruity EQ 2, don't. Better off using the default Mixer equalizers.