Surkol's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Chaser]

Cool synths at 1:30. You could’ve switched up the drumbeat every 8bars or something. Otherwise good stuff!

McGorilla42 responds:

Thanks for your reply! :)

Definitely agree that more variation would be helpful here. I haven't listened to this for over a year so all of its weaknesses are more apparent. I believe I wrote this and a bunch of other pieces during the course of a week in a single sitting so there was probably a lot of copy/pasting going on! :)

[Synth Hell]

Sounds like something from DK country

[Color Shift]

Some really nice beats in there! Maybe it's just me but it's too much reverb so it's hard to appreciate the melodies. And I can't decide what I think about the swosh sounds at like 1:02-1:03. They fit the song but could have been presented better. That sound also reminds me of Splatoon. You should upload more than 1 song a year. If you change your mind you can just remove it later :)

[Koraii - Trick Room]

I think you are somewhat talented. It's pretty good. One thing that comes to mind is that't it's a bit too loud in general. The bass at 02:42 is great. Idk but it reminds me of NERO (even though they use more old school dubstep sounds).

[Tear Down That Wall]

Sweeet tune. Do one with trump now!!

Quarl responds:

we must tear dwn that wall

[stepping to the same beat]

Sounds pretty cool. I like the atmosphere but it misses a strong melody. I just imagine having a fat gorillaz bassline starting at 00:32 with some delayed vocals over it.

lofiskyline15 responds:

thanks a ton! the atmosphere was definitely the focus haha :3 but the melody was also definitely improv-y and all over the place.

[Super Ultra Rocket Ride]

Sounds great man. One thing I thought about is that the melody could use some sort of break and have a softer synth. The charlie chaplin speech would stand out more if the synth was toned down just a little bit.

[Starshift - Crystal Lightning]

Congrats on the scout. This is pretty good!

[Todash]

Sounds like a beat Gorillaz could make. Just put Damon Albarn and another instrument on it.

ScottJacob responds:

Dude thank you haha that's a huge compliment to make, to me.