23i's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Rutra - Running Away]

Sick song. Great job. I like the chords, good use of major/minor harmonies. Quality. Nice post-drop bass. Really cool second drop with the double timing. Classy.

RutraOfficiel responds:

thank you very much! ;)

[JopJoir - Menu Theme]

Really nice occasional breaks with glitches. Makes a great transition. It's a mysterious and encouraging piece at the same time. I can see this in a technical platformer or racing game.

A four minute loop is pretty beastly, however I believe that the cut between higher sound and lower sound that the intro has makes it loop less well. It's an interesting piece nonetheless.

AdaCoffeheart responds:

Heya! Yeah, it doesn't loop pretty well, I'll try to fix that.
Also thank you for your nice words <3

[Rutra - Velocity]

Lol this are some crazy vibes, love it!

RutraOfficiel responds:

thank you!!!

[Rutra - Prelude]

This is amazing and really loud, love it.

RutraOfficiel responds:

thank you very much! :)

[Imaginary Reality (Soundtrack Mix)]

It's a cool thing to revisit old projects and remaster them. Have you tried recreating an old project with a new set of eyes before? It's amazing to compare an old project to a new one of the same song where you redo the sound design.

I really like the synth introduced at 1:05. Sounds very melancholic and dark. It's a very creative way to use dissonance the way you do it at 0:52 and it comes a surprise and takes you on a turn. Reintroduced at 1:21 as well. I think it's brave to make these kind of decisions.

Logickin responds:

Thank for your review!

I do often remaster or re-work my tracks. In fact, I am currently re-working all the chiptune because after I have revisit my old tracks, I found they were a bit awkward, especially keeping sounds in harmony and controlling the length of the tracks. After I have completed some of those, I always shocked how far I have gone after a couple of years of making music.

If you are curious about my "original" version or some legacy tracks, you may consider:
https://soundcloud.com/logickinlambda/imaginary-realm
https://audius.co/LogickinLambda/imaginary-realm-58006

[Piano In C Minor]

Dissonant

This little piece is beautiful but dissonant like hell, I believe that's why you got the stupid 0 bombers. I do enjoy this piece tho and I think you've created a nice feeling with it.

To the review,

With a new DAW and all, the work is nicely done. I think you can change the levels of the piano abit in order to make it abit more "human". Right now I think it sounds like a machine playing it with all notes on X level. Change that abit and it'll feel more alive.
The arrangement is nice, the pauses feels abit empty tho (the pauses when you strike the keys and it just goes to flat silence) . Sometimes the pauses are random, like around the 22 second mark. If you can get it to flow together better, you can probably get a better production out. I'm not saying remove all pauses but you could overlook some of them. I really like the dissonance and it's beautiful in it's own way.

I imagine a pool of water with a footprint underneath it, printed in dirt but heavily damaged by the weather. The water dissapears and it lightens up, leaving nothing but the dirt left. Suddenly an army appears, soldiers walking towards the horizon with sadness in their eyes. They proceed to think about what they've just been witnessing. They march like zombies and no one is speaking, walking over the dirt with their already broken shoes. It starts to rain as they dissapear in the horizon.

That's my "song-story" of this piece.

I say you did a good job composing it but there are things to improve on.

Cheers mate

PIED3 responds:

Thank you very much for the review, and the interesting story. I agree on everything you've said, and will pay more attention to the sound of the piano next time, and bear in mind what you've said about the pauses. Thanks again, much appreciated.