Geoplex's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[AfterGlow_Equilibrium]

Hey man

9 minutes is insanely long haha. It's sounding sweet, though - kick and snare are punchy and audible, mix in general is pretty good. As others have noted, it's a bit repetitive at 9 minutes long, but that's more a symptom of the length than the arrangement necessarily. I really like your breakdown around 3 minutes in, sounds really dreamy! I'm especially a fan of your low sweeping supersaw in that part (3:20).

Overall I think this song would be tighter were it a bit shorter, but you're showing off some good ideas in this so far, so keep it up :)

AfterGlowMusic responds:

O MY GOSH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! GEOPLEX!!!!!!!!!!!! HOLY CRAP....I'm speechless. Thank you! U have no idea how much this means to me. That super saw you spoke of was 2 or 3 pads from the plugin GMS in FL Studio that I laid over each other. TYSM for the review, your amazing! <3

[Falling Apple]

Hey dude, your buildups are sounding really nice and your production has improved! I think where you could improve from here would be working on some stronger sidechaining, maybe toning down your master a bit (the choruses/drops are sounding a bit squashed :p) and maybe working on your composition somewhat.

This piece could be a lot stronger with some nicer chords, the way you use them in this song doesn't work as well as it could, I think. This song also has the same issue of no real melodies being present (just a few arpeggios).

For the positive I think you are definitely improving, your buildups are sounding pretty sweet and you are developing the skills to express your musical ideas, so keep at it dude! :)

theapple111 responds:

Thanks for your review, as always. You're helping me out a lot! :)

[Au5 - Arise (Mosaic Remix)]

The master is slammed, but it's not unpleasant, it's exactly what I'd expect in this kind of dubstep. I would take the "it's overcompressed" comments with a grain of salt - though going more dynamic is not necessarily a bad idea in any sense. It is very harsh to listen to, but isn't that the idea? :p

Your sound design is really nice, though I'm not a huge fan of the second drop. That said I'm just not a fan of riddim in general. But I know how to appreciate it.

Great work dude

[Mosaic - Entropy]

Absolutely sick dude

[Over The Mountains (1f1n1ty Remix)]

Dreamy, adventurous, fun. Love how it feels. That said I think the kick has too much attack for the style of music. It's got a very strong transient that distracts me from the chill aspects of the song. Minor criticism though, this is good!

Onefin responds:

oh hey it's geoplex! hey man how are you

it's probably like the kick i used is an electro kick cuz those are the only kicks i have, but the snare is orchestral and a lot of the instruments are orchestral also :/

anyway thanks for dropping by! glad you liked it :)

[Realms]

Man, I love this song. The chromatic chord mixups are taaaasty. And I love the melodic progression, actually. It feels really quite coherent to me. That said, not a fan of the mastering, it's really slammed. The bass sounds nice, but unfortunately all the power has been sucked out of the drums.

Really love this though

[F-777 - Life Is Still Awesome]

Man, I used to listen to the original so much in like... what was it, maybe 2013? I can't remember. This sounds real nice though. Also you're ruling the popular list right now lmao.

I really like the general mix on this one, much more of a focus on lows than a lot of your other recent work. The kick is satisfying and has that low end punch. The middle chorus was a nice mix-up and while this definitely isn't formula-breaking, it's great dude.

The mastering is quite nice too, a bit more restrained than usual it seems :p

F-777 responds:

Thanks so much! Ya im trying to find middle ground this year.
My best songs were cringy mix-wise. Now when i mix things clear people
think i lost something. So im starting to pin it down to the strengths of both
and weaknesses of both :D.

Thanks so much for the review! This year is gonna be nuts. :DDDD

[Rising Apple]

Good start, my dude. Got a familiar chord progression going there, haha. The levels are pretty good, and I like your sound choices, those bells are nice. My main criticism would be that the song lacks any melodies, you've just got your chord progression (and at one point, an arpeggio). I would try and focus on making your overall structures a little more interesting, I think - might want to make your transitions a bit shorter too, there feels like a fair bit of downtime in the song.

Otherwise, good work on this so far :) Hope to see you uploading more and improving!

theapple111 responds:

Thanks for your review man, I really really appreciate it!

[Sky]

Sounding good man :p

SebastianPacMor responds:

Thanks Geoplex :')

[Quasar]

Woooooooooooo space phenomena

I like how bright this is, man. The sound choices and chords make me think of Stereo Tide (which is a song I still have in my head time to time haha). Nice clean mix. Sweet bells in the breakdown too!

ChasingPresence responds:

Bright just like a Quasar :) Thanks man!