DL2Electron's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[The Assassination]

Honestly speaking your music production quality is right up there with the pros now. Congrats on the gig. Very well deserved. ;)

[Newfound Happiness]

lol

never heard a classical/cinematic piece from you before

very nice work!

[Veil of Dreams]

This is a nice piece. Soothing, peaceful and not too over the top. Would be a great fit for an adventurous fantasy game. It's pretty impressive that all these sounds are fresh from your own sample library. I was thinking the other day that its so easy to recognise what sample libraries are being used in music these days because everyone (including me) is using them! (unless they're over processed with effects and editing). Only recording your own sounds or tweaking around with a synth gives flexibility to explore new avenues. But ain't nobody got time for that!

samulis responds:

Isn't that the case! It's taken me over a year and an enormous amount of time, not to mention a considerable investment in money to make this thing a reality. Really makes you appreciate what the folks who make massive libraries get themselves into!

[Between Dimensions]

Wow...This is simply otherworldly, captivating and so god damn hauntingly beautiful... I also just noticed that this is also your first song entry on NG! Like dude, where the hell did you just suddenly pop out of and steal the show?! haha

[Dark Purity]

Fruity Slayer, huh?

Try these instead with your MIDI guitar ;)

TSE 808
FA3 Full
keFIR v1.2
Guitar Hack Impulses

DESHIEL responds:

Will check them out, thanks ;)

[Costa Concordia]

I really like how dynamic you've made this piece with the time stretching. Its as if you've used a realistic orchestra here! And that brass.... it sounds like Cinebrass Pro! :O

What effects did you use on the brass?

Phonometrologist responds:

Well credit starts with Samulis with these samples. All I had to do was find the right timbre and tweak them subtly. I was very much surprised when it came to messing with the 7TbEns_Sus_Bb3_fff. That was the horn section in mark fifty seconds. What I did to add to it was a long reverb (5.1 seconds), a little bit of Tape Delay, and I EQ'd it to make it a little darker sounding by reducing the higher frequencies of the instrument. Sounds like Cinebrass? Sweet. Samulis just saved you some dough! The Trumpets have some phase distortion.
I did time-stretch the violin sample to make it sound like a horn that you hear in the very beginning, and I applied a pitch-shifter to move it from Bb to B when all the instruments come together at .48
Your comment about it sounding like a realistic orchestra made me giddy. Thanks for listening and reviewing!

[-Grind District-]

cool beat!

[Festival Dance]

"Choir (sung by me)"

I would be interested to hear how you recorded the choir by just yourself? Its pretty impressive! Did you just record several takes and pan them around?

samulis responds:

Yep! That's it. This is essentially one giant multi-track project, like 70 tracks total or something. About 16 of those are choir tracks, each one being a single pass with me singing, panned out slightly and with a slightly different vocal tone/character.