LuckyDee's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Hog Wash]

SHUT UP AND TAKE MY MONEY

[Valentine Stokes 2021 Character Demo]

Hey man, acting and sound effects sound pretty good, but your voice hardly has any presence. A little more volume and compression, some EQing and maybe a touch of reverb could make a ton of difference here.

[Real ass dude Voice Demo (Platinum)]

Hey man, despite your setup looking sensible, there's way too little high end in the audio, making it sound dull and muffled. What kind of mic are you using? What processing did you apply? And what's that condom made of?

Aalasteir responds:

Thank you for your message.

I've listened to so many terrible podcasts and bad YouTube videos, to the point where I thought that it was supposed to sound like that. This conversation has been sponsored by Evil megacorporation Incorporated.

The mic. First-generation Focusrite bundle:

https://www.amazon.com/Focusrite-Scarlett-GENERATION-Interface-Recording/dp/B00Q4FF5FK

Form shield. I couldn't find the exact model:

https://www.amazon.com/Professional-Microphone-Isolation-Reflection-Sound-absorbing/dp/B0B3RH7JQH/ref=sr_1_22?crid=3R1TXA461SIS3&keywords=foam+shield+mic&qid=1658730220&sprefix=Form+shield+m%2Caps%2C186&sr=8-22

Cannot remember the exact processing, I've made a lot of vocal chains.

I should have put a reference track in my DAW for optimal mixing practice.
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This is the new one.

https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/1139263

[Blimp Detective - Episode 1 - Gassy's Bar]

Loving this - has a Naked Gun type feel to it, except it's more self-aware. If you're ever looking for a guest voice, I'd be honored to help out!

[Zero Hour]

Groooooooooovy

chitstain responds:

Thanks, dude! Glad you liked it :)

[Lesser]

Gloomy <3

LexRodent responds:

That's correct

[Brain Hemorrhage]

Love the drive behind this, so much restrained energy oozing from this track - nice work!

[VAC14 - Markie Makes A Deposit]

I found this one of the most impressive skits of the entire competition - absolutely great work here, keep it up!

[Geoff Galneda C&H Character Reel]

Nice work man, great voices, good production quality - go get 'em!

[AIM - As Screaming Shadows Consume Us]

Kudos man. Incredibly well planned out piece that keeps you on your toes for the full duration, with the atonality and dissonance never sounding like having been applied for the sake of it. The rhythm suddenly kicking in in the last minute or so really helps driving everything into the climax - or absence thereof, which given the art it's based on I think is actually more suitable. I'd say you're doing the inspiration too much justice rather than too little. Congrats!

LD-W responds:

Thanks for checking the track out!

Composing pieces like this one is definitely a challenge in both remembering the sheer catalogue of articulations and effects to trawl through in the library arsenal while on a time limit, and also an exercise in stitching together palettes of 'atmospherically fitting' clusters to build up a scene and story and how to interconnect such segments together. Definitely not easy, but I'm glad that it looks like everyone who's left me reviews in public and private thinks that it fits the art <3