Lich's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Dat Hardstyle]

I want to make some Aggrotech mixed with some Hardstyle now :)

[Dark Mind 5]

What fine beverage were you consuming while you make this piece?

DESHIEL responds:

Bear Grills special ;D

[This Rocks 2013 - Janze]

It sounds like you are using Drummix Metal and a Synth-based guitar or something similar.

You would honestly be better grabbing Shreddage 2 (for Kontakt/Kontakt Player) and Amplitube Metal for a realistic sound. Infact, you could get away with running Shreddage 2 as a Lead, rythem and bass in one go if know what to tweak around and if you have the CPU power to run 3 instances of it without any problems along with your drum VST and other sounds.

Superior Drummer 2.0 with The Metal Factory expansion would be an incredibly strong choice not just for Metal drums but for any other non-electronic based genre (You cooooould put a vocoder over it and make some funky electro-industrial though...) :P

Obviously, it costs money and to be honest it would only be worth it if you want to make realistic-sounding metal without having to record yourself playing everything individually. I do have two tracks called DeathRitual and River-Ov-Despair which do use the above software if you want to get a 'guestimate' of what the software would sound like.

[MM2: Dance of Mother Machine's Servants]

Pretty damn awesome.
I'm quite curious as to what Distortion VST you are using or if you are making it in whatever Soft-synth you are using?

Anchorwind responds:

How to emerge with these kind of sounds? Go out and obtain some horrible life experiences. Pick up a piece of gear like the Metasonix S-1000 and turn off the lights. Fumble around in the darkness with the various patch overrides and the clumsiness of foreign technology. Find out how hot the tubes can get and deal with the awkward cover. Isolate and immerse yourself in abrasive sounds. Learn how to work a MIDI-CV Conversion. Throw away your first project. Keep the lights off. Tell the story that doesn't need to be told with sounds no one wants to hear. When you're done, let it speak for itself and walk away. Smile at those that enjoy and share with those that understand. Then do it all again.

[Something Wonderful]

It's a nice track, like what was stated below I can hear the pads you used does suit it's emotional tone.
Like stated below, the bass does sound over distorted. Also a little something to think on: see how the Snare sounds if you add some Reverb to it and make it slightly quieter, it might work or it might not, depends on the style you are going for :P

ToxInjection responds:

Thanks for the review, man! Yeah, I had a bit of a struggle with mixing the bassline and making it as prominent as I wanted it to be without making it distorted. That was the closest I could come to a compromise, but I'll definitely work harder on it on future releases!

I'll definitely keep the snare tip in mind. In fact, I already plan on using it for my next track! :D

[Epic End Sequence BGM]

Have you ever heard of a band called Bunget (or are they a main influence)?
This really, really reminds me of their work in a way, it's particularly similar to some of their material on the album 'Vîrstele I do legitimately enjoy tracks like this, the atmosphere in these kind of tracks is quite diverse and beautiful in it's own sense. IT always sound like some being of forboding omnipotence floating through a void of his own heaven. A bright white sky and fog is always what it reminds me of strangely enough.

I might just have to subscribe and hope you pull off more of these type of tracks in the future :)

charlie-sheening responds:

Wow, that's an unexpected review. Glad you enjoyed it. Never heard of the band, I'll look them up. It sounds like you have a very vivid imagination. It's always interesting to read about the places people go to in their minds when listening to music. Thanks for listening

[Dullpop]

I could just imagine this track playing in a Physics puzzle game in the background. The track itself sounds like it has an interesting mix of leads/instruments in, Personally I liked how the bass and the pad mixed in with each other. Mastering-wise it sound nice and clean and while the end sounds quite minimalist it has it's own progressing mood to it.

Nice work overall dude :)

shadowlabs responds:

Mixing is something I have trouble with and is usually the cause of me giving up, so that's slightly encouraging. Cheers for the comment!

[The Dirtier Pornucopia AnchorGrinder Project]

There were some quite harsh sounds in the tracks which actually mixed in surprisingly well. The composition sounds decent and it all fits in together. I'll have to now check out the origonal and compare the two :)

Anchorwind responds:

I'm glad you enjoyed, but I'm sorry it was 'surprisingly' well :). I'll try to not set the standards so low in the future [he said knowingly].

[Project Ravestein -WIP-]

I'll be interested to see how this turns out once you have finished it.

DESHIEL responds:

I was thinking about a geting a guy with a real guitar to cover some parts for me ;D

[Drifter]

Calming, light-toned yet detailed. I like it dude :)

ZLEAP responds:

I write things of this nature when I feel like I've written myself into a corner. The creative mind needs to reset from time to time.

Thanks.