ArcaneSoul's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Ethereal]

*GASP*

OMG IS THAT....GLITCHED VOCALS?!

YOU, ME, COLLAB, NOW <3. Dude seriously this is awesome. I am always so horrible at vocal slicing and yet you do it so well. Why is everyone good at this except meeeeeeee? D:

johnfn responds:

Hah. I think I just got lucky. I shoved them into SliceX and pretty much did nothing and they sounded good. I couldn't even get the pitch bends to work properly, so my song is in the key of B rather than the much easier C...

PMED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Forest Moonlight [WIP]]

I will never get enough of your unique style.

And even tho i know you are a programmer, i hope you never stop pursuing music :)
Note i don't really give a shit if this is a failed attempt at ambient (which kind of is) because it is still amazing nonetheless.

[EnV - FireFrost]

This sounds HEAVILY inspired by archie. Is it im geussing? Also a little bit of clipping too i noticed. Needs a bit more eqing and mixing but overall great track.

Envy responds:

:) maaaybe.

[Duality]

Is it just me or is that intro synth from crystal? I recognize the preset but im unsure if im right.

A little bit different than what you usually make but its still nice nonetheless. For a second i thought you were dead :)

[MrKittie - All is Lost]

You should of put the whole song on here for the lulz :3

[Recalcitrate [WIP]]

Remind me, what is your vsts? They sound so unique and different than most others for an example sylenth1 and nexus (tho nexus is good at everything else EXCEPT leads). And also are you still using sytrus? If you are you should really maybe try to make a tut about how to use it because everything in there is just too damn complicated.

ErikMcClure responds:

z3ta+, Ogun and Harmor were used in this. If everything sounds unique its only because I have absolutely no idea what I'm doing so I flail around randomly until I make something cool by accident =:3

[Flight]

How long? Highest mines has probably taken is like 5 minutes which is usually if i have alot of sound in it.

Love that nexus pluck. I have not yet found an excuse to use it. The snare i kind of don't like the choice but whatever. I think a good name for this would be "Journeys" imo.

You should try and experiment with other sounds btw. It would add some variation. Like your melodies are amazing i just wish you would maybe mess around with some other vsts even if it is like an fl vst. Hell in freestyle that pad i uesd during the sub kick part was from sytrus.

I did like this though so try to keep it up.

johnfn responds:

Probably close to 5, although I didn't time it. But FL was acting up.

You're right about using additional sounds. I was pretty lazy about this. I think it's because the saw I use is really versatile so it never really sounds bad.

I try to incorporate something new in every song. This song was db_glitch, last one was decent buildups, then sidechaining, etc. I suspect that new sounds may take me more than one song to really figure out though...

Thanks as always for the lighting fast review. And you gave me something to think about, too.

(I also thought about naming it Journeys! But then I thought of the band Journey... bleck :P :P)

[Found]

dont worry, i sometimes have troubles not writing something dark lol.

This is like my fav song out of all your stuff btw. Really get melodies here and its haunting but in a good way.

johnfn responds:

DUDE! You are my hero. YOU REVIEW AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT.

Thanks man. That means a lot. Whenever I go to submit I start thinking "hmm, is this actually any good or did I just trick myself into thinking that?" So frustrating.

[Bring This Party Home]

Did you make the lyrics yourself?

(btw this is too awesome for man kind. I feel like im gonna explode)

[Desolation]

What trick? lol

Also the melodies in here just didn't ring to me that well i dunno.

And don't worry, it is almost impossible for me now to make a 4:00 song without is going longer XD

johnfn responds:

When you do a build up you bend a string a full octave and have it finish right when the build up ends. It makes a build up much more exciting. Probably this isn't *just* your trick. :D

I agree, the melodies here are not spectacular - my sad songs usually have less exciting melodies. Something to work on. Thanks for the review.