Pingu's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Bully audition]

I hope the audition went well for you. It's pretty short and to the point, I might suggest adding a little variance in the tone to reflect the bully's superiority and inflated ego. In the "stop hitting yourself" section, in order to make it a bit less repetitive maybe a few fillers to it: "stop hitting yourself, huh, you like that, stop hitting yourself" as it gets a bit more intense since that section implies some physical action is going on.

I've moved this from Spoken Word to Voice Demo to better reflect the content, and to be a bit easier to find for prospective artists seeking VAs.

jearle219 responds:

Okay thanks for the tips I appreciate it I'll keep those tips in mind cuz I'm still new to voice acting

[A Special Gift.]

This is really nice. Really the only thing I could pull a half point for was that it was a bit quiet, although I was torn on it since it works quite well with the context of the poem. Good work!

NyanaCreation responds:

aahw thank you ^^ and the quite between i didn't choose. i thought it was good but of course i am not an expert and eveyone has his own taste and speed of lissening to things. but i am glad you like it. the poem means alot to me especially because i made it for someone. i am glad you could enjoy it ^^

[Seasons Greetings]

I suppose I can't redo my same comment from your other track. For this one, the range seems a bit better, I don't know if there was a difference in microphone positioning between this and Nature's Scorn. There's a pop at 0:53, which makes me think you might be using a headset mic. I have a similar issue with that, and really the only fix for that is using a pop shield and different microphone, which can be cost prohibitive.

You have some interesting poetry in you, I like it.

Krutches responds:

Thank you so much! I do need a pop shield. It's a Snowball Blue Microphone, not a headset. Maybe I'll put a sock over it. lol But my articulation is a little... you know.

[Nature's Scorn]

Nice reading! The poem is quite nice, and you have a great range on your vocalizations. The audio peaks a bit on you S sounds, which could be cleaned up a little. For that I'd suggest looking into Acoustica Mixcraft 7, you can drag & drop the file in and apply some vocal focused presets which help limit the spiking you see on the waveform up top.

[B0UNC3 - Paradise on E]

B0UNC3 threatened to take hostages if I didn't leave a review, so here it is:

This song was my 2005. I had a bulky second-gen iPod loaded with music from Newgrounds (all 35 tracks it could hold).

This track was probably the most played on repeat song for at least 4 months, probably more. There were some others (now unpublished) but who cares about them. This is Paradise on E, the pinnacle of what cool music was in 2005. And you know what? It's still cool. This song is like a trippy music box you find in a rummage sale: you have no clue what made you find it, and the old lady wouldn't haggle. You got home, wound the music box up, and let it play. Two days later, you woke up in a puddle of your own fluids, five pounds skinnier, and with no memory of the previous 48 hours. But you do know you were happy...so you wind the music box up again.

Want to hear a secret? It's 2018, this song is on my phone. I played it via Bluetooth as I drove to work. That isn't even hyperbole, that actually came up today on shuffle.

So there you go, B0UNC3. Please don't hurt my family, they're innocent.

B0UNC3 responds:

This must be the best review I've ever read. It's so awesome to hear that you still listen to it :D
I'll try not to take any more hostages <3

[! MDK - Press Start ( GD cut )]

Wouldn’t change a thing. Wonderfully mastered, dramatic climax, heavy drop. ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

LexRodent responds:

I wish I could deny it, but you are right. This track is perfect ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)

[凍傷 "Frostbite"]

Came for the Shima Rin icon, stayed for the Lo-Fi :)

I'll be honest in that I haven't given Lo-Fi much of a chance, I always sorta grouped it in with weird aesthetic stuff like "x song played from a room down the hall".

So with that extensive background knowledge: I think this was the first full Lo-Fi track I've listened to end to end, and I liked it. There was definitely and ambient feel to the track, which had both clear and muted elements I found balanced out fairly well.

I don't feel the quick vocal line at 0:28 fit in with the rest of the track, as it sounded a bit like a tin robot and not quite in the same tone as the rest of the track.

I'm going to disagree with TL on the fade out, but honestly I don't know how else a track like this ends asides from softly.

Good work!

DreamEater responds:

Thank you thank you thank you for your extremely detailed review.

I greatly appreciate your kind words and feedback :)

[Dimming]

This was a really nice piano waltz. There was a point where a note at 0:48 trailed off for four seconds, and then there was a one second silence at 0:53. That part got my attention as I was looking away, and hit the trail note and silence and I looked up for a moment and thought "wait it can't be over yet". I think that would be my one suggestion to modify somehow, maybe cut out that tiny segment of silence. It would also be interesting to develop this further with a very light strings quartet accompaniment. Good work mate. (vote score rounded up, cause first vote)

LexRodent responds:

Glad you enjoyed this. I have to admit that brief silence feels a bit weird ; I'll extend those notes so it's just the 3rd quarter before the second part starts.
Having some background strings could be nice indeed.
I'll give it a try and see if I can come up with something nice.
Thanks for listening and your review.

[Yirokos - Velocity]

Really nice inclusion of a bit of natural ambient in the intro and mid-way. This track has some great energy to it, but also has a breather at the half to not be overwhelming or repetitive. Congrats on frontpage, keep it up!

[The Calling (feat. Laura Brehm)]

"Living the dream, yours and mine: Euphoria" I'm glad the lyrics sum this song up so well. Laura as always has a lovely voice. I'm waiting with baited breath for your next release!