DKPUser3678's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Asylum Hall]

I'm suprised I never commented on this before. In short: it's good. It's very dreamy, I like the vocal samples. Everything about this track just feels right.

[The Unveiling]

Love this! I love the incredible cinematic feel of this track. It's unsettling, it's dramatic, it's tense and foreboding. You packed quite some punch in a less than 3 minute track here, Blighter.

BlighterProductions responds:

Thank you very much.

[Thunder And Rain (2024 Remaster)]

Sorry for late response, but it's only now that I logged into my account.

If you look at the waveforms between this track and the original, you can tell that this version has far better dynamics. It all sounds a lot cleaner too, mixing wise. I also enjoy the fact that you've added an actual sound effect of a thunderstorm in the mix, which was missing in the original.

I think, overall, a very solid remaster, and given how I loved the original, it feels good to see it get the treatment it deserves.

BlighterProductions responds:

Thanks dude.

[Feel]

Hey dude, I’m sorry I didn’t leave a reaction earlier, but I had trouble logging in to my account.

Regardless, this is a really good track. I’m digging this. Good job, dude!

BlighterProductions responds:

Thanks man. I really appreciate it. For me, this was a relatively easy track to work on, so I had a good workflow on this. I'm glad you liked it.

[Twelve Robes]

This is a cool track. Really does sound like a movie soundtrack. Makes me feel like I'm in an investigation scene or something. The plucky motifs really help build the song.

Good job, I can see improvement in your work!

[Aperture]

Hey dude, this song is just awesome! You really gave off a certain type of ambiance here. I felt like I was flying through the milky way or something.

My biggest point of appreciation has got to be the buildup. The buildup is just so good! The radio samples and the strange, abstract sounds makes everything very compelling the very first second you turn this song on, and it just keeps growing in size and expanding, just like the universe itself.

It takes a good 5 minutes to form a solid beat, and even then, the song structure is still abstract and maze-like. The droning saws, the haunting yet beautiful ethereal choirs, and the glitch noises all just make for a very cohesive whole, while still being interesting and daring to go new ways.

I couldn't help but notice how you've got GLITCH SOUNDS in this song? IDK if you already knew how to do these, or if you didn't have the software for it yet before you made this song, but I really want to know how you did those glitches. That stuff is so fucking cool!

One point of criticism is that the song gets a slight bit repetitive at the end, but that doesn't bother me. The song had already well taken it's time to make a connection to the listener. The song sounds rather dark and sad in the beginning, but towards the end, the song gets a more optimistic tone with those colorful plucks and characteristic leads. It all culminates into this whirlwind of awe and emotional payoff.

Structurally, as well as in terms of sound design and emotion, I'd give this song a solid 10/10. Idk how you could even spend 3 months on a music project, but just listening to this kinda makes me understand. I salute you for your dedication and your craftsmanship. I thoroughly enjoyed this piece, and I hope that you make more stuff like this.

Yet again, 10/10

BlighterProductions responds:

Hey, thanks for your extensive review and your honesty, and for your compliments. It’s been a pleasure working on this project, and I’m happy to see it pay off like this, with you giving it a perfect score. That really means a lot to me.

As for the glitches, most of those were done using Gross Beat, where I mainly used wave and stair shapes in the graph editor. The waves sound like quickly scratching a record up and down, whereas stair-stepping sounds more like you would timestretch a sample, dragging it out over a longer time. Those are mainly very useful for making glitches. I can also recommend Wave Traveller, which uses audio samples instead of the playlist.

Further on, if there’s any tips I can give you, let me know.

[Invertigo]

Wow, what an atmospheric track. I really like everything from 1:29 onward. The pulsing saw basses and high-pitched string sections add a cinematic element to an otherwise dark sounding industrial ambient theme.

The fact that you managed to make sounds like this in GarageBand of all things also makes it extra cool.

I'm glad to see you're back producing and uploading music!

BlighterProductions responds:

Thanks dude. There’s gonna be an entire album full of this. Stay tuned!

[Birth Under Shroomlight]

Okay, so, first thing I noticed: it's much more detailed than your previous work. It is a little bit repetitive, but I kinda feel like that works in the track's favor.

It's a very ''comfortable'' song to listen to in my opinion, though there are definitely little surprises sprinkled left and right, like for example, the 'radio'-filter, as I'm gonna refer to it, and the subtle bit crushed voices that sound more like an instrument of their own rather than any vocals.

The bass is really heavy on the ears, but not in a grating sense. It kinda feels like dipping your head in a warm liquid filling your ears (yes, I read the terminology you used on that comment about Harmor's sounds), and the percussion is steady, but sometimes also pretty arhythmic.

The detail in this song, but especially the comfort-factor of the whole package, makes this probably your best song this year so far. IDK how others feel about it, but whenever you drop a track like this, I am always hyped. Also helps the fact that I listen to a lot of lo-fi hiphop stuff like this while studying.

Well deserved 8/10 from me!

BlighterProductions responds:

Hey dude. Thank you for your reply and your kind words. It's not often I do a track like this. I wouldn't have tought that people would think I pulled it off well. Glad to see it though. 3:

[spinning wheels]

Nice, laid back, and funky. I gotta admit that, despite the lack of variation within the piece, it's pretty satisfying to listen to. I feel this works perfectly for background music.

7.2/10

[Oppressive Sky Suite (Movement 1)]

This is a really cool song. I've listened to Confusing Layout first, but I instantly liked this one more.

It starts off with this almost classical sounding string section, before going into a more tranquile part with these really calming and playful plucks at 1:10. I really love this part. They sound really good, and they actually add a lot to the experience I am having while listening to this song.

The best part is at 2:26, when the music swells, and the whole mix becomes euphoric in a sense, and it almost begins to sound like a some sort of adventure movie for me. I actually blasted this through my headphones once the climax came on.

This is a good piece of soundtrack work. I enjoyed it more than I thought I would have.

Good job, 9/10.