3manon's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Jazz on a smooth sunset (AIM 2025)]

Here my complaint is a bit reversed! There's a bit too much bass here and the loudness is also definitely too much for the vibe you want to have for this track. This could easily sit at a -10 LUFs maximum. This fits the art a lot more! Very chill to listen to. There's also a lot more variation here, we love to see it! Overall a pretty smooth tune, definitely make sure the master is not clipping like it is right now though!

[March of the Wild Zephyr (AIM 2025)]

I think this is pretty solid when it takes off! However, there is practically no variation on that part until the very last chord (which also doesn't end at the tonic so that's kinda weird). The beginning serves as a good intro. The B-section when the fast string arpeggios come in have a really weird rhythm? Very hard to wrap my head around, it seems like it's speeding up and slowing down inconsistently. I also would have loved to hear some bass in this track! If you're going for just a string ensemble there are enough contrabasses out there you can choose from! I recommend BBC Symphony Orchestra Discover if you don't have that already.
Also it's imo not the best interpretation of the drawing, I would expect something more whymsical and magical but this is way more serious toned. Good effort!

NeoAstro responds:

I understand where’re you’re coming from, but this is how I interpreted the art.

[AIM 2025 - Bite Me]

Techno? I'd probably put this under ambient.
Anyways, I can tell the vision, the facial expression that the left guy makes is exactly what the track sounds like lol. Just processing "what do you mean by that". This sounds like loading thoughts. The popping you generally don't want in your tracks, so try avoiding that next time. There's also very little variation for a track that sits at over 3 minutes, but then again you had a minimum to hold by.

[Shenzen [NGMC 2025]]

Very well done as always, although I really can't tell how well the theme was pulled off. Given, I see that with a lot of other submissions this round as well

Benji-G responds:

Thank you! I can definitely see where you're coming from regarding the theme. We had made a few different ideas and none of them really hit home in terms of that urban feel, so we ended up going for this idea and finishing it. Thanks again, we appreciate it.

[Highway Hypnosis]

Omg this is beautiful. Y'all cooked fr. My only remark is the piano solo is processed really raw in the mix, which isn't the most satisfying listen. I always love me some good ol dnb though!

OVERSCORE responds:

Thanks 3manon! Solacitude added a second layer on the piano solo for clarity, but you’re right, it could definitely have been integrated a bit better into the mix.

[Burning City]

I'm getting a lot of the "burning" but not a lot of the "city" tbh. Sounds very much like a volcano themed level. It's very sick tho! You guys caught me by surprise in terms of quality

[Chocnoon x TheStacked - Traffic Traversing (DCLXXVI) [NGMC2025 Round 4]]

I like this track quite a lot, very "city at night" like

[TheBroox2000 & Itz_Gamepoint - Red City (NGMC 2025 Entry)]

I think if you reduced the white noise by about 15 decibels you could actually have a good track right here. Quite a shame. I like the piano too

[Rising Revolution, Chasing Convolution]

This sounds a lot like one of those old racing games, so good on the theming. The sudden transitions in melody are usually a bad remark for me, but it works for that old racing feel. Second half goes fricking hard it's a bit sad that the guitar solo is buried under the rising sfx tho

Arponax responds:

tbh i was kinda scared of those sudden transitions XD they felt pretty out of nowhere but if it works it works.

also the solo started to sound a bit annoying so i hid it a bit, seems like i still need to find a solid way of making lead sounds :D

[Cataclysm]

Bro this is amazing. God is good