silencefreedom's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Fly With Me]

No word to describe this masterpiece. I can't believe someone just start out late can archive something this wonderful quickly.

Just astonishingly beautiful piece.

Wurfel-Waffles responds:

Thanks man. Thank to you who trained me for first 2 weeks. The .IT is on my dropbox, check it out.

[Epicstep 1]

Dubepic!

sorohanro responds:

Thanks (or thankstep? I have to think about...)

[Frozen Heart [8-bit]]

Pretty awesome. Nah, NG only support MP3. Why not put it on MODarchive.org?

SuperBastard responds:

Thanks, and I didn't know about MODarchive.org until just now, heh. I'll be checking that place out for sure.

[From Ancient Hills [collab]]

You guys did a really good collaborative project. Seem like you two understand each other well enough to execute matters in pleasant ways.

Baroque, Renaissance and somewhat Contemporary styles. Well mixed. Well arranged.

I strongly agree with Pointrick. If I didn't look at the description then I wouldn't have noticed which part is your (Samulis, right?) and which is his (computer112). It is almost like it has been written by only a person. A professional composer.

However we have two professional composers here I'm afraid. :)

samulis responds:

Hahaha. I'm glad you had trouble finding the transitions. We both write in different styles that both draw from the same elements throughout different periods... while I draw a bit more from Romantic-era, he draws more from contemporary. It evens out nicely with a great mix of feels.

[Bioluminescence]

Sweet Shit!

S3C responds:

thanks!

[Oneiric Harps]

I guess, fractal music then? Is it you or someone else who posted a thread on Fractalforums on fractal music and there are some similar showcase on it. Pretty awesome work.

gleegleep responds:

Well I did post a thread on Fractalforums about fractal music. If that's what you're referring to, then yes, that was me.

I'm glad you enjoyed this! :D :D

[Courage de la Waffle]

So this is your response? Not bad. The waffle-kingdom should prepare for the next wave of attack once I arrive at Munich.

Soundtracker? That's gr8.

Wurfel-Waffles responds:

^.^ I like this challenge. I might hate to be an opponent with a music strongman like you but I love challenging. Especially using tracker, which very least people nowadays use it.

Sound tracker is for Linux only. I use Ubuntu to make it. If you want good tracker, get Screamtracker or OpenMPT for Windows.

[Desperate Times]

Pretty awesome work, especially for 6 channel only. Keep it up.

I should come back to tracker sometime soon. I like Fasttracker.

SuperBastard responds:

Thanks man!

Trackers are a lot of fun, I totally advocate working with them more :D

[Always be There]

MUNICH TUM OLD SCHOOL MEETS? YEEHAH BABY! Waffles you are coming too? Awesome little piece.

I'm going to Munich tomorrow, when will you come?

Wurfel-Waffles responds:

Going on this Saturday. Same location, of course.

[Fuaimeanna na Farraige]

Now this is the idea you have been talking about on the BBS? Damn you cunning... waffle!!!

I can't find anything to criticize you. It's perfect and clean! The ending is cleaned off nicely. Over 4 minutes but not boring at all. Great choice of chord progressions.

The unique of this song are:

- Guitar/bells/staccato-string leading, the melodies give you the feeling of rushing but never feel boring.

- Drum. I surprise that you are a quick learner. You have learned how to humanize the beats from our first collaboration. Kudos for the light rock bass-drum beats too.

- You beat me for using tracker to make this. In fact you beat any non-tracker classical musicians on Newgrounds. I know that you are a module-head since Amiga's Protracker. Kudos!

- You are maestro for turning Soundfont into something that marvelous. I salute to you Bernd!

- Last but nor least. It sounds so realistic. If I didn't read the description and even didn't know you, I would have thought this was live recorded.

Great work. Alright then, I am going to come up with something that unique to my style. Wait for that! Grr Grr!

Wurfel-Waffles responds:

You mad, Koenig? :3 ...jk lol! *salute with waffles*

Probably this is the largest project I have done so far on my own. I have to admit that it was difficult. I don't think the mock-up Irish strings are perfect. There are still some light vibrations around (I couldn't control my bow without having a need for 'extra vibration'!).

I think I got influences largely from Secret Garden duo, especially from Fionnuala Sherry (I luv her fiddling!). She's so hot too...nvm! Also from Máiréad Nesbitt.

I actually want to learn all kinds of fiddling style all around the world. Like I'm always curious how Hindi fiddling works. Or Chinese fiddling when I saw Tina Guo performed it. Fucking awesome.

Hell, my mom is half Irish. My dad is half Norwegian (...that drunk). I think it's in my genes that I know how to play bowed strings. My mom plays cello and my dad plays Norwegian fiddle.

So yeah I probably got influences from my parents too because I can move from cello to fiddle easily even distanced with years without playing any of them.
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For tracker, I think except Scream Tracker and Renoise I used all other trackers on almost all platforms. From C64, Amiga, Atari to DOS and Linux. I like tracker because it's conveniences. You can do quick editing without wasting time on extra mixing. Some great trackers are Impulse Tracker, SunVox, ModPlug, Protracker and Fasttracker 2.

I actually have experienced with real life Celtic instruments in Dublin. However I never have any chance to learn how to play Irish nor Celtic fiddling styles professionally.

Soundfont samples are pretty decent. Same to Edirol Orchestra. I don't think I need to upgrade to some fancy money-waster shits like East West or Project Sam. Just in my opinions. I'm still a scener. I have warez and demoscene spirits. If I don't have something then I make it my own.

Hell, you were a scener once too. Where the fuck is your coding spirit, Koenig?

Thank you for your detailed reviews. I hope you read my uber-detailed replies too (I bet you will).

Come up with something epic then? Bite me bro!