Phyrnna's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Green Fields of Home]

This is awesome to hear, a track that used the vocals from the last competition for this one. Nice one!
I like the low-key guitar + piano + vocals you did here, it works great!
Your mixing is spot on as well!
Keep it up!

AlbeGian responds:

Thank you so much I'm really glad you liked! It was intended to be uploaded for the ABFH contest, but I couldn't due to lots of IRL stuff going on :( I found the opportunity to finish it and before the deadline (i hope so) of this EBF5 contest and upload it.
It's the first time I make a song with vocals so I wasn't sure about the mixing, but yeah I'm glad you liked the mixing as well.

[You'll Never Guess This! ~CN Remix~]

Hey hey! Glad to see you again! :D

It's great to hear this classic NG style! I miss it!
A little bit of brickwalling, at least enough that I had to push the volume down so it wouldn't hurt. xD
I like the way you worked the beat and fit it around the track! Also great that you went for a more classic track!
Stay cool friend! ^^/

ChronoNomad responds:

Hey, Phyrnna! A pleasure as always, and I really appreciate the review! ^__^

This track came instantly to mind, and it seemed like a fun one to tackle for the contest, so here I am. A bunch of interesting ideas rose to the fore, and I decided to let them run wild while also attempting to adhere somewhat to the original vibe.

I think things worked out pretty well overall, but yeah...while it's not quite a solid brick wall of sound, it can totally benefit from a quick twist of the volume knob. It feels both classic and fresh to me, and it puts a big smile on my face to know that you like it.

I truly hope that life has been good to you over the years! Thanks in part to the soundtracks you've written for the Epic Battle Fantasy series, I believe that you have already cemented your musical legacy, and that's undoubtedly awesome. May the future bring you even more success and the realization of countless dreams.

Godspeed, my friend! Stay frosty. (;

[Phyrnna - Of Rainbows (Splatterhead Remix)]

Hi again!
I'm glad to hear your take on this track! I think it's really cool!
At some points, your compressor pulls back a bit too harsh and it kind of stands out, I think maybe ease up on the knee/ratio a bit and it will help with that. That or maybe try compressing on certain frequencies instead of the whole spectrum.
Great use of reverb at certain points to emphasize the solo instruments!
Keep up the awesome stuff!

And thank you so much for being a fan! <3

SplatterDash responds:

Hey Phyrnna! Thank you so much for the wonderful words, and before I go further, thank you so much for a wonderful soundtrack to an amazing game series. A Breeze From Home, the song that got me into the series, never disappointed, and whenever I go into battles, explore around, or even just trade out armor and weapons or upgrade them, I love hearing the music of the soundtrack. :D
I just took the time now to fiddle around with the ratio setting of my compressor, and believe it or not, it's really low, at 2:1, with the only way of getting lower being 1.5:1. I think I can still fiddle around with the compressor and mastering, though, because there's still some stuff I can do with it that may help with easing that up.
Again, thank you for not only leaving some advice but making amazing soundtracks for a great game series. Keep up the wonderful work :D

[Epic-Battle-Fantasy - Estavius]

Hey hey, so glad you submitted this! I saw your video before and I think it's neat that you put it into the game! Great job!

Arkayda responds:

Hey ! Thanks :D

[Nolegs' Ringtone]

Oooh, this is pretty cool! :O
Nice takes!

Manderby responds:

Hey, thanks a lot!

[EBF 3 - Nebula (reddyfu Remix)]

Oooh this is a pretty neat take! I really love hip hop and its take on music so I'm glad to see you having done that!

reddyxu responds:

Whoa, never expected that you'd show up! Anyway, I'm glad that you like it!

[One Hero's Journey]

Congrats on a song excellently done! \^o^/

ChronoNomad responds:

D'aww, thanks for that, Phyrnna! Very sweet of you to say so. =^-^=

[Black is the Colour]

Oooh well done! :O
This is very lovely! <3 Keep up the amazing work!

~Phyrnna ^_^ <3

etherealwinds responds:

means a lot coming from a great musician as yourself, thanks Phyrnna :)

[I Dream of the Future]

Oooh this is lovely! I can clearly imagine someone singing to this! :O

LucidShadowDreamer responds:

Awww, arigatô!!!
I'm glad that it had that effect :D

I still think we should collab on something sometime! But unfortunately, I've been super busy lately D:
But maybe in the future! (Just random night-thoughts, haha :3)

[Abyss (Original Mix)]

Well then! :O
I really enjoyed listening to this!
My only comment is that the kick is kinda weak at the start, but I take that was supposed to be intentional.
I'll have fun judging this formally! :D
Cheers and keep up the great work!

Dylnmatrix responds:

Thanks Phyrnna!

The kick being quiet at the start was indeed intentional. I had to turn the kick down quite a bit then fade it back in as the hipass rolled off.