pitbulljones's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[compline]

aint you a busy one!

Please note, i have very sensitive ears, even at 37 i have no loss of frequency. That pierced my ears with high resonance. Like it hurt. It's not the volume but the frequency. I'd look to use a deeper reverb to accentuate the lower register. As it is right now I can't listen to it and enjoy it.

i like what you're playing, but it's playing hell with my hearing. Come back and do a mix please

[They're Shutting Down the Laser Tag]

wellllllllllllllll

i fucking love this. Same signature but an evolution. this is dark and ebbing with cool, nice melodies, great bass. drums nicely verb'd.

It's everything and more that i want from music

[The Robot Becomes Aware]

I like this again. It's a proper tune. It has the same issue as previous regarding dynamic range. It's not clipping or anything it's just all up front. That bass kick, it's booming in low mid rather than bass range.

I love the use of verb, the slow arp'd hat/filter. Your sound choice, panning, eq, it's all there. It's the volume, that is it. I'd switch your kick, something drier with a small room verb.

A single note bass line on the beat would add some glue.

nice work

pbj

[Whisper Truths]

Now then!

Loving the use of foley, I did one yeeeeeeeeeears ago Dark Nite built around a storm.

https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/45613 (4th track i posted here in 2006)

Man, i love this track, it's proper trip hop, it's chill, but upbeat. Kingbastard/myheadisaballoon posts a lot of stuff similar.

It literally tingles my cerebellum, for me it's perfect music. It's well mixed, though the glitch'd bit crushed beat near the end is a bit compressed. I do hear exactly what you're going for and any critique would be preference only.

A vocal, or some vox samples would be killer.

Great work

pbj

Midnights-Ocean responds:

thanks brah! :D Yeah if I had access to some vox I would write some lyrics for it. would be pretty cool. that beat at the end was really spiky, so I had to hit it kinda hard with compression. Next time I visit this one, I'll see if I can get that to be a bit more transparent.

[Horror Storytime]

oh im having deja vu.

i dreamt hearing this months ago.....hand on heart. No bullshit.

Mate, how much of a banger is this! Man, a vocal and some guitar fucking kills this.

Now the mix is crazy loud, tame the db and use some multi banding. Admittedly it's not clipping on my gear which is good, just it all doesn't have to be so upfront ha.

similar to 80's cure, human league, depeche mode.

This is probably the best composition you have made, it has huge potential to be a bona fide break out song that gets airplay. Just do some gentle mixing on the dynamics. If you need guitar let me know.

5 all day

[longing (or, wedding song to a broken soul)]

i love this.

very enya like with the huge verb vocals.

It's beautifully mixed, your support sits perfectly.

The instrumentation is lovely. Faultless.

[By-Blow (The Stay At Home Drunk)]

my man!

All this needs is some uplift comp and exciting. Love the tune, love the vox.

All the work here is in post.

keep it up

ConnorDeVaux responds:

ah thanks a lot for the kind review :)

[Cool Ranch Sci Fi]

A bit 'dry' would you agree? A distinct lack of reverb/overall space.

The groove is nice, i nod and bounce.

There is absolutely something here but it's requiring refinement. Those hat hits, get rid. Unmuddy the bass, go for singular notes don't hold. Your chorused sine lead with tremelo.......needs brightening......i personally don't like your trem.

Go again just brighter and eq'd

[Out Of Town]

I love this.

So Joy Division.

Yea it's attacky. The high trebs and peaky bass just need compression and some eq adjustments. But it's a tune. Imagine ian curtis singing yeahhhhhhh

[2MASS J044144]

Hmmmmmmmmmm

Its all HERE, right in my face. Respect the dynamic range, it doesn't have to all be loud.....

I do concede, as a piece of trap house it works splendidly. That pull and push to maintain. You have so much genuine good in the soundscape and I am onboard, but dude, it's clipping, it's all volume. Tame it, go from the rhythm section, make sure your drum, bass, lead are clean, punch through and central. EVERYTHING else should mix round it, hard pan the estoric, 75-50 l/r everything else. Cut the tops and tails. Watch your peaks.

I like this, i like the samples, i like the glitch, i like the bass. That first glitch sample is too upfront and too repetitive though. I hear it, i get it, but it's distracting. You would benefit from its removal.

A harder, verb'd kick perhaps? I think there's some work needed to balance your dry and effcted parts, and that is going to be hard to resolve. It's something I fight with playing live and mixing synth but it's a skill to learn.

Overall I like it, it has promise. on a pbj scale it's a solid 6. but i always full mark.

Great work, keep it up.

pbj