pitbulljones's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Carol of the Drum ~ Troisnyx ver. ft. Spadezer]

eh up mate.

LOVE THE VOX. I see someone using reversed reverb :)

Them harmonies. Mwah.

Your singular vocal, too much verb.....it's accentuating your errors. I'd maybe take the shimmer and octave off, i suspect it's valhalla maj verb.

the drum and support vox yes! daaaaaaaaaamn.

I honestly believe your lead vox stops this being a proper 10. If you're going to lead you have to nail every note, no amount of effect work will save you.

The track is polished, everything sounds pro, well comp'd, verb'd and eq'd. Except for your lead, it sounds like you are unable to project.

this is a 5 all day, but that vox needs fixing

5

pbj

Troisnyx responds:

Spot-on about the lead vox, I tend to not project too well when I'm seated down (which is my current recording position). I need to be standing for this sort of thing; it appears my lungs have gone into full chorister mode and are not coming back from that. ☺️

As for 'verb, nope, it's all software defaults.

[G-Ometrik (Ambient Version)]

PEAKS. DAMN.

You open big, at 40 secs, you drop level as the compression takes hold.

Drop the mix 10db, let the track breath.

You have a track here, take some time and eq.

etK responds:

That's just the Bass, but it doesn't overstep the other instruments, I worked hard on this EQ. But this is the ambient version of a Techno track

[Aurora Polaris]

That is some headspace.

A bit bass drowned but man I love this shiz. Ohhhhhhh a jp-80 synth, dudes bringing vangelis ha.

Yea, just do some light eq, cut the top and tails and pan.

love it

5

[Interplanetary Contact]

BIG PEAK.

Where can the headroom go? Bring the open down.

Love love love the vocal samples.

I dig this track, it's 80's, think New Order (and that is high praise). I think your drum sample choices are a bit dry, but I understand you are limiting to an 808. I would look to deviate, a bassier kick, a more rock snare, substitute your hats for rides, verb the shit out of it.

You need to be panning bro, a string synth 50 l, vox 50 r, hats 75 l, snare r. Autopan the arp, slow 25 width. BASS the mid with the kick and the central synth.

This has big balls on it and delivers. Sterling work.

5

[Space Statuary]

yo mate. love me some aphex inspiration.

i like this a lot. It has a nice old skool feel that blends to modern trap.

your kick is far too 'donky' though, it's needing a deeper thud. The track is heavily compressed, it's a bug bear of my own, i really appreciate dynamic range. but for the genre it's ok, id focus a tad on the bottom end.

is it my sort of music ? nah. but i hear a lot of innovation, your strings in the m8 as example.

5 bro. just look at your range

pbj

[Noise Limit - Atmosphères Océan & Nature Vol. 1]

bro?

[Think About It]

i don't not 5

maaaaaaaaaan, your bass, just eqthis. we work in the nolan range.

seriously, roll the atmos, you have a beautiful track. straight db or octave cello.

roll verb back

golden

[Necropolis Earth (Old)]

oooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

Dynamic range bro. Lacking therein. I can't listen to the track, it's all peak, there's no range, just volume. Go back, lower EVERYTHING, build it from the drum and the bass, pan a little, cuut the lows on your highs, the highs on the lows.

I never not 5.

LD-W responds:

Except it has a 6.5 average DR with certain parts having even greater dynamic range, large enough that it wouldn't negatively impact the track if I dumped it on any streaming service. I have very capable maximizers which can raise whatever I want (within reason) without negatively impacting the signal due to Transient Empasis and Curving.

Stop looking at the visualiser to make your judgement and actually listen to the piece lol.