pitbulljones's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Time Is No More]

Fuck me! 10 minutes! That is a beautiful open, some moody harmonics. I can't recall the instrument but its like a japanese instrument. The pick up in pace....the ocean. Really subtle synth work. So good.

The thought is do I want more? I'm not entirely sure i do. There is so much chill, so many complimentary tones. It's an excellent binaural piece.

The mix is fine, if a tiny bit under compressed, leaving a few high peaks, but they are not a huge issue. I can appreciate your choice to leave as much dynamic range as possible.

I could sleep to this easily. I think this is exceptional work.

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Midnights-Ocean responds:

wow wow dude! Thanks so much. Great review! I'm so glad you liked this. Yes the mix is still raw. I barely touched it yet lol. If the Japanese instrument you are referring to is the koto then *heart*. I think my favorite part of this YW pulsar is it's sound palette is a mix of some of my most loved instruments. It has a string quality like an acoustic bass, a pluck quality like the koto but it also has these long ringing harmonics like a pipe organ. It's like it hovers right in between wind, string and percussive instruments. I still have other little details to add and tweak but the main portion of this tune is done. I would hope 10 minutes was enough XD. It was hard to make it shorter, since I wanted proper breathing space for each melody to ring.

Thanks again ^_^

[The Pit]

The Pit(bull) lol

I love this, i'm all over this retro vibe. Some beautiful sines and a chorded ice tri pad, which is epic. The bass could be a bit more natural and less acid like, though the squelchy notes do help drive your groove. I'd prefer a more natural tone.

That main synth man i love it.

Percussion nicely verb'd. Generally mix is fine, some nice pan and well eq'd.

This has huge potential. I may even borrow it to try a guitar part out.

5

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Syntrus responds:

I’d love to hear a guitar part on it.

[Just Havin A Smoke]

It's a nice piano piece. It's a good performance. A bit by number. But what you have here is a very nice track.

Bring this out with a better line on. cut your reverb in the low end. compression, brighten.

I can hear a song in your 2nd phase, develop that section with a drum. make money.

5

DelitescentAria responds:

"make money"

nice lol

appreciate the review but about expanding it, this was just a track that came to me while i was (surprise surprise) havin a smoke. i dont expect to do much with it

[Tarantella Napoletano - Epic Version]

I don't know the song. But what I can say is they are some bombastic sounds. God that orchestration sounds epic. Did you perform the parts or mix a midi?

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BrianSadler responds:

You can hear the original here: https://youtu.be/U-xsosv6uM0 I use a notation program called Finale where I input all the parts with mouse and keyboard

[Bad Tidings]

Oooooooo them strings are mint. I thought you had too much tremolo initially but you haven't :) I shit you not your opening chords would fit nicely on a track of mine. Called Bad Seed

https://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/619623

High strings great, melody is great. Tone is great. I think the piano doesn't sit well, it lacks reverb and sounds separate from the mix, I'd remove it and just play single notes an octave or two lower, really emphasise the mood.

5 as always

pitbulljones

Bradley-Pittman responds:

Thanks for the comment man. Yeah the piano was kind of an afterthought tbh.

I dig your track. It's funny you noticed the similarity lol it's definitely there. We must've have similar brood sessions that day.

[A Dance with Quetzalcoatl]

Jesus man 12 minutes and change!

Your open, though low and drowning in reverb is interesting. Its a guitar I here, but it's so dull it's really hard to hear the chords. I play myself and I know how hard a good guitar take is, but you need to run a louder line with a preamp and work in post.

You know, with a rhythm section this could be some very early joy division or grateful dead. I would be interested in working with you on this, refine it and really get a track going. You're missing a menacing doom bass with a simple bass snare 1 2 pattern. If you redid this, with a better line in, a tad less reverb. Compressed and brightened eq, with a metronome you really could have something. Pm if you fancy working with me.

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sames responds:

I'm actually currently working on getting a preamp, the lack of one has limited several things. That said, the intro was barely grazed with finger picking on purpose to produce a muted and eerie beginning.

Aside from that you're more or less right on every point and i'm a terrible composition musician, but i sort of enjoy seeing where i can go and what i can do with single tracks and single takes, developing styles from it.

Thank you for the insights and the offer, though i'll have to decline, i am glad you enjoyed what it did bring to the table.

[surfBoards of Canada]

its a nice synth. a nice track even. But its not mixed to great. Your bass is too low key wise. And there's a loud of overlap in your mids. Be judicious with your eq, cut some high on the low, some low on the high. Roll the general volume back, utilize some panning and diversify the sample choice. Add some reverb too to make the track sound more live. If all that sounds negative I don't mean it to be. It has loads of potential. Still gonna 5.

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bryce responds:

I was trying to copy the lo-fi aesthetic of Boards of Canada, which embraces imperfections. So I made a lot of choices that went against typical mastering conventions. BOC's basslines are quite low. And I actually did use panning and reverb effects in this one.

In fact, I could have just applied a resonant low pass filter to the whole thing, since a lot of BOC's music barely use frequencies over 15 kHz... seriously.

Appreciate your thoughts, but I'm not sure I'd change anything (this was just a 'demo' practice track really, but I could return to this style again).

Cheers

[Voyager (remastered)]

That's a solid pad open, crikey. I love stereo field abuse.

You're right in my ballpark here, ambient, dissonance, but chill. Your bass drone is a bit too loud, its clipping your mix. The spaciousness and hidden melody though, yeahhhh. i'm at 250. Where's that glitch beat. It would elevate this, get that groove going.

Saws, sines, tris. lovely. Its tickling my brain. You must be using crystal on this, too many tones i recognise which is no bad thing.

5 mins in....love it. You have beautiful tone. Your mix is just too heavy, work on eq, high pass your lows, low pass your highs, let it breathe. Roll your reverb back, about 12% max room verb. You want space but not overlap.

7 mins. I'm waiting for this breakbeat. Drop it with that vocal sample, reward me. There's so much build but no release reward.

I absolutely adore this track. It really tingles my synapses. Its a 5 all day. But hopefully you can rebalance the mix, drop that beat in and create a monster.

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Midnights-Ocean responds:

Very cool. Glad you liked. Yeah there’s a few more corners to iron out on this one. I probably missed a clip here and there. Might also be an artifact in the original recording though. This tune is made from many older takes I did on my pedal rig, so there’s some grudge in there.

I wanted to elaborate the grove part but was afraid I’d make this track even longer lol. Maybe next pass I’ll extend it, just a little.

No crystal. A patch on big tick’s rhino plugin and pitched up idiopan tongue drum.

Thanks! I was very pleased with the sound palette on this one. Yeah lol I tend to be a lead foot on the mix. I’ll thin it out a little next pass.

It’s difficult to decide if I want this beat driven or atmosphere driven. So much easier to make the pads sound huge when there’s little beat to eat up dynamic space. I’ll keep your critique in mind though : )

Epic review dude! Thanks so much ^_^ I definitely will re-read this before I work on the tune next time!

[Ascension]

my bro. You need to have better line ins. I love dissonance. Awkward ambient is in my park. I recommend you go back and rebalance your mix though.

CoolStap responds:

I'll try make something like this, with better mix than there.

[Morning Mist - From A SirLSaint Opera “A Happy Tragedy” (Audio Track)]

Dreamy. Nice tone choices. The piano is a bit too heavy on reverb. But its nice. Sample choices could really elevate this.

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Calculati responds:

I agree, the reverb is a bit much. But on the software, I can’t exactly change the pedal strength (piano-wise.) Thanks for the review, anyhow!