Jahn33's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Jack Storm - Upbeat]

Seems cool, kind of reminds me of an old videogame soundtrack for some reason. Listening to this is a little chaotic though, great job using several instruments to fill the space, but I think some of them get off key at points and the piece struggles to keep a single emotion for long.

the beat is extremely repetitive, the whole song actually is. A 4 bar loop it seems for the first 2 minutes. It's okay to be repetitive according the application (IE. soundtracks shouldn't change too much because it's not the main focus) but this song kind of gets annoying after about the 3rd loop of a bar. Keep it up though man, and Happy Birthday!

JackStormYT responds:

Thanks! I'll see how I can make this better

[Queen - One Vision (Aleph Remix)]

Not too bad man, love the song. The only thing is the instrumentation needs some work, the sounds are a bit out-dated sounding low res. Also the pluck velocity is the same pretty much everytime, change it up a bit.

Sometimes it gets off key as well.

@ 2:06 & 2:53 are the most notable examples.

Keep on a rockin'!

[It Doesn't Have to Make Sense]

Very enjoyable. All of your synths and sounds are crafted and blend together and a great way. The drum beat is interesting and I love the shuffle.

the transition at 1:33 is awesome, I'm very happy you made it interesting, adjusting the pluck to open up and throwing the drum fill in a unique manner, maybe though, try and add some more background sounds, maybe a sweep or a quick scale on the lead to make the transition more build-up like. People want to hear tension lead into resolution.

CaptainBoomcake responds:

I hear ya, most of my music ends up clustered and with no breathing room, so I wanted to rein it in a bit, but I can see where there may be more room for build up :) thanks

[Lurkin]

An okay example of the modern genre.
Nothing particularly interesting to see here, but it's a step in the right direction as far as learning your DAW. I can tell you have a grasp on things, using different sounds and different gates. The song itself just doesn't have enough going for it.

More bass slides, more drum patterns, work on mastering the drums and changing velocity more often so it sounds less robotic. A good foundation. Keep it up man.

jiggydmented responds:

It is an older track. More of my newer beats are a bit more dynamic, I'm still learning stuff though

[Cyber Bjorn]

I dig the industrial feeling of the song.
This particular track is bit repetitive to listen to on its own, but as background music or something it's awesome

[Bone Broth]

This track has an excellent vibe.
Masterful work man.

Nervousnoob responds:

Thanks, it means allot!

[Dance With Me!]

Very bubbly song I dig it. Chords are jazzy which is nice, for some reason I think of ape escape while listening.

Great work on filling in all the empty space with various sounds, when starting it can be tough to know how to add fx and make the song feel full.

Crazy-Unicorn responds:

Thank you for the feedback!

But conversely, I usually make my songs too full so I try to be lighter now xD

[Aisteach]

Interesting little glitchy/ambient track. Never heard of idm so I can't compare it.
The beat is good, reminds me of a plugin called like dblue-glitch or something like that.

Good work on using white noise and various pads to fill in the gaps, a lot of people don't realize how the track sounds as a whole while working on it because you're focusing on whatever instrument in particular you want.

Where did those vocal samples come from? They fit super well, I'm wondering if you edited the vocals to fit the song, or made the song around the vocals.

Anyways, pretty good I suppose. Keep at it!

skylikestechno responds:

thanks for your review. i used "dance" vocal sample in fl studio packs and "aaah" sample that is in the second half i randomly downloaded from youtube. glad you liked that, this is my first track so this means a lot to me.
btw, aphex twin has some awesome idm tracks, i got inspiration from him :)