Jahn33's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Sound Of The Space]

Oh man! This makes me happy, it strongly reminds me of myself the music I make....
Some things stand out that I'd like to give some friendly advise about.

First thing, STOCK SOUNDS, you gotta make your tone a little more unique, it's okay to use FL KEYS grand panio, but maybe tweak it a bit. Maybe look around for some free drum packs to get some better percussion going. Play around with combining that saw lead with maybe a bassy undertone.

SIDECHAIN your lead and bass to your kick.

ADD more sounds.

This project is the skeleton of something amazing, I feel like you "finished" this and posted it too soon. Maybe sleep on the idea, come back, add some background noise, add a bassline, add some one hit sound effect. You have unlocked the ability to use FL STUDIO and make stuff, that is the hard part.. I believe if you were to give a little more effort into this project you could turn it into something that people would be willing to listen to twice, and hum about when they're in the shower.

Something that puts you far ahead of several other people I have reviewed is you have a good sense of scales. You know what note will sound good next. Now just fill in the details.

CharlieSolis responds:

Thank you very much friend!! I'm glad you liked it, I know it still sounds like something unfinished but I still don't master the FL Studio very well, I just have basic notions made from experimenting with the sounds, and the intruders, likewise, it's good to know the feeling of happiness that
Regarding the scales: That's right, I have little notions of Music Theory, thanks in the same way, probably in the not too distant future I reposition it as a Remix
Similarly, thank you for the advice
It motivates me a lot to know that you liked my song attempt

[Salt and Pepper]

Dang that is one good sax sample! Also good work on making a bassline that does more than just copy the lead

Only thing I'd say to improve is the background keys sometimes clash a bit.

PeanutSapphire responds:

Thank you so much for your feedback. I really appreciate it. This was done about a year ago, so I wasn't that good sound mixing at the time lol. Thank you so much for your reply^^

[Andalucia]

Don't have too many thoughts on this one. It's just pretty good. I am curious as to if that 'guitar' sound is a sample from another song, or if you made it with a plug in because it's good.

JohnnyFrizz responds:

I actually made that myself with a couple plugins and a bunch of automations to give it that realistic feel :)

Thank you for the review!

[CAN (2019 Rework)]

It's like a lite-version hardbass song.
I agreed with the other guy's comment so I'll leave that alone. One thing I noticed is the melody gets off beat at some parts?
Idk listen at 4:25 and 4:50 sometimes it doesn't match up.

JohnnyFrizz responds:

Agreed as well regarding the bass!

Hmm not sure about the melody tho, I guess it's just the natural syncopation of the melody, it probably feels off cause the supersaw arp is playing a very strict 16th note arpeggio while the piano is just repeating the original melody from the beginning.

Try listening again to the piano melody ok the first chorus and see if it still sounds off tempo :)

And once again thank you! Really appreciate all the time spent writing these reviews Mr Pixel ;)

[Stardust]

That's some high quality stuff right there. I feel the wobble saw that comes in at about a minute is a little rough sounding for the song. It just gets stronger throughout and feels out of place. Tried a little too much to make the song "go hard"

TeaCatOfficial responds:

Thanks, I strive to improve c:

[Mocking Bird]

Club intro's are not my favorite but I'm willing to look past it.

The melody is nice, simple i like it. The transitions are better in this one, I feel like the claps get annoying because they don't ever stop..

Love the buildup and drop at 2:25 but that bass isn't smooth, just go ahead and make it an 808 bass because it sounds like a 909 bass with too many distort filters. I don't like the pause at 3:10 and we already heard that clap snare beat for the entire beginning of song. The second drop sounds exactly like the first one which i mean isn't bad, just something i noticed. Sorry if i sound to critical i promise future reviews will be more personal im just not in the mood now, but yeah. Good job.

Chaoskeleton responds:

Thanks for the info! I honestly don't like the claping all that much either, but I didn't try to stray too far away from "generic" and I know how repetitive big room songs can get. Plus I was feeling pretty lazy when I made this lol

[Rainbow Road 64 - Remix]

I never took the time to listen to the original during the game because i was too busy trying to hold my shit on the road and not fly away. This sounds nice though.

kinggrinyov5 responds:

lol , back then i did the same thing, cheers