JRTH's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[WL - our past days]

my man WaterLemon! seems impossible to get traffic on this site, how are you finding it? Excellent work as always, nice to see you still active!

[MYSTIX - TENSION]

Love these dark techno vibes! just uploaded something similar actually

[dear campfire [VGM]]

campfire vibes! How did you produce this? Live recording or VST plugin?

Chepaki responds:

All VSTs aha, I wish I could play anything :c

[He's after you]

Heavy atmosphere! I like it

[Broken Souls Re-Master]

Love the idea, the theme, the atmosphere and the POTENTIAL. For me, the thing holding it back is the mixing and the levels of the elements - a lot gets drowned out and swallowed by compression as things fight to stay on top. The vocals could use a little more love, but the fact remains you have a solid base to work with. If this was my track, i'd strip it down bare and re-build back up - I always manage to get a better mixdown that way.

Nice!

[Omens of the Deep]

Unreal, love it! Huge fan of the slow down - extra props for that.

Spadezer responds:

I like the word interlude, lol. But thanks for the props!

[Obelisk]

Diamonds amongst the rough! You two are credits to the site and the community.

[[NGADM and NGUAC 2019] ẄL - Distorted Dreams]

I need to up my game. This is incredible.

SUNSCREECH responds:

don't worry i don't think you have to :)

["Fractal" (8/5/19)]

Not bad! Solid idea, lots of things happening in the background which is a big plus for me - brings a lot of atmosphere to the table that most people seem to miss.
To improve, work on

- using reverb (and automating it to bring elements in and out of focus, sounds more sophisticated that way as opposed to using a low pass or a volume slider. A good reverb to check out is Valhalla Vintage Verb)

- Sidechaining (this is where your drop is lacking power and umph. A great VST for you to invest in is Nicky Romero's Kickstart - it's literally plug and play with a few options.)

- your choice of samples, especially kickdrums (In this track, it doesn't quite fit. The kick is missing a lot of power in the low end around 1:00 and sounds quite papery. Try to find a kick drum which is in the same key as your track's root bass note. All kicks are tuned and have their own key believe it or not, and when you put an E tuned Kick into a track with a bass root note of B for example, they clash and it doesn't sit so well in the mix! Another tip for the future is knowing which key to make bassy music in! This one is in C, although you would get more umph out of your drops if it was in F, F# or G - these lower bass notes carry more weight than C notes do! - Lastly, do you have a limiter or compressor on the master? The kick seems to quieten down when the clap hits on top)

Keep at it!

DJ-Saidez responds:

I kinda rushed it, it sounded good to me but my headphones aren't the best

With only top 20% progressing, and with school starting for me in 6 days, I wouldn't be upset if I went out here. I'm glad of the progress I made so far.

[Mid-Station]

This is the gold standard of indie electronic music.

Introverse responds:

Thank you ! You're the best ! Please follow for more music ! ;)