JamesMillen's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[_-/| A moments Peace]

Surprisingly good (I will explain!)

When i began listening to this I *was* impressed. However, i was thinking that it sounded like so much audio you get on here, a bit like a copy of computer game music.

However, by the time the faster soft synths came in I had to change my mind. The mood of the piece becomes brilliant here. Soft sounds are really hard to use, and I know how tempting it is to go crazy with things like harps and tambourines.

Right, ok, criticisms (reviews are useles without them). I don't like the sharp string bursts towards the end, way to artificial for the rest of the piece. And the sound effects at the beginning are fine, but a little to high in the mix.

I think this would sound amazing if towards the end you added some deep sort horns, maybe filter them right down to lower frequencies so they're really soft. It would give the piece a real majesctic feel.

I responded to your review of my track Tority, thank you for your comments, and I hope mine help.

James

MaestroSegments responds:

indeed JamesMillen. Thank you for your time, surprisingly I got pretty positive feedback on the sharp string bursts towards the end, but I suppose everyone has a different angle and view of music, as it is a VERY subjective field. I'll respect your thoughts on that, and will consider them for upcoming pieces.

Thanks for the review James.

[my rock concert]

Ooh, distortion!

I know half of it is probably in the conversion to MP3 but this would be so much better if there was less distortion on the mic. Was it played live? If so than you either need to mover the mic further away from you, turn it away from you, play down a bit (or at least turn the amps down). I guess it could be your sequencing software...you should be able to filter it somehow to remove distortion.

James

rioross responds:

ya, it is bad quality. i think it was all the conversions. you see, first i needed to change the file size to match newgrounds standards. then i needed to conert it to mp3 form.
im working it out, so the nxt song will be better.