Midnights-Ocean's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Calling From Heaven Remake]

Very epic! Good front page! <:3

ADR3-N responds:

Thank you!

[ME-OS OST 51 - Jump Wars - Sleepy Bridge]

This turned out great!

octopus58 responds:

Thank you very much!! Glad you liked it :)

[chip_chirp]

I really like the time signature. I think it works really well. I like the sound palettes. Mix is decent. Your melodic choices are interesting. They manage to give an odd and much desired cyclical resolve to the angular tonal tensions. It's fascinating how your ears adjust to the microtonal structure the longer you listen. At first it's very sour but if you stick with it, you start finding these sweet bits that float in and out. Very interesting piece. Definitely not for everyone but I enjoyed it. Nice to see people experimenting outside the box. We need more of that kind of thing these days.

NGAraMax responds:

Wow, thank you so much.. This is the first in-depth review I've ever gotten!

I'm really glad that this song is to your liking! I promise to come up with some more songs in the future as well, hope you'll enjoy those even more! :)

[I Like Chopin 2K21 Remix]

I don't think I'm familiar with the original but this is nice. <:3

octopus58 responds:

Thank you very much!

[Rapid Ascent]

Could have gone for a little more mix up with the beats. I REALLY like your supporting pads. Very nice palettes. I dig the chord choices too. Mix is a little bright but I like it. : )

GlaceonDash responds:

Very much could have done a change on the beats, but I kind of was still testing the waters here

[Be Yourself (Demo)]

I like that bass line. Mate that guitar sound/atmosphere is amazing. Straight up dreamland. Not a fan of the horns but that's just me. They are used well though and sit very comfortably in the mix, so I can't complain. Wow. Short but sweet. No critique comes to mind. Very nice indeed. <:3

pitbulljones responds:

Thank you bro!

That bass is actually the same Telecaster that is used for all guitar parts. My Tele' has an S1 switch that can flip the phase of the neck and bridge pickups and helps create meaty bass tones as well as focused mids and thinned trebles. But I will add a proper bass.

Glad it's atmospheric :)

I love horns, I will use them incessantly ha. I've noticed that you generally don't like horns in anything I post lol. Embrace the horn!

thanks again :)

[The Average Village Theme (JAMuary Day 29)]

Love it. Wonderful melodies. Nice choice of instruments.

GlaceonDash responds:

Very thanks! I tried to make it have a somewhat clear motif throughout as if it was for a video game and that motif was playing throughout the whole region of the map you were in.

Unfortunately I don't think I got the motif across that well but eh, it's already out

[Lopsided]

Very nice sound image with the synth. Mix is good. My only complaint is it has a sharpness in the area round 2350Hz. Very smooth recordings. Well balanced melodies. Melancholy but not too dark. Front page! Very cool. Nice to see you posting again. : )

pitbulljones responds:

Thank you bro! Appreciate it :)

This feels so rough to me, but I really like that rawness.

No synths bro, there's the rhythm, bass, the single note pick and a reversed, mangled harmonic guitar :)

Just string section and horn section via kontakt, harmonized and octave shifted.

Needs that 'extra', hoping vocals push it over the threshold :)

thanks again

[Just Made It]

brah that sound pallet is liquid crazy. Love the melodies. So free but never looses control. Only mixing complaints I have are the lead gets way too forward at 1:41 just for a bit and there also a hat that sticks out a bit every once in a while. The rest is great. I love your choice of instruments. Something so wonderfully appealing about this tune. Love it!

boza44 responds:

duuuude, mixing tips are what I'm after. I'm CLUELESS at mixing.. i just kinda throw stuff together and put it up. I need the help of a PROFESSIONAL lol, no lies. And I know your tracks are really nicely mixed so I appreciate this.

Thank you so so much for the wonderful feedback and stopping by :)

[To Each Their Own (Remastered)]

Little bass thin but it's got some beautiful melodic play happening. Personally I'd add a bass line and beef up the kick : )

pitbulljones responds:

Cheers bro. This was made like 11 years ago, all I had was the wav from off here.So I was limited in what I could do. So just a remaster job. Definitely need bass, it's something that I left out fairly often way back.

Thanks