Midnights-Ocean's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[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

[Erxoyl's Boss Theme]

Hey front page! You deserve it. <:3

[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 :)

[Forest Mystery]

Nice to see this on the front page. Very nice choices of instruments. Great melodies. Solid progression. I like this one a lot. : )

[Falling Tides]

Really love that intro! Very cool effect. Only on cheap phones today but this sounds good. Lots of room for vocals or something here. Not a fan of the midi sax. Some slow swelling strings or synth with more verb or even a delay would have been better IMO. Considering you mixed half blind this is very well balanced lol. Very tasty bass. : )

[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

[space]

Those pads remind me of reason. Very nice.

[deep altru [remaster]]

Fantastic. Listening on cheap phones. Hats are too bright IMO. Really sweet pads and vocal loop. The opening and bridge are really nice. I love the ambience you got there. Could have used a bit of melodic variation on the vocal loop personally. Solid piece. I like it. : )

Waidmann responds:

Thanks man,

Yeah it could use a bit more polish