SourJovis's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[The Golden Toilet]

Great song. I think your mixing skills for chipstep is improving. I think you got the volume levels right in this track, better than in some of the previous tracks in retrospect. The drums sound very good for 8-bit. The kick has quite an impact. The bass isn't too overbearing. I like how the song really picks up after the halfway point. Good melody and countermelodies. The title is brilliant.

wandschrank responds:

Thanks! This song is hard to compare to "This is Chipstep", it is more laid-back, slow and has less synths playing at the same time. It is incredibly hart to mix many of those simple waveforms together as you get a wall of beeping noise in the end. :D

I took a lot of time to mix the bass and compared it to normal, old Dubstep tracks until I got the everything right. Enough subbass, but not too much in the higher frequencies to prevent it from going on your nerves with constant "impact". Which may sound not bassy enough for people with bad speakers, but I can't help them. ;D I'm glad you noticed it, though.

Thanks for your review!

wandschrank

[Pathe The Way (Contest)]

Great song. I like how it alternates between the light and heavy parts. The drums sound a bit distant. The snare could've had more attack. But that's just a matter of taste. It fits better with the rest like this. I like the sound of the guitars.

MetalRenard responds:

Indeed, the drums are a touch distant here but as you said, they wouldn't work so well if they were closer since I feel it would become too driven rather than thematic (It's a kind of soundtrack more than a rock song as such).
Over all, I prefer those kinds of drums to be honest, I'm a big fan of 80's sounds and I don't like where modern mixing has taken music at all. :)

Thanks! :D

[Sun Land]

Sounds like a heatstroke, but not in a bad way.

[This is Chipstep]

Hey, why does Chipstep get an own category when Duptune doesn't >:( Anyways nice track. I expected faster drums, with more impact, but I'm not sure if that would make it better. I like the instruments you used. The furby especially.

wandschrank responds:

Yep, I also wonder where the categories for chip & bass and darkchip are. And were is wandschrankstep?

Anyhow, it's hard to make drums with a lot of impact using old soundchips as they mostly consist of noise. I did not want to compress them to death.. maybe I can achieve "better" sounding drums the next time with more tweaking. :D

I recorded the Furby with my Shure SM-58. I guess I have to buy a better microphone for my next track so that the furby sounds even nicer. And, like already mentioned, it caught a cold. Let's all pray Furby recovers from it soon. :(

Thanks for your review!

[Ice Cavern]

Reminds me a lot of Chronotrigger's Schala's Theme. Not a bad thing, because I like that song, and this song is sufficiently different to still be original. I like the congas. They're nice and sharp. Good bright sounding mix. There could be some more base to it imao. It doesn't loop perfectly. I think that's easy to fix. Too bad the game won't be finished. Hopefully someone else will use it for something good. I'd love play a game that goes with this song.

Mattashi responds:

Yeah I've noticed the bad looping, I'll fix it soon.
Thanks for the review :)

[King's Quest]

No you're not the worst composer ever. Bosa king of false modesty. This is a great song. In every way possible. The only complaint I can think of is that the end sound al little cut off.

[City in Disguise]

Pretty good. Like I said, I don't really like clean sounds, and the drums could've been a lot dirtier to give them more character. But that's a matter of taste. I like the piano, the pads and the other synthesizers. They make the song very beautiful and interesting.

GershBeats responds:

Thank you thank you! I'll certainly experiment with the effects on the drum and see if I can improve it somewhat.

[Desert Theme]

That's a cool song. Very organic. The instruments come out nicely. I don't know what a tuba would do in the desert either. Probably just a fata morgana.

wandschrank responds:

Yep, who knows.. ;D Thanks for your review!

[Paprika OST - Parade rmx]

Ha that flute! I like Paprika. Susumu's music sounds a little too artificial for my taste, but it fits the mood of this film. Paprika has some great tracks. Including this one.
Nice percussion in here. I would want to hear some more counter-melodies, to get that parade feel. The flute and the gameboy are interesting enough. Maybe some more of that kind of stuff. A mesh of instruments.
Maybe I should upload one of my Susumu Hirasawa covers as well.

wandschrank responds:

Sure, do so, I'm eager to hear it!

Like I wrote, this song was kind of.. rushed. I did not want to spend 20 hours on a melody I did not create by myself, so I just fooled around a bit. You're absolutely right with the counter-melodies.

Thanks for your review!

[8bit Gurkenbalken]

Just heard this song in Fall Down X. Good song. The game isn't bad either.

wandschrank responds:

Thanks! Yes, it is a fun little game. :)