SourJovis's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[F-Zero - Big Blue]

Perfect cover. Very energetic powerful sound. Much more powerful than the original. You added a lot of your own to it. Makes it very interesting to listen to.

[Midnight Phantoms]

Sounds very ghostly indeed. I like the 8-bit sound. Very full and crispy. Nice complex percussion. It loops well. Great work.

Noisysundae responds:

I made only 3 patterns for those drums in FL. I feel more comfortable on slicing those few patterns in playlist than creating more of them. : P
Anyway, thanks a bunch for listening to my stuff.

[The Awakening - Extended]

Nice work. Very atmospheric. The reverb makes it sound very dreamy. It's true what dem0lecule says, about the reverb, that if you use less reverb on the lead instruments the song becomes more transparent, but I'm not too much bothered with it. This way it sounds more like all of the instruments are in the same space, and I think it fits the mood of the song. It's very personal. Just try out different ways of using reverb for yourself, and do what you think sounds best. I look forward to hear more from you.

LawnReality responds:

I'm glad you like the track! :)

[The Butcher Deejay]

Very funny song! Minimalistic, but still interesting to listen to. I hope to hear more from you soon.

PedroBento responds:

I ill publish more songs thx for the 5 stars

[CTSG4: Anniversary Edition]

This song has great replay value. So much to hear. So many different styles. I think it becomes even better when you read what happened at each point in Newgrounds history so you understand why each part sounds the way it does. Better still to actually see it happen in the animation. Can't wait till it's finished. I'm glad to be part of it.

[Demo Reel Mashup #1]

You have a very diverse style. It all sounds so great. You have a new fan.

DL2Electron responds:

Thanks man.

[Back To Life]

Great song. These are live instruments right? They must be. Nice melody. Well played. I think I'd like it even more with less reverb. The part that isn't in reverse at least. That reversed part is very experimental. Fortunately it works. I like how you still play ordinary notes over the reversed part. Looking forward to hear more from you.

NyxTheShield responds:

Yup, everything is live ^^

I would like to use a bit less of reeverb but my recorder sucks, it's a cheap $6 bucks plastic, yellow recorder, i need to "hide" some of its flaws with it :c

[Closing Walls [FULL]]

Great song. The instruments work very well together. They all fit in a different sections of the frequency spectrum. Reminds me of a mysterious jungle, or savannah. Very mysterious mood. Also I like how you use different style instruments, like electronic and acoustic. Western and exotic. Gives a nice complex sound.

DL2Electron responds:

I still kinda feel the drums are perhaps a bit out of place from a mixing point of view. But thanks for taking the time to review this. Appreciate it :)

[Welcome Back...{Re}Remastered)]

Great song man. I love the sounds. How did you get that synth effect between 1:16 and 1:25 and after 2:31 The one that sounds a little like distant birds? I like it a lot. Also nice pads and piano. I hear some other effects that are hardly noticeable, but still make the song richer, like spices in a dish. The lo-fi sound of it and the vinyl crackles make it become more alive. The song sounds a bit too compressed for my taste during the loud parts. Other than that it's perfect! Favourited!

ET16 responds:

Check out this vst called ProtoPlasm and thank you for the review !

[Rathunas - Cinematic Trailer]

Like I said before, great song. It follows the flow of the trailer very well. That trailer also looks very good btw. I like the mediëval folk song instruments,They give a nice vibe of the village theme, while the more bombastic choir and orchestra sounds give that feel of how large that world is, and how epic the fights. The part at the end sounds very mysterious. Nice dripping sound effect. Contributes nicely to that cave exploration feel. Just a minor point. The sound feels blown up at certain points. Especially at 00:14 when the choir sings "Rathunas". I think you're scraping the limiter too hard, or perhaps you're using an effect to saturate/widen the sound, that distorts it. What choir sounds did you use for this btw? Are these Eduardo Tarilonte's Mystica and Cantus? I'm still doubting between those or Cinesamples Voxos. I like Tarilonte's samples, and they're chaper, but I'm not sure they are suited for loud vehement parts. Either way, good job. Do you also create music for inside the mod, or only the trailer?

SoundChris responds:

Hey there man,

Thanks a lot for your very detailed review! Concerning the saturation: I am definitely in need of something to widen the sound - i was thinking fo the sonnox inflator :D I also used an ad limiter here. Didnt realize that it distorts at 0:14. I guess i wiii have to check that. Thanks for the advise! In this trailer i used tarilontes shevannai for the womans voices. The choir is the good old symphonic choirs - voices of the apocalypse.

I am also doing ingame music for the game. I have released a level ambient track yesterday called "Equilibrium Obscurum" with lots of aleatoric sounds etc. Just check it out (i took a more atonal approach here since it fits into this special story part). The general ingame sound will be cinematic with celtic influences and large orchestral ensembles :D