JimmyTheCaterpillar's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Track for a Space level in a Kirby clone that was never published]

noticeably lacks a center lead or melodic phrase, but as backing, this is still cool!

TurtleBox420 responds:

Yeah, every track for this project was basically just a 61 second loop. It was a SFX heavy game, lots of jumping, platforming, power up noises, stuff like that. Figured the best way to do tracks was to have really lite but somewhat dynamic tracks, just some pads and a bassline.

Part of me is bummed it'll never really get released in full but I had a lot of fun recording the drums and bass for the whole thing.

[Loft Skirmish]

the melodic progression was honestly pretty fresh! kept me on my toes. felt a bit repetitious at times, I wonder if the soundfont might be a bit limited sonically to convey the full range of the piece. still it keeps pace well and i particularly liked 0:55-1:05. i think the lead at the end could be brought down by a point or two, and i would love if the song gave itself just another second or two of ending -- but i like this! thanks so much for sharing.

-r4r thread

Cipower3 responds:

Thanks. I didn't actually use any soundfonts for this track. most the instruments were made with jummboxes built in fm synthesizer. but after looking over it in the the editor, i do think i could have raised the pitch a bit. Im very bad at extending songs. but still thx for the reveiw!

[GRIST]

damn this was cool asf!! seems like such a fun project to have worked on, it turned out really well :)

ADR3-N responds:

Thank you! Yes it was a blast. I love 90s pop and hiphop so I went on a total bender with the beat. It originally was supposed to be a commission, but the commissioner never paid, nor reached out after saying they initially didn't like it. So I'm happy to have made something out of it. SM really made it pop though!

[intergalactic cocktail lounge]

i wish it was just a little more space-infused, but i reaallly like the mood here. very cool shit!!! kinda dangerous..

Tremulos responds:

That's fair, I'm still kinda kicking around ideas on this one so I might update it. I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[FK IT IM BORED]

contemplative, starry-eyed and just a little sensual! i really like this driving, dreamy piece.

ADR3-N responds:

Thank you! Driving is not something I expected to hear on this piece, but now that you mention it, it makes me want to lift weights haha

[walking through thick fog]

The opening 10 seconds or so do a really good job at invoking this eerie and urgent sort of atmosphere. Then, going forward with the introduction of this loud af chunkyyy ass electric guitar, you do well to slowly kind of introduce the instrument with long and low notes. I'm grateful for that. It's a solid intro :)

I enjoy what follows, but I feel that 0:36-0:50 grates a little bit, I feel like some of these notes just aren't meshing well to my ear. I really like the transition from the noisy amplified guitar to the cleaner one at 0:53.

I was bummed when I realized that the next section was just a copy-paste of the first one! I was hoping for some cool progression, and as I sat with it again, I noticed the drums and how the bass hits seem very quiet.

I can see some cool ideas and thoughtful execution here -- I hope you keep at it!

elweyquecomenta responds:

I can see what you mean. If I could go back (which now that i'm thinking about I can lol) I'd add a little "prelude" before the first notes in the distorted guitar so it doesn't comes out of nowhere.

The grating was very much intended. I like the way dissonant notes completely change when you add heavy distortion to them, so i made it as dissonant as possible to get that effect. i even went back to change the higher notes and made them their own melody of sorts, which i think sounds good without the other note to make dissonance. you can hear each melody on their own at 0:31 seconds in on each ear (left is lower melody, while right is higher melody).

As for the progression... yeah, not even gonna lie, this song feels kinda bare-bones without other stuff in it. i honestly just made it loop 3 times so i could cut the middle part and have it as a clean loop :p

There isn't a bass in this song, but i had to use a soundfont on the drum set, which makes working which each piece of the drum kit quite compact when writing, but a nightmare when mixing. i'll see what i can do about that.

there's a guitar drone in the back of it all if you pay close attention. i think it might be a little hard to hear, so maybe i'll add more attention to it in the revision?

all in all, you've inspired me to go back and make a second version of this song. thank you.

[Blind Faith]

i love this. i love how much you stretched this atmosphere and i think you did so very successfully. the climactic portion of the song shreds out of the intro and the transition is honestly so lovely and cool!!!!!!!! it seems there is some off-beat stuff throughout this final portion though, it's quite subtle but i hear it specifically at around 3:42-3:46.

thank you so much for making and sharing this! it's awesome

OPFX responds:

Good ears! Thanks for listening!

[Opoxori - Skill]

need to hear this in the club bad!!!

i think this track is soooo killer and i love it and thank you for making it!! the start to 1:10 is basically flawless.

I love what's happening at 1:24-1:42, though it hears just almosttt off-the-rails, very loosely-contained.

super fun work, i love how much you mangled the sample :D

Opoxori responds:

Thank you very much one day I will put this up live :3

[AIM - HardTech2009 - Corrupt Module]

i love how you juice the intro for everything it's got -- i loved that build-up and it really amped me for most of the track.

even though i didn't specifically dislike it, i felt that the dnb loop was a little like.. cliche? idk, the whole track drips with its own flair and style -- the dnb felt out-of-place... that said the faint, kinda yadadayadadya yammering underlaid with the dnb loop was really cool,, i liked it!

also i fucking love your alt cover art for the piece!!! so so so cool :D

CorruptModule responds:

Thanks! Yeah i do get what you mean by the loop being cliché. Since i wanted to go for that og feel i kinda just went for something that feels familiar. I do think I could’ve put more effort for that originality but i was vibein so hard it would hard for me to change it. I’ll work on more stuff like this later and I’ll make sure to go bonkers with the dnb loop next time.

Im glad you liked the art. Ive seen a ton of dnb mix and albums with that style i wanted to make my own.

Thanks for the review tho I really appreciate the criticism. Have a good one lad.👍