JMSy's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Progressive Trance 01]

this was a nice tune and i liked the intro a lot, hi hats a bit loud and random and take away the professional feel of what wouldve been a top quality production in my personal opinion. I enjoyed the sounds and synths, u made urself or modded presets etc? Could do with some sweeps of filters at like 1:30 it kinda ended abruptly with rapid volume reduction...build up after was good though.

I enjoyed a lot 5 stars but -0.5 for the hi hats so 4.5

heres one of my latest trance efforts not one of my best or as good as your one...check it if ur bored sometime lol

http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/612032

[BossFight]

really good and lots of varied melodies and linked well with drums, u have good music theory knowledge....good tune, fun to listen to...like how its always varying up often.....

[Happiness In A Can]

the initial sounds seem a bit poor. Like the quality a bit plasticy poor preset tones on a synth, just my harsh opinion, bass is good with nice sustain and reverb maybe a bit overpowering though? Turn down volume a bit in mix?

The melodies are fine but not really mind blowing or overly emotional.

Like again at 1:49 that sound is pretty poor man, u make urself or presets on a synth?

2mins in and the variety is lacking, need to change it up to bring some new excitment to song....oh here it comes 2:30 i spoke to soon....nice change with new melody, again nice but nothing overly special about it....This could easily be video game background menu music, no offense meant....

New melody as comes to end gives a bit more life to the listener. NIce cymbals to end....

Overall production mix was ok but some of the sounds were a bit tacky for me, the song itself seemed to have no meaning or logical progression for the listener...melodies were ok and enjoyable but not something memorable..The song was decent and little wrong with it..It just didnt do anything special..cant fault it though..good work though...I enjoyed the listen.

[Watching Dogs]

Second best song ever

[Derelict]

this some old style or progressive trance? Seems that way at the start im really liking it,,,very pro sounding as well...loving the vocal type fx af 50sec how are you doing that? is it a preset or samples? what vst? what is it?..after 1:00 song really kicking it, very nice man...chill and nice sounds and melodies.....what vst u using and presets? I think the main lead melody is to quiet though hard to hear through the drums and vocal fx....drums also nicely done, nice kick man, vengeance?...Overall the song was chill and very pro but seemed to lack a killer something...just chill without anything making it stand out...good job i enjoyed and will download..its my style...i think maybe u can check some of my trance work if u wish maybe this is one of my better ones? http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/597336

Lethal-Input responds:

It's some type of trance, that's for sure lol. The vocal sample was VEH2 FX 52. Most of the synths I used in this song I made on Sylenth, but the choir, and paddy/piano were Nexus presets. Thanks for the review! I'll check out your track.

[Aero]

slow start, reminds me of rdr for some reason, cyberfunk bass, kinda scifi cyberpunk video game tune now...mmmm..melody ok but sound to cheesy imo...ok back to beat its cool, some delay fx, nice.....better sounding melody now, perhaps filtered arp its nice ,song is good at this point, then to end...fade out...ok.....i enjoyed 2nd part of song more, its scifi video game stuff, timesplitters, decent prodictuon also.

Shozi responds:

thanks for the review dude. yeah i also like the 2nd part more. im new to keyboard so im sorry for delay mistakes. its made with garageband and im not really a fan of their sound library. just dont like the tone of the instruments. it was made within an hour so its really very decent produced...

[Wandering Alone]

which audio interface? ive been trying to record guitar into my pc with no latency but had some issues. Your playing style is very similar to mine, I like the reverb and delay and fx and harmonic stuff..Ive made 100s of tracks in similar style over the years so really like this.....I see you got some bass in it also? Is that you are a synth?

A good idea might be to hook up your guitar music with fruity loops or ableton etc then you can add drums and other synths...thats my plan.

Anyway onto the tune itself, I like it as its my style, it gets repetitive though its short loop really. Its quite a simple recording so not much more i can say about it, nice guitar notes and sounds...I enjoyed it...cheers

NyxTheShield responds:

A cheap Lexicon Alpha, it has some little buzzing (It might be my cheap guitar though) but is nothing that a little denoise can't fix.

Also, yeah, i used FL Studio, (I used Guitar Rig loaded into a mixer channel), i intentionally kept it as a single instrument song to give it a lonely feel, a feeling of being utterly abandoned by everyone.

Also, no bass, just a bit of EQ on the low notes and messing with the reeverb a bit :3

[Electronic Stuff]

I notice in most of your songs the sound, samples, eq, mix of the drums is really good! and same here..youll need to pass on your tips man..tune is ok..but im mirin your mixing, drum skills, what sample packs u using..good job

[Stay Away Nirvana]

Well sound quality is really bad thats obvious from start. I like some nirvana but cant recall this one im not biggest fan though i play a few on guitar also..Or did back in day..so long ago lol...teen spirit etc..Well back to your song...As a band, I mean it sounds like a pub band playing a decent pub gig lol..singer is nice and aggresive sounding, voice ok for the genre i guess..not really my cup of tea though...overall quality makes it hard to give proper review but drums, guitar, bass etc all seem on point...

Stereocrisis responds:

Thank you for listening, JMSy. I just wanted to point out, there was no bass used in this recording. It's just my uncle on drums, and me singing and playing guitar in my basement, filming ourselves with a handheld camera, live.

[Total Breakdown]

well its only short clip not full on song. 1st thing sounds like stock fruity loops drum samples? if so get some vengeance packs or something...not so keen on the melody at 44sec its annoying and to loud, the preset/sound is not nice on the ears imo and the melody not great either...The bass riff throughout the song is cool and sounds good, maybe slightly on the loud side..not a full song so cant offer to much advice but thats all i can say for short clip lol..

SpeirMint responds:

Thanks for the advice!