philjo's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Floorboarder]

nice, but clippy

I like this hehehe i just want to say code REASON!!!
sorry, im a big user of reason. as a sound engineer myself, id say you need some mixing hints. your drums are too loud...particularly high end ie hihats, cymbals etc. i know your drums are supposed to be distorted, but the actual audio level goes into the hi +3 dB area (try to keep it at around -1 or o dB). a good way to see is to load the final audio file into a wav editor and look for very square looking waves. those are clipping signs. keep it up dude u have good ideas

[PaNdOrA-Journey to heavan]

Dude WOOOT

this is undescribably wayy brilliant.holy mate you gotta keep making music of this listenability, this tune reminds me of maga man at the start, then ecco the dolphin later on, plus its got a nice break beat , it creates a beautiful atmosphere of suspension and wonder. what more can i say its SUPERB.

Pandora-Tranquil responds:

Thanks dude, it does sound kinda mystifying halfway through, its like 6 mins long now lol.

glad u liked it!

[PaNdOrA-Underworld]

NIce One

This is brill man, you are improving by loads, this brings me back to 1997 days of DnB, its rockin, bo bass line! nothin wrong with this, its fucking cool by the way when the acid squarish thingmy kicks in, awesome, more of this matey, more.

Pandora-Tranquil responds:

check out the remix, too bad i don get more votes, my reviews are awesome compared to my votes, i need more ppl to vote so it makes up for fags that vote zero.

[PaNdOrA-Breathing]

mmmmmmm DARK atmosphere

dude, film soundtrack, this is gotta be used for a flash that has some horror in it, whooooo!wOOOOOOOOOO! shiver me timbers, my shoulders are spiking.well good, you is puttin out some quality material recently. keep it up MAN!

Pandora-Tranquil responds:

Thanks lol, I like how this one sounds, and i like the ambient things it does, i think maybe ill work on another like it, exept like the twisted metal black BGM in the lvl with the ferris wheel.

thanks for reviewing!

[PaNdOrA-Hope]

Great!

Thats good dude, the melody is flippin A! woohoo, its quite dark in a way, the sounds arent that dark , but the minimalist nature of the tune and melody is, creepy! sounds like somethings building up, swelling and is about to overflow. great track!

Pandora-Tranquil responds:

thanks alot dude u review alotta my stuff, thanks thanks thanks lol

[Yoshi's Island Ragtime!]

Yay!

YOSHIS ISLAND! you my friend are a cracker. a nut. Love it! i love that game and love this cover youve done. musta taken a while, you didnt get the mix perfect, but its just great anyway.what more to say....oh, a wee bit of clipping there, careful with the volume knob dude! great effort, great piece.

[Patterns]

Luvly

really mellow, relaxing, not sure about the drums, for me youd be nearing a ten if the drums were softer or, not present at all! i know this coz i prefer the passages of the track where drums are not present. The theme of this track is great, use of the strings, and other orchestral pieces, it sounds great when you think that its completely synthesized! good job mate

nightowl-x responds:

Thanks again. I can't keep myself from adding drums and string. ;) I esp like the second part of the song with the more dnb type of drum line. I also find it amazing to be able to make music that
that sounds like it was performed by a live band or orchestra.

[midnight chronicles]

Sweet

Dude thats some solid use of the reason program. sorry i can spot most reason tunes a mile off, i use it a lot myself, see if you can tell by listening to my music! Nice ideas coming along in this piece of music, try to vary the drums more, i know, i used to concentrate on melodies so much as you have here, that the drums would be neglected. now im the opposite! (check Antibiotics) you are truly a melodic chap, and i like that. i particularly like how its starts quite darak, and really picks up, it rolls along nicely.

nightowl-x responds:

Yo, thanks for the review. Yeah reason tunes do have a distinctive sound, like the scream 4 effects. I usually don't vary my drums too much but i definitly want to improve on them. I'll check out your tunes too. Thanks.

[PaNdOrA-Climax]

Catchy! Its great

Woo automation, lovely string sound, like an angel playing a glass a bit of the squarw wave as well, always good. great drum beat as well, its quite a strong one. yup this is a cracker

[PaNdOrA-Lost without a cause]

Rave it up and funk it up too

Funky bass, rave madness and SQUELCH as well! u got a lot of qualities in this music. i know the note prgression is simple, but thats sometimes better than making it complicated, here a simple note program overrules complexity! mind you the funk bass guitar is quite complex, with pitch bending etc. i only had one niggle, and that was that it sounded like there was a small gap in the tune, like a frequency range, that hadnt been filled....nothing important dude, this tune kicks AZZ

Pandora-Tranquil responds:

Thanks for reviewing my songs, im glad you like some of them.