jxl180's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Lonely Hero 2009 - BK]

Guitar saved it.

If the "guitar" wasn't there, it would have been really boring, repetitive, and probably bad (much like ATB's "Till I Come (9 PM)"). The solo sounded awesome. (I'm reviewing as I'm listening.) The buildup at 0:14 was great. Everything together at 3:30 sounds great. Ending is also awesome.

One thing: WTF was with the Universal theme at the end?

Bracksta responds:

lol, the theme at the end i added because it gave a victorious feeling at the end of the song. idk why, but i really liked it, shrugs

[Eternal Hope - BK]

Nice

Nice lead with the saw synth (i think it's a saw synth) in the beginning. I like how you included light cheering in the beginning. Did you also include it in the middle, around the one minute mark, or is that just some light sweep? The solo was pretty good. The one thing I didn't like was the core meltdown in 10 seconds. The reason being you already used it in Dark Overflow. If you keep using the same sounds/loops, it will sound like you can't come up with fresh stuff.

Bracksta responds:

I have a hard time getting really good free royalty clips for my music so then i am stuck with the same old stuff. I'll do more searching. Oh yeah and there was cheering the whole song, it gives a good effect :D

[Human (Club Remix) - BK]

Nice

Nice and relaxing. Not too hard (the sounds), but toned down to make for a more comfortable sound. Very nicely done.

Bracksta responds:

thanks man, i needed that after i got bombed. Yeah, this is a good chillin song

[Amsterdam (BK remix)]

Awesome!

I especially like the beginning. The synth was awesome too! What plugin did you use?

Bracksta responds:

I used a Celestrial plugin and a Golden Saw plugin

[Universe - BK]

Synth is awesome

It was awesome in the middle and especially the end, but in the beginning, I kind of agree with jbarnett, the hat is kind of off. Either too loud or too hard I'm not sure but it kind of threw it off. Awesome synth though.

Bracksta responds:

thanks for the tips! I will definitly check my volume levels a lil better on my future songs. thanks

[Metal Fatigue - BK]

Good, but not your best...

I liked it, especially the voice sample, but it was definitely not your best. The synth seemed sort of all over the place, and I believe you should have had more of a hook that varied a little from the rest of the song. It seemed like it was all one "verse" without much change to the synth in my opinion. Also, the hi-hat at around 2:01 seemed a bit dull, especially with one hit. Maybe try a light echo or another (different) hat lightly following immediately (such as a closed/opened hat), I don't know. I think if you made the drums a bit harder at that point (especially around 2:04-2:05 area), that could have been a real climax, or hook if you extended that part with the drums maybe just a few more seconds.

Just my opinion, don't know if it would work or not.

keep it up,
jxl180

[Take Me Away (demo) - BK]

I've always wanted to make a song like this...

I've always wanted to make a ambient song like this, but more similar to joshhunsaker's awesome (http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/list en/120342).

Nice work.

Bracksta responds:

yeah this stuff is so tight to just chill to doin anything

[On to Glory! - BK]

Awesome melody.

I wish I could make melodies like you. lol. And the 1:30 part is pretty good. It advanced it and built it up.

Bracksta responds:

i don't know melodies just come to me, lol. then the synth just brings it all to life. I love electronic music.

[Bracksta - Reborn]

Crazy

That was crazy. Especially from 1:30 and on! Very upbeat.

Bracksta responds:

thanks man

[Bracksta - Cleansing Tears]

One of my favorites of your music

This sounded awesome. The synth and the drums went together well. Also, it kind of sounded like it would be in a video game.

Keep it up.

Bracksta responds:

thanks for the great review, soon i'll have new music for ya.