Jacob's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Stuck Out]

Watch out, Bill - you've got fangirls coming your way!
I really do enjoy this track, for some odd reason. Everything in it is so sloppy, yet it manages to come together beautifully. I listen to it faithfully. Good work on this, man.

Bill responds:

thanks Jacobcobvbvcc

[<<Replicants>>]

Not bad!

This certainly shows some potential from you. My main recommendations are that you bring out melodies, and turn down the kick. Plus, there needs to be a little extra something to pull in the listener. Maybe a heavier wobble with some layers, or something of the sort. Either way, you definitely need to turn up the melody.

As for the kick... I actually think you may want a new kick altogether. The one you're using is very, very damp, almost to the point of hurting my ears. If you have any of the Vengeance packs, I'd recommend looking around for a kick with more of a punch - and less of a pierce.

Anywho, this really does have potential - and so do you. A lot of the production aspect was very professional. The only major flaw is, again, the velocity distribution. Just fix all of that, and you'll have a great breakbeat dubstep piece.

Good luck!

-Himynameisjacob

BulimicLemur responds:

Cheers man, one of the most helpful reviews I've got.

[Acid Paradox - Monster]

Great potential.

This piece has so many things going for it. I love the concept, and I love most of the implementation. My only real issue is with the bass drop. Sure it's dirty, but it needs more substance. It's very hard on the center, with nothing but the drums playing otherwise. I would recommend layering two slightly different sounds, panning one toward each ear - or possibly adding a Dimension Expander to the current bass. Study the bass that xKore tends to use. It adds so much substance to the song, and it'd make this one of the best songs I've ever heard.
Anywho, wonderful work. :]

Acid-Paradox responds:

Im personally against heavy basses man and why would i copy someone else style if i can make my own??

But yeah , most drops tend to be empty man

[Deep south Redneck]

I finally remembered to check this!

While looking through my inbox, I stumbled upon the link you sent me and recalled being unable to listen before. Well, I finally did! It's critique time:

Firstly, don't use a strained voice. You could easily get a better - and especially more distinct - version of this sound if you were to pull back your vocal chords. See, you can either over-tighten your vocal chords (as you're doing now), or you can pull back until they're barely touching, an exaggerated version of which is the sound made by The Grudge. This technique will give threshold for clearer diction and a more prominent sound. Of course, you want to keep that incomprehensible, rambling country drawl, but voice acting requires unnatural diction and clarity - so you'll need to overdo it a bit.

Secondly, you need a little more vocal fluctuation - just a smidgen. While, again, you're character is meant to be monotonous, too much monotony will simply make him uninteresting. As I said, voice acting requires you to overdo a lot of things.

Overall, though, it's not terrible. I've certainly heard much worse. I'll give you the 7 and 4.

pyroman544 responds:

Thank you for your honesty. The roughness, in part, comes from my being stingy on a good microphone. I DO need to work on the draw more, but it usually sounds a little better in person.

Thank you