Jayk-O's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Coin Catcher]

The only flaw with this piece is that the snare is lacking in power.
Everything else is pretty much perfect.

DuttonsaysHi responds:

Is it? I had to lower the volume on the snare since it was so compressed and punchy, any louder and it would be piercing to the ears (to my ears anyway). It made listening to the song uncomfortable every time the snare hit.

I guess it really depends on the listener but I think it still does its job. Thanks!

[Fairy Tail - Main Theme RMX]

To expand on what fire bird said about it feeling unfinished, it's the snare.
The snare is very weak and should have a much bigger presence in the mix.

[Train to Metro City]

The Mix is pretty rough, and it's really simple.
If I was I would compress some of the sounds. If you have already I would compress them more.
Also the hi hats are too loud and down out other noises near the end.
With your chord I would layer more synths quietly on top of it so it has more of a presence in the mix.
One last piece of advice, I suggest you compress the master channel as well, the song is pretty quite.

[The Infernal ghost]

It's pretty good but the kick is killing everything whenever it comes in.
The mastering could use a lot of work too.
The composition itself has potential but the mix is very murky and listening to the song loud is harsh on the ears.
What I notice is mainly is that the kick is killing everything, I believe this is because the compression on the master channel isn't done properly. If you're using a standard compressor try a multiband.
The next issue is that the bass isn't really bass, it's more like low mid leads.
What I would do to them is take an equalizer, pump up the low end, find the best frequency range for your 5th and 6th frequency band than instead of keeping them turned up turn all of them down keeping your low bands slightly above 0db and your 5th and 6th bands right on 0 db. (depending on your equalizer 0db could be the middle or the very top but I mean middle) This will take out all the extra noise that is happening with your bass.

[Xnation]

The song is decent, but so basic. The intro was way to long and didn't have enough in it.

Gryztecx responds:

Thank u i will work on that

[King Kilo - Rust]

The song is fucking amazing, The build up to the drop was perfffff too. It seems like your bass could use some sub reinforcement though.

KingKilo responds:

Thanks, man! The bass sounds pretty loud on my sound system, but I'll keep it in mind for my next tune.
Cheers.

[Ray (Freestyle 4Chan)]

The only thing that's left is really cheesy music videos with a fish eye lens.
Like walking down the street all hunched over the camera moving your hands around all crazy.

AnalogByNature responds:

Such videos are easily embraced by my mind, and both of my eyeballs.
I seem to be a sucker for most things 90's.

[Momentum]

Very basic. Not the patterns or anything it just sounds like the sythhs could be fuller
I use fl studio as well, if you're down you should send me the flp, I could work on it a bit maybe?

[The NS Warbringer]

The piece is really great, but I feel it's lacking transition. Maybe some reverse crashes in the part without any percussion or impact noises?

LunyAlex responds:

You make a very solid point, sir! Thanks for the feedback; will be put to good use!

[~EnV~Heaven Rd. 2 (Ng mix)]

I want to give your constructive criticism here but I don't know how.
The melodies almost sound chaotic but I'm pretty sure that's the point right?
Transitions are nice, melodies are nice, I'm pretty impressed.