JPRixdorfer's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Placebos (8-bit)]

great, but...

This song is 98% awesome! The sound, the chord progressions, the buildup, the little details, sometimes just in the background, simply wonderful stuff! Finest 8-bit epicness!

Now here comes the part where I lack the terminology to exactly describe what is wrong with it. It would be hard for me to write about it in german, even more so in english: well, sometimes your lead melodies are just off. At about 17 seconds into the song the chords go in C major, while that lower lead stays in minor (by playing D#). There are more examples for events like that on the entire song

Now, I'm not sure this is wanted or not. The build up and the excellent and unique choice of chords let me think that you would hear out something like this. But it made the song a little less enjoyable for me. sorry . "just" 9/10 :D

midimachine responds:

Got your PM before I read this and it's all good :) I tried changing the D# to D and F# and both sounded surprisingly bad and really altered the mood and dynamic of that part of the melody for worse. I think the tone I got from leaving the D# in keeps the mood way more coherent. Sometimes when you use modulate a chord progression like that, excessive consonance within that chord feels like dissonance when compared to the rest of the song... But not always!

Anyway all I'm saying is that I left it like that intentionally and I'm pretty happy with it! But now the 2 part harmony at the end of that section over the C major chord at the end of that section is bugging me. I've listened to this song way too much to trust my own opinion, though :V

Thanks for the review!

[The Path to Nothing]

I like the basic beat

It's got that minmalistic style. Just the right stuff to keep xtc-heads nodding for 3 days :)

Unfortunately the melodies seem to be going nowhere. While taken one by one they are pretty cool (except the very high one, dont like its sound :P), most of them are in different keys, which produces some kind of aural mess for me. I guess, more minimalism here would've worked better.

7/10
4/5

[NGADM r1: f4p;f4c]

yessssss!!!!

Why isn't there moooarrr like that in the AP. It's always dubstep this, dubstep that, but never a decent breakcore tune.

The melodies are kinda weak, the drums coulda been more present, but who gives a fcuk?! Awesome programming dude! AWE! SOME! Second half blew me away. Dang, it's hard not to swear too much when this is running in the background...

midimachine responds:

it's all i'm good at lol

there's probably not much of it in the AP because people find it really aurally offensive, apparently.

[<MWA> Lucky You (Ngadm)]

Holy cow!

First of all: I'm here for 1 1/2 months, listened to quite some songs, but I'll open up my favourites section with this one only now!

I love 7 or 5 time signatures, only a few people know how to make it work. I think you even made it work for people who don't have too much experience in music. It's exciting, but not odd at all, it just flows from the beginning.

The song with piano and cello was great as it was, but you put in those short electronic sections like a pro cook using just the right amount of spices, they leave me craving for more!

The harmonies are extremely well put together. The choice for going major in the third chord is just the kind of surprise I love! The solo cello is playing very softly, adding a lot of atmosphere, making things more interesting, but keeping the piano in foreground. I really learned something here: Having a solo instrument doesn't necessarily mean, it takes the biggest cake... THANKS!!!

Final verdict: This is the most unique and best song I've heard here so far.

mjattie responds:

I'm glad to hear that you've opened your favourites section for this song :)

It's funny how you compare me as a composer to a cook xd never heard that before!

It's nice that I helped you with the foreground and background and solo thingy!

thanks a lot!

[Dreams (Stavier Remix)]

1:54

Nice one, overall good sound, but you really have to work on the section starting at 1:54! It sounds really weird, because of the arpeggios - they don't follow the harmonies and don't work together with the strings and piano.

Stavier responds:

I thought just for the part at 1:54, a 6 is kinda harsh, but yes, it could be better, that's why I get rid of it when it actually starts. Thanx for the review!!!

[Aphex Triplet]

noice nises

I mean, nice noises! A little more dynamic and shorter and it would've gotten full score!

8/10
4/5

charlie-sheening responds:

Ha, thanks. Yeah, I'm figuring out more about overall song length lately with some other projects, thanks for the honest feedback and for listening

[Toccata and Fugue in D(ance)]

hm... I don't know

you didn't really add a lot to it. The beat is pretty boring and except for the different instruments it is all of a remix you did to it. The synth seems a little to fat for the massive polyphony the piece sometimes has, but on the other hand some passages sound pretty cool with it.
6/10
3/5

[Apocalyptic Calypso]

?!?!

why do you submit the same song with a new name under a different account as a different genre?!

Sabrewyng responds:

After forgetting my password, i made this account. After remembering it, I put it up on my original account.