SpoonMix's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[The future]

1:37 is my favorite! 1:56 pinch harmonics??!! My jaw dropped!

Arponax responds:

Hah, i love those, when i found out stuff like that exists i had to learn it XDD i love how you can get melodic with them too....i can only imagine how much potential that technique has.

Cant wait till i learn more techniques and mix them together, thats gonna be alot of fun.

[Chocnoon - Rails (CCCLXXXVIII)]

I've always wondered if there's a difference if you bring the level of your whole mix down by 50% in Jummbox and do the mastering part separately using a different program...

A multiband compressor should help. The free option I know is in a video editing program -- Davinci Resolve...

name responds:

I do the mastering using a different program. Also, there's a Limiter feature in JB.

[X3ll3n - Somnium (NGUAC 2023 Knockout Round)]

...fills my brain with intense slow-mo action scenes.

Sorry 'bout the fire, at least you got a selfie with nice blue lighting in the background... Also, weren't you a judge for NGADM?

X3LL3N responds:

Yep but it ruined my schedule, so I can only start judging from Round 3 and onwards.
Such a chaotic year xD

[Taste Again]

Sounds great! Cheers to guitar-centric music!

Mischa-head responds:

Thanks man! Cheers! \m/

[Conjure a Storm (feat. yyycry)]

Reminds me of Blonde Redhead <3 <3 <3

Golden-Calf responds:

Thanks, that is a huge honour!

[locked in (NGADM ROUND1)]

Is Ableton really better than FL? I only use it for live performances... I was expecting some fighting music, a.k.a. dubstep, but I like this! I like the album art too! No flaws whatsoever!

(...to be clear, I don't know 'genres', and any genre can be fighting music. I just think of dubstep as throwing unexpected punches, which surely will knock out other music, if it were done in a ring or a cage)

CrowdDoll responds:

Ableton is not really better than FL, it depends on the user. I just used Ableton when I can't figure out how to properly make the whole song in FL so I exported it in stems then start messing around in Ableton. But thank you so much.

[anxiety]

You guys sound like a perfect tandem... I had to listen a few times to appreciate what you had created, the chord progressions, basslines, and solos; the drums (wish I could play like that!), and your voices. I think your ending made me want to play it again :)

Troisnyx responds:

Thank you so much for your kindness 🙏🏽

Let's have the drum talk at some point, maybe on Discord. I'm not conscious of some of my drumming habits but I can break down some of them, if you'd like.

[Dreamwalker]

This deserves an all-caps kind of appreciation, SO GOOD!!!

BeyondOurEyes responds:

Thanks so much for the love, glad you enjoyed! \m/

[littlMix_ShelbyBryant Interview]

What happened to Shelby? -- "frowns upon seeing his name associated with musicmaking" -- that kinda angers me... but at least he has a job, and music is not really paying well these days...
His music was the very first one I liked on NG when I joined in 2021... His 2 albums on Spotify didn't include the song I heard here on NG. Brilliant songwriter...

littlbox responds:

Sadly he took down his NG account. He works a "real job", one that frowns upon seeing his name associated with musicmaking, and so he's trying to minimize his online presence in that regard. You can still find his music on Soundcloud and Spotify, and he continues to make really cool piano pieces. Will have to convince him to upload here again under a different name.