LJCoffee's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Drop Bottom: Combat Extended]

Meh...

Sounded alot like Mortal Kombat meets the Matrix... with a little Nintendo for good measure

The glitchy bits were very well done but I think you used about 100 too many hits. - The phased bassline was alright but it was just a little too stereotypical - Using the triplet echos and all - The timbre of the main melody left a little to be desired.

Overall I see where you were going with this and it's not really a bad piece - it just wasn't a great one...

Again, I'm voting 4 - you spent some time on it and it's really good but it didn't blow me away... Reworked a little this could be a 5 but as it is I think a 4 is fair enough.

tedJohnston responds:

hey, thanks for reviewing!

yes, like said before...this track was more of an experimental little bit than it was a full piece...there are lots of ideas in this track that could be developed and i'll keep what you've said in mind when i work on my future pieces.

thanks alot! cheers an g'day.

-Ted Johnston

[Drop Top: Serenity (Beta v1.0)]

Not too bad...

Drags a little - just a hair on the 'too repetitive' side - Jeez - this sounds like mine - what? do you master through headphones as well? There was a bit of distortion on the lower end but that's not too big of a deal. This felt like it could have been much more but as it is it's decent. Because of the above - distortion and lack of progression - I'm voting 4 on this track.

You're doing alright though so far. I'd like to hear what you can do if you REALLY apply yourself.

tedJohnston responds:

thanks for the review!

hmm...i master through speakers. distortion? i'm using a pretty nice limiter on the whole thing...and there's no clipping without the limiter either...maybe you have your bass cranked up a bit too much? i'll check it again just to be sure...

thanks alot! cheers an g'day.

-Ted Johnston

[Implications loop (13secs)]

Great job ... again!

I liked your Ellipses Loop better but this is also a really good submission. I'm sure that at least one of these will get used on the aportal front page. - Assuming that they actually get around to changing the loops!

BTW - I voted 5 for Ellipses and I'm voting 5 on this as well... Lately I've been trying to remember to tell ppl what I'm voting and why.

These are all quality tracks.

AdmiralConquistador responds:

ljcoffee is a punk. Try and edit this one, hahahahahahahaha

The telling people what you vote for on the review is a good idea actually.

Hopefully liljim got Denvish's email about all the submissions we made.

-ac-

[Ellipses Loop (15secs)]

Really nice!

Very good aportal submission...

Tallahassee!? Just a few hours away... I'm over just north of Tampa.

This is a really decent loop - doesn't get boring or old even after a few times through.

AdmiralConquistador responds:

You bastard! I wonder what Katrina did to you, I was in Miami when it hit and it fucked shit up, even as a Category 1.

-ac-

[Creeping Assault]

Not bad at all!

Congrats on the A-bot second place! - This was a really dark piece - the cave ambience was nice - gave it a 'bad-guy' feel. Altogether a decent piece of musik. Keep it up!

tedJohnston responds:

hey, thanks lots man! i didn't even realize i got A-Bot Frontpage 'till i read your review! hahaha. this was my first NG AP piece and i seriously whipped it out in like two hours while i was bored. i feel like i have alot of better songs on the AP right now, but i guess A-Bot was in a Drum N Bass mood hahaha. please check out some of my other songs too! (and uhh...leave reviews *cough, cough*). thanks again!

[smoker]

Really nice

6/4 - always feels a bit jazzy. I know you said you used samples - but are any parts of this your own or is it all an arrangement of exisiting samples? - The ending was a little weak - it seemed like the song just faded out in the middle. I think that you could improve this alot by adding a bridge to change things up a little and maybe giving it an actual ending in place of the fade-out. Overall it was really nice to listen to - Also for fun, try stripping out the existing beat and replacing it with something a little more agressive - D&B or something - it would give the piece a really cool feel - smooth loungy keys and horns on top of a really hard beat - just an idea.

This was good - explore this style a bit more!

I hope this helped - I'm not meaning to rip up your stuff. I'm voting 4 on this one, it's very good but I think that it's still missing the extra-something that would push the score up to a 5.

Melted responds:

thx a lot, thats a very good review.
the sax sound is sampled form e-lab, other r just sounds from their refill
yea it does sunds kinda lost at the end, ill do my best to correct that.
the idea of D&B beat crossed my mind and ill do it,just "for fun" if i quote u ;)

cheers m8

[Cavern]

Good start

This would be worth pursuing.

nice subtle percussion -

I would advise going one way or another though - either change the timbre on the up front plucks or remove 'em and go completely ambient - all low key

OR

Stick a hook in somewhere - probably at about the point where this currently ends - hit Hard and say bye to ambient with this one

Either way - it's a really decent start!

WebbtheMonk responds:

Cheers for that man. I`ve actually just started to work on this piece. i am adding a hook into but its kinds hard. I want to reatin the melody but adding extras is a bit difficult. Hwever will stick with Ambient but adding stuff into this at the mo is kinda difficult.

[March of the damned]

Congratulations!

You got in A-bot's top 5!

This is a very good track - It conjures some pretty strong imagery - Most of the instruments were great but there was something synthetic about some of it - Some of the instruments sounded a little , well, generated... That is - they didn't sound like real instruments - maybe it was the timpanis ? - overall this is a well composed track! I would only suggest adding a little more variety with the instruments - I could hear mostly what sounded like strings and ...ummm... french horns maybe? - muted brass basically - If you added a few more supporting melodies - woodwinds and such - and divided the strings up a little more - lower notes to bigger strings - higher notes up on smaller ones - that sorta thing it might have a 'bigger' sound to it.

Oh hell - don't mind me - I'm just rambling on and on now...

It was VERY good!

XGM-Zeth responds:

Woah, I didnt even know i did.

Well, I do agree that some of the instruments kinda sound generated, But it's all i got though, and the timpani's actually got kinda good feedback from some other guys.

And indeed, it was french horns.
Well, I must thank you for supporting me in the ways of review. Critism is always welcome as long as its constructive.

Thank you for reviewing, and for giving suggestions.
Good luck further on :)