jiggitysmith's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[cheeky little number]

Did you go to a carnival recently?

You've been writing some odd carnival-related stuff today. While not bad...it's....odd.

spamwangler responds:

ive been in a silly mood today

too much sugar probably

[sir Ian Mkellen]

Sounds like a soundscape.

I'm not really a big fan of soundscapes (especially ones at carnivals), however, for what it is, it's good and deserves a much better score than what it has.

spamwangler responds:

i think people are probably a bit pissed off at the ending

[++ Frozen Princess ++ (Piano)]

Very Final Fantasy-esque

I could easily see this as some broad's theme song in Final Fantasy 54.

Can't wait to hear the fuller version (I would say start it with the piano solo, hint that there are other instruments around 0:40, and then go all out with the orchestra at 1:04. Anyway, great theme, great chord progression, and there isn't much I can say except good job!

kelwynshade responds:

I appreciate it. My inspiration was actually the theme song "To Zanarkand" from FFX. The full version is so far pretty much what you're looking for. Piano solo into light strings which progress into full strings and choir and then settle back slowly into piano.

Glad you liked it.

[Reprise]

Sound's like happy.

If I could sing I'd probably try and add lyrics to this. It sound's like what I'd expect to hear for background music in a 90s movie (also sounds like a riff used in many songs I've heard before but that's pretty unavoidable when it comes to guitar music).

beans384 responds:

Well i hope someone DOES take it and add lyrics to it. That would be awesome. Thanks for the review!

[Capturing Clouds]

Not exactly what I'd expect from the title

It seems a little amateurish in delivery, but melodically it's a good idea. The beginning reminds me a bit of how the synth music in 'A Clockwork Orange' sounded and that's pretty cool.

I'd say this song would sound way better if some of the synths were replaced with more realistic-sounding instruments (strings especially). Or start off with the syth sound and then kick in a realistic orchestra when it starts picking up.

Overall, the music is great, but I would find better samples and try fixing it up / tweaking it a bit.

CatsomStudios responds:

thanks!

[i want to be a big scary tiger]

Sweet!

I really like the bass line / drum beat in this one (I'm not 100% thrilled with the top organ melody, but it's cool - I downloaded it so I could chop out a couple of the beats and possibly remix it assuming that's cool).

I just have one question, in downloading it and opening it in cooledit, I noticed that it clips a LOT. How the hell does it sound so clean when the audio is supposed to be really distorted?

spamwangler responds:

you can sample any of my stuff good sir.

as for the clipping issue im not sure.

i usually mix stuff down louder that i should, but it shouldnt be doing that.
something to do with when i converted it to mp3 prehaps?

i can send you the original wav. file if you like, pm me

[el tango de la odontología]

Lol

The way you arrange everything constantly bothers me because it's never anything short of perfect.

spamwangler responds:

theres alot of stuff i havent posted here :)

what i have posted here is like a best of the last 2 years

[sinking ships]

Mellow

That there is pretty sweet and loops pretty nicely, I just wish there was more of how the end sounded that sounded (it was killer).

spamwangler responds:

thanks that was the bit i was worried about getting stick for :)

[Kamina Slayer]

I like the music, but...

Slayer isn't that great of a plugin. I only use it for instruments that I don't intend to sound like a guitar usually (like in 'Tough Walk,' most of the Electronic sounds you hear are actually a slayer guitar run through a bunch of FX).

I would recommend getting the SFZ plugin (it's freeware) and get some good guitar soundfonts (Also I recommend getting the Camel Crusher plugin - also freeware - it's a distortion plugin) and combining the two can make for a really awesome-sounding false guitar.

Sunkistador responds:

hey thanks for the tips
im glad that at least my notation was alright.

ill look into all that software

[XP-Drums of life]

Neato!

I love strings and this sounds pretty spiffy, but I got a question. Are the strings just a loop you found or do you have some sort of plugin / sample library where you write the melody from scratch with them? (and if that's the case, could you please tell me? I would kill to be able to write music using realistic stringed instruments).

Xptiger responds:

No it's just a loop i found soz!
PS i really like lolcats