ACTION-JACKSON's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[CSI love scene]

Hey now...

This actually sounds like something you would expect to hear in CSI. You've got the CSI style down pat. Now just go talk to the scriptwriters...

Syntrus responds:

indeed

[Ghetto Muffins]

Awwwwwwwww Sheeeit...

I love this. Whenever I listen to it I'm the dude from 3Ali flying through space while making love to an alien who laters civilization i will save by beating the shit outta some muffin punks ala Bruce lee.

ya

Syntrus responds:

aw yeaah

[Drown in the void]

Huh....

I really like some aspects of your ambient work, but it just seems a little incongruous. Most of it is dark, but it isn't refined, and you have some elements that suggest otherwise and detract form the dark ambiance. The "stringed" instrument is interesting, but I don't think it was used well, and should have been left out for a more purer dark tone. It was just too abstract.

I'd like to hear more of your experimenting with the dark ambient synths, and leave out the lighter overtones that ruin it. It honestly sounds like your just messing around with your Casio keyboard.

Make a deeper, more fluent and just plain better dark ambience, and leave out the lighter sounding elements, even if they are in minor notes. It just doesn't sound good with those scattered about. Stay minimalist, at least until you can do better overall. It's a decent start.

Bobert-Rob responds:

Yeah, there's a lot about this song that could've been better. It's not really supposed to be dark like many of my other tracks, really, but it could've been a good dark track if I had strayed away from the lighter aspects like you said, like the weird string parts. Thanks for the honest review!

[Blank Space]

Hmmm, Nice...

Good, slow, creeping ambient track. Could be used for a scene taking place in a futuristic sci-fi noir metropolis.

[Rig - Nebula]

Great work!

I love this piece. It has perfectly light ambient mood. Goes great with anything, enjoying a garage full of exotic cars to contemplating the mysteries of an infinite cosmos.

Rig responds:

Or even Christmas. Thanks for the support!

[(ST) BEnny Hil loOlOolOLOo]

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"fuck you!"

all work and no play makes jack a dull boy

StereoTactik responds:

BY GOLY, I THINK U MUST HAEV TEH SHINNING

[StereoTactik's DnB Tutorial!]

Really good

I've never made music, but I could tell you knew your stuff. You really broke it down for someone who didn't really know how to make this stuff.

StereoTactik responds:

lol

[Electrick - Tranquillity]

Very well produced

It sounds great, but really isn't that unique or interesting, or dynamic. Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying it sounds hack, though.

The only thing I didn't like about it was the break in the middle with the piano. Just too slow. For a Paul-Van-Dyke sounding piece like this you shouldn't do that, just keep the beat going and overlay the piano as it continues if you really want in there. Just my opinion though, you may have been trying for something completely different.

[Electrick - Sunrise Drive]

Good, good.

Very nice. I like the classical trance/techno feel. I'm not really one for vocals, but they way you spliced them in makes it a bit more diverse and isn't overpowering, just how they should be.

Great piece for driving my car. If I have one suggestion, I think the lead synth tune got a little repetitive. You should raise or lower it a key or something to break it up and make the song more dynamic.

[Beyond This Life]

Wicked synth.

This is what DNB is all about, synth wise, but unfortunately the actual Drum and Bass was not all that impressive. You've got a great "overlayer" but the pumping underlying beat is just not there yet. Make the bass and percussion more noticeable, improve the quality on the lower chords. Try re-mastering it, it just seems faint on some levels. KICK IT UP A NOTCH and this will be a MASTERPIECE.

I love it, but nobody else will unless you balance this thing an present it the way it was meant to sound.