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[-(Brown-Bit-Broken-Pieces)-]

Needs more variation and less beeping

Those beeping sounds get annoying very quickly. Also they overpower the stuff that goes on in the background alsmost completly which I think is a pity. From what I can hear the background track sounds very good and it could create quite a creepy atmosphere. But everything is destroyed by those beeping sounds. :(

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[Calavera's Demo Reel]

Good voices

Some very good voices in here. The first voice we can hear sounds a bit like Barry from the first Resident Evil. I was almost expecting to hear something like "you where almost a Jill Sandwich!". :D

Anyway, some of the voices sound very much alike, but on the other hand... they are all spoken by the same guy, right? ;)

I like how you can change your voices so quickly. For example the last voice we can hear changes from "world domination mode" to a quite confused and disappointed voice because the character forgot how he called his ultimate weapon.

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CalaveraVA responds:

I'll have to work some more on making unique, differentiable characters. That last voice is probably my favorite; it reminds me of something I might see on Robot Chicken (short, simple). Thanks for the review!

[The Untraceable]

Good start

The song has a lot of potential in this early stage. The background beat is very driving and very powerful. It's just the kind of song that gets your adrenalin pumping even though you still have to sit through a cut scene and the preface of the battle (the boss is mocking you, the character mocks back and so forth). I have this feeling in my fingertips that I always get when a boss battle is about to start... I just don't want to lose a second and instantly hit him with all I got.

But the song still can be developed further. First of all it's a bit too short and could get boring after a while. And also it doesn't leave the "preface state". While my fingers are itching and I want to beat up the boss the game still isn't done with the cut scene yet.
So I suggest you try to add some more parts to the song. Some parts that are even more powerful than the "preface" and maybe even a bit faster. Or else it sounds like a really slow battle. ;)

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mopembopem responds:

Awesome, your feedback gives me a good direction of where I need to go with it. Thanks a lot :-)

[SN| Riptide Projection |SN]

Very nice

I like the amtosphere this song creates. It's somewhere between "spacey" and "very relaxing".

The mix between ambient and Drum N Bass is still very interesting and it fits amazingly well in this song. While you go a bit crazy with the DnB elements the Ambient elements always sound very smooth, which creates a very nice contrast.
This keeps the listener interested and it also makes the song sound very unpredictable.

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SessileNomad responds:

lol spacey and very relaxing, i didnt think they were different adjectives

im glad you liked it though

peace out man

[lost to us aeons ago - TT]

Good 8-bit sound

A very nice track. I like the relativly slow start with only the drums for the first few bars.

The melodies sound a bit too hectic sometimes (for example from 0:27 to 0:40), so you might want to work on that a bit.

But overall the song is very nice and you manage to create a very nice atmosphere with this song. I think I have to plug in my NES and play some old games now. ^^

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Calamaistr responds:

hey, glad it inspired you to go retro gaming. :P

[[MC Crispy] - World in Flames]

Needs better sound quality

Well, it's very hard to review this because of the sound quality. Just everything was hard to make out. The beat and the vocals.

But let's start from the beginning. You should edit out the first few seconds as there can be nothing heard except for some nasty static sounds. It's okay if there are a few seconds of silence before the song starts, but those cracking noises are just annoying.

Then, everything needs to be louder or even better recorded at a better quality. Everything sounds as if you had put the mic underneath a cussion or something.

The rapping itself could also use some improvements. You should try to time the verses better with the background beat and you should try to time the lines better with your breathing. Sometimes you had some pauses to catch some breath, but they didn't really fit there where you had them.
Also on one occasion it sounded as if you forgot the text and just mumbled something to cover that up.

I'm sorry that I can't be more positive about that track, but as I've said in the beginning, it's hard to review it because of the low sound quality.

chrisG755 responds:

yeah, well this was made up on the spot.. and yeah its crap quality i'll get a new mic soon. Thank you for your helpful review.

[Not a Stalker]

Nice song

It's a nice song. If you let this play in the background without paying too much attention to it, it really does sound like one of those happy "summer hits" you can hear on all radio stations.

But if you listen carefully to the lyrics the song turns out to be quite funy and sarcastic/sadistic.

I don't like the effect on the voice too much, but it does server well in creating this "happy song"-atmosphere.

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CluppHead responds:

I'm glad that the happy feel came across, it's exactly what i was going for along with it being sadistic. Crazy guy that doesn't think he's crazy sort of thing. I don't think i'll be using that autotuning effect much more in the future. It was a fun little toy to play around with while the trial lasted, but i agree that it can sometimes take away from the music as well. Thanks very much for the review!

[Ambrosia - Jxl180]

Nice song

A nice song, but I think the drums should be a bit more powerful. Especially the cymbal/hi hat sounds a bit strange.

But other than that the song sounds very nice and has a good beat along with nice melodies.

Also the progression of the song is very nice. It starts off very slow, but new things are added constantly, which keeps the listener interested in the song.

I think the outro is a bit of a let down, I think it would work better if you just ended on a single beat without the slight fade you have added there.

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jxl180 responds:

Thanks for your review.