Haggard's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[[LY] DNB [Demoupdate]]

First part sounds too repitive

I think the first part of this song is too repititive. It got better after the vocal sample during the middle, where you added some more sounds to it.

Of course the ending isn't really satisfying right now, but seeing as this is only a demo right now I guess you have something much better planned for the full version. ;)

Overall the song is a bit too repititive right now, but it does sound very promising.

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la-yinn responds:

Oi, didn't see this review 'til now, sorry for the late reply!

Oh hell yeah, something big's in the planning. More variation in the beginning and some sick melodic work after the vocal sample part (which will obviously be removed)

Thanks for the review! :-)

[Taxmurder]

Good drum sounds

Did you use a real drum set here? Most drum sounds you can hear in the audio portal sound pretty awful, especially the cymbal. Here the drums sound very realistic, so that's why I'm asking.

The other instruments sound pretty good as well. especially the guitar. You found just the right amount of distortion here.

What this song needs is some kind of vocals as it gets a bit repititve after a short while, vocals could really help and I think they would also fit nicely to the song.

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Sawdust responds:

Nah man, I just used drum samples and I just EQed it to give it a sort of muddy feel.

And I can't add any vocals, as I am a terrible poet and singer, so sorry.

[Jungle Rythm]

My heart is beating like a jungle drum...

Why do I always have to think of that song when reading the word "jungle" somewhere?

Anyway, this is a very nice song. The driving instrument here are the drums, which of course fits nicely with the jungle theme. The good thing about those "drum songs" is that they tend to never get boring no matter how long they are. Your song is no exception from this rule.

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Step responds:

Wow, thanks XD. I'm really glad you liked it :D.

[All Hail Windows! 2]

Interesting

This is a very interesting and unique concept. I never knew Windows sounds could sound so good. :)

It must have been quite hard to mix the sounds so they fit well to the durms (or did you program the drums afterwards?). Anyway, this isn't only interesting it also sounds pretty good! :)

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Step responds:

Lol, neither did I :P. I took care of the drums afterwards, but it was a bit of a pain since windows sounds are naturally not loud enough for music producing and the drums kept overpowering it. Obviously mastering could've fixed that much better than I did, but I dunno how to master :'(. Thanks for the 9 :).

[[G] When Giants Clash (Ins.)]

Sounds good

This is a very good sounding song. Too bad it's only instrumental, as it gets a little bit boring after about 3 minutes.

Overall it's a nice and relaxing song even without vocals. I just think it would be even better with vocals. ;)

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Jirohbomb responds:

Thanks! It is pretty relaxing, especially since I fell asleep to this song once or twice lol. As I said before I will add vocals soon.

[[G] The Battlefield ft. Gent G]

Great

This is a great submission. The intro sounded a bit cheesy, but once the first verse started it didn't sound cheesy at all. The backing track creates a very good atmosphere and the vocalist also manages to emphazise this atmosphere with his voice.

The flow of the song is very great as well, the rapper raps nicely along to the background music.

What I could understand from the lyrics sounds good and pretty thoughtful.

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Jirohbomb responds:

Well if our first song managed to sound thoughtful, then I accomplished my goal lol. I am really happy to have discovered that backing track on Newgrounds, and I just love the feel of it. Thanks for the review.

[As of yet unnamed]

Sounds good, but it's too loud

This is basically a very nice song. The riff you present here is very good and I hummed along to it even it was the first time I listened to it. Strange. :D

Now why I think it's "too loud": It's not "loud" as in "Turn down the volume!". I could do that myself. No, the background music is too loud and it overpowers the nice riff, which is a real pitty.
It all sounds a bit messy right now, so turn down the volume of the background instruments, this should sound a lot better.

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[unnammed riff expanded]

Nice

It's a nice riff and it's presentated in a very nice way. :)

The drums are very minimalistic, but it fits good in here, as you want to show off the riff, so it would be no use to include a loud drum track in this piece.

However, sometimes I have the feel that the mixing of the instruments is slightly off. Sometimes the background music is louder than the melody itself, which sounds a bit messy in my opinion.

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[Parisienne redux]

Good

The melody you play in the beginning sounds very familiar, I just don't know where I have heard this before.

Anyway, this is a very nice submission, with great melodies and a good backing track. But sometimes the instruments in the background are too loud so that everything is just a mess of noise instead of a nice song. For example at 0:38 it all gets too loud. So a little tweaking here and there is still needed. :)

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mistermurfi responds:

Glad you like some of the melodys in the song its my favourite of the few i have up here

i dunno what the beginning is reminding you off i just play notes off the top of my head but maybe it is off something else i dunno :s

i know 38-50 isnt great just played a bit out of key thats why it sounds so off

thanks for the review ;D

[Coconut - Original Redux]

Needs better vocals

Now, the lyrics and the song are very funny but I really felt they are a bit of a let down for the song.

The intro is quite nice, I like the melody you play here. Also that little effect you use after the intro is good as well.

Now why I don't like the vocals that much is because somehow there's no meldoy in the voice. I know, he sings along to the guitar, but it somehow doesn't fit too good in the song. Especially at 1:02 it sounds more like talking than like singing.

The sound quality in the rapping part isn't too good, so a better mic would be a nice thing here. ;)

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