Haggard's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Invention No. 1]

Good but too short

This is a pretty good track, I especially like the piano, it plays a very cathy tune.

The strings are good, too, but I think it would work better if the piano and the strings would play the melody together.

Also, this track needs to be lengthened. It's a pity it's so short, not even 40 seconds long. :/

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loansindi responds:

Thanks for the review.

Instrumentation is something i'm still experimenting with, and they get longer every time I write a new piece, so we'll see where it goes.

[Animation Voice Demo Reel 2]

Good

A very good range of voices here, great emotions in them too (especially towards the end).

However, sometimes there are a few little static sounds, which are a bit annoying. But most of the time the sound quality is very good.

Nice demo.

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Rabidssquirrel responds:

Thanks for the review!
You actually heard the little static sounds? xD You must've had some pimping headphones my friend, or at least headphones that weren't from the dollar store.

Thank you for pointing out that they are indeed audible. Thankfully I have a new mic now which generates close to no feedback on my mac. :)

Thanks a bunch!

[[LY] ,-- The Cyan Monkey --']

Starts promising

When the intro started I thought "sounds promising", the beat you offer here is definitely good and the effects on it make it sound more interesting.

Too bad that the rest of the song can't keep what the intro promises. There's not enough variation in the song. The main beat stays the same nearly the whole song through, it's only interrupted a few times.

The melodies sound great, but it seems as if they try to hide behind the main beat. In my opinion the melodies should be much more in the foreground.

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la-yinn responds:

Thanks for the review. :D

I thought this track had enough melodic variation as it is, haha. I do agree that the rhythm is very repetitive though. I tried changing that, but no success. :(

[p4c-Sometimes I Forget]

Good

A pretty good song, not too repitive as most house and techno songs tend to be and very nice melodies and beats.

I like the instruments and sounds you used. They sound a lot different from what you can normally hear in the audio portal.

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p4c responds:

glad to be of service.

[Imperium]

Nice and simple

This fits pretty good as a background theme. It's not too distracting but yet gives the player something to listen to while he's playing.

Might get a little bit too repititve after a while, though.

I really liked the voices you used at the beginning, even though they are a bit hard to understand, even for me (german is my native language ;) ).
I think there are some grammatical errors in it as well, but I don't want to be like a teacher here. The voices fit pretty good to the music, that's all what counts.

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EvilScorpio responds:

Thank you for your review)))

[SN |The Printing Process| SN]

Nice one

"Review started"

This is a very good song. The sounds you used really remind me of an old dot matrix printer. A printer that doesn't work completly right maybe, but this definitely sounds more interesting. ^^

I like the fast paced melody that starts at about 0:48, it is really crazy and creates a pretty good atmosphere.

After the voice says "printer is jammed", it sounds a bit as if someone calls a fax (it gives some vry weird noises in the telephone if you do so ^^).

Anyway, this is a very nice song, good work"

"Review complete"

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SessileNomad responds:

lol i wish printers made this kinda stuff when we sent faxes, id get an office job like tommorow(sp?)

glad you liked it, thx for review

[SN |Eidolon| SN]

Starts very slow

This starts off very slow. But this isn't a bad thing. I just felt that it was "slow" for too long. So I think letting the transition that currently happens at around 0:53 happen a few tacts earlier would sound better.

Also the outro is again a bit weird. Maybe a simple fade out would sound better. But on the other hand, fade outs are overused and maybe I would complain about it if you had used a fade out. ^^

Other than that, the song is really amazing! Nice meldoies and some great choice of instruments.

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SessileNomad responds:

i hate fade outs, i only use them as a last resort xD

slow is ok to me, but we all got out different tastes

peace out

SessileNomad

[SN |Rebirth| SN]

Very good

Wow, this sounds awesome. I really like the background sounds here, they sound kinda spacey and very relaxing. The main melody is fast paced, which creates a good contrast to the relaxing background sounds.

The outro is a bit of a let down, though. It basically just stops playing, right in the middle of the melody. I think one or two more notes wouldn't sound as "cut off".

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SessileNomad responds:

yeah i thought about making a little part to follow after the tempo automation, but i kinda just went with it, should have though

hey thanks for the review

[Don't Lead Me Astray]

Good

Sounds good. The intro is a bit slow, but it gets much better afterwards.

The composing is pretty good, again you have some very nice melodies in here. Also, the main beat is different from the everyday 4/4-beat, which is a hughe plus. :)

Sadly, this sounds as if it is overpowered from time to time again (damn, I think I REALLY have to buy new speakers. :/ )

Also, the instrument that plays the main melody sounds a bit too muffled. I think a clearer sounding instrument, or maybe even higher notes would sound much better and more cheerful here.

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DJ-Chilvan responds:

thank you. Yes, this melody is my favorite melody of mine. And I agree, the main melody IS too muffled. It has been disturbing me since. I will fix it when I start remastering many of my songs in the near future.

[Street Epic]

It's OK

It's okay. It has a nice beat and a very catchy main melody. The mixing is done pretty well, all instruments can be heard clearly.

However, I think the whole song is a bit overpowered at times. While my PC speakers aren't exactly good they are still able to play music without static noises. Here I had static noises when the drum beats got louder. So maybe you have to work on the mixing again a bit (or I have to buy new speakers... ^^)

Also, I think the song gets too repititive after a while. Either shorten the song a bit or try to get some breaks in from the main beat and main melody here and there.

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DJ-Chilvan responds:

thank you for the advice! Like I said earlier, it's like the static yall are hearin is actually the rain sound effects i put in the song (im pretty sure). As for the overpowerment, i can strongly agree. The bass is too much. I will fix that in the near future.