Haggard's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Epic!.. lol]

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This song has a very sad feeling to it. I think this could best be used in a sad scene, where the heroes of the game have to leave their home town behind or they mourn the death of a combatant.

All in all I also had the feeling that the song never builds up completly. It keeps itself too much in the background for my liking, it should just be more "present".

I also noteiced some minor errors in the song. At 0:44 it sounds a bit dissonant and at 1:35 there's some static sound... as if there's a small scratch on the CD and it "jumps".

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MishapsConundrum responds:

Thanks for the review, at 1:35 I do not hear any static.

[Depth of Thought]

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Normaly I don't like long fade ins/outs not that much, but it works very well here. Even though the synth sounds a bit strange at times (as if it doesn't want to be faded in yet... ^^).

I like the progression of the song. It starts off pretty slow, then builds up very nicely. After the quicker middle part it starts to fade out again. As I've said, it works very well and also fits good to the title you chose. It's as if I have a thought in my mind, at first it is a bit in the background of my mind (the song fades in), then I put more and more thought into it (the song builds up) and then I come to a conclusion, the thought leaves my mind again (the song starts to fade out).

Also, the melodies are very catchy and it's pretty nice to listen to this song. Good work!

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TheBellmaker responds:

Thanks for the review Haggard. I think the fade in problem was caused by a faulty rendering engine. Thanks for listening.

[JuMP3r - Bounce!]

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A bit too generic, but the background beat is pretty awesome. I also liked the various breaks you added to the song. This kept it from getting too repititve.

The problem is that it sounds too much like other dance tracks on newgrounds. I guess it's because nearly all artists use the same programs to create their tracks, heh.

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[Skela - Mighty]

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This is a nice cross over between techno and rock. Reminds me of some tracks I heard in the 99 and 00 version of the Fifa Soccer Series. ^^

The main melody is very catchy and together with the background beat it creates a pretty upbeat and cheerful song.

I especially liked the ending. The continued main melody fades out while we still can hear the last notes of the background beat. This works really well!

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Skela responds:

Thanks for the review!

[<==Stomp the Sand==>]

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The intro was a bit messy. No real structure there, or at least it seems like that.

After the intro the song gets a lot better, even though the preset drums take the fun out of it quite a lot unfortunatly.
However, the main melody is pretty catchy, it just needs to be a lot louder. Louder than the beats at the very least.

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DjCompass responds:

hm... is that what the compressor is for? XD
Thanks for the review ^^

[TransAmbient Loop]

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Even though it's a very short track it doesn't get boring, even after I let it play for some time.

The mixing is done pretty good, only the bass line should be a bit louder. Also, the loop isn't perfect. It's very good, but there's just that fraction of a second where I can here the loop starting over. I can't even tell what it is, but I just know: "Well, here it starts again."

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jxl180 responds:

Thanks for your review. Yeah I know, but for me that split second only happens on the first or second time around, but then doesn't do it anymore after that.

thank you,
jxl180

[[LY] ,-Mayosun-']

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It's nice that this turend out while you where testing. It's nothing too great, but it's always good to create something that is worthwhile to listen to while testing out some effects.

What bothers me most is the overused clapping sound. You should try to replace that with something else, like a snare or a bass drum.

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[rock song?]

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Sounds interesting. Could be the intro to a rock/industrial rock song. It's just too short to tell if this is really "rock".

The beginning of the track is pretty nice, but later on it gets too confusing and too messed up. I'm missing a real structure here.

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[(FMC) -=Sudden Death=-]

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A great track. I like the fast beat you used in some parts, it sounded pretty awesome.

However, there are some parts in here that just sound too generic for me (typical techno/trance beat and not much else happening, like at 1:15).
Also, overall the track may be a bit too repititve, even though you had various parts in here. But they are more or less the same throughout the song.
Or maybe it's just the main beat that doesn't change that much during the song that gives me the impression of this track being repititve.

The ending works quite well, I think. Much better than a fade-out, or some sort of "big bang".

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FunkmasterCatking responds:

Thanks! I probably should've worked on the part at 1:15 a little more, I just needed a different melody to fill in the gap.

I'm glad at least some people actually like the way I ended it! :D

Thanks for the review!

[TransAmbience]

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A very quiet track. Maybe even a bit too quiet. I think you should let the beat running until the end of the track. The change in style is just too abrupt here.

Other than that, I really like the melodies and the great atmosphere you manage to create with the track!

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jxl180 responds:

As i said in a previous reply, I will see what that sounds like.

thank you,
jxl180