Haggard's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[TBBAM Club Mix]

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Voice samples can either go completly wrong or work out just fine. In this track, they work out just fine. I don't think I would like the song as much without the voices.

I think you created a quite original techno song here. I was really glad that you didn't use a clap sound in the intro (clap sounds are overused imo).
I was disappointed when I heard a clapping sound later on... but then discovered that it was the snare drum. ^^
So, maybe you should change the sound of the snare drum a bit, so that it sounds a bit more like "snare" and a bit less like "clap". XD

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[<TheMayo>HiScore]

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I started listening to this without reading the description or looking at the genre of the track. I instantly thought that this was a video game track. Well, I wasn't totally wrong with that as this was in fact inspired by video game-ish sounds.

It sounds indeed very much like the good old 8bit music we all enjoyed on the NES and other 8bit machines. Only the clapping sound is a bit annoying. It just seems to be overused in too many tracks. Maybe you can change it to a different sound. I think it would help the song to get even better.

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TheMayo responds:

hmm...i can kinda see where ur coming from
but i really dnt kno wat other sounds wud sound ok
thnx for the input

[Circle of Flight]

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"Circle of floating" would be a better title, I guess. The track seems to be a bit too slow to resemble "flight".

Anyway, the track is very nice. I like how the instruments work together. The piano creates a very light atmosphere while the synth sounds create the image of floating before the inner eye.

Completed is the track by the drums. They fit perfectly together with the piano and the synth.

Only downside is that there seems to be no real climax in this song. But on the other hand, this is labled as "ambient" and maybe it just doesn't need a climax at all...

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WritersBlock responds:

Thanks man. Yeah, as I mentioned in another response, the tempo is slower to represent the openness and the seemingly slow feeling of flight, as my interpretation, of course. Thanks for the compliments, I'm really glad you like it.

[Heartache]

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Indeed, very chilled out. But it was also quite repititve. Even "chilled out" songs need some sort of variations or it can get annoying pretty fast.

You should add some more instruments and more parts to the song, while keeping the length of the track at the same level.

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[-rT- Paradox]

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I like the melodies you used in this song. They make the song pretty original (while the main beat sounds too generic for me).
Too bad that the song/loop is so short, though. I'd like to see this a bit expanded as it is quite repititve right now.

The loop works well. It's not perfect, but it still works.

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[RES - I Don't Care]

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The beat in the intro is a bit too generic for my taste. Luckily you build the song up pretty quickly, so we get something else to listen to.

The melodies you use in the song sound pretty nice, but sometimes we can hear what appears to be some static sounds (from 00:35 to 00:50 for example).

I like that you have so many breaks from the main beat. This makes the song very diversified and the main beat gets boring pretty fast. You should try to change it during the song to a more complex beat.

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Swerve responds:

See comment below about beat. I KNOW hahaha.
Thanks for pointing out the mixing errors, I'm working on my mixing:)
And I am glad you like the breaks, I threw them in because I like parts where the beat isn't playing.. I don't know, they sound more melodic at times, in my opinion.

Thanks for the review!

-RES

[==(Cloudclimber)==]

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I think the fade in is a tad bit too long. The song is very quiet for about 20 seconds. I had to turn my speakers up pretty much to be able to listen to the things going on in the intro.

Anyway, the rest of the song makes up for this little inconvenience. Again you manage to create a very dense atmosphere in your song.

I really don't know what else I could say about this... except for: Great! Keep it up! :)

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[-=SummerStorm=- ( demo)]

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This reminds me a lot of the "X-Files" theme, heh.

To me, it sounds more like a mysterious theme, not like a summer storm. It's too quiet overall to create the image of a storm in my mind. The beat should be a lot faster and the instrument that plays the main melody should change to something that doesn't sound so "mysterious". And it should propably play an other melody. ^^

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[+Metro Station+]

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It seems to be a nice track, but it's buried underneath the loudness of the sound. It nearly blasted my speakers away and everything sounds overpowerd because of the loudness.

The loop is done perfectly, which is always a good thing for video game tracks. ^^

You should try to sort out the sound problems (lower the volume a bit) and try to get a cleaner sound. Then you have a great track.

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WritersBlock responds:

Seriously, I didn't notice the overall volume was a problem. Maybe I've just got my speakers turned a little low... but other songs on the NGAP don't seem all that quiet by comparison...
I don't know. Thanks for the review. I'm glad you like the loopablilty of the track. There was a little echo at the end, so it could have easily have sounded cut off or lose the beat at the end, but a quick cut/paste job in audacity did the trick. ;D