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[A Hero's Last Stand Remastered]

hey

I mean I'm sure the song is awesome and all but the quality is being molested by the fact that you're submitting a 128kbps version. Submit a 320kbps version and we're talking.

Shiverwar responds:

You want a 320kbps version? You'll get one! :D

[Journey to the Afterlife]

huge

You really make that melody sound huge and awesome with that thick arrangement with the choirs on top. If you put a deep bass (maybe even like a sine sub even though that's clearly not at all in the classical domain) on that you may or may not be able to blow my ears with awesome.

And the part after that and also the transition with the little tempo change and all and that quite common harp/flute combo sound as well as the fact that you speed right UP into the main melody afterwards, yeah that thing, I was pretty damn impressed by that. I dunno the part well it sounds logical and thought through but still that part was just beautiful. If you get what I mean.

The piano sound is really nice. Sounds like you lowpassed the deeper notes or something, I imagine it would sound nice if you just hammered them deep notes at least during the solo parts, maybe not during the more busy melody parts though.

I agree with mr hamster cakes that it's pretty emotional at times. I liked that melody for its emotionalness and you carried that over very well here, while also adding a contrasting, tranquil feel with the flute/harp thing, and then a nice kind of sophisticated atmosphere with the piano after that. The piano and especially the bass notes during that part remind me of Erik Satie whose piano thing I like a lot for the record. If you want some tips on what to listen to for awesome melodies and inspiration.

Still I have to admit I was a bit bummed that you didn't include the other half of that part, you know from 3:50? Because that's what I was looking forward to the whole time. So I'll remove a star for that. Still, what you did is awesome! I love it and I'm honored.

Step responds:

Whoa dude, big review! Thanks a lot man!

"You really make that melody sound huge and awesome"

I'd say the same for your review :3.

"with that thick arrangement with the choirs on top. If you put a deep bass (maybe even like a sine sub even though that's clearly not at all in the classical domain) on that you may or may not be able to blow my ears with awesome."

Well a double bass is in the classical domain and in fact in one of my earlier versions (I think it was the older version you listened to) my double bass was quite bassey. I turned its bass down later on but maybe I should turn it up a bit again and see if that works out and blows your ears with awesome.

"And the part after that and also the transition with the little tempo change and all and that quite common harp/flute combo sound as well as the fact that you speed right UP into the main melody afterwards, yeah that thing, I was pretty damn impressed by that. I dunno the part well it sounds logical and thought through but still that part was just beautiful. If you get what I mean."

Glad you liked the flute part. I think I'm almost as proud of that part as I am of the rest of the sections of the song put together :P.

Actually I did a very similarly structured tempo change in Legend too. I should vary my Orchestral song structures more...

"The piano sound is really nice. Sounds like you lowpassed the deeper notes or something, I imagine it would sound nice if you just hammered them deep notes at least during the solo parts, maybe not during the more busy melody parts though."

Yeah I did lowpass the deeper notes and I'm pretty much amazed at how you managed to notice such a subtlety...

"I agree with mr hamster cakes that it's pretty emotional at times."

Cool. You know, I think you and Mr. Hamster Cakes are the first two people to describe something I made (or rather, something I remixed) as beautiful/emotional. Mostly I just aim at making my songs sound cool rather than emotional which is why a lot of the time I get confused why some people always associate music with emotion if you get what I mean. But I guess I'm just weird like that, and like I said below, emotional works for me too I guess.

"I liked that melody for its emotionalness and you carried that over very well here, while also adding a contrasting, tranquil feel with the flute/harp thing, and then a nice kind of sophisticated atmosphere with the piano after that."

Yep, that's just me trying to vary the moods in the song. One of the reasons why I find a good number of electronic songs boring is because they never change mood/atmosphere.

"The piano and especially the bass notes during that part remind me of Erik Satie whose piano thing I like a lot for the record. If you want some tips on what to listen to for awesome melodies and inspiration."

Never heard of Erik Satie but a quick listen to his song "Gnossienne No. 1" makes me glad you told me about him.

"Still I have to admit I was a bit bummed that you didn't include the other half of that part, you know from 3:50? Because that's what I was looking forward to the whole time. So I'll remove a star for that."

Crap I was actually going to add that part right after the second repetition of the piano solo where the strings come in and use it to gradually increase the tempo and build up to the last section. I had actually written it all down in the piano roll in a pattern and I was about to use it but I didn't like the transition so I scrapped it.

Maybe I'll add it now that you mentioned it.

"Still, what you did is awesome! I love it and I'm honored."

Glad you like it. Thanks for the massive review, man.

[Magikarp]

factual error.

Magikarp was in fact not forged by lazehs.

DruoxtheShredder responds:

You can't handle magikarp.

[.:Positive Encounters:.]

so yeah

this is as good as it gets really... when using band in a box. The solos are impressive though. And it's a very good tool for coming up with backing tracks as you can probably figure as long as you don't use the solo feature but yeah anyway it sounds cool. And please tell me if you figure out how to make it not do that count in in the beginning every time.

camoshark responds:

Thanks for the unexpected review, didn't think I had followers!

I guess I don't have much to say, since most of the credit goes to BB... As for how to take out the precounting, I haven't really tried messing with it, I only did this song to try out the software, since I only got it the day before. Worry not that I'll PM you the day I learn how to so though!

BTW, since you seem intrested in my work, just saying I'm posting what I believe to be one of, if not my best work yet in a few minutes, so check it out!

[Significate Epitome]

cool

Considering the fact that this song is long as hell I'm just gonna write down whatever I think upon listening to it.

Really cool stuff started building up around 0:48, and the delay thing around 0:56 is just great. I'm not all for the rimshot sound here and there, some of the sounds just sound you know, programmed and midi-like, same wit hthe snare.

1:30 is a pretty early point to drop the intensity in an 18 minute song... not that it matters since you got back on track after a few seconds

So after about 2 minutes it sounds like it's getting pretty random. I don't care too much for this part. Some cool background sounds at 3:00 though. The mood changes pretty quickly without any apparent structure yet.

The gliding synth thing is generally unpleasant and the open hat is too loud. I like the glockenspiel kinda thing. Quite creamydreamy

I like the playfulness and minimalism around 6:something. It better build up to something great though.

It kinda did. Cool drum beans.

7:45 Awesome drum beans! 7:54 Meh cliche sitar! 8:00 DAT (acid) BASS

The kinda thing with vibrato or whatever, like a flute mellotron electric piano hybrid, what is it? I want that sound. It popped up again briefly round 10:05 and that calm part.

9:50 obnoxious lead sound

The next 3 minutes or so afterwards are nothing too special I think but dem drums get pretty intense.

13:32 is a proper chillout moment. The part after that is pretty nice. Some sounds feel out of place, especially some percussion. Sounds like you used reverb pretty sparsely, I woulda added a bus reverb or two and sent most of the non-bass mixer channels to it in moderate amounts to glue things together. At least that's what I often do to make things sit. That and bus compression.

Things get nice around the end too. Much of the same as before, but tighter and a bit more intense. Didn't get a big oh my god this is the song climax kind of feel though.

Those are just raw thought and things I could think of while listening to it, I don't have the stamina to write an indepth review on a song that's this long. What I can say about it in general is that it had a few too many "winding down" kind of moments, but it was a very cool collection of interesting sounds and I liked the minimalistic buildups most of all.

I liked Building better to be honest. It felt more consistent. But I applaud your efforts on doing something ambitious like writing an 18 minute song. Very well done.

InvisibleObserver responds:

The flute is tapeworm from tweak bench with a lot of delay/reverb effects layered on it. The low notes get a neat vibrating quality.

As a general note, there is reverb on most channels, but given the 60 some odd mixer channels the reverbs had to be clamped down by frequency pretty tight so not to turn into a white noise mess.

Pleased to read what you wrote SBB, I've gone over it a few times now for future projects consideration.

[SR - Dormant Planet]

nice and airy but not mindblowing

one question though, is this post-dub or post-dubstep?

SineRider responds:

what's the difference?

[Bleached Leviathan (WIP)]

ah cool

was wondering how you'd incorporate a 9/something beat into that. Turns out you just added another beat of stuff per bar, and luckily it doesn't sound too awkward! nice. I like the nerd bleepy bloop sound of the whole tune too. But other than that, there's not much fullness or depth in the tune, YET

Quarl responds:

yeah... it's pretty much just a shit ton of copy paste. i put it down as WIP but I don't know if I'll ever do anything to it :/

[[dB] Il Gatto Negro]

that was...

short and not very satisfying but pretty good as long as it lasted.

Decibel responds:

K Thanks :P

[NAC: Rage of the Giants]

well that's impressive

the composition and harmonies are so much more interesting than the typical run of the mill strings mostly 'classical' submissions, this is great

blackattackbitch responds:

Thanks dude, I heard your submission btw, I've been meaning to drop you a review, as well as the others who competed in the contest.

[Tyurru ~ Heavenly Blow]

what a funny title.

And you must have a slow internet connection if you could make a 3 minute song while waiting for another one to upload. Anyway I would expect a drum and bass song to have at least a breakbeat, but this one is just a straight 4 on 4 kick kinda thing. I don't mind. Nothing that interested me that much here really. But the use of instruments and structure is sensible so you can obviously make sensible songs and I like that! :P

Tyurru responds:

I was waiting for Newgrounds to approve my first song, I didn't know what catigory to put it under at the time, I thought Drum N Bass might be the best lol, Thank You for the review! :) Also I am REALLY bad at making names for songs I MEAN BAD XDD!

~Tyurru