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[Arkadikuss Voice Demo]

make a post in this thread on the forum and just wait for people to ask you
www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/816629

Arkadikuss responds:

Thanks for that! ;]

[[Kraid's Caverns]]

Many of the most popular video games 8bits, do not use the same beat counter for 4 minuets
You also had a major conflict of tracks at 1.20 because of the deeper sounds that could have stood by themselves, but the over ruling techno 8bit track you had played actually managed to ruin the sound :(

Take a listen to this YouTube song.... g-jK3NSka1Y.... You don't need to fill an entire area with a sound to get an image of a theme across... You only need what is needed, past that you can add the little bit of a remix or a backdrop sound here and there
Also! You don't have to differ greatly from a song to make it completely your own
Even dropping to a C minor or climbing to an A minor is and will always make things sound different

i would love to hear what you... With no backgrounds... Would make yourself..... No remix... No easel... No CC... No fingerprint...

MeisterMach5 responds:

That's some good advice you give! I'll make sure to keep that in mind next time I try and do something like this.

I've already made a few original songs, and IMHO, they're pretty bad. The only reason I haven't scrapped them is because I might be able to build off of them later and improve them.

[Get lucky Drum n bass]

If you are inspired to make something great, find a song that you love and one that you can hum backwards, and make a digital sound of that song,
You will learn how different songs and tracks fit together, how you can alter sounds to make a sound you want that will sound just right, or even familiarize yourself with your player to a much deeper level

Beyond that is listen to people on how they do their transitions and syncing with different tracks!

Now, as for your song.... *listens*

Add more tracks to your baseline instead of a simple track that will play all the way through, you would not hold your breath for more then 20 seconds at a time, a background beat sound should not play for 20 seconds without alteration or being changed out for the same beat but with a different sound.
Liked the voice and the piano you went on, work on your background noises more like you're:
Bass line, and tempo line track... They are where you lack the most in realistically
(i know that as you change those the others will follow suit and you will strike sound wave gold

MMM! You figured out how doing a backwards track to make a transition!
keep up the good work :3

Jahn33 responds:

Thank you! This is most helpful!

[Omega Doom Demo]

Would have loved to hear the voice to be increased and then played with a little, maybe a little bit of distortion here and there, maybe a little bit of playback loop corruption, just to give it that aged desert feels that you seem to have gone after a little bit with the rest of the tune

Also the tune is different and altered enough that it never really repeats itself upfront, even though many of the notes are copies, this is very well done

you might think about re-introducing the voice back at around 2 minuets, and then as the voice fades out, you can give a little bit of a climax of the tune, then end with your original ending starting at about 2.40

Ethril responds:

Love the thoughts on that. Mine are of like. I think I'm going to need my synthesizer for this one and of course I'll put more voice in it. Thanks for listening~
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[Heart Filled of Love]

the piano and the base drum was a nice choice.
and liked how you kept it all fresh with altering the tone with different instruments but kept the same note structure
i would have increased the electric guitar at 0.45 a few octave to have a greater build up of emotion in your song

i would have dropped the electric guitar at 2.00 through __ a few octave to create a stronger visual for a downed part of your song, coupled with the slowing down piano would make a nice comparison as well

Also then think about adding a climactic note at about 1.50 to signify something has happened to something or an event happened to create a deeper feel to the song

It's a very well done song as it is, but id be interested to see the story that you are trying to put it to,
especially since as it stands it has 2 down sections with a electric guitar,

Aphyrmehrius responds:

Thanks for your detailed review :), but sadly i did edited the project file and saved it accidantaly, so i can't come back with the same sounds because i don't remember wich sound i used for the melodys, i have like 6000 sounds in my music studio programe so you know, sometime i get lost in it ^^, anyway i apreciate your review ^^. story ? i would say its the story of a heart filled of love ^^.

[A Matter Of Perspective]

Loved how you made the song non repetitive with in-sync change after change
Liked the duo channels that you had going on at about 0.50
Liked how you played with the tune at 1.30 ish with the fade

i would have toned the baseline back at 2.20 when you did your chorus solo and totally extend the solo!
would be interisted to see what you would do with a lower large file size base line that would mirror the current baseline (making it a electronic house track)

it was a really well done song, keep doing this :3

MooseUnderscore responds:

I'm not really amazing at making music, I just put stuff together and see what sounds good, and that's incredibly easy with square waves and flangers and stuff, so not a lot of the good stuff there was done on purpose.
I don't think I'll be making house or dubstep; I'm a lot more accustomed to fast-paced chiptune stuff, but I still have an awful lot to learn.
Thanks for the feedback regardless C:

[Flamboyant]

I'd suggest that you play with a balloon a little more, varying the volumes and then with it what can be herd as the individual sound, it's not repetitive, but I would love to hear what you would do as you continue to develop more of your skills/ears, also increase the volume of the chorus piano a little to bring out the song to its fullest potential

its very close to a great song, only needs a little more work and creativity on your half :3

Fuzzy-L0g1c responds:

Thank you so much for this! I only spent about of total of 5 hours on this track, so it was kind of thrown together. Your review is very helpful and I will try to spend more time and creativity on more future tracks. Thanks again! :)