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Everything comes together well in this. The chords, melody, the way you played some parts more softly, the mood, all of it works for the intro to an RPG.
I don't really like the reverb sound on it, though. It's kind of slathered all over the piece, which can be a little painful to hear, especially at the start. Something a bit more subtle would fit the piece more, IMO. Otherwise, solid composition!

CheckeredZebra responds:

Why thank you! I'll work on the reverb and try to make it less apparent; I guess I'll see how that sounds. =P

It has enough presence, don't you worry about it. It's tight, full and fun. The only bit that doesn't quite fit is the piano, it sounds like you sampled Final Fantasy and it just doesn't fit for something this fun. Otherwise, it's good, solid, lovely.

OcularNebula responds:

good, true, right

glad you thought it was FUN, despite the imperfections!

I came here after seeing your thread about conflicting criticism, and...

This is impressive. I like the production a lot, the chord progression is mostly solid and the rhythm suits it nicely. The only criticism I have is... you said you were annoyed that people couldn't tell when you were using dissonance intentionally, right? Dissonance can be very effective when used well, but it's usually used to create a dark atmosphere, such as in the Psycho soundtrack, whereas this song seems to be a bit happier than that. There are a few occasions where the dissonance sounds out of place (some of the ravey synths around 1:00 in, for example), but mostly you use it in a way that doesn't contrast too much with the song's atmosphere.

Use of dissonance aside, this is a solid piece and I can tell you put a lot of thought into it. For that I'm faving it and following ya :P

Blacklawn responds:

Thanks! I will definitely try to avoid overdoing dissonance from now on if it bothers some people, but I'm very glad that this song isn't ruined by it XD

Okay, I want to say without [much] hyberbole that this is the closest thing we have to a Newgrounds "classic" in the Audio Portal. There's nothing you could add or remove to make it any better.

Also, to the guy who mentioned One Call Away by Chingy: this has nothing to do with that song, although it is similar.

Kmax responds:

Thank you, I feel a little better about this song now.

I'm one of those non-indie fans you asked for in the Audio Adverts thread, so I took anobjective listen and I have to say I'm impressed. The use of guitars was interesting and different, and the entrance of the electric guitar was stone perfect, pretty much. The use of stutters fit in perfectly with that part.
The only problems I had were: a) something around 0:57 that I can't describe didn't seem to fit in, and b) there's a hissing noise present throughout the recording. I really recommend EQing it out.

MilkyChocolate responds:

Thank you so much

The thing at (0:55?) was the bass having itself a small intro. Either your system doesn't go low enough for you to hear it properly, or my bass playing just sucks. (My bass is fret-less, and that kind is notorious for sitting around exclusively in the very lowest frequencies)

I can't EQ out the hiss, because it sits in the most important frequencies of the track. On my (now flat) system, it sounds like a humm, and isn't so bad, but a lot of people describe it as a nasty hiss on their systems, so I might re-record differently or find out some way to fix it.

Thanks again. 10/10 review

Around 2:26 where it started getting "choppy" (for lack of a better word) was my favourite part. The whole thing had potential, actually, but sadly the beginning and especially the ending sounded out of key/discordant. Like I said, you certainly have potential, and I'd love to see you improve! To do that, you need to get the hang of both keys and mixing. Once you've done that, I see good things ahead.

aslal responds:

I actually purposely put it out of tune at the end, trying to make some sort of creepy feel. I'll change the key a bit.

Gorgeous! I actually adore coming across songs with this kind of smooth, metallic feel to them, so this really hit the spot for me. I'm not sure I could really give you any constructive criticism, though, sorry. There's just nothing much that's wrong with this.

May I ask, did you slow the drums down? They kind of sound slowed down.

VaeVIKTUZ responds:

sorry for the late response, but yes i dropped the bpm of the drum samples, used a few one shots. and i glitch the samples by hand with a few simple effects and beat slicing. thanks for the compliment :)

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