Score: 6

"Good, but needs more"

submission: Themostawesomestloopeva

date: December 13, 2009

We're not quite there with this one - as an artist of your calibre, I'd suggest that you can make something much better than this. I'd aim for 30s and up for a loop of this kind, because that would be less than a megabyte, thus still keeping it in the market for games and movies, which I'm sure something like this is aimed at.

A good beat, a decent melody, but that is too short and it lacks in variation after listening to it for a good few runs around. It becomes very old, very quickly, I'm afraid.

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Score: 7

"You want a new mic for Xmas"

submission: [MC Crispy] - Fast Pace Game

date: December 13, 2009

It's not a bad start, but there are two main issues here:

1) You need a new mic - try looking on eBay, as there are some good deals for around £50. This will get you a much better sound quality for the piece overall. Perhaps having a look at some tutorials for Audacity, or whatever sound program you use would help, as you could do with work on equalising it as well, but that's a minor issue.

2) The pace. Your rapping is a little on the quick side. Slow it down, as you're forcing your lyrics to go along with the beat. Relax, take a few slow, deep breaths and let it flow. Practice makes perfect.

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Score: 9

"Good sounds"

submission: Le seul

date: December 13, 2009

Thumping bass, a nice melody and some interesting solos thrown in for good measure. This song is a good mix of what makes house good, but it falls slightly short of the usual earth-shattering impact of the bass which can liquefy even the most hard of dancers spines.

I think this tune is growing on me, as it loops fantastically well - I wasn't sure that it had finished, because it was looping away like that. I can certainly sit back and listen to this piece a few times over.

Perhaps a slight change when you get to that calm lull - when it all calms down, throw in a few bass beats to punctuate that and make the lull longer. I think that would work better, before you build it back up and then stop the bass for another lull.

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Score: 7

"Simple, but effective"

submission: Running Towards Nothing

date: December 13, 2009

I'm not entirely convinced about this piece, with the way that it gets very repetitive rather quickly after the start, which is a shame. Perhaps it needs to be looped better for a start and then stretched out even further, just giving the piece something else to go forward with.

Personally, I wouldn't change the instrument setup, as that's a great instrument for one tune on its own. Taking this further is still going to be a great idea.

Perhaps it needs something else from this though, fade out the backing track and come up with a solo, which gives the piece more impetus and variation, that you can maybe use to take the track in a new direction, should the mood take you.

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Score: 7

"Primary melody is a little simple"

submission: Love At The Disco

date: December 13, 2009

I think that there is certainly something good about this track - the secondary, or counter melody and the beat are good. Simple, but effective. However, the first melody that you came up with wasn't something that I appreciated, in all honesty. It seems that someone with very little musical talent could write that and I'd expect more from a fully-fledged dance track than that.

Perhaps do something else with it, as it stays the same through the whole of the track, with little sense of actual direction. Changing how it sounds could bring the track forward a huge amount, for relatively little tinkering.

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Score: 7

"Good sound"

submission: The Bad Rasta Farmer

date: December 11, 2009

Decent vocal sampling, accompanied by a good beat and melody. Perhaps this could be developed a little more, leading to a better melody solo, which could spur you on to something else with the bass.

I like the way that you've brought the strings into the piece and I am impressed with how it all comes together, but I would hope that you could use better samples, to make it sound like more of a rap track. Perhaps in the circumstances of your next piece, you can come up with a vocal artist from Newgrounds and give them the chance to mix it up with you.

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Score: 7

"Rather simple"

submission: Chasing the Rain Complete

date: December 11, 2009

I think that it's a nice tune that certainly embodies the essence of Techno to start with. The issue that i have is that it sounds a little 'flat' and it lacks in the sort of progression that I would expect from something like this.

I think the remedy for this issue I have is the addition of a better counter melody, to back up the main melody, which is great. There is a good solo in there, but there is a problem when it seems that the bass track that goes along with it doesn't seem to mesh too well. Just a few small changes there would certainly help you out there.

I think that it's a good start, but it needs something else, just to make it more usable as a track. Possibly ramp the bass up in the backing, to give more depth, but be careful not to go over the top.

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Score: 9

"Good loop"

submission: -PdG- Darkness

date: December 9, 2009

A little short, but not a bad piece of programming or playing, if you actually did that :P

I like the upbeat melody that goes along and carries the piece forward, while there's a nice understated beat in there that can give a very different perspective of the whole piece.

I think that it possibly could have done with being a little longer, giving room for some sort of melody solo, just to bring and added dimension to the piec,e other than that, it's great and is very versatile.

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Score: 8

"Lacks in tempo"

submission: As if Things Could Get Worse

date: December 6, 2009

I think that this track just seems to want to have a faster tempo to it. It's like an old single record and turning the speed down, so that it slows the piece down.

There's a good sound to it and it would certainly benefit from lyrics, but it just seems to all want to go faster, so making that happen would certainly help matters.

A good selection of instruments, though the piano is more suited to driving the track than this backing role that you've chosen, so I'd advise you to give it more of a chance.

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Score: 7

"Could have a little more"

submission: The Untraceable

date: December 6, 2009

I think it's a little short to be a boss battle, but it's a good start for a track. I think that you've got a good foundation that could be built upon by adding additional extras to it, like a solo and then eking the track out for another minute or two at the very least.

If we're talking video game combat here, we need to assume that there will be more than 55 seconds of the fight, so it needs to be a little more than we've got at present.

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