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[Our Adventure (Mac13)]

Word to the last reviewer. That bridge is awesome. All those crazy notes in my left ear. It builds up and then explodes like a water fountain or something. If I were to complain, it's just a tad repetitive - I think you could fix that by switching the instrument or varying the beat under it perhaps.

Anyway, I really enjoyed this! And you sampled the gameboy turn-on sound. How awesome is that :D

[Taking Flight]

The chords are beautiful, the instrumentation is A+, and the song fits the description to a tee. Wonderful.

(Mixing does need a bit of work though!)

SuperGoodSound responds:

thank you ;)

[Commodore Warriors]

I like this. I feel like you cheated for MAC13 because it's only barely chip ;-) However that doesn't stop it from being a great tune. The chords you chose are delightful.

Czyszy responds:

Thanks for the positive feedback. Your submission is great too.
I like the way it changes the mood and the tempo yet still keeps the feel coherent.

[Takes A Sudden Turn]

I'm really amazed by the mileage you get out of that one melody line. We probably have the MAC12 winner right here.

midimachine responds:

i've been listening to a lot of post-rock and shoegaze lately - talk about mileage! haha
cheers but!

[Okie Doki]

After listening to a lot of MAC13 entries, I thought that yours (so far) probably has the strongest melody (at :30). However, the mixing is really holding you back. This could be a MUCH stronger song (possible finalist in the contest?) if it was mixed properly. I also felt like the section you introduce at 1:24 didn't really contribute much to the overall song. Since you're above the time limit anyways, you should just take it out.

Good luck!

[x(t)=sgn(sin[t])]

My comments are going to be almost exactly the same as the last song I reviewed. I really like the melody that comes in at 1:09-33, it's definitely the highlight of the song. Compositionally it's a big mess and you should get rid of all the extraneous melodies (like the part up to 1:09). It's not bad, but it is not as good, and why have less than great stuff in a song that has great stuff?

I also really like the crazy arps towards the end!

BTW i would just like to point out that I'm start enough to know that the title refers to a square wave. yep. smart. i'm smart. that's me.

KrrMaim responds:

I think its the season to binge on simple sound waves :D

everything i'm working on right now has some sort of old school gaming feel.

those crazy arps broke my keyboard XD

so now i need new speakers and a new midi keyboard

[waifu]

Synth strings at 1:30 are just too loud, they're messing with the melody (which is good).

The melody line that starts at 0:43 is really wonderful. The rest of the song is kinda messy. Still I really like that melody, you should expand on it. Also I like the ending with the added reverb, that was a nice idea.

KrrMaim responds:

Melodies in Major are so foreign for me XD

the reverb ending is a super spacey piano synth I made. I'm glad you thought it was a nice idea.

[The Curse]

I really like the idea of composing based on story ideas. I think I'm going to try that for my next song. This is a good song and it plays well to your strengths. I like the crushed vocal samples, they're a nice touch. Creepy :3

[swickwicked]

This is fun, but right now it's a giant mess of ideas. You should pull out the good ones and add some dynamics and stuff. I'd like to hear the result.

6 stars -> its current status. You could make it much better though!

KrrMaim responds:

unfortunately I won't be finishing anything for a while since I don't have speakers. I still make unpolished stuff with my headphones though.

They're all good ideas imo ;d