Calamaistr's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Deadly Spider Vixen [Genesis]]

a little bland

and why do you always do cool stuff at the very end. :'[
no, its still much better than what most people upload on the ng i think im just used to things that are more elaborate than this from your hand. :)
Its solid though.

EmperorCharlemagne responds:

Sometimes I just get a simple melody that i have to churn out...

Thanks for the honest opinion- I'll try to spice things up on my next Genesis piece.

)

[October moment]

sounds more like a intro than a track

Its rather basic, and has a bit to much reverb if you ask me but that might be my own preference, i personally hardly ever use any.

It does pull me in believing theres something coming after but it just ends, thats a shame cause like i said in the summary, it comes over as a intro.

Shiroah responds:

Yeah, it needs continuation, i agree. Maybe I'll make some later) Thanks for a review.

[Sunracer (SWERVE)]

i like the organ

this shows your not a bad composer you just sometimes make bad songs (space bugs).

You should keep making music like this, its pretty cute.
Oh and very realistic rock drumming, thats something i cant do. :)

F4LL0UT responds:

Thanks for the comment and for the high rating. Well, I don't really want to stick to any kind of genre but who knows, maybe in future I will do more stuff like this. It actually completely depends on what kind of jobs I will get since most of the music I make is for video games.

Btw: It's funny that you took the Space Bugs theme as an example for a bad song because it was much better received than this one. Personally I also wouldn't ever admit that the Space Bugs theme is bad. True, it's not a masterpiece, but I think that it's a good piece, especially as part of the game that I composed it for.

Anyhow: Thank you very much for being my first reviewer. :)

[Agamemnon [16bit]]

sounds ALOT like coming from FF7

Its just exactly that sound. No criticism here. :)
Pretty cool, so now bring me to the boss, i will defeat him with my overpowered sword of a thousand explosions.

EmperorCharlemagne responds:

Well, it WAS made with Squaresoft soundfonts :p

Back in the day those guys were masters of the SNES soundchip, I'll tell you what.

[The Elephant Man [Genesis]]

1:00 haaa

took me by suprise, before that i wasnt much impressed it all sounded a bit like a clutter of background, no offence meant ofcourse but i just missed a standalone melody some way.

But at 1:00 it made sense like it was going there all along. (you probably just meant it as a refrain ;l )

EmperorCharlemagne responds:

I'll admit at certain parts i kinda wished for more clarity, but on the whole, I am pleased with the final product.

I kinda liken the entire song as one large jam section with a refrain at the end (kinda like Armored Armadillo from Mega Man X), so your assessment is not too far from the truth.
Glad ya liked it!

[8-bit Backsteinhaus [wsk]]

original work?

well done, will check you out sometime again.

wandschrank responds:

Yes, original work of course, I even played it myself with my keyboard instead of clicking it. ;P

Thanks for your review. New stuff will come soon. ;D

[I Drank The Wrong Potion]

haha what is this

i dont recognice shit in it :P

but its a nice compliment that something of mine inspired you though, you really shouldve added the vocals though, thats the best part imo. ;)

There should be a potion collab now that i think of it hmm.

ill 5 it for the effort and gesture btw, greets -cal.

treyhaur responds:

I know, I really muddled it up :)

I used a bit of an awkward sample from the song to make it. I did get the "I have a potion" line in there but I didn't get the vox to shine through as much as I wanted (they're buried in the background under an ass load of reverb).

Definitely let me know about a potential potion collab cause this was pretty fun in itself.

Thanks for the review!
Trey

[Final Fantasy 7 - Kosumo]

yes.

instruments are just right, sadly the flute is a bit in the background compared to the hits, perhaps thats about my own prefference, hell i am just halfway on this and am going to 5 it.

greets -cal.

saintedix responds:

Thanks for the review Calamaistr. I wanted the flute to stay quiet compared to the percussion personally. Great ear though.

[Mario Bros 3 - Airtrippin']

lost me when the bass started

its good no question about it but i think the percussion part was wrong, it couldve been much much better especially if you wouldve inserted the 00:53 - 1:09 part in with an eventual bar lift.

nevertheless, a 7 aint bad man.

[The Fire in Her Eyes [EC]]

if i played a nintendo game

i wouldnt be suprised if i heard your music in it, youre improving that much. :)
I hope 8bit comes back man, shit.. graphics are making videogame developement as expensive as it is, :/
Back when, games were made with a passion.
The same passion us composers make our music with, it was a passionate synergy.

We need that again.

Greets -cal.