Calamaistr's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Artifice and Inquisition]

du du dududu du

Love the choice of, hmm.. snarelike-snare.

The analoglike bassline sounds slightly dry but np.
I always like the vocalsounds you use throughout your works, its a nice style. :)
I'd have no problem hearing this on an online radiostation.

The deconstructing of the synthlike dulcimer was a nice suprise btw.
Hit me again when you got something new. :)

greets -cal.

[RoboWizard [EC]]

Start made me want to review right away

Holy shit guy, why dont you make stuff like this all day long for me to hear? ;)

Its so generic in the good way (atmosphere) :)
and jazzy! and jam, and inyoface-face.

(like the face of 8bit megaman looking at you all serious)

Keep making stuff like this, really. Im even going to fav this :D

EmperorCharlemagne responds:

Ha ha, glad you liked!
I wanted to make something both simple and catchy, and I think I did that, but I can't resist throwing in complex stuff (for good or bad) into my songs, which is where the solo came into play. :p I do what's fun, and that's making things quasi-jazzy!

I am planning on making more of this styled stuff (I have at least three or four tracks for this project to do!), so I will provide, rest assured.

Thanks for the review~!

[Centra - Excurse]

ahh

awesome fade into pop, and the subbass was pleasant at the intro.
Im not very technical in the genre but i do apreciate it and this was quite compact, sadly also a bit repetitive on the track continuance.

[The Moon Is Falling]

my opinion

To much, no.. way to much reverb.
And reminds me -alot- of amelie.

Still, im sure you can see going by the score i gave you i dont think its bad at all.

[DownThere]

This stuff is pulling you in or something

But it doesnt give the feeling that it all belongs together, nor comes together.

Some submelodies come and go, but the ambience is rather strong.

Cant say i liked the dry snare hits though, and there should be alot more going on as you responded to the fellow below me.

The tunnel thing did make sense anyway.

Greets -cal.

Scrototype responds:

I can see your point with the snare, it doesn't exactly fit. I'll see about fixing that as well as adding more. Thanks for the review!

[Mass Indecision Amongst the...]

unbattered but very good.

I think you're very good at dnb and you know how to use all sounds well together, but really, the melodies dont go anywhere.. are almost non existant.

At the beginning it has a good buildup for a oncoming melody but you just stay in a rather ambient atmosphere.

Just noise in harmony do not automatically make a good melody, but i can hear youll get there, ill check back on you sometime for sure.

I dont mean this the wrong way, on the contrary; you might intentionally leave out solid melody but you should understand (especially by your age, you probably grew up with it aswell) that the 8bit genre lived on melody, without it its rather empty.

Nevertheless, this is an excellent piece worth getting used to, good enough to favorite.

[I Punched Him in the Hair]

you need work

you need to work on melody, sure it has a nice pace and the rythm is fine.

The melody isnt very interesting, and at some sections rather bad.

[March_To_Eternity [Box-Ki]

hmz..

I didnt think the composition was anything near interesting nor enthralling, but i do have to give you some props for the mixing in particular of the bass strings and marching snares. Those were a nice section in this track indeed.

[HalloweenSpecial-Frankenstein]

this is halloween

I dont celebrate halloween but it must be.

One point of critique however, the timpani sounds very muffled, dont know if thats intentional but i think it could sound better.

Well, you know im already a sucker for this kind of weird-walz music since i make it myself now and then.

oh and guess :p

another 5.

sorohanro responds:

Timpani I wanted soft, more like mp, just to underline the bass.
Thanks for review :)

[Jazzy Trumpet Loop]

you should make more

I love jazz, id like to hear more :) with more chord shifts, heck perhaps a concerto.

Ill check back ofcourse.
Oh and a 5.

sorohanro responds:

This track is more of a demo of my trumpet samples than a "real track" and as harmony it's quite basic.
Feel free to download and use the sample/ loop packs ;) (see on my website). Thanks for review.