Calamaistr's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[I Ain't No Crook (16bit)]

Man, the more i listen to your music the more i think youre equally awesome as bud spencer riding a bear downhill while shooting harpoons in every direction.

EmperorCharlemagne responds:

Well that certainly sounds pretty awesome. I don't know if I'm at ultima-harpoon level but I'll take it!
Thanks for the kind words~

[Set Forth! (8bit)]

Megamaaaanliiiike.

brah is famitracker a fl vst?

i want it, its so 'pure that its crescent frrrrresh if you know what i mean, its like candy for the ears.

EmperorCharlemagne responds:

Famitracker is a tracker that is a free program that emulates the NES's 2A03 soundchip.

It's pretty sweet and one of my favorite tracker programs.

[ECHO - Eye of the Dragon]

Thinking about movies like ressurection of the dragon and red cliff when i listened to this, that should tell you enough.

-cal.

Echo responds:

Haha tks I guess :)

Erik Scerri
- Echo Productions

[La Ligne du Départ]

i like it, very rpg game inviting.

only some parts of the melody sound awfully familiar wich isnt a good thing, but throughout the track it all gives off a very nice vibe and make me think of rpg villages and plains to hunt small monsters in so i can make awesome leather armor from their hides and show it off to the people.

Troisnyx responds:

Thanks a lot! ^_^ Yes, I'll admit, some parts of the melody sound familiar - when I wrote this, I was inspired by the Piano Collections version of Hand in Hand from Kingdom Hearts, hence the introduction.

[Dr. Wily - Mega Man 2 Cover]

quality but WAY to loud.

you need to fix the volume man, it hurts the ears on a headphone.
anyway you can hear this is recorded live wich is a good thing, its not my preferred style however but your post in the ad. thread sparked my interest and megaman II has always been one of my favorite games of all time.

deadlyfishes responds:

I don't really know how to respond to this but, my work is always professionally mixed and mastered in a recording studio setting. The song is tested through many audio output mediums for quality assurance including volume levels, clipping and many other things... It's really you that's affected from listening to this song because some people are more sensitive to certain frequencies, so it's quite possible that this song has a certain one that sticks out to you a lot more... If it hurts you then just turn it down. Also, not preferred style? Obviously right away you can tell what I'm trying to achieve here and not base your opinion on what style you'd rather hear it in. Sometimes you need to think outside of your comfort box and see if I've achieved my musical goal which in this case was a modern rock adaptation of the original NES version.

[US Catman: The Lethal Track]

never heard of the movie.

but the music is pretty awesemen.
final fight was one of the most manly games ever though, pretty much because of the man that created moustaches 'mike haggar'.

i think you should do a track based on mike haggar now, we all know you want to.

:]]

EmperorCharlemagne responds:

Mike Haggar is one of the manliest men on the planet. I am not sure if I could make a song that does justice to Mike Haggar, the Slam Master.

I did post the link to the movie up above, and it's definitely worth a watch, if you want to see the valiant Catman use some of the greatest martial arts superpowers conceived to take on a rogue's gallery of druggies, hobos, an evil asian kung-fu priest, and an evil pony-tailed priest with an RPG.

[IronLife Rhythm (Sega 16bit)]

may i insert my plug into your socket?

its like battling an army of cyborg crocodiles in an industrial modern car factory.

very enjoyables. ^______ ^

EmperorCharlemagne responds:

Wheel Gator's secret stage
Glad you liked!

[Game Boy Space Waltz]

no wonder you rate actual game music low.

im still going to be fair here and tell you why i give you a low score.
This has nothing to do with your additute, but it did explain it.

Youre not using accurate instrumentation, infact this is obviously 32 bit. It also has an overkill of reverb, a gameboy would never be able to emitt a sound like this..

regards -cal.

WerewNC responds:

Hey, thanks a ton, dude! I'm in this competition for the learning experience, and by my own admission this is a mediocre song.

I'm new to composing video game music. All I've used for sounds before is soundfonts, and it's hard to find good ones that are free for public use. Your review caused me to come across a program called LMMS that makes a great intermediate step from MuseScore to Audacity for me and has some good, free Game Boy sounds to boot!

[Seppuku]

massive quality.

Like im listening to a CD.

Instruments all portray realistically (wich in my book is never necaserry but awesome when it works)

There is fitting tensions, it all just sounds enjoyable.
Thanks for making this so i could hear it :)

DanJohansen responds:

Thanks right back at you for checking the tune out, appreciate it a lot.

[Italian Partita in D - RAC5]

Raffled collar.

Its so classic it makes me feel like im in the renassaince again.
Its fly and cute and makes me think of clear fields of green.

Thanks :)
favorited.

Darkmaster603 responds:

Thanks for the review, that's what I was going for ;)