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2013-12-10 02:02:02

Good title, the slowing-accelerating pace suggest an energy bar being restaured then depleted :)
This tracks has good story telling.
The pause at 1:19 is clever, it suggested me a game character/hero returning back to his duties for a while after 3/4 regen, but soon, he has to come back and regen again.

Nice variety of waveforms and melodies, crisp sounds, the drums are very well designed. The slides and snare rolls make a good job at transitionning from the intro to the different sections.
It's balanced volume wise and stereo wise, every instrument can be heard clearly, no apparent compression...

Maybe the slowdown time at the end is a little too long, or it would benefit some FX, bitcrushing, reverbs... (but i'm no chiptune expert, so i don't know if complex effects like that are "allowed")

Overall a simple but well crafted track that fit the genre well. I'm gonna go play some old games now :)

lantaren responds:

Thank you for the review - I personally like the outro as it is, and wanted to avoid using, as you said, complex effects (the only effect I'm using is a lowpass filter, and of course there's a small amount of EQing to mix everything together well)

EoS - Offence Failure

2013-12-02 06:07:38

Hi, seen the forum, my honest review:

You don't have to peak to create clean distortion (yes clean distortion seems strange).

I downloaded the mp3, waveform is a white rectangle, which means it's peaking all the time.

Distortion created from peaking in order to sound louder should be avoided.
It's a makeup effect, damage control if you prefer.

http://www.d16.pl/index.php?menu=183
Some of these tracks have heavier distortion than yours, yet they don't peak, and don't destroy my ears on the long run.

BUT! Overall the track is VERY good!
Should the clipping be gone, i'd vote 4/5 no hesitation.
It's more of a technical matter than the artistic quality of your song really!
The style reminds me of Mortal Kombat theme.
So, you can achieve the exact same distortion without peaking and it would be much more pleasurable for everyone.
Please consider fine tuning it, you don't have to change a lot of things in fact, just adjust the volume so it does not peak on the master track. Your song has great potential, let me know if you make another version.
Bye, have fun!