Convincing.
I like this song alot. It is nice sci-fi tune and of great quality, only minor distortion. I love the video game Mass Effect too. : )
Although, some synth there with the higher pitches would need lower decibals. If that happened, I dare say this could be Mass Effect credits worthy.
-Dan
Hey, thank for the review. Makes me feel good and what not. Yeah I really did try to weed out that distortion but I missed some in about 3 places. Still irks me about that might try to do some finer eq tuning at some point.
-AvatarKami
(Kami the Avatar)
Nice Work
Very nice song. It's bright and cheery, and yet at the same time very lax. The piano fits very well into the ambiance. In my opinion, I feel the song would flow better if not for the transition at 1:38, from slightly harder sounds to the softer tones which remain for the rest of the song. This is no great matter though, and mostly preference on my part, I just feel it would give a little more unity to an already solid song.
That said, and in response to vaifan90 (below)'s comment; I didn't believe his statement at first, yet after comparing this and "Relaxing Time" (also in the audio Portal), there is a full 25 second stretch, beginning at 2:24 on this song and 1:04 on the other, which are Exactly the same when heard side to side, save the subtle ambiance in the background of yours. Melody, pitch, even timbre are the same otherwise. I hate to say it, but that would be one incredible coincidence. If you did use the little stretch of music from him, just go on and say it; there's a lot of great music on the audio portal, and more than enough remixes, and no one is going to care if you take a portion of another song and admit it.
Cheers!
First of all thanks for the review and your input on the song itself. Secondly, I would like to address the "Relaxing Time" coincidence once more (and hopefully for the last time). Point one, there are several subtle differences in the two parts form the two songs. Point two, I make my own stuff, I don't believe in remixes. Point three, both Wii1 and I used Garageband and there are only so many loops to use. Point four, check the submission date on Wii1's piece, then check the date on my older submission called Emotionally Screwed. The reason I say this is that at about 1:11 in that song I have almost the same piano part, which I then reused in this song because I liked it so much. And I submitted that song last year, whereas Wii1's song was submitted, early this year. So yeah, defiantly not copying. I could even show you the breakdown of Mass Effect and Emotionally Screwed in Garageband on my computer where you can see that I have assembled the pre-made loops in Garageband to make these piano sections. So yeah, thats my response. I think I proved my point.
-AvatarKami
(Kami the Avatar)
Hey its me again! Nice job!
I like the drums and the song as a whole. The tones are the only thing I found inconsistent, and could have been alleviated with longer or more gradual transitions. Otherwise, its a solid piece, congrats.
(psst i was the guy that caused you some confusion on ur song 'emotionally screwed' lol sry)
Thanks for the review. Yeah, it does transition rather fast. Oh, and don't worry about the Emotionally Screwed thing, I actually appreciated you letting me know about that possibility. Thanks for another review ^_^
-AvatarKami
(Kami the Avatar)
Woot
I think you have to have the idea that this song is meant to cover the emotions of an entire game, and with that in mind, i think it does a good job at being diverse but not too diverse. little too techno-y for what i thought the game was like but still cool
Good!
The beginning sounds pretty scary. I'd say it'd be good for a scary movie. I hear a familiar melody in there from another submission I listened to ages ago. Good work! There are so many transitions, but that makes it more cool. In a few places, the synth and the choir didn't fit. That was around 2:09 to 2:20 seconds into it. This is really cool, keep it up!
Hey, thanks for the review. I was kind of going for something more ominous in the beginning that transitioned to something light and ethereal. As for the familiar melody, I do have a piano part from this song that is close to one of my other songs, Emotionally Screwed. The only other explanation that I can offer is that the melody that your thinking of might have used some of the same loops as I used here. I hear what you're saying about the choir not matching and I tried to fix that in post production, messing with the levels, but some of it still got through. Thanks for the compliments. Will do.
-AvatarKami
(Kami the Avatar)