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This is part of my second chiptune album.

Audio update 8/6/2020

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I like the cutesy synths and bouncy beats at the beginning. The rhythm is a little hard-to-follow at times, especially in the melodies, but the sound design and solid production quality are both big pluses for me. The little breakdown melody at :43 is a lot more measured and well-paced, and I like the effective ABA structure. The mood, atmosphere, mixing, harmonies, texture, and instrumentation are all really strong. It’s not often that I give such high scores to such short pieces, but there’s a lot of variety and engaging riffs packed into these 86 seconds. Well done, Arevin! ^_^

Mixing, mastering, and balance
2/2
Structure, transitions, phrasing, and variety
1.5/1.5
Melody, tonality, harmony, and texture
1.75/2
Instrumentation and sound design
1/1
Emotion, atmosphere, and catchiness
1.5/1.5
Originality and uniqueness
1/1
Overall (how do the elements above interact?)
.75/1
Composite score
9.5/10

That's very cool :D

Finely crafted. Absolutely nothing bad to say about your writing. Just some mix critique. I would take the reverb down quite a bit and shorten the length of the tail; if you want that snappy slapback for your snare, I would recommend looking up gated reverb for snares. It gives a nice gritty, very sonic-esque snare sound.

I would take your lead sounds down about a dB and cut the 250 and below hz range in the EQ (or with a multiband compressor) on all but the bass and percussion. These frequencies get in the way of your bass, and especially with VG bass that is very soft like this one, that can be a problem.

Beyond that, great sound. Thanks for coming out to NGUAC!

Excellent. Very well made
Px

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Uploaded
Oct 11, 2019
1:13 PM EDT
Genre
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1 min 27 sec

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