I love the instruments and atmosphere. :D Stylistically, it is a lot like your Round 1 submission. It's very funky and moody, though - I love it! :D The transitions were better than usual, and those melodies are overwhelmingly engrossing! The mixing is fantastic, btw - the part at 2:25 was really cool where it sounded like the frequency was oscillating really fast. It almost sounded like a wobble bass in dubstep, except not with a bass! XD The only thing I was a little disappointed about was the ending - fade-out endings just aren't interesting imo. I have no complaints about structure, instruments, or anything else, though. This is another amazing track, Johnfn! :D Your attitude about ZipZipper reminds me of Kor-Rune's attitude about Camoshark in Round 1 btw, and Kor-Rune made it to Round 2! I'm rooting for you, Johnfn, if you make it to Round 3 or not! ;D
Reviews for "inside the machine"
Phew thanks! I'm glad that all my work with mixing and so forth paid off - it was really driving me pretty crazy. Haha, the midrange dubstep thing. I discovered that trick a few weeks ago while messing around and I thought it was really cool! So in this song I inserted a break there as an excuse to use it. ;-)
That's true, I do sound a little like Kor-Rune... but then again, Kor-Rune is Kor-Rune xD. ZipZipper is a cool guy though, so I'm looking forward to what he makes, no matter if it destroys me or not.
I knew the ending thing would come up! If I somehow find time, I may upgrade the ending to something slightly more interesting, but honestly a lot of groovy songs end with a fadeout - I feel like it suggests that the groove goes on, even after you've left.
Thanks a lot for the review as always. It's great to have some sort of validation after pouring a lot of hours into a song.
that was unbelievable
Thanks! :-)
The intro sucked me in, just had that sound that made you want to listen to all of it. The rest was also very, very nice. I just woke up and this was really calming for a morning, but in an epic sense! This would be amazing track to hear in a game~
I find it really funny how you and another guy both said it's calming and epic at the same time. Seems like I can't help but create calming tracks, even when I try to infuse them with energy. Or maybe it's how it's only 120BPM... Anyway, thanks for the review!
this is the second piece in round 2 that made me get up and dance! haha seriously though, I love this. the structure flows well, and the production is super solid. I don't know much about this genre, but this song reminds me of Ronald Jenkees' music (love that dude!). I feel it could also work in a classic Sonic game, haha! great work, and I wish you the best of luck in round 2!
Haha great! :D Yeah I think NGADM is cool because it gives us exposure to genres outside of our comfort zone - like I don't listen to much cinematic/classical, but I get blasted with it when I browse NGADM pieces :-) Thanks for the review! I've never heard of Ronald Jenkees before but I started listening to one of his songs and he rocks!
Good piece with many details and a good choice of synths and a lot of stuff goin on - hooked me from the beginning. The synth solos are really entertaining - also all the arp action. Gives some kind of 8 bit feeling but sounds better - i had a commodore c-64 when i was i child and am still in love with the sound of SID. This piece was - even in not 8 bit - very nostalgic for me. Thank you :D
The insertion of the piano part worked great. I also appreciate that you tried to use the full spectrum of volume.
You really did a very great job here - dont know why i didnt listen to the track earlyer- one of my favourit submissions of this round.
5/5
Haha, you're one of those c64 geeks :D Though that stuff was before my time, I have a lot of respect for the c64 remix culture - those guys make a lot of great stuff.
In fact this song started out VERY chippy, down to chip drums and much more bitty instruments, but eventually seemed to want to go more in the way of electronica. So I guess some of the chippy melodies and sound design remained! I'm glad I could sneak in some piano too - last time, that was a little less successful I think.
I'm really honored you could call it one of your favorites from a round with such great songs in it!
Thanks a lot for the review.