Tin Jay
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Ok, here's an upgrade version of the previous one. There should now be slightly more bass and those machine beeps should be less dominant.
AND I still would really appreciate comments and some constructive feedback, in case you actually decide to click the link and listen to the track.
http://tindeck.com/listen/hags
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Well, to be honest, the recordings you have sound old-timey, like a retro rag-time movie, which isn't quite up to the standards these days.
Yes they do! Who needs any standards anyways?
No, I mean, yeah. That's what kind of disturbs myself as well and I'm not sure if I have any way of preventing it with my current recording equipment (a cheap USB mic, that is). I think that old-timey sound (which I don't think is THAT bad anyways...) is mostly because of the heavy EQuing i must apply for all the tracks. Without that the sound would probably be more natural or so, but it just cannot be left that way because of the horrible background noice especially in the highest and lowest frequencies.
Yup, that's exactly the reason why I test with several speakers and headphones. Those different frequency ranges, I mean. And I've tried to make a compromise so that it would sound decent both with the most treble boosting headphones/speakers but also with speakers that have those overboosts in the bass. For example, the speakers I use with my PC have a terrible bass boost in them (too much, in my opinion), and with them it even sounds like there is too much bass. But hmm. Maybe I really must test again and see if I could add some more bass.Have you thought about looking up your speaker and headphone models and checking their frequency ranges? If they have overboosts in the bass, it'll make you think you have more bass, and if they have terrible high passes above the bass frequencies, you shouldn't really hear much bass no matter what you do.
Hmm, point. I've thought that beeping track might be too dominant but it, too, can be hard to estimate as it sounds different with different speakers (with some you cannot almost hear it at all). But seems like it really is too dominant then : D So yeah, thanks.I think the reason I thought the chiptune beeping sounds were off-key and you thought it was okay was because it was supposed to be background FX. However, the way it's playing, it sounds like it's trying to play actual notes, rather than be in the background creating a digital atmosphere. If you can manage to make it sound like those beeping sounds are properly carrying out their purpose, it could work. -
The chiptune stuff seems to be off-key from the other instruments, and is pretty erratically played.
I assume you mean that beeping sound the whole thing starts with?
Well, it's, kind of, supposed to be "off-key", as you can hear from the original. It's not supposed to have an actual key at all, rather just mechanical... ticking, or so. Also yeah, I agree that very track could be a bit more rhytmically accurate at some points. I think I could try and do something about it some time.
Really? That's weird, 'cause I have tested it with several speakers and headphones and I can hear the bass with all of them. Are you sure it's not just something about your headphones/speakers? But got to check it once more, in that case.The recordings seem to be lacking bass. Is your room full of carpet or something? I also don't really hear the bass you're talking about. I only hear the bass' plucking. -
Yeah, okay.
The thing is, I really hope to get some constructive feedback for this, even though it's under the "finished" status and not even a remix but a cover instead. Yup, this may not be the best place for covers, but still, if you click the link and listen to the track, I hope you'll be bothered to say something about it as well.
Aaaand that's about pleading. Just saying so that this thread wouldn't get almost 300 views without a single comment as my first one did. Maybe it works, maybe not.
BUT yeah. So here's a kind of latin cover version of Robots FTW from Portal 2 co-op. Every sound (except the drum/bass track) is recorded with a microphone.
My version: http://tindeck.com/listen/rdwy
And the original one (a bit shortened version though):
Thanks.
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Yeah, i do know about the sound quality issues, which are just because the recording equipment I use is not all that pro (adds random background noise and stuff). So as to it, I'm afraid it's already as good as it can be after the necessary heavy EQing and all that. AND I can't say I'm exactly pleased with that fact but...
ANYWAYS, briefly commenting on the other comments. I admit the use of grace notes may be slightly excessive at times and I should probably cut them down a bit (actually in all my playing in general). But then again, in this one they also kinda belong to the style of the cover, as it's supposed to be jazzy, so I don't think thats too disturbing anyways(?). And yeah, this indeed is a cover, not a remix.
But yeah, thanks for the feedback, I appreciate it. As much as necromancy and the stink of voodoo magic, both of which I've always found pretty cool.
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SO YEAH.
This is not a remix but decided to post it here just for feedback or something anyways (I'm under the impression it's allowed?).
Recorded a bit over a year ago.
So here's the original. Just in the unlikely case there's someone on these forums who doesn't know the song:
AND the cover can be found here: http://tindeck.com/listen/izev
Thaankss.
EDIT: Jazzy cover, not a jazz cover.
Portal 2 Robots FTW latin cover version
in Post Your Game ReMixes!
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Well yeah, the sound quality in that track isn't going to get much better unless I record the whole thing over again. If I did, it probably would be somewhat better as I don't have an overwhelming computer fan noise to block anymore like I used to. It was more than a headache for sound, crowding in every track regardless of how much things there had been placed to block it.
But, what do you exactly mean by significant bass frequencies? Because the bass frequencies actually are there (and stronger than in that first version), and a frequency spectrum analysis confirms the same. They could still be louder, but maybe our preferences just differ from each other when it comes to bass? Especially if it's some kind of extra strong sub-bass type of thing you're longing for. I usually don't like very strong bass frequencies myself and like to keep it lighter instead. Well, of course not always but more than often, I'd say. But hmmmm. If you're really not hearing any bass... one reason I could think of is that maybe there is a bit too much stuff in mid and hi frequencies, and they somehow draw the attention so that the bass kind of gets lost under them..?
I think I see where youre coming from with that arpeggio thing. If I understood correctly which part you mean, I kind of agree, it gets polyphonic almost necessarily when you play it yourself and would be more neat if done using a VST effect or instrument or something alike... which I didn't really want to do. So yeah, that results in the fact that that particular pattern of two measures is a bit disturbing indeed.But otherwise... awkward how? If you mean they are still too noticeable for effects, it's because they aren't really supposed to be just effects but lead a kind of "melody" of their own. If something else, please clarify what you mean.
...But there is already an ending; otherwise the track would just last forever you know.Yeah, sorry, couldn't help. : ) So what kind of ending do you actually mean, that is?