Lemmings - A Beast of A Song (PRC294)

Votes (5)

Apr 13, 2015 bundeslang
  1. To The Beasts Lair
    supercoolmike
  2. Faster Than Lemmings
    Mark Sparling
  3. 8 bit lemming
    gercr
Gercr - I like the style of this 'new plugin'. The song could have used some more variation.
Mark Sparling - I liked the way you used the source. The 'chippy' style works good with this source.
Supercoolmike - Cool story, funny to read and the song fits perfectly with this. Great work.
Apr 13, 2015 Trism
  1. To The Beasts Lair
    supercoolmike
  2. Faster Than Lemmings
    Mark Sparling
  3. 8 bit lemming
    gercr
supercoolmike - Amazing. I was right there with you in the 'vision' the whole time. Excellent work.

Mark Sparling - Got a strange juxtaposition with the "serious" industrial-esque drums and the lighter, more cheerful leads. The end product is interesting but sounds a little like 2 separate tracks that have been mashed together.

gercr - Sounded a bit like a MIDI rip with a bitcrushed drum beat added. Not much more I can say other than that.
Apr 13, 2015 Chickenwarlord
  1. To The Beasts Lair
    supercoolmike
  2. Faster Than Lemmings
    Mark Sparling
  3. 8 bit lemming
    gercr
Supercoolmike definitely had the most going on with his arrangement, which didn't always work to his advantage. Some changes in the volume on the everpresent string stabs (which tend to take up more of the mix than you probably wanted) could help alleviate some of the wearing down they do on a listener's ear. Sound design wise, a lot of your sounds didn't gel well together, but this definitely had the strongest arrangement.

Mark : Simple and a bit plodding, but everything fits together soundwise, feels atmospheric and a bit moody. It picks up a bit in the second just like the midi. I honestly would have liked a little more exploration of the first part.

Gercr: Everything is fighting for space in the mix. Sounds are fighting each other for the same sonic register a bit too much.
Apr 15, 2015 supercoolmike
  1. Faster Than Lemmings
    Mark Sparling
  2. 8 bit lemming
    gercr

Mark Sparling - Totally got the FTL vibe u were going for. makes u really feel that u and ur team are all alone in space and ur just trying to survive its hostile environment.

Gercr - I would say that the plugin u used is leaning more towards the 16-bit side ( cuz u can hear a lil more details then the traditional primitive square,sine,Triangle from the 8-bit) The song sounds like its suppose to be tragic, but when I hear the background guitars it also sounds like this could've turned into a battle remix. very interesting piece here.
Apr 15, 2015 Mark Sparling
  1. To The Beasts Lair
    supercoolmike
  2. 8 bit lemming
    gercr

supercoolmike - This is epic! I love the lead sound at the beginning! And the synth/string line that comes in to compliment the melody is really nice. The drums feel a bit small compared to the rest of the instruments (maybe a bigger reverb) to match the epic vibe. I like how the intensity comes down in the middle. The liberties that you took with the melody are really well done and work very well.

gerc - I really like that you have two instruments playing the melody panned left and right. Maybe you should start with the melody in the middle and then have the two later on, for some contrast and to build interest? I really like the percussion/congas in the background. My only problem with this is that, on the second time through the melody, very little has changed and so I started to lose interest. You could maybe start with less instruments playing at first and then bring more in for the second time or maybe change the lead instrument. I really like the arrangement, but I think that there could be more variety.