kaffekane's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[8-bit Final Stage 1]

Nice present for my late 29th. I saw the submission date on it and thought I'd bring it up. :3

Very good music here.

[Paraphrase: Kairi-Naminé-Xion]

Very good. This deserves to be called epic.

Yoko Shimomura is one of my favorites, too. You've managed to copy her feel perfectly.

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You asked for the identify, and here I go: I hear Kairi's part most as the background, and then a flip-flop between Naminé and Xion for the main melody.

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I can't say any words against this. That's the truth.

-Kaffe Kane, loljudge Productions

Troisnyx responds:

My word! Thank you! ^_^ I'm really glad you loved that remix a lot.

[Field of Adventure]

I can see the base, and it are not belong to you.

It's not as epic as Quique thinks it is. It sounds more like something that is generically packed with RPG Maker.

I can tell that this did have an influence from OOT, but that's all the good I have to say.

-Kaffe Kane, loljudge Productions

Nijg responds:

All these melodies are written from scratch in music notation. I used no generic melody packs of any kind, nor do I ever. I don't even know what RPG Maker is.

[The Light of Uniq]

The Imperial March Remix of Two Minutes.

For the first half of the song, that's what this really sounds like to me. And I love laughing at my own taste in reviews.

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Stupid jokes aside--this is a good track. I've still heard better, but there isn't really anything overly critical that I have for this.
After all, it was a request by someone else to you, and people should take those kind of things seriously, ya?
I'm not saying that you didn't, either. You clearly did.

-Kaffe Kane, loljudge Productions

[higgins667-Derp Quest]

WHEN AH SAY HERRRRP: Kwest

I'm not sure what I have to say about this....well, one thing, and that's to go ahead and believe that you're awesome just because you did this.
This isn't a jealous dig at you, it's actually alright.

It's not a cornucopia for the ears, either. I wouldn't vote this one more than a 4, myself. Why? It's got a nice percussion, the instruments are not muddy and don't clash, so why not better from me?
Probably because it's soft and not necessarily epic-feeling for something that has 'Quest' in the title.

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Sentiments: I *do* agree with FelTi that this should be used in a game, RPG genre in particular, perhaps as a basic overworld theme, even. But there are better-sounding tracks out there--Believe it.

-Kaffe Kane, loljudge Productions

Higgins667 responds:

I agree, i wasn't serious when i claimed i'm awesome, it softens up even more so throughout the whole song lol. Thanks for the review. ;D

[Teh boss battle]

Teh Snoypsisisis of "not bad".

DnB/Techno. Wonderful. This is not sarcasm, blame my fuzzy ass for liking it.

Probably good for a sci-fi battle theme, maybe a regular theme rather than a boss one, though.

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I don't like how this doesn't feel like a loop. That's the only thing that I really have to criticize about this.
The end needs to flow into the beginning, so that you can't tell the end from the start.
As I listen to it, it doesn't tick me off too much to hear it 'as-is', but there's a difference between "not bad" and "awesome". That difference is one of those 'thin-line-things' that I cannot describe, since I've not made any music of my own here.

So I'm a wannabe-audiophile, sue me. That's what you get from a furry.

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Good day to you.

-Kaffe Kane, loljudge Productions

JrSpesh responds:

Thanks for the feedback :)

[Crumbling Ruined City of Mur]

Whoever votes this low is a fool.

Why this music gets a vote of 5 from me:

This person gets the drive of music right in this track.

Music is supposed to be about the atmosphere, to either encapsulate a vision completely, or to create a vision that does not normally exist. This song is perfect for both means.

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Why this review gives it a 7 out of 10:

I do pay heed, however, to a couple of messed up instrumental sections. One is of a nearly out-of-place (at first) clarinet a 1:58, which later on deserves the place it has.
The other part is the piano at 3:37. It should have stayed wound down, rather than a sudden twist upwards for ten seconds. That was jarring and unnecessary.

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Whoever votes less than 3 on this is a fool. That is the minimum it deserves, because it's a good track, despite the flaws that it does have.

Good day to you all.

-Kaffe Kane, loljudge Productions

SJMmusic responds:

Thank you, your review totally makes my day :)
About that woodwind sound, it might indeed have appeared a little more naturally I think... The ending originally had a crescendo cymbal, too, so this is already "reduced", but I can understand how it is "surprising" in a negative way - I just felt the urge to build a little climax there, because I feared the slow and quiet atmosphere might become boring :D

[Fillmore]

It's missing a driving power behind it.

The guitars should be complimented by stronger percussion than what you have. The drums and hihats sound muted, and that's not a good thing with this.

Not only that, but a single guitar underpowers it further, when the original melody had orchestra hits and some sort of synthesized instrument.

Yes, I've seen two, maybe three Actraiser "remixes" so far that have managed to be WEAKER than their 16-bit original counterparts.

[Actraiser: Birth Of People Rm]

Now this is wonderful.

That tune was so simple, and the usage of clear and strong instruments makes it that much better to listen to!

I just have one problem with this remix, and that's the pair of pauses at :14 of the song and at the very end. They're very abrupt and last a bit too long. Otherwise, you'd have an absolutely perfect loop of the main city-building theme.

[Edd's Crappy Song]

I was thinking of Ed, Edd, & Eddy.

When I clicked on this link, that's most of what my expectations were.

I find something else entirely, and I'm markedly amused at how it sounds.