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RMX Jam Entry: Haven (from Life Is Strange)'s itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Creativity | #12 | 4.143 | 4.143 |
| Impression | #19 | 3.929 | 3.929 |
| Overall | #22 | 3.929 | 3.929 |
| Quality | #26 | 3.786 | 3.786 |
| Arrangement | #29 | 3.857 | 3.857 |
Ranked from 14 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Submission type
Covers & Remixes
Name of the game/anime/film the soundtrack is from
Life Is Strange: True Colors
The title of the original piece(s)/song(s)
Haven (from Life Is Strange)
Name of the original composer(s)/artist(s)
Written by: Ali Lacey, Performed by: Novo Amor
Description
My cover utilizes a synth lead and talkbox vocals, which I recorded myself and created in Logic Pro. This is my first time doing vocals and trying a talkbox/vocoder effect, and I am very proud how it turned out.
Link to streaming services
https://soundcloud.com/fireflylibrary/haven-life-is-strange
SoundCloud & YouTube Official Playlist
https://soundcloud.com/fireflylibrary/haven-life-is-strange?si=ba604bd1983844fa9e9b55f54da45c64&utm_source=clipboard&utm_medium=text&utm_campaign=social_sharing
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This is so catchy!! I love the vibe you were able to achieve! Thanks so much for sharing!!
I respect that you managed to work with the vocal, nice sound at all, well done!
I listened to the original after listening to your version and i have to say that there is a special beauty to your synth-heavy version that I think I prefer. Way to make this your own. The vocals are well done! My favorite moment if I had to choose one is right at 1:56 when a lower register synth comes in panned to the side and you get a split second of a very rich harmony. I wish that lasted longer! Overall very well done. Thank you for sharing!
Woah, I've never played Life is Strange, nor have listened to their soundtracks, but I quickly listened to what u covered (the original) and your remix gave me chills, idk it might be the instruments u used that invoked some random feeling of nostalgia, along with the singing. Great job!
This was a very nice cover - clearly the original but you really put your own stamp on it in a way that I found really pleasing! I actually liked that the vocals stood out and didn't get too lost in the mix as can often be the case with other examples of the original genre.
This was a pretty interesting and creative take on this cover here! I liked the instruments you used here and the buildup you set up for this song too. The vocals I have to say they were pretty nice, but I feel I would of preferred a type that is chill or soft for the feeling of this song. I listened to the actual song and came to that conclusion there. Overall though, this song was really awesome to hear! 🤝
Thanks! And I definitely understand that feeling, it is a significant change from a very chill song.
This is good! It's a nice arrangement.
I would do more to the vocals from a postprocessing perspective, like the effect is good, but it doesn't feel layered into the song like the rest of it is stereo and the vocals sound mono. I think even with effects like this, you still want them to have reverb and stereo so that they feel lush regardless.
So, you could use something to stereoize the sound more clearly, or just take the manual approach and make a track with a delay between left and right ear and slightly different volumes and EQ. Sometimes this is more of an art than just trying to absolutely mimic physical space.
Heh. Usually I talk about people for trying to save something in postprocessing, this is the opposite sort of feedback! Ha.
Also thinking I feel like the effect could use a few more of those higher overtones, where there is that nice crunchy effect. I think this would sound amazing with some of these changes.
Thanks!!! This is super helpful feedback! I think I was definitely afraid to over process and put too many effects on the vocals. I also really appreciate suggestions on what to try.
I think it's less about "too many effects" on postprocessing, and more about layering the right effects in postprocessing. I'm still learning all of this too. Heh.
But there's an order to things like compression, EQ, condenser effect, that sort of thing.
It's like the more you do to make a sound interesting, the more you risk making it murky and muddy. It's like the spectrum is between murky (overprocessed) and flat (underprocessed), but then the art is to make it neither murky nor flat, sort of like you're wall jumping up a wall between murky and flat, where the higher up you get, the less murky and flat it gets, but you always have to trade between the two until your mix is perfect.
That's the sense I have for now, anyways, we'll see how I feel about that in a couple more years of doing this heh
This is nice! I like how the synths make it sound bittersweet, and the vocals are a nice touch! I haven’t played the game but this cover makes me think of drifting through a hometown except in a lucid dream, and all the streetlights are warm neon colors :)
Thanks! I appreciate it! To be honest, I also haven’t played the game, I just really enjoy the artist Novo Amor’s music so that’s how I found the song
This is absolutely beautiful! Love the vocals.
Thanks!