Interesting take with the chiptune you got some good composition idea and melodic phrases.
Lost to Time : Cool sound design choice, I would watch acouple of chords clashing unless its on purpose starting at 0:26 with the strings minor 2nd with the chords is not working well together.
Nuts and Bolts : I like the variety in sounds and melody is fine, main issue would be the muddy mix, most of your chords are all compacted and it adds a lot of stuff on top of the reverb and we're losing the sense of all melodic elements.
Spirited : Same as Nuts and bolts mix very in the mid range and I feel like the composition is great but its needs to be more wide open so we can fully enjoy everything that is going on.
Good job !
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i appreciate the feedback! just a couple things for clarification -
in lost to time, the clashing is purposeful but i did not utilize minor 2nds - the first chord is an Edom9 (no G#) and the second is a D6/9, and so on, with an E drone throughout. the strings are droning the root of each chord and E, the vibraphone-like instrument is playing the chords. it was a stylistic choice as i was attempting to represent a "haunted mansion" kind of vibe, and typical video games utilize dissonance to achieve this, and also i'm drawn to clashy chords as a jazz guy. but i totally see where you are coming from and will keep it in mind!
the reverb and chord structure is deliberate in nuts and bolts - but i see what you mean at the 1:08 section, i could've toned that down and matched the rest of the song where i did a better job at using minimal instrumentation to add chords beneath the melody.
the muddy mix critique is very fair and i agree with that. it's kind of impossible to do on beepbox and i plan to switch DAWs in the near future.
thank you for the feedback!!!!!