Sample Pack Contest VI - Scoring Template

Your name/pseudonym: sci

- Give scores for ALL the songs except for your own (if you have any.)
- Scores are out of 100, where 100 = faultless/perfect, and 0 = totally void of merit/worst song ever.
- Do not use fractions.
- Commenting on songs is optional.
- E-mail as an attachment to daveharris.lunar@gmail.com

Some aspects to consider when scoring:
- Sound design: ingenuity with and manipulation of the source samples, modification of samples to create new sounds, etc.
- Composition: structure, melody, harmony, rhythm, basically how well written you think the song itself is, etc.
- Production: mixing/mastering (balance between instruments, overall loudness if it's a factor), stereo field use, frequency spectrum use (good use of EQ), use of effects, etc.
- Overall enjoyment: simply how much you like the song.
- Anything else you deem important.

consider these elements on a case by case basis, as some may be more or less applicable depending on the song. how much you factor each into your scoring is up to you - if you wish, you may set aside a certain number of points for each element if it makes the judging process easier for you, however the total scores are the only thing that will be relevant in score calculations.
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SCORES:

1999 or 2012: 77/100
A Song for My Cat: __/100
Akira Yamaoka vs Ken Ishii: 99/100
Alleyway in Chinatown: 70/100
Aqua Aura Pura: 80/100
Aya Hirano's Megaton Punch: 58/100
Bad Tekno: __/100
Candy Rock Jam: 95/100
Cloudtrip: 85/100
Corruption of the Tune: 58/100
Cyberdemon Boogie: 75/100
DanielDellaCocco: 80/100
Deep Throat Tengoku: 47/100
Doctor Mars: 85/100
Everybody Wants Overcalculated Scientist Orgasms: 88/100
Extra Antler Velvet: 60/100
Gateway to Happiness: 81/100
Go Go Power!: 70/100
Green Grass: 100/100
How to Open a Can of SPC: 78/100
I sneak up and hitcha in the crotch: 72/100
King of the Crypt: 30/100
Legend of Sample Pack Compo: 68/100
Martian Lab at Midnight: 100/100
Medium Zero: 86/100
Mr. Huffletuff's Kitty Cat Cosmic Escapades: 100/100
No Bananas for Deborah: 73/100
Nobody Wants Overcalculated Scientist Orgasms: 93/100
Omnious Abbey: 45/100
Our Heliocentric Garden: __/100
PRUNEAU: 65/100
Riding the Duckdragon: 82/100
Seven Proxies: 30/100
Slick Venus: 97/100
Spaz Premium: 75/100
Tarot Pharoah: 72/100
Ten-Chan Looks Like Joey Wheeler: 25/100
Tertiary Jump: 87/100
The Incredible Cat Mincer: 92/100
Tidal Chamber: 89/100
Trop Glop Flop: 76/100
TV Surfer: 44/100
U.B. Funky: 42/100
Untitled: 85/100
Way Out - No Way: 77/100
We Hate the 1998 Wave: 73/100
Welcome to SPC 6: 69/100
WHAT THE @#$%!!: 30/100
Whippin' Good: 35/100
WorldJ: 35/100
Zen You Reach Ze State of Completeness: 70/100
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COMMENTS:
The contest was fun as a participant

Evem more fun was hearing what everyone else came up with.

Judging and commenting, however, was very challenging. 

I appologize in advanced for whatever I said in the comments field. ;)


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1999 or 2012
Comments:
very nice sound construction, definately. great way to start this contest, too. 
77/100


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A Song for My Cat
Comments:
I had to auto-tune that cat. HAD TO. So, here you go. 


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Akira Yamaoka vs Ken Ishii
Comments:
well...damn. this is top notch in every single way. The sound you came up with for the bass is great.
so intense. 
yep, I love this. 
99/100

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Alleyway in Chinatown
Comments:
I'm glad someone else used the cats as leads, and better than myself, too. :3
(specifically, by not autotuning them)
dynamics are a bit...bad (overall song is rather quiet.)
but what I hear is good. 7/10

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Aqua Aura Pura
Comments:
this reminds me of blue.necturine and blitz lunar at the same time...I wonder who made it. 
it's pretty nice. interesting use of the provided sounds. 
also, dat bassline. 
8/10


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Aya Hirano's Megaton Punch
Comments:
...what am I listening to? (dusthillguy? somehow I don't think so...)
this is an entry that isn't too creative on the sound manipulation, but it's fun. 
except...ew, a few off key notes. 
I like the way you used the singing girl sample towards the end, though. 
58/100


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Bad Tekno
Comments:
wanted to make some silly untz for the contest, 
but then I got distracted and made a worthwhile thing in the middle. 
oops. 
(any resemlence to rainbow road is purely coincidential and was only noticed after making the track)
hopefully this was worth a laugh. :D

ADVENTURE TIME, COME ON GRAB YOUR FRIENDSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

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Candy Rock Jam
Comments:
oh man this is awesome. 
groooovy
95/100

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Cloudtrip
Comments:
hello, maxo. (maybe?) (I'm going to keep guessing anyway.)
what is that piano sound? you guys amaze me with your sound construction. 
85/100

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Corruption of the Tune
Comments:
er. um. weird. 
I enjoyed this more the second time, but it's messy.
58/100

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Cyberdemon Boogie
Comments:
...good. 
75/100 


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DanielDellaCocco
Comments:
so dusthill it's dusthillguy. 
oh man the lead from dominatrix.wav is amazing, haha.
8/10

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Deep Throat Tengoku
Comments:
never underestimate the power of SOMEONE to make an awkward song out of a set of random samples.
I lol'd at the end, though. 
47/100


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Doctor Mars
Comments:
CHOSE YOUR CHARACTER music
kind of. 
and then: swing! 
brb swing bias
ok bac-- wait orch hit awesome just happened.
brb orch hit bias
...ok: The detuned notes feel awkawrd, but the rest of the song is insanely fun.
85/100 

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Everybody Wants Overcalculated Scientist Orgasms
Comments:
I didn't really like this at first, but it grew on me. 
something about it rubs me in just the right way. 
deliciously crunchy, but so strange...

88/100


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Extra Antler Velvet
Comments:
Kris Troutman?
reminds me a bit of "Funland" from SPC5, somehow.
it also sounds like it's clipping badly in several spots, or just over-compressed.

6/10




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Gateway to Happiness
Comments:
this is nice. 
a nice, "floaty", non-silly tune in the compo. 
I'd listen to this regularly. 
things got a little harsh towards the end, but only for a small portion of the song
(watch for cluttered sounds!) 
81/100.

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Go Go Power!
Comments:
good, open use of chesepiratesriff
sound like "oh no, a big boss is coming" type music
...but kind of bland sonically. 
70/100


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Green Grass
Comments:
so good. then the bass dropped. 
10/10 A+++ would listen again. 


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How to Open a Can of SPC
Comments:
KungFuFurby? well, I have a 1/5 chance of being right if I guess him anyway, right? ;)
nice use of Mmm Bananas.wav in the intro, as well as singing_girl as a lead.
This vaugely reminds me of sonic 1...that marble level where you go underground.
78/100

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I sneak up and hitcha in the crotch
Comments:
this is quite the epic crotch botching you've done.
kind of messy, but it has a strange, almost jazzy feel.
72/100

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King of the Crypt
Comments:
the surround command? nooooo
this song is...a bit harsh. 
a lot of problems would be fixxed by NOT USING THE SURROUND COMMAND. :(
30/100

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Legend of Sample Pack Compo
Comments:
uh oh, a twinkle.wav challenger approaches :O
but nah, this's quite different from my twinkley entry. 
in fact, it's nicely done overall. 
Except...the arp section drags on for quite a bit longer than it's welcome...
68/100

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Martian Lab at Midnight
Comments:
o_o 
awe. 
marvelous. 
everything about this is great. 
One of my favorites from the contest. 
10/10 


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Medium Zero
Comments:
another sequel to the medium series? sure, I'll take it.
loud, but in a good way. 
not particularly fun, but it's good.
86/100


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Mr. Huffletuff's Kitty Cat Cosmic Escapades
Comments:
dat sound design.
my ears are pleased. 
(blue.nocturne?)
particularly good use of percussion-stuffs.
and then the every single element is great.
10/10. 


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No Bananas for Deborah
Comments:
I'm actualy suprised at the number of people using anonymousS3, 
and that it doesn't get boring.
the "mmm, bananas" stuff is a little abrasive...
73/100



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Nobody Wants Overcalculated Scientist Orgasms
Comments:
this hits a few of my secret favorite sound design things:
obvously sample-and-looped chords, the funk or whatever you call the [everything past 0:55]
...and the bit crushing.
plus it's nice overall. 
and then it grew on me after listening to it a few times. 
93/100



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Omnious Abbey
Comments:
the long, long note in the into was a bit too loud... 
everything up to that note was nice.
after that, some nice vg-bgm-music stuff appears. 
it's not quite ominous, but it works.
45/100


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Our Heliocentric Garden
Comments:
First thing I made after I got the samples for the contest. 
I was half asleep at the time and thought twinklechords.wav sounded awesome.
and so...


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PRUNEAU
Comments:
interesting, neat groove.
kind of trippy/tispy...
65/100

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Riding the Duckdragon
Comments:
woah, squares and hihats.
I like what you've done with 01_sample01, it works nicely.
The song is a bit loud with the chips, but it's not bad enough to detract from the listening experience.
82/100

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Seven Proxies
Comments:
ehhhh....I don't like this one very much.
The middle part got interesting for a moment, but...
30/100


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Slick Venus
Comments:
best use of bagle? may. be. 
and then: bass.
ooooh yeah; slick indeed.
lead around 1:00 seals the deal: this song is great. 
97/100
(hey smh)

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Spaz Premium
Comments:
augh...this entry is kind of scary. 
definately would keep me from going to sleep. ;)
75/100


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Tarot Pharoah
Comments:
I must say: the use of singing girl here really works to the advantage of this song. 
...though it doesn't sound like a girl anymmore. 

72/100

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Ten-Chan Looks Like Joey Wheeler
Comments:
a good beat? yep.
but...that's about it.
the whole song strikes me as messy... :\
25/100

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Tertiary Jump
Comments:
awesome intro. 
overall, the song goes on for a bit longer than I'd like...but not by much. 
I really like the use of drums/perc in here. 
87/100


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The Incredible Cat Mincer
Comments:
just from the intro, I like where this is going. 
bass kicked in and...this song is weird. 
but it /works/, you know?
92/100


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Tidal Chamber
Comments:
twinklechords.wav
relaxing :3
89/100


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Trop Glop Flop
Comments:
I couldn't think of any comments for this one...
it works, but it's not exceptional.
(kris troutman?)
76/100


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TV Surfer
Comments:
the title plus the intro put funny images in my head.
so-so overall, but it holds my attention.
44/100

(kungfukurby?)


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U.B. Funky
Comments:
*you may be more funky than song
it has it's own groove going, but...it's not so great overall. :(
The looped anonymousS3.wav (?) keeps it kind of interesting for a bit, but...
42/100



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Untitled
Comments:
I think this is the most deathmetul has been used besides my own entry...
this entry is full of interesting sounds. 
Particuarly the fuzzy sine lead.
85/100


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Way Out - No Way
Comments:
twinklechords!
I'm reminded a bit of pogo with the intro, but that quickly fades.

77/100

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We Hate the 1998 Wave
Comments:
wow. I never even thought of using alien noises as a lead. that's brilliant.
73/100


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Welcome to SPC 6
Comments:
I feel more like I'm being welcomed into an arena. of death.
oh wait that's just like SPC 6 for me. I get it. ;)
it works over all.
69/100



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WHAT THE @#$%!!
Comments:
...
3/10


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Whippin' Good
Comments:
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not too great overall, even with the earthbound reference. 
35/100


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WorldJ
Comments:
oh so.......so-so
not terrible, but not amazing.
35/100

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Zen You Reach Ze State of Completeness
Comments:
"zen".
is it a description of the song, or just a way to craftily make sure it's at the bottom?
it fits the song either way. nice droning
7/10

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