The last of BTW. . . for now~

So, I didn't accomplish all that much today. I talked with Aly and Rae, and also Izumi and Risa. And did some singing / recording for kicks and giggles. And they all sang for me too. It was fun! I'm glad to say that this is the last of the BTW for now. It'll be back to regular misc tomorrow. I've got a few things I need to catch up on, including a request. Then some lists to update, before I blog blog blog~

For this entry I didn't get reviews from two people, but it's due to the time difference, so it can't be helped. On top of that, with all the singing and talking tonight I was too distracted to do any real writing myself; sorry y'all. I will try extra hard tomorrow! Anyways, Kappa was super sweet and did some reviews for me the other day! And also, for the solo version of Back Track I accidentally mixed in a duet, lol. So Hikki reviewed it for me, and I had to wait until now to post it~ *note; these are unedited for the most part.*




Suzuki Airi : Breecuppycake
Tsugunaga Momoko : Miyazuchan
Natsuyaki Miyabi : Nytefaerie

OUR SONGS by iDiSCO! (from HoshiDubs) / Review by Kappa / Yaaay, I love this song, and I'm glad to see that HoshiDubs releases their stuff so often. I just watched Onna ni Sachi Are a few days ago and now there's two more for me to keep up with. Right on!

All three of these girls have such nice, strong voices! Like last times, we're having some mic issues that are making it hard to listen, but it's not as severe as in Onna ni, so already we're off to a good start.

I really love Bree's tone, and she makes a good Airi. Fae has a really unique cuteness to her voice that made me happy to hear. Miyazu doesn't really fit Momoko, but find that I really lov eher lines in this a lot! She's got a slightly deeper voice that's actually much easier on the ears than Momo's, in my opinion. All of the girls did a great job here on their solos, even though there were a lot of them and they all go by pretty quick. There were some pitchy moments here and there, but overall it was handled super well.

On the mixing side, this is already an improvement from Onna ni, although there are a couple things I'd like to hear different. First off, if you're using a vocal rip to get your harmonies, you have to be doubly diligent with making sure everything is in time. The group parts sounded kind of messy in places, and that harmony rip behind them wasn't helping them out at all. The volumes between voices are okay (except Fae seems to be a bit quieter in places), but the voices as a whole are too loud, as well as the harmonies. I'd also add reverb, because it stops those vocals from sticking out from the instrumental so much, which might have helped in this case.

Good luck on your next singles, and keep releasing efficently, guys! Your group is off to a great start.


*Yaruki! It's Easy by Creme! Project Winter 2010 ~Aisukuriimu to Keeki~ Concert (from cremeproject) // I've never heard this song, so I'm really unfamiliar with it, but it's got such an upbeat melody! Memoiree sounded great as Reina and really did a good job of sounding energetic despite being sick. The group parts in this really sound full and nice, and I adore the 'yay!'s and 'fu fu!'s. A lot of the times in concert dubs, singers don't make those as energetic as they should be, but these were believable! I would have liked to hear a mix that wasn't just a center-channel-extracted audio rip from the concert, as the quality came out kind of iffy, but I enjoyed this anyway.

*Edo no Temari Uta II by S-uta (from HoshiDubs) // I super enjoyed this dub! Without getting to intensely into it, I was totally in love with all of the solos and I think this is one of the best dubs I've seen of this song. It's very difficult to get it right, but this one came together super nicely. The only changes I would have made to it are not reverbing each of the tracks so heavily so the group parts don't sound so far away, improving the mic qualities inbetween singers, and deleting the melody echos in the vocal rip that I hear behind some of the solos. But overall, this is really nice and one to check out!

*Kotatsu no Uta ~jyuken story~ by AlyMandAngeru (from KisetsuProject) // Yay! This song is one of my favorites and I'm glad to see people are dubbing it, because it's waaay too ignored out there in the dubbing world. I love Aly's voice, she's got such a sexy tone that works super well for this song! I would have liked more word precision out of Manda as Eri, but she sounds adorable here nonetheless. Finally, Angeru makes a nice Yossie, although with a little more emotion I think she would have really killed it! This was a good listen, and the girls pulled off a difficult song well. Definitely worth a listen!




Magnet by Amaechau [Juwibean & Hinamoriforever] / Review by Hikki / Yippee! More vocaloid, baby! This is the well known forbidden love duet sung by Miku and Luka, covered by Juri (Juwibean) and Yoru (Hinamoriforever), respectively. The picture on the video was done by Yoru. It's soo sexyyyyy. Mmm, I love me some forbidden rabu.

Anyway! Juri starts off the songs, and boy, does she sound great! I've only heard Juri via Skype, and I've only heard her sing a bit through our fail skype karaokes and through Hana Project, but her voice never fails to amaze me. I love love LOVE her vibrato to death. Then it's Yoru's turn, and I can't really tell but I think she has a really strong and mature tone, but her pitching sounded a bit iffy to me, but that may just be me. Then it's the chorus, and the harmonies are 50/50 for me. Some parts sound AMAZING, and some parts were a bit off, but nonetheless, it still sounded great. And it's the same with the high notes too, some were hit wonderfully, and some others were strained. But those notes are hard to hit, so congrats you two for pulling them off!

Then Yoru starts off the second verse, and she sounds really fantastic in the beginning, but her pitching wavered a bit near the end, but it was still pretty. The duet part at 2:00 is my favourite part. The high note was hit wonderfully and the harmonies sounded great! I love the long note at 2:24 as well. Then it's Juri's solo before the chorus starts again, and she sounds so elegant and beautiful. Overall, I found this dub really enjoyable. The mixing was done really well too, the harmonies did not overpower the melody, which is a big plus because most of the Magnet dubs I watch, I hear the harmonies A LOT.