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I think I'll get this once I perhaps beat Disgaea DS (yeah right, like that'll ever happen, lol... 8 hours and I'm at episode 3...). I've heard the first is just impossibly hard, the second is OK, while the last 2 are really great. It sounds interesting, and I do love a good challenge, but I wonder just how much they added to the games themselves... I do like extras, ha. Some older dudes I know on the internetz who have been MM fans since the first and whatnot really like the series and recommend the Zero games, so I'm mainly going off of their praises. I just hope it's in plentiful stock.

This is pretty nice, mellow, and a little poppy, but that sure isn't a bad thing. I think you could've toned the reverb on the piano, since it was leaking all over the place. As well, a few more harmonic bits with all three of the instruments working together would have been appreciated (though be careful not to make things sound confused and muddy, a danger that increases as you put more instruments together). Other than that though, this was sweet.

The opening drum stuff reminds me a bit of Ayla from Chrono Trigger, who is indeed a badass female. But yeah, I gotta say that this is pretty good. As far as mixing and mastering goes, I will say that your drums could sound a little heavier/realistic, but other than that, everything sounds in tip-top shape. Love the guitar sound, and I love the Asian vibe going on in this piece. It's like something out of Muramasa: The Demon Blade, a game with a pretty cool soundtrack. I can't give you any real pointers, since you seem to have a firm grasp on what's good and what's not. I too hope to get a mix posted on here one day, though it may be that you are a whole lot closer than I am to realizing that goal!

Another song to be posted, one I think came out exceedingly well. http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/listen/337190 I think I am starting to get the hang of using FL filters effectively to make the type of sounds I want with the limited instrument soundfonts/VSTs I DO have. When I finally get an album of this stuff together (of which this song is to be a part, I might make a new topic and all that. Still, looking for any observations on how to improve.

I think you can tone down the main rhythm synths just a smidge, because they ARE pretty loud in my opinions. But this is a pretty solid track, and I love the vibe the rhythm synths give to the whole thing with their MM7 chords and all that. All in all, pretty cool.

This is pretty groovy and funky (more so than jazzy, ha ha!). But really, love the perc organ, and the bass is funky as all get-out. Sounds like a cool song from an ol' PS RPG or something like that. In any event, I like this WIP a whole bunch.

Wait, he wasn't married yet? huh, and here I thought he had been for at least a year now. Craaaaazy, dude.

Seriously, this probably has some of THE best gameboy music out there, second only to Link's Awakening or some of the later Megaman games. It really feels like it is pushing the soundchip to do some pretty damn amazing things. And of course, Lufia is pretty under-mixed around here as it is, so what better way to gain notoriety? Particular favorites of mine are the battle themes: Guard Daos battle SINISTRAL THEME MOFO Erim, Sinistral of Death Zalbak; Final Boss Though the other songs are excellent, the main ones for me being Town of Albano and the Fante Continent. So, anyone else ever hear of this game? If you have, you already know it's got some really sweet music. I mean, plenty (but not enough) folk know about Lufia 2, but this stuff is just as good if not better.

I didn't really hear the battle theme... I heard snippets of the encounter theme, though you, as stated, took a VERY liberal appraoch to it (I find it rather hard to locate the main themes as you remixed them). On the technical side of things, I'll say that the piccolo sounds a little flat and mechanical (it cuts off very quickly; perhaps no reverb? I dunno), but other than that, the instruments sounded very nice.

I left ya a review on the second. The first one has a malformed ID. Keep on learning how to use FL studio, mah boi.

Bumping this so as not to make a new topic. Anyhoo, I made two more songs, one experimenting with filter effects (to great effect, I think... ha.), and the other more 8-bit retro inspired (though not completely like the old-school songs. Apparently, no bitcrushing and arpeggios). If someone could tell me what bit-crushing is (i'm sure I can recognize it; I just never used that name) I'd be pretty grateful, since I have some more 8-bit esque songs I want to do for this little project. So yeah, any feedback would be welcome.

Isn't it better to flip that question around? Jus' sayin'.

Oh my, that ending was ingeniously clever; it stuck a huge smile on my face as I listened to it.

I hope very much so that this gets accepted, though don't hold your breath (lol). In any event this has turned into quite the bitching track.

Oh! Duh, can't believe i didn't remember that part. Thanks!

By George, I think he's got it!

The Wii Vitality Sensor. There I called it. Also lol, the OP is like a bot or something.

So, I recently got the chiptune drumset Toad, which I am sure a few of you are familiar with. The only problem is, figuring out how to actually get a VST plugin to work in FL has always been one of my many weaknesses. Can someone give me a quick step-by-step if they are able? Many thanks in advance. What I did: Went to Channels- Add new- Quick Refresh but nothing showed up. What did I do wrong?

Well hot damn, that improved WIP is pretty great.

I am kinda pointing out how a lot of these games/shows have some seriously faulty problems with the plot. Not saying Western games don't (Bioshock: the only game to attribute 90% of its GLARING plotholes to gameplay decisions), but who makes more games? (actually, I can't answer that, lol) Also, I'd laugh pretty hard at your spoon-feeding comment if you said it to my face. I mean, and Japanese producers don't? You can have your choice between uninspired space marine plot or uninspired anime plot with quasi-metaphysical ramblings vaguely realated to Buddhism, you know. Not citing any specific exampls, btw. And to your second comment: I wouldn't necessarily call that a success, in any sense of the word. Anyone catch The Spoony One's 'review' of FFXIII? I mean, I don't ever think "Well, it's kinda crap/slow for the first 10 or so hours, but then it gets really good!" should ever be your fallback. That just means 10 lackluster hours in what should be an all-around amazing game. And while that does not mean the game sucks, that sure is not necessarily succeeding at anything.

Not going to lie; this is pretty darn great. Love the guitar work, as well as the rockin' synths (I do love me some synth-rock). Also good drummin'. Glad to see Bloodlines getting the OCR treatment; it more than deserves it.

I think that Cohen's Masterpiece is probably the best track in the game. And also, it's like, in 3/4, or 6/8, or some triplet division like that, so it's not like the rhythm is too out there (it's Rachmaninoff inspired, after all). If that's weirdly-timed for ya, wait till you listen to any piece of music from more than 100 years ago! Anyway, I agree with the above: vary up your synths, since they sound very samey. Also, the same appiles to the drums, which feel as if they have no depth to them (as they are always the same volume, hit the same spot on the stereo, etc). So yeah, vary up your instrument choices, since you, as said, use one synth and the low registers really muddy up your arrangement.

Racism? What racism? The Japanese made Evangelion and Final Fantasy XII! They are master story-tellers!

The japanese are master story-tellers guys!

I noticed the same thing. However, I am giving the guy the benefit of the doubt that since this is a WIP, there will be more of the song later dealing with the piano, or he'll fit it in better earlier or something. I dunno, lol.