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lol, i don't think neblix was criticizing your beloved zircön, tim. it's about pointing out that all musicians use some form of trial and error. if they don't, i dunno if they can be classified as musicians even. they're probably more like a living jukebox then. getting abstract about it, art is probably about finding that sweet spot between knowing and not knowing. plans are alright, but be ready for surprises of any kind. the specific way in which you react to those surprises has a large effect on your musical output. musicians are just explorers. art is exploration of semantics and symbols. our intuition has a way of making us say the wrong (non-intended) thing at times, and they sometimes end up being exactly the right thing, once we understand them in context. think freudian slip.

i agree there's probably some objectivity to be found, but yknow, buddhists call those moments satori (or if prolonged, enlightenment). it's a rare occasion mostly. but yes, the initial spark of something can be of "divine objectivity", to get grandiose about it. even there though, it's unclear really. it's not clear if a single consciousness can see reality beyond any individual coloring. i sure don't know, i'm just led to believe it, by lore and by some vague pointers in my own experience. i think ultimately, improvisation comes closest to the spark, and it helps if your music writing has some improvisational elements too. put miles davis next to soc, yknow, "there are no mistakes". in the context of goin with what feels right, maybe you'll feel bad about a very intuitively and naively written tune, but it may also be a stepping stone to something really great. the intuitive mistake has a potential to get you on the next level. this may be true for single songs, but it may also apply to a whole series of tunes and the learning path you take with them.

see timaeus, why not just go with what sounds good today? you're right, it might sound like garbage to you in 5 years. it might also sound like a hidden gem in 10. who cares? i mean, who can extend care to something one cannot predict? (rhetorical question. most everyone can, and does so maniac-like) observation in the end is a subjective experience. continued observation results in exploration. your explorations may become a seemingly objective deal as soon as they begin to influence the explorations of others, or vice versa. you have to submit to the subjective experience of what sounds good now. even what you think might sound good in 5 years is actually just what sounds good now. there's nothing else. what you're talking about is more about meeting your highest expectations, i think. regarding that, i think the natural thing to happen when you're learning is a constant shift in your ego, related to the question "how good am i at this". your possibilities expand, you feel able and good about it, but then the new possibilities teach you about many things you really have no clue about. so you feel unable and lacking, and wanna expand. it's about that next horizon, and stuff. it's also natural to look at stuff you've done forever at some point and say, hey, that sucks. it may also begin to sound really cool at a later point, for another reason. so what we're talking about, that objectivity thing, only exists conceptually. not experientially. or maybe it does, but if so we haven't found it yet. this is also what socrates is talking about, btw (you keep citing him ) not knowing means having the most intimate contact with present reality, and that actually enables you to find the most creative choices. planning ahead too much (what am i gonna deem ok when i do my epitaph) is going to take you away from that state.

solid tune. i think it could be a bit of a coin toss as far as judging goes, though i don't know the policies/philosophies these days as far as more core chiptune arrangements go. i happen to like the dry sound with the drums beefing it up. seems very intentional. vocoder touches are nice. 1:35 break very cool. bass sound mashes well with the chips too. the judges in my phantasy say it passes.

omgthanky i'm not into remixing that much these days. got a couple ideas tho...also, random compos might work. like for this one. i don't like setting out to do something specific. too much expectations then, often. maybe that'll change at some point. i wanna remix zant's battle music from twilight princess, for example. that's really hard though, atleast in my mind. i need some confidence to just try my luck with tunes i really like. it usually ends up interesting enough if i just keep at it... anyway, regarding the game, i'm glad there's a few around who can connect with it. and i'm not really one of them. lol i read about it while mixing however, and it seemed very cool. the fact alone that you can stop the BGM ingame by crushing speakers... oh and regarding the fadeout ending, that's part of the yoshi cameo. the last melody that's playin is just the SMW theme. played with SMW samples. it's just a joke, but it makes the fadeout work in my book. peace! thanks for writeup djp, thanks for listening!

yeah, that's a good way to start. it's really just about taking simple mono lofi samples and playing them across the whole keyboard, if you boil it down. and limited polyphony i guess. the dedicated vstis or trackers just give you more accurate lofi and polyphony constraints. it may become interesting to you at some point, but just working with the samples and making them sound interesting is the biggest learning experience. have fun

well, the 70's recordings of deep purple are super hard to match, not only playing but also sound wise. i really like the compositions but the sound is a different matter. it's kind of perfect. and i'm not even that huge a sound guy. it's just so...crisp but also jelly. and other super vague synesthetic adjectives. your recording sounds more 80's not a bad thing, just not what i adore so much about dp's stuff. b4 should be enough to do a decent job at anything lord-like, i think. i've heard its leslie emulation isn't the absolute best, but really, it's mostly in the playing/sequencing and programming. oh and thanks about the remix, why don't you just leave a note in the comments section? remixers like that, and i'm no exclusion. what you wrote here is enough, no need for huge reviews.

watched this review, really made me look forward to playing it. anyway you're aiming for 16 bit era sampler chips. http://picopicose.com/software.html here's a vsti that loads spc files...it's the best for the snes sound i know of, and gba is somewhat similar to that. it's a bit fiddly to use though, prepare for a learning curve. on the plus side, you got ample choice in existing sounds via .spc osts, on the minus getting all the sounds from a soundtrack you want is annoying because you gotta browse through them. there's probably a way to organize them though, i haven't done much with it honestly. good luck!

his two memoirs i did not know about, had only heard about "I am Spock". "I am not Spock" being the precursor gives the whole thing a very zen spin. man had to deny his role to finally appreciate it fully. full circle life.

wicked child in time!! awesome! 2 criticisms: i thought the legendary burn arpeggios could've been hitting harder at a different point in time. they were cool to hear but their introduction didn't seem as natural as in the original. but that's setting the bar rather high, right? the organ could've had more rocks and dirt in it (in german we say "schweineorgel", pig organ). it has a lot to do with the leslie speaker just goin apeshit. listening on cheap speakers so i can't say for sure, but it appears to be lacking that. it's a good sound choice for 4:35+, anyway. relistened to burn now, and yeah, the schweineorgel part before the sacral melodic part is what it's all about to me. i was also amazed how that one sounds in the original(4:24)... synthesizer and piano. freaking cool. forgot about that. one more thing, i think you could've just played the main riff at some point. why be subtle about it at this point, hehe. anyway, freaking nice mashup, i love this kind of venture. rock onnn

gut schtaf! lets kollap one day! let's make some schwiezerjazz

shit never thought about spock dying before me. did not seem logical.

piano sf2 sounds kinda plunky. does it have multiple samples per note? i'm sure you could find something with more articulation possibilities for free. http://www.supremepiano.com/product/piano1.html just one possibility, i use that one sometimes. there are better soundfonts around though as well. i mean, if you want some good articulation, cause sometimes plunky is just right. not here tho i think. 1:05+ was very nice in its simplicity. stuff before that, bit mechanical and a bit, well, not very groovy. i'd say, start simple and add carefully, like you did later on. good luck!

i'd play with the spacing a bit...the several distinct parts take place in a somewhat rushed way, so i'd definitely suggest either some tempo automation or some bars of rest between some parts, maybe with some connecting notes. needs to breathe to let the epicness of your ideas shine, yknow? good work anyway!

https://soundcloud.com/skoshu/its-just-a-model done with nusofting plugs which were on sale, the accordeon is genius

thought the leads could be a bit flashier in timbre, some hardcore vibrato and such. they're a bit plain for this genre. give em some over the top articulation. pretty good anyway!

i'll be playing some deathmatches or something, anyone up for some relaxed games? and i do mean relaxed! i feel like dota lite...

you don't have to submit it, you know. just do it for yourself. i used to have serious fear of rejection. i never even submitted anything for 4 years after i started comin here or so! just got my first 'NO' though, and it really ain't that bad. so if you wanna do the submission thing, do it when it feels right. don't compromise on your fun by getting all scared of rejection. i know appreciation is a bitch, but you gotta look for the fun zone. enjoyment is the central part of creation. if you stay in that space, shit is gonna get good sometime! the funny thing is, when you actually start getting appreciation, you may experience a bump in the road because doing music for music may get harder for a while. so in a way, enjoy the time while no one cares! my first year of sequencing was one of the most creative ones i ever had, even if the results smelled a little funny. godspeed!

with synths like that i'd almost prefer the old version, man. probably enough to explore for a lifetime, plus i don't have to wait 5 years to run 10 instances of it...

good luck man! hope your kickstarter makes it when the time comes.

scuse me, i'm here for the music...i wasn't aware of any commercial guild-like structure on this amateur site. if you didn't notice, i want payment in the form of enthusiasm. money ain't my currency.

sounds fun. i might enjoy working on this. not to sell myself cheap, but if i get enthusiastic about your project, i can do it for free.

lol guys bigcat is well known around kvr and lots of people there scrutinize over exactly this. also you are overthinking this. with all the piracy happening even among chartbreaking producers (not shy of showing their H20-licensed plugins in "in the studio with..." vids and what have you)...worrying this much over usage of a soundfont that could *maybe* have some questionable content for something that *might* just become somewhat commercial is a bit over the top.

quite airy, unobtrusive, but sweet. grows on you! the bass is slightly on the boomy side. the overall subdued and mid-rangy sound is very fitting to the piece, but it results in a bit too much of an overlap with the bass frequencies. slight eq, or just turning the bass down a notch, might work out well. it's nothing big. oh yeah, the many views are probably bots

the pitched brass hits are genius. it's quite clean, maybe experiment with dirtying/mashing up the mix a bit and make it sound more like it's coming from an old chip. that's the thing with cheesy samples, as well: they can end up sounding unexpectedly delicious in a dense lo-fi mix where the chip kind of does its magic. nice work, still. cabriolet cruisin is neat! just got to that. cleaner sound works well for me, there.