Monobrow
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Sounds great to me. LOVE the style, friggin' Hendrix. I think my only qualm at all might be in a more general realm of transitions.
The one right before PIZZA POWER... The chromatic notes going up, and then back down... a little awkward I guess... But yeah very general, I don't think anyone is gonna care much.
But yeah, SOOOOOOOO rad!
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I played Debussy's Passepied from Suite Bergamasque (the same one with Clair de Lune) Great piece, but when I grabbed a copy of Dragon Warrior for the NES, the overworld melody struck me as very similar to the opening of this piece. The first few notes are almost identical.
Dragon Warrior Overworld: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULQW-6AdugA
Debussy Passepied:
Definitely similarities. I love both of them so much
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Also so I don't confuse anyone, I added my own tiles (like towers and caves).
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Made this real quick documenting our trip to Magfest (MagQuest)
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Pretty damn rad!
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Awesome! Jeff made an excellent soundtrack, check it out!
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Great song! Get the album now! Hurry!
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Oh! Haha, I remember this. Good luck finishing it
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Nice review Mirby.
For those that didn't quite get it, Kung Fu Alley is actually a Shnabubula chiptune original, worked into the middle of the album.
Also on a side note, Shnabubula is supposedly already working on his next album (or so they say), the guy's a machine. Hype!
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There was one quest in BGII that involved many many spiders. Freaked me out!
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This is happening now :>
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you wub a dub dub
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Happy Birthday. I am sure someone would have made you a thread though
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Enough said, BGII is seriously a masterpiece. I would gladly play this.
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Every ten posts or so someone says this kind of stuff and then we get replies to it because that post is just begging for a response. If you'd like Meteo, I can instead just ask everyone to ignore your post so that everyone "does" stop posting and responding to dumb stuff, but I know they won't, now that you've put this out there and will accomplish exactly the opposite of what your post "wants", but hey, thanks for being constructive to the convo and all
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I hardly see how Espergirl caused people to not submit chiptunes.
You don't see it, but that really doesn't mean that no one else did, or that your POV on the matter is at all relevant. The people that would know are people like Sam, Rushjet, and lunar, considering how they are deeply involved in the chiptune community. I'm not sure if you were even around back then, to know the vibe OCR even had about this stuff.
Besides, they are telling you it did, that's the impression they got, and that's what has previously been clarified, and they have been trying to rectify.
Something that's not composerwank.It doesn't take new variations and LFO's every 2 seconds to qualify as good arrangement...
Stop right there, because no one really complained about the composition of that piece in the decision. In fact, people loved it, and still do. Yes, it's several years later, the song is dated now, especially for Sam, but you're giving off an implication that this was grounds for rejection. Equating that the reason why Sam's song wasn't passed was because of "composerwank" which is not at all factual to what happened. It was because it was a chiptune, there is no other reason.
That is changing now. I don't understand why you think denying that a problem was there in the first place is going to solve anything. Everyone has different perspectives on this. Let people speak for themselves.
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Aw that's too bad, but BE THERE OR BE SQUARE WAVE GUYS (GET IT).
I am not just saying this becuz I did the art or anything :U.
Anyway, it's fun and a cool cool album!
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And now, I think a lot of people are in agreement, at least on some very basic levels, which is what I have been personally hoping for. Here's what I've kind of garnered:
1. We're not so much dissecting chiptunes as a "genre" but more treating them like an "ensemble" or instrument choice. Therefore they'd be loosely judged on that perspective of implication.
2. We realize that a good chiptune has its own production, and the lack of actual "audio production" is compensated by its in-house ability to be manipulated (the fuck out of), in various ways to fit whatever the artist is going for.
3. Arrangement of the source hasn't even come into play here in this discussion, and I know for a fact that most of the scene artists probably will have no problem making excellent arrangements with their tools. I think that chiptunes kind of emphasize writing in their own way.
4. What is not wanted, and may be NO'd or rejected are chiptunes that seem to be add nothing to the arrangement in the form of a chiptune, or have way too basic standards in their production (such as an over-exposed and plain square lead as opposed to different humanization techniques and treatments that could be used on it). That standard makes sense across the board outside the realm of chiptunes anyway.
5. I'd argue that they probably don't want chiptunes that have fifty billion techniques used on every measure... Being deliberate and having something you're going for works... Which (again) pretty much works w/ any genre.
IMO, I think the most important thing here is that some people's perspectives have changed, from the jugdes and staff, on their approach to chiptunes, and the chip artist community, on what OCR is looking for, it's a positive note. But most importantly, it's not gonna be a taboo subject or bad vibe for certain people. That makes me infinitely more happy.
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I just wanna emphasize... The first :45 seconds are kind of long for an intro. So I agree... Some hints at what's to come there might help.
Also those really high synths coming in at :21 REALLY pierced my ears a lot. Some people are more sensitive to those frequencies (also I'm wearing headphones), so please, tone them down, it actually hurt lol.
I'm getting clipping with lower tones at around 1:45 - 1:50, also those synths might be a LITTLE too overpowering by that point, they drown out the piano really fast, and I understand that they are taking the wheel, but they sound too flat for the duration. Maybe give them a bit more movement in tone (head towards treble a bit more) and maybe start adding some elements (like a throbbing eighth note something under them that slowly pushes the mix forward) instead of just starting w/ sidechaining a those synths after the pause. Hope that makes sense... The synths are whole notes, they flatten the progression... Finding a way to subtly drive into the next section would help.
Also, by 3:10, I'm starting to lose interest in the song. By here, your song is begging for some accompany to those gated synths. Get a lead in there, solo around them, accompany them in the progression. The song seems like, the further it goes, the more it tapers off into just a beat and a chord progression... It's really missing something.
Also holy shit at 4:44, that LAUGH lmao. Awesome. Why didn't the rest of the song have stuff this interesting?
Good luck *_*
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Well, first thing, I think it's way too low in volume. A few db up in volume would help. I have my volume all the way up and it's still just too soft.
The hat percussion element is a little too exposed.
I don't know if that xylophone works, especially when it runs up the scale, it sounds way too fake.
I also think when everything comes in, it all gets way too cluttered.
I'd EQ some instruments a tad, try to get more separation. The reverb is very far away for things like the harp, which is fine, but I think a few things (like the flutes) could sound a bit closer in range, otherwise the song is at risk of sounding flat.
It's a nice arrangement, it just needs more work, and a perfected and deliberate sound.
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LOL.
EX: This is an unfinished track I've been working on with a guy named Zef. The sounds we got on here might be difficult to reproduce with any synth, but even if you did, it would be insane to program the same arps, the same crazy basslines, the pitch shifts, etc. I would write them WAY differently if given a more traditional setup.
This is insane. You are insane. :J
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What a great song to post first with! You guys are in for a treat!
FF8 Force Your Way(Boss Theme) Rock Remix
in Post Your Game ReMixes!
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I like this!
I think my only problem is that the whole song sounds kinda... I dunno, overcompressed. It's like the entire song is coming from a recording of a recording, and thus it sounds like you crammed everything into a small space behind a closed door. Like I'm about to walk into the room and hear how it "really" sounds.
Just really work on getting frequencies to stick out and having a fuller sound. Right now the whole thing sounds too much like it has a slight "radio" filter. Do you have any fx on the entire mix that would effect the overall sound this way?
I am also on headphones so I can't say too much about the low end, but spread the sound out... I can tell you already have panning etc... But yeah, work on the overall sound spread... Hope this makes sense.