Sonic Mania Mirage Saloon Act 2 (Very Rough)

[Yusou]

ok I know this is kinda barebones at the moment(no plugin mixing applied yet), but I was hoping for maybe a little guidance (just a little). I love the source, but the loop isn't really that long and I am trying to figure out ways to flesh this out to at least the 3 or 4 minute range without it being too repetitive. Here is the source 

and here is my version, which is a bit faster with a higher octave range

 

Edited March 17, 2019 by Yusou

[Ka0sph3re]

25 minutes ago, Yusou said:

ok I know this is kinda barebones at the moment(no plugin mixing applied yet), but I was hoping for maybe a little guidance (just a little). I love the source, but the loop isn't really that long and I am trying to figure out ways to flesh this out to at least the 3 or 4 minute range without it being too repetitive. Here is the source 

and here is my version, which is a bit faster with a higher octave range

mirage zone yusou demo.wavUnavailable

Link to your version isn't working.

[Yusou]

try this 

 

[Ka0sph3re]

Now it works!

Sounds like you're well on your way already, as you said it's just finding the right sounds and working the arrangement so it's not too repetativep.

A couple of tips regarding the arrangement.

Instrument breaks
A great way to break the monotony is having something like a drum break which gives the ears a short break and then you can go back in to the main melodies and it sounds exciting again. It's like a chorus in a song, everyone wants to sing along to it but if it was only a chorus it would suck. The piano break at 2:10 in the original is a good example of this, it breaks the monotony but you know a thumping beat is just round the corner.

Arrangement.
A lot of VGM loop go in a very liner fashion very much an ABCD progression. Doing something like an ABCADC progression puts the A section in different context each time and gives it a lot life.

 

Hope this helps.

 

[Yusou]

thanks that helps alot

[Ka0sph3re]

No worries.