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Congrats on the new guitar, what did you get? I quite like this loop btw :D

LeruoME responds:

I know that's an Ibanez but I don't know the exact reference. What I know is that this is not a really expensive guitar but I like the sound. (tbh I'm not a pro on how all guitars sounds so I don't need an expensive guitar)

Interesting stuff, cool to hear something made with that kind of approach.

TaintedLogic responds:

Thanks so much, Possibly! Algorithmic composition is really fun.

I like the first minute or so of this most. Like the altered notes and glitching. The middle section sounds a bit at odds with what's gone before, sounds like you were messing with reversing sections and tempo, not a bad thing, but for my taste the first section was strong in its own right and could have been developed further closer to that laid back vibe, it also feels a bit like there was a bit of cut and paste of sections, slightly altered.

I really feel like the first bit was really interesting, some great sounds and unusual textures, - I like the jittering harpsichord too. Saying that, if this was in a game, the middle section would work as further development, and it's not too far off some avant-garde trippy jazz in a cool way.

There's a good sense of sonic space and interest maintained as it goes on too.

TaintedLogic responds:

Thanks for the review, Possibly! I agree about the somewhat cut-and-pasted nature of the structure. I composed the first 73 seconds significantly before the rest, so I guess I lost a bit of the original sense of direction it was supposed to have. Glad you picked up on the trippy jazz vibe, though. Thanks again for stopping by. ^_^

I like it - lots of interesting textures and variety - I like the high almost percussive synth and there's a nice deep pad hinting of hidden depths. I like the introductory almost harp like arpeggios as well. Would suit a Lara Croft diving for treasure - think you nailed it. Great work.

GreyHooves responds:

Thank ya, and thanks for the theme. I always like underwater style music and it's really fun to make ^^

I really dig this. A nice neat composition and really captures that tropical flavour (I'm sticking to my UK spelling)

Nice sound choices all round, I could see this being used in some kind of mobile game and would work well as a loop even thought you left a bit of a gap at the end.

It might get a bit repetitive just as it is, maybe a few instruments dropping out at some point for variety, or a steel drum section solo! Just my idea to add a bit of variety, but appreciate that may not be what you were going for.

I like your bass line as well, very fitting as to what a real bass player would play, which you don't always hear and the melody is pleasant, and the percussion works well, particularly the steel drums.

Noise4Games responds:

Thanks for the tips, I really appreciate them because I need them, I am a college trained musician (and if you saw my Bach hommage fughetta (fugato?) on my YouTube then maybe you also guessed it already that I'm an organist :) ),
but I am self-taught about composing/producing,
and I need a lot of helpful critique like Yours,
so thanks a lot for that!

I especially like Your steel drum solo idea!
I think I'm gonna try it out, and if I can make something better out of this loop, I will upload a new version.
I totally agree on the repetitiveness, that is one of my weakpoints (and also mixing/mastering, but in General MIDI luckily I didn't have a lot to do).
I think I might just have to practice writing longer loops, at least longer than 1 minute let's say, but certainly longer than a few seconds (like this one).

It's actually a seamless loop,
and it plays 3 times, the 3rd time the silence was automatically added to the mp3 file (unfortunately I don't have any control over that, at least I don't know any solution for that, I've read that it is part of all mp3 files that they contain some silence at the end and sometimes in the beginning too, I don't know how to change that :( ),
but at least the wav file on my computer doesn't have that (unfortunately I can't upload wav files to Newgrounds), and also the ogg file doesn't have that so they can be use as seamless looping music files in some game (although I've ever had some automatic-silence-insertion problems with ogg files).

The percussion was a little bit hard to balance, because I did it in the wrong way.
I used only 1 MIDI track for the whole percussion group,
and it was so hard to balance the levels, I had to balance each instruments levels in the MIDI score (I mean the velocity levels Piano Roll, which are just volume in General MIDI, AFAIK).

Thanks very much for your tips again, I'm going to try them out!

Have a nice day! :)

(P.S. Don't worry about Your spelling :) I'm neither English or American, not even Native English speaker, I chose American(?) spelling (with "o"), just because I saw that a little bit more common on the internet. I'm totally fine with both.)

Awesome job on this, great stuff.

endKmusic responds:

Thanks, glad you like it! :)

Nicely done. It's got a nice narrative quality and builds up in an interesting way. I see what you mean about the looping. It used to be so much better.

Very cool - like a 50's Sci-Fi movie, which is a good thing.

Syrupmasterz responds:

That was the idea. haha
Thanks a bunch!

Interesting stuff. It did feel a bit meandering at times and where there was slightly different contours for the three sections, I'm not sure there was quite enough to distinguish them from one another for me. The joins between the different sections felt a bit as if you could have done more to move between them.

It also felt a bit linear, appreciate you're inspired by fugues but I'd consider looking into a bit more of a call and response between instruments, so one instrument plays one part, and another responds rather than all playing at the same time. So one instrument plays a phrase, the next responds, that can help make the times where they all play together to have a greater impact.

I liked the choice of instruments, and I think the balance was pretty good between them. It had an interesting chiptune meets harpsichord vibe to it as well.

If you take a look at the following - it makes use of one phrase, then another etc, with different tonality, as well as allowing space for the listener. The first one. I'm definitely guilty at times of being afraid to leave a space, but sometimes we need to, in order to allow for greater impact.

Keep up the good work and I hope my review isn't too negative as I liked it but those are just the things that occurred to me.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uH8WCVqdCPo

TaintedLogic responds:

Thanks so much for the thorough review! I agree that some of the transitions were weak. The call and response idea is great; I should use that next time. I'll make an effort to listen to more fugues from the pros before I dive into my next composition. :) The review isn't too negative at all! It's all constructive criticism and fair suggestions, which is what I want and need. Thanks again, Possibly! ^_^

Very nice - I like how the instrumentation builds but doesn't conflict - the choice of instrumentation and mix works really well. I especially like the woodwinds accenting the harp(?)

From your theme I would agree it's probably too lighthearted for what you describe, but as a piece of music I really like it - the Jazzy organ interlude is fun - I could almost imagine some walking bass in there :)

I like the choice to use SFX as well, it really brings it together nicely when it could easily have been cheesy.

I imagine it was deliberate to leave it without resolution but I could perhaps have done with a final flourish but that may just be personal taste :D

I came here after seeing the piece you did with Tainted Logic. If you're ever interested in collaborating, let me know - I've got a bunch of random stuff on my page for you to judge me by - I like making things.

Everratic responds:

"I especially like the woodwinds accenting the harp(?) "

=> Yep, that is a harp.

"I like the choice to use SFX as well, it really brings it together nicely when it could easily have been cheesy."

=> I totally agree. I recieved the same comment about a year ago, and ever since then I've been using fx regularly.

"I imagine it was deliberate to leave it without resolution but I could perhaps have done with a final flourish but that may just be personal taste :D"

=> That's an interesting comment, because I actually thought it was conclusive :p I'll bear that in mind for next time.

"If you're ever interested in collaborating, let me know"

=> I regularly look for collab opportunities, so I might :) If you haven't heard of it before, I recommend checking out www.chipscompo.com It's a website and community that hosts biweekly music competitions with themes, and anyone who submits an entry is also a judge. I make most of my music for those competitions and upload the songs to newgrounds later.

Thank you for the reviews! :D

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