Heal Super nice! Massive fan of the tone shifts and melodic/harmonic clarity.
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bossa tune That's tight! Love how the melody fills the rhythmic space left by the accompaniment in higher energy moments. Only specific feedback I have is I feel like the ending could use a bit more time to simmer with that chord choice (unless it's meant to loop ofc).
ic-koomotey - system Wish it was longer! Just enchanting.
ic-koomotey responds:
me too, but my system has a WAV file size limit
the file can't be more than 30 megabytes
but update is coming soon...
for more Fantastic progression on this one. That piano at the end is insane, too.
Medical_Help Awesome. I would've liked a little more variation in the tone of the main chords (maybe less aggressive on first introduction, as an idea), but ik that might not go with the style of the track, depnding on what you're looking for. Man, breakbeat is the best though
no try author comment is so real lol
Very good vibe. Only real feedback I can think of: it might benefit from a bit more space here and there for a heightened sense of progression. But yeah really good
Pandemonium man that beat goes hard (especially the muted kit from 2:15-2:39); love how it compliments the 7/4! I appreciate odd time sigs that don't actually feel especially odd, and this is definitely that; not to mention that this just sounds clean as hell as a whole. I can only think of two suggestions:
I think the ending chord can be stretched a bit longer to make it sound more definitive as a finisher (if this is intended as a loop, ignore this entire sentence); as it stands, that chord progression is awesome and beautiful, and it feels like it stops a bit too abruptly for how beautiful it is; I think you could milk that feeling for juust a bit longer.
I'd also recommend a little more dynamic/velocity variation, specifically in individual lines/instruments. Now, when it gets big, and there's a lot of moving parts anyway (mostly talking about 1:11-1:50), while it would still be pretty neat, it's not as important. But at other points, especially when it's more melodic, I think having a line (or drum pattern) get louder and quieter, emphasizing and de-emphasizing, would create a really nice flow that you usually only hear in songs using acoustic instruments. While I already really like the pretty melodies (that keyboard stuff holy moly, and that screaming and sliding synth at 1:11-1:50 too) and the full-sounding chords, I think dynamic variation could really make everything come alive.
Overall this is really cool, and yeah the Risk of Rain comes through loud and clear lol (love that soundtrack). Oh, and 7's (5's too) need to be normalized across the board; they're too cool sounding
SharpenedSwords responds:
Tbh I did feel the song was missing something, but I couldn't really tell what. Thanks for the comment! :)
Nadir This song's awesome; I love your style of writing (constant clear progression all the way through and "story-like-ish", like many pieces written for live instrumentation, especially in classical-ish stuff), and this song is yet another example of what I love about it: several neat ideas are explored, and the way they're tied together makes a lot of sense! My main criticism, like with most purely electronic stuff, is that I think there should be more dynamic variety; while there's plenty enough in between "movements" and even between certain instruments, like in the 11-tet crazy part, with a certain instrument(s) cutting through the others (I love that part; that on top of the fact it's in an odd time sig both make the off-beat hit SOOOOO hard, and still not feeling too frantic and jarring like, say, 7-lets probably would, and I absolutely LOVE THAT IT SOUNDS SO COOL!!1!), individual lines (solos/melody especially) I think could use a little more velocity variety to make it sound more expressive and "heart-felt", like a lot of it sounds like it's trying to be (not that it doesn't already, of course; just think this would amplify that further). Overall, I absolutely love the song, the melody is great, and the transitions and motivic stuff are awesome as always!
edit: this is probably especially dependent on personal preference, but the "arpeggiating" (probably technically incorrect but I think you know what I'm getting at) at the 11-let part feels a little odd to me; I think it's prob the high-ness; I think a lower sound would fit a bit better there but again, just personal preference; I am more of a low-end guy in general after all, so it's probably just that (low brass gang woot).
Plümmet I love this song so much; only real criticism I have is that I think there should be more dynamics at play in individual lines, especially the melody/"solos" (velocity variety pretty much, like playing an actual instrument). Other than that, I love pretty much everything, especially the motivic stuff, and the subtle differences in the first piano intro that keep it interesting all the way through (note length specifically; idk why but I reeeeally love that)
Thread Those chords sound sooo nice, and the instrumentation sounds just right. Don't think I can quite explain why, but 1:04-1:30 is probably my favorite part (it just sounds so FULL). Also really nice work with that percussion; usually I find it a bit too tinny and plasticky for my taste, even when I try to do it myself, but this just sounds full and supportive all the way through! That's probably why I like it so much; it all sounds full. The only thing I would even kind of suggest is to have a little more contrast (dynamic or tonal or whatever), and explore a bit further, but that's probably down to personal taste (I usually prefer a massive amount of progression in a song, like 1f1n1ty's style, for example), and honestly the "staticism" (couldn't think of the word) of this piece feels like it fits alright. Anyway, overall, it dope
Mel responds:
thank you so much! this one was one of my favorites off of the album, so it means a lot