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Something Jazzy and Funky (FTM file) Posted: 2011-01-13 23:53 Reply | Quote
Weirdbananas

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#12368
A jazzy funk song! :D

This is a work in progress but I wanted to put it up here for you to see. Please tell me what you think and what I could improve... :D

Enjoy!


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Posted: 2011-01-13 23:59  (Last Edited: 2011-01-14 00:00) Reply | Quote
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While I find the lead a little questionable over in Square 1 at a couple parts, I really like this one. Reminds me of Sonic 2 (kind of gritty like Mystic Cave Zone).

You've improved quite a lot, Weirdbananas.

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Posted: 2011-01-14 00:56 Reply | Quote
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I enjoyed it for the most part, I liked the guttural bass sound. My main qualm is that it spends quite a long time throughout on that I V IV progression. It got too repetitive for me. I think if you added a few more contrasting sections it would improve the quality of the composition.

Posted: 2011-01-14 02:32 Reply | Quote
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I like this!

Posted: 2011-01-14 18:11 Reply | Quote
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And suddenly, Darkwing Duck.

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Posted: 2011-01-15 01:33 Reply | Quote
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I added a small intro and stuff to make it a bit smoother... Keep in mind it's still a work in progress


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Posted: 2011-01-15 01:47  (Last Edited: 2011-01-15 01:49) Reply | Quote
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Go Square1 channel Go!

Shoutouts to instrument 06 as well :D

Since it's a WIP, a nice compositional technique is to have the main melody bounce over to the bassline while the main line (in this case Square1, at pattern 01-04) does something new. Just an idea for direction of this nice tune.

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Concerning harmonic structure, I wonder what you'd do with 7th chords ^_^

Posted: 2011-01-15 02:35  (Last Edited: 2012-10-25 06:31) Reply | Quote
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Posted: 2011-01-15 12:06 Reply | Quote
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I've actually tried to achieve 7th chords by using two famitrackers at once. But it sounded messed up I might try that technique though

Posted: 2011-01-15 12:55  (Last Edited: 2012-10-25 06:32) Reply | Quote
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[quote=fluidvolt] My main qualm is that it spends quite a long time throughout on that I V IV progression. It got too repetitive for me[/quote]
I meant to change up the progression with 7th chords. Like I iii7 vi IV7 etc. You don't need a different note on 4 diff channels. Arpeggiate!


...BTW, do famitracker users have a way to differentiate the word arpeggio? There's the musical concept, the 0xx effect and the instrument editor's arpeggios.

Posted: 2011-01-18 11:23  (Last Edited: 2011-01-18 18:10) Reply | Quote
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[quote=Xyz_39808]...BTW, do famitracker users have a way to differentiate the word arpeggio? There's the musical concept, the 0xx effect and the instrument editor's arpeggios.[/quote]
Musical concept: Broken chord
0xy effect: Loop the [u]initial[/u] tone for 1 frame, the [u]initial[/u] tone transposed [i]x[/i] semitones higher for 1 frame and then the [u]initial[/u] tone transposed [i]y[/i] semitones higher for 1 frame only if [i]y[/i] <> 0; otherwise, that is, if [i]y[/i] = 0 then only the initial tone and the tone transposed [i]x[/i] semitones higher are looped
Instrument editor: Play the initial tone transposed [[i]n[/i]-th value] keys higher for the [i]n[/i]-th frame; there also exists a 0.3.0. re-release featuring absolute arpeggio (the current FamiTracker still has this function but cannot be enabled without the use of a hex editor)

Posted: 2011-01-18 18:08 Reply | Quote
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[quote=nicetas_c]0xy effect: Loop the initial tone for 1 frame, the tone transposed [i]x[/i] semitones higher for 1 frame and then the tone transposed [i]y[/i] semitones higher for 1 frame only if [i]y[/i] <> 0; otherwise, that is, if [i]y[/i] = 0 then only the initial tone and the tone transposed [i]x[/i] semitones higher are looped[/quote]
So does that mean the 3rd arp note is x+y higher than the intial, or y higher than the intial? It's always confused me.

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