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Xyloz's Originals Posted: 2013-04-05 16:19  (Last Edited: 2013-04-07 00:50) Reply | Quote
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#46315
Finally decided to share some of my stuff, haven't done so before as I don't really feel like they are good or developed enough compared to some of the other stuff here. Quite a few of these are WIP's as whenever I get stuck creatively, I tend to start a new piece rather than focus on the existing one.

Finished:
Nasajive - One of my earliest pieces.
Danger - ditto.
1 - A short loop.

WIP's:
Where am I - developed from experimenting with single channel echoes.
Shadowjazz -
Tune2 - Very short at the minute not sure whether to leave as a loop or develop further.
Tunewipver -
Now I journey through space alone -
Electric Jungle - My most recent (and personal favourite) WIP, currently loops but I want to extend it. (edit: slight tempo and bass changes)


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now_i_journey_through_space_alone.ftm (10 Kb)
danger.ftm (21 Kb)
1.ftm (17 Kb)
nasajive.ftm (29 Kb)
electric_jungle.ftm (34 Kb)
where_am_i.ftm (39 Kb)
Posted: 2013-04-06 16:40 Reply | Quote
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Tune2 is probably my favorite, but you already have a head start overall from where I began my Famitracker journey. I also like where_am_i.

The biggest thing you could work on, though, is cleaning up some of your pieces with more channels. They sound kind of jumbled.

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Posted: 2013-04-06 17:17  (Last Edited: 2013-04-06 17:19) Reply | Quote
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#46336
Thanks for the feedback. Could you tell me which ones in particular felt jumbled so that I can try and learn what not to do from them.
Also, when you say jumbled do you mean like the different channels don't fit together, or that it doesn't flow well from frame to frame? ( or both (or neither) ).

Posted: 2013-04-06 22:06 Reply | Quote
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Hey man, I enjoyed a lot of these, my favorites have to be, "now I journey" and "tune2".
I will say that these need some volume control and mixing, try not to keep everything at volume F, especially the chords and notes in the background. I do like your cute rhythms and very happy melodies though, these are pretty good! :D
Keep up your great work man

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Posted: 2013-04-07 00:24  (Last Edited: 2013-04-07 00:33) Reply | Quote
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#46338
Thanks, I will try to keep that in mind in future, and I'll probably change the volume levels in some of these at some point.

I'd be interested to know what you think of the volume control in "electric jungle" as it is one of the ones I've tried (hopefully with some success) to balance the volume levels of more evenly, but I am not sure if some of the background tracks are too loud or are making it too cluttered.

Posted: 2013-04-07 02:25  (Last Edited: 2013-04-07 02:27) Reply | Quote
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[quote=Xyloz]I'd be interested to know what you think of the volume control in "electric jungle" as it is one of the ones I've tried (hopefully with some success) to balance the volume levels of more evenly, but I am not sure if some of the background tracks are too loud or are making it too cluttered.[/quote]

It still seems a bit loud, in frames 00-02 it sounds a little too punchy, I think if you tried to make those sections flow a bit nicer, and try to make them sound a little more echo-y, that it would turn out real nice. When the solo comes in at frame 03 it seems to be a decent volume, but play with it if/when you lower the little runs in the other pulse channels. The saw sounds alright by the way.

Also, frames 04,05 and 06 need attention, that is when it starts to run together and get messy, the swell in frame 03 is very nice, but it needs to come back down.

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Posted: 2013-04-07 22:53  (Last Edited: 2013-04-07 22:57) Reply | Quote
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#46362
Thanks for the feedback, it was really helpful.
Is this any better?
Also, if you can you think of better name, please tell me. Electric Jungle doesn't really fit the piece well, but they were just the first two words that came to mind.



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Posted: 2013-04-08 00:00  (Last Edited: 2013-04-08 00:04) Reply | Quote
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[quote=Xyloz]Thanks for the feedback, it was really helpful.
Is this any better?
Also, if you can you think of better name, please tell me. Electric Jungle doesn't really fit the piece well, but they were just the first two words that came to mind.
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The last few frames sound ok, although the Sawtooth solo is very loud and drowns everything out.

I felt frames 00-05 sounded the same, so I edited it a little to show you what I meant

Oh and for a name... hmm.
I'm not good at names either, but all that comes to mind is "Viralizer" i dunno why haha.

Hope this helps! Don't take my edits as law by the way, it's totally your call if you want them or not! I'm just giving my opinion )

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