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I've been making a couple of covers, Cyber Track being the older of the two and taking much longer, while the Egg Corridor track from cave story being the newer one, took much less time. The three originals, one using N163, is my first time using that one, so cut me some slack on that. The next is just the result of me messing around with VRC7 for the first time. The other... I don't really have much to say about it other than I was trying to make something that sounded epilogue-y. I'll take any criticism I can get, so bring it on.
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2 covers and 3 originals ey? So where's the last track?
I am probably not the best person at dishing out criticism since I am not the most experienced with Famitracker but I will try. :D
Oh well. I really like peave, even though it is kinda unnecessery imo having it be VRC6 instead of MMC5. The song, even if it isn't very complex, is very relaxing and well made, but maybe I am just a sucker for slow chord progression.
Now on the more critical side, I think the tracks are fine, it is just that the instruments are missing "character" (in lack of a better word). By character I probably mean effects like vibrato and the beloved duty-cycles, watch some of the .ftms posted on the forum for reference on what you can (but do not necessarily need) to do.
I think some work on the volume balance can be done aswell, sometimes the channels are difficult to distinguish and at times are too loud.
Also when making covers I usually try to go for accuracy, and I spend a lot of time trying to get down timings and making sure the effects, lengths and volumes of the notes are "good enough". This is just a thing I do personally since I am a (semi-)perfectionist and I really like to make things sound close enough to the original so I can see, appreciate and possibly learn the techniques they used. If I feel I cannot actually achieve a "good enough" level I generally move on to something that is "easier" to cover and then returning to try again. This is not a hammering on your covers, they are pretty good but they lack the "character" that went into the original.
Keep covering songs and making originals and you will be absolutely golden! And do not be discouraged to post here for advice and suggestions, even though it can be kinda frightening (atleast for me).
Just keep practicing and it will go great.
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Thanks for the reply! Oops, I completely forgot to upload the third original...derp.
Volume control is definitely not one of my strong points, and my opinion on it just being to loud, I don't really care if the whole thing in general is too loud, but the volume control is something I worry about.
The Cyber Track cover was rather difficult, because getting the "aah" in the intro was really difficult, and I feel that frames 08 through 0B are just sort of messy.
Thanks for the feedback, I really appreciate it.
Oh, and Peave was supposed to be Peace, but I couldn't see the keyboard and was too lazy to fix it.
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Soon that person will revive it...
So life isn't cruel...
And so that's why you continue your life...
With someone who cares...
And so you shall live in Happiness...
