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« on: May 08, 2008, 03:03:58 PM »

It's a beautiful day, and you could do with some wind in your hair.  Luckily you've got the power of flight, so off you go!  This week's theme is Flying through the clouds!

Good luck!
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« Reply #1 on: May 08, 2008, 03:40:17 PM »

wheeeee!
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« Reply #2 on: May 08, 2008, 06:08:37 PM »

Sounds good to me!  Now then...flying like a sparrow, or flying like an F-14 jet?
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« Reply #3 on: May 08, 2008, 07:29:07 PM »

Sounds good to me!  Now then...flying like a sparrow, or flying like an F-14 jet?

That's up to you!  I was thinking someone having fun up there, flying around unassisted at high speeds just to feel the wind against their face (maybe soaring would be a better word?), maybe playing with the clouds.  I won't kill you if you interpret it differently though Smiley
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« Reply #4 on: May 08, 2008, 07:40:48 PM »

woooo i did one this week..

and its in pttune format if you guys have the player, i hope you all do.
http://www.nanokostudios.com/uploads/the_sky.pttune

if not i also uploaded an MP3 version - it doesnt loop good though.
http://www.nanokostudios.com/uploads/the_sky.mp3
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« Reply #5 on: May 08, 2008, 07:47:03 PM »

That's really beautiful, Annabelle.  Now sprite a level to go with it.
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« Reply #6 on: May 08, 2008, 07:48:29 PM »

haha omg it could be cool...

if i knew how to use gamemaker or one of those faster things id totally make something simple out of it.
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« Reply #7 on: May 09, 2008, 01:58:38 AM »

woooo i did one this week..

and its in pttune format if you guys have the player, i hope you all do.
http://www.nanokostudios.com/uploads/the_sky.pttune

if not i also uploaded an MP3 version - it doesnt loop good though.
http://www.nanokostudios.com/uploads/the_sky.mp3
I like it, with maybe the exception of that china-smashing/baby-pulling sound-effect.  And, far more tentatively, have you considered less sliding in the very last countermelody?
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« Reply #8 on: May 09, 2008, 07:32:19 AM »

I like it, with maybe the exception of that china-smashing/baby-pulling sound-effect.  And, far more tentatively, have you considered less sliding in the very last countermelody?

im not sure what you mean.. do you mean like.. the cymbals? becuase im sorry that its a low quality sample.

i could probably tone down the sliding also.

alright i recorded a much better soudning cymbals sample
and added a little bit more simple percussion,

also took out a few porta slides.

i think its better now:
http://www.nanokostudios.com/uploads/the_sky_2.pttune
http://www.nanokostudios.com/uploads/the_sky_2.mp3
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« Reply #9 on: May 09, 2008, 10:16:28 AM »

alright i recorded a much better soudning cymbals sample
I still couldn't identify them as symbols without prompting, but I quite like them (though there are a few that you have put back-to front (After the half-way mark)?  I sort of felt in one or two places that these could do with a longer fade-out (they dont' quite sound like they're imploding, but my feeling is that something in the direction is going on). 

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also took out a few porta slides.
I personally thought that it fitted in a lot better there.

 Smiley Smiley Smiley Smiley Smiley
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« Reply #10 on: May 10, 2008, 08:54:04 AM »

I really like your use of timpani.  The rhythmic motives you're putting in are a great addition to what's going on in the melody.  Also, I like the sliding sound in the second half, but it seems to me to be just a tad too loud.  That could be my speakers too, but I still thought I'd throw it out there.  And you need to have a conclusion to the piece!  It just ends.  It could still end where you have it now, but there should be something to let the listener know that the end is coming up...you do have a timpani roll, and that's a good cue, but it doesn't lead up to anything.  Have a cymbal crash at the end or a final chord, something like that for the timpani roll to lead up to.  I really like the piece!
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« Reply #11 on: May 10, 2008, 12:38:07 PM »

thank you!!! its accually intended to loop,

so when you play it in PXtone it keeps going..

i may actually be using this for something.

I will turn the level down on the counter melody though,

thanks everyone for the advice :D!!!
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« Reply #12 on: May 10, 2008, 04:08:04 PM »

Here's a work-in-progress of my second attempt at this competition (my first one was a bit of an unfixable abomination...).

precipitate (note: this is a completely different piece to the one I actually entered)

I'm fond of the main melody in the middle. The various voice balances need some more fine-tuning, and there's a whole section missing.  What I'd be especially interested in hearing are people's gut reactions to the harmonization with the melody in the base when it repeats itself (just after 35 seconds).  I've listened to it too many times: I remember not liking it the first time I wrote it, but it sounds fine to me now.

Also: I think there's enough going on that I can do without percussion instruments.  I'm not crazy in that opinion, am I?
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« Reply #13 on: May 10, 2008, 05:38:14 PM »

Speaking of drafts. I have something that I probably won't continue. It's not even mastered.

http://c418.org/skb.mp3
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« Reply #14 on: May 10, 2008, 06:53:32 PM »

Speaking of drafts. I have something that I probably won't continue.
Why not?

(not 100% hot for the squeaking noises about half-way in, but otherwise I find it quite appealing...)
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« Reply #15 on: May 11, 2008, 04:13:04 PM »

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Your song doesn't sound very "cloudy" - it's more like a rainy drizzle.

>C418

That reminds me a lot of the Balcony in Cave Story.  It's too good to abandon.
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« Reply #16 on: May 11, 2008, 04:44:37 PM »

Damn you Metroidvaniac!
Now I'm a Cave Story Ripoff!

It's too late anyway. I'm working on other stuff now and won't go back to this. Don't have any creative idea anyway now Smiley
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« Reply #17 on: May 11, 2008, 05:55:25 PM »

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Your song doesn't sound very "cloudy" - it's more like a rainy drizzle.
Yeah, not the most closely linked thematically, but at the same time: it's something I'd like to finish, and I did start it off with the intent of making it fit the brief.  If I get it finished quickly, I might try a fourth, more 'flying through the clouds'-like entry, but for the moment, I'm all about this one.
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« Reply #18 on: May 13, 2008, 06:03:52 AM »

Okay, here's my entry for this week then: marginally more flightier than my previous attempt in this round (which I would still like to hear people's opinion about!)

flight

(ideally meant to looop; didn't bother though: the file was big enough already, and I don't think it detracts too much from the experience)
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« Reply #19 on: May 13, 2008, 05:42:04 PM »

Just a note:  I believe the actual time period for the challenge is two weeks, so don't rush your pieces to get them done by this thursday.  I know I'm not!
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